Most thought-provoking novels

Description
What are some novels that really make you think?
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The Giver
by Lois Lowry
46,911 members
1,684 reviews
4.1
11 Members
_Zoe_, foggidawn, Hibou8, laketa, bestem, dste, cej1027, ahef1963, danielsons1, ManWithAnAgenda, christian.p, ,
2
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
18,788 members
439 reviews
4.1
8 Members
DaynaRT, _Zoe_, norabelle414, javagal, dste, cej1027, ahef1963, christian.p
3
Tuck Everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt
18,317 members
580 reviews
3.9
7 Members
_Zoe_, foggidawn, EmScape, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, christian.p
4
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld
15,968 members
688 reviews
3.9
5 Members
bestem, 2wonderY, cej1027, ahef1963, christian.p
5
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
28,844 members
667 reviews
3.9
4 Members
lahochstetler, norabelle414, ahef1963, lyharian,
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The Magus {original}
by John Fowles
1,671 members
34 reviews
3.9
3 Members
anglemark, Hibou8, ahef1963
7
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
19,302 members
526 reviews
4.2
3 Members
foggidawn, ahef1963, kara.shamy
8
Brave New World (New Longman Literature)
by Aldous Huxley
122 members
2 reviews
4
3 Members
dste, cej1027, ahef1963
9
Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow
6,012 members
403 reviews
4
3 Members
_Zoe_, foggidawn, kara.shamy,ManWithAnAgenda
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The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
6,950 members
325 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
_Zoe_, aulsmith, kara.shamy,anglemark
Explanations
aulsmith: Great imagining of post-climate change world.
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Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants
by Douglas W. Tallamy
739 members
16 reviews
½ 4.5
2 Members
SqueakyChu, WSB7,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith : not a novel
12
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
by Richard Bach
5,113 members
83 reviews
3.9
2 Members
2wonderY, ahef1963
13
Feed
by M. T. Anderson
5,637 members
444 reviews
3.8
2 Members
kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda
14
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
47,467 members
1,055 reviews
3.9
2 Members
KimarieBee, kara.shamy,ahef1963
15
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
24,916 members
350 reviews
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
16
Distress
by Greg Egan
930 members
24 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Personal life, physics, politics -- There's a whole lot here.
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The Blindness of the Heart
by Julia Franck
781 members
26 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
AmourFou
18
Death of an Ordinary Man
by Glen Duncan
349 members
10 reviews
3.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
19
Memories of a Butterfly
by Ivan Vlasov
8 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
exvano
20
White Banners
by Lloyd C. Douglas
134 members
1 review
3.9
Member
2wonderY
21
Concrete, Volume 7: The Human Dilemma
by Paul Chadwick
87 members
2 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
22
The Reader
by Bernhard Schlink
14,636 members
412 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
norabelle414
23
Exiles in America
by Christopher Bram
126 members
2 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Lots of different kinds of exiles to think about.
24
The City and the Stars
by Arthur C. Clarke
3,359 members
70 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
25
The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin
13,000 members
312 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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The Afterlives: A Novel
by Thomas Pierce
183 members
5 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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Don't Eat This Book : Fast Food and the Supersizing of America
by Morgan Spurlock
612 members
23 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
SqueakyChu,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith : not a novel
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The Circle
by Dave Eggers
7,009 members
450 reviews
½ 3.4
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Under the Skin
by Michel Faber
2,750 members
133 reviews
½ 3.7
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The Eye of the Heron
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,124 members
22 reviews
½ 3.5