Native son by Richard wright, it’s mostly about the race aspect but the class struggle is definitely there. Takes place in Chicago in the 30s
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Them by Joyce Carrol Oates
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The Given Day by Dennis Lehane perhaps? It’s been a minute since I read it, but it deals quite heavily with unionization, as I think it has some exploration of class
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*An American Tragedy* by Theodore Dreiser
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**White Tiger** by Aravind Adiga
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Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck
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Stone butch blues by Leslie Feinberg
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The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
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Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver
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The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead – A devastating story about race and class in a brutal reform school.
There is a movie out right now in theaters.
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck – Follows a poor migrant family during the Great Depression, highlighting economic inequality.
Heartland by Sarah Smarsh – A memoir of growing up in poverty in rural America, but deeply novelistic in its storytelling.
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*Pineapple Street*, by Jenny Jackson
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*Storming Heaven*, by Denise Giardina. About the Battle of Blair Mountain, a coal mining strike.
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Native son by Richard wright, it’s mostly about the race aspect but the class struggle is definitely there. Takes place in Chicago in the 30s
Them by Joyce Carrol Oates
The Given Day by Dennis Lehane perhaps? It’s been a minute since I read it, but it deals quite heavily with unionization, as I think it has some exploration of class
*An American Tragedy* by Theodore Dreiser
**White Tiger** by Aravind Adiga
Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck
Stone butch blues by Leslie Feinberg
The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead – A devastating story about race and class in a brutal reform school.
There is a movie out right now in theaters.
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck – Follows a poor migrant family during the Great Depression, highlighting economic inequality.
Heartland by Sarah Smarsh – A memoir of growing up in poverty in rural America, but deeply novelistic in its storytelling.
*Pineapple Street*, by Jenny Jackson
*Storming Heaven*, by Denise Giardina. About the Battle of Blair Mountain, a coal mining strike.