Hi everyone!
I'm looking for novel recommendations with a left-wing or progressive perspective, something that deals with social justice, class struggle, anti-authoritarian themes, labor movements, or critiques of capitalism.
It can be contemporary or classic, from any country. I’d love something with strong characters, good storytelling, and political depth (not just theory disguised as fiction).
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
by No-Map3471
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North and South – Elizabeth Gaskell
Les Miserables – Victor Hugo
Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens
The City We Became by NK Jemsin
Anything by Octavia Butler
Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin
The Jungle by Sinclair,
The dispossessed by Le Guin,
Looking Backward by Bellamy,
Look at books by Marge Piercy. I’ve read the Longings of Women and Gone to Soldiers.
“The Dispossessed” by Ursula K. Le Guin is without a doubt one of the best ones ever written. I also love “The Ministry for the Future” by Kim Stanley Robinson. It’s more about climate change than economics in general, but it has a leftist perspective on the topic. If you’re interested in leftist history and internal discussions, I’d recommend “Darkness at Noon” by Arthur Koestler. It’s a critique of Stalinism from a leftist perspective.