🏛️ Politics & Society · United Kingdom
Best Politics & Society Books from United Kingdom
Political and social non-fiction maps the world as it is — its power structures, its inequalities, its contradictions — and sometimes imagines what it could be. United Kingdom has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in politics & society, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best politics & society from United Kingdom by editorial consensus.
#1
science-fiction
The Power
Naomi Alderman· 2016
★Women's Prize for Fiction
Editorial Score90/100
#2
science-fiction
1984
George Orwell· 1949
TIME 100 Best NovelsBBC Big Read
Editorial Score55/100
#3
mystery-thriller
The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad· 1907
Guardian 100 Best Novels
Editorial Score46/100
#4
literary-fiction
The Federalist, or, The New Constitution
Alexander Hamilton· 1788
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score45/100
#5
classic-literature
Mankind in the making
H. G. Wells· 1903
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score45/100
#6
philosophy
A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf· 1929
ALA Notable Books
Editorial Score40/100
#7
literary-fiction
Down and Out in Paris and London
George Orwell· 1933
Library Journal
Editorial Score40/100
#8
literary-fiction
The Quiet American
Graham Greene· 1940
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#9
psychology
Fantasia of the unconscious
D. H. Lawrence· 1922
Library Journal
Editorial Score40/100
#10
literary-fiction
Hard Times
Charles Dickens· 1854
Times Literary Supplement
Editorial Score38/100
#11
art-design
Ways of Seeing
John Berger· 1972
ALA Notable Books
Editorial Score38/100
#12
classic-literature
An Inspector Calls
J.B. Priestley· 1945
ALA Notable Books
Editorial Score37/100
#13
politics-society
Areopagitica
John Milton· 1644
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#14
politics-society
Method and results
Thomas Henry Huxley· 1893
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#15
politics-society
The Middle East and the West
Bernard Lewis· 1963
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#16
politics-society
Ancient Society (The John Harvard Library)
Lewis Henry Morgan· 1877
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#17
politics-society
Anticipations of the reaction of mechanical and scientific progress upon human life and thought
H. G. Wells· 1902
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#18
politics-society
The open conspiracy
H. G. Wells· 1928
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#19
politics-society
The work, wealth and happiness of mankind
H. G. Wells· 1931
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#20
politics-society
World brain
H. G. Wells· 1938
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#21
politics-society
Humanae vitae
Pope Paul VI· 1968
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#22
politics-society
American population before the Federal census of 1790
Greene, Evarts Boutell· 1932
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#23
politics-society
Man in the modern world
Julian Huxley· 1947
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#24
politics-society
A Choice of Enemies
Lawrence Freedman· 2008
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#25
politics-society
What went wrong?
Bernard Lewis· 2001
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#26
politics-society
The Crisis of Islam
Bernard Lewis· 2003
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#27
politics-society
The Cold War
John Lewis Gaddis· 2005
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#28
politics-society
Jury nullification
Clay S. Conrad· 1998
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#29
politics-society
Politics in West Africa
W. Arthur Lewis· 1965
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#30
politics-society
Lister Hill
Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton· 1987
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#31
politics-society
The politics of old age
Martha Doyle· 2014
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#32
politics-society
Losers
Michael Lewis· 1998
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#33
politics-society
Political leadership in industrialized societies
Lewis Joachim Edinger· 1967
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#34
politics-society
Perverts by official order
Lawrence R. Murphy· 1988
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#35
politics-society
When the Press Fails
Regina G. Lawrence· 2007
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#36
politics-society
The city in history
Lewis Mumford· 1961
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#37
politics-society
Sociology
David Popenoe· 1971
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#38
politics-society
The Gift
Lewis Hyde· 1983
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#39
politics-society
Room of Ones Own Three Guineas
Virginia Woolf· 1984
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#40
politics-society
Threshold Concepts in Women's and Gender Studies
Christie Launius· 2014
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#41
politics-society
Proposals that work
Lawrence F. Locke· 1976
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#42
politics-society
The 50th law
Robert Greene· 2009
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#43
politics-society
Social Research Methods
W. Lawrence Neuman· 1997
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#44
politics-society
Changing families, changing responsibilities
Lawrence H. Ganong· 1999
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#45
politics-society
Basics of Social Research
W. Lawrence Neuman· 2003
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#46
politics-society
Men of Ideas
Lewis A. Coser· 1965
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#47
politics-society
Emile Durkheim
Peter Hamilton· 1990
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#48
politics-society
Social Work with the Aged and Their Families
Roberta R. Greene· 2011
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#49
politics-society
The management of purpose
Lewis Anthony Dexter· 2009
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#50
politics-society
Selected essays
George Orwell· 1957
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score25/100
