A Japanese Boy / Shigemi Shiukichi

Title: A Japanese Boy 

Author: Shigemi Shiukichi

Subjects: Autobiography; Social 

If you want to learn about Japanese culture in the early 1900's this book is for you. It is written in beautiful language. It is about Japanese culture and more.

The Souls of Black Folk / W. E. B. Du Bois

Title: The Souls of Black Folk 

Author: W. E. B. Du Bois 

Subjects: Classic; Non-Fiction; Essays 

Each chapter of the book begins with a pair of epigraphs: text from a poem, and Bois describes it as "some echo of haunting melody." It is a seminal work in the history of sociology. It is one of the early works in the field of sociology. Must read for sociology students and interested in the subjects.

The Trial / Franz Kafka

Title: The Trial

Author: Franz Kafka

Translator: David Wyllie

Subjects: Classic; Fiction; Social

It is the story of Josef K., a man with the nature of his crime revealed neither to him nor to the reader. It is influenced by Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov. Kafka calls Dostoyevsky as his blood relative. There is no end of the book as writers other books. 

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience / Henry David Thoreau

Title: On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Resistance to Civil Government)

Author: Henry David Thoreau

Subjects: Essay; Philosophy; Political; Social

Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and they have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. It influence: Mohandas Gandhi,

Walden / Henry David Thoreau

Title: Walden 

Author: Henry David Thoreau

Subjects: Autobiography; Philosophy; Social 

It is about simple living in natural surroundings. It is also a kind of personal declaration of independence by Thoreau. It is also a social experiment. Actually Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection by living alone in Walden self dependently. Thoreau inspires.

Pygmalion / George Bernard Shaw

Title: Pygmalion

Author: George Bernard Shaw

Subjects: Play; Classic; Comedy; Drama; Society

Named after a Greek mythological figure, Pygmalion. In ancient Greek mythology, Pygmalion fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to life. Pygmalion talk about human relationships in a social world.