Good books by and for Contrarians

Discover the best books by and for contrarians—thought-provoking reads that challenge conventional wisdom and inspire independent thinking. Explore our curated list now!

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Desert Solitaire

by Edward Abbey

“Rough, tough, combative . . . a passionately felt, deeply poetic book.”—Edwin Way Teale, The New York Times Book Review “This is not primarily a …
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Catch-22

by Joseph Heller

Catch-22 is like no other novel. It is one of the funniest books ever written, a keystone work in American literature, and even added a …
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Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television

by Jerry Mander

A total departure from previous writing about television, this book is the first ever to advocate that the medium is not reformable. Its problems are …
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Dumbing Us Down

by John Taylor Gatto

This radical treatise on public education has been a New Society Publishers' bestseller for 10 years! Thirty years of award-winning teaching in New York City's …
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A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole

Set in New Orleans, the protagonist is nearly arrested for being a suspicious character and encounters many unfortunate events.
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