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I read Grapes of Wrath a few years ago after enjoying Of Mice and Men from school. I'm not bad with reading but I wasn't sure how far I'd get with the thickness of it, then I finished it real quickly.
But it was a gripping book and is certainly upfront about the problems of capitalism. If your family is that politically illiterate then it may fly under the radar, as Steinbeck doesn't use explicit capitalism/communism terminology, just more a factual description of what people/systems of people are doing.
Well I think that's the best way to do it. It's up front about issues, there is no language to abstract what is actually happening in that book and I think that's what sells it.