Big Books of 2026
The Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwinالقرآن الكريم by AnonymousThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareThe Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
The Most Influential Books
37th out of 1,479 books — 5,284 voters
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheThe Republic by PlatoCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantMeditations by Marcus AureliusFrom Darkness Into Light by A. Helwa
Best World Philosophy Book
3rd out of 953 books — 1,419 voters

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftCandide by VoltaireRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLes Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Best Books of the 18th Century
25th out of 375 books — 1,008 voters
Finnegans Wake by James JoyceUlysses by James JoycePhenomenology of Spirit by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT BOOKS
5th out of 261 books — 364 voters

The Republic by PlatoThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. KuhnThe Will to Power by Friedrich Nietzsche
Knowledge
3rd out of 216 books — 142 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceWar and Peace by Leo TolstoySwann's Way by C.K. Scott MoncrieffCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Pompous Books to Read in Public
13th out of 307 books — 153 voters

The Holy Bible by Anonymousالقرآن الكريم by AnonymousThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Republic by Plato1984 by George Orwell
The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written
17th out of 232 books — 351 voters
The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques RousseauAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithCandide and Philosophical Letters by VoltaireCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantThe Enlightenment, Volume 1 by Peter Gay
The Enlightenment and its Impact
4th out of 265 books — 88 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
4544th out of 76,123 books — 282,978 voters
Rubinrot by Kerstin GierInkheart by Cornelia FunkeMomo by Michael EndeSaphirblau by Kerstin GierThe Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Best German Authors
81st out of 608 books — 703 voters

Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantPhenomenology of Spirit by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelBeing and Time by Martin HeideggerPlato by PlatoConfessions by Augustine of Hippo
Philosophy 101
1st out of 129 books — 31 voters
Being And Event by Alain BadiouCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantBeing and Nothingness by Jean-Paul SartreIdeas by Edmund HusserlInner Experience by Georges Bataille
Abstruse Philosophy [excluding: Plato, Nietzsche, Aristotle, science, history, and religion ]
2nd out of 56 books — 30 voters

The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Republic by Plato
20 Greatest Academic Books as chosen by Academic Publishers and Booksellers
9th out of 21 books — 32 voters
Phenomenology of Spirit by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelThe Republic by PlatoAn Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David HumeThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe World as Will and Representation, Volume I by Arthur Schopenhauer
50 Philosophy Classics
7th out of 74 books — 43 voters

The Republic by PlatoCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantPhenomenology of Spirit by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelPolitics by AristotleMeditations by Marcus Aurelius
Quintessential Philosophy
2nd out of 86 books — 32 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainCandide by Voltaire
Good Reading's 100 Significant Books
49th out of 100 books — 56 voters

گم شده ای در مه by سید مرتضی مصطفویCapital by Karl MarxThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirPhenomenology of Spirit by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelThe Republic by Plato
Seminal Works (fiction and nonfiction)
8th out of 96 books — 73 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienUlysses by James JoyceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
476th out of 2,606 books — 13,136 voters

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonThe Art of War by Sun TzuThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Histories by HerodotusThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Best pre-20th Century Non-Fiction
13th out of 140 books — 25 voters
Being and Time by Martin HeideggerPhenomenology of Spirit by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantTruth and Method by Hans-Georg GadamerThus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
Essential Continental Philosophy
3rd out of 75 books — 24 voters

Industrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiTechnological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiBeing and Time by Martin Heideggerگم شده ای در مه by سید مرتضی مصطفوی
Amazing political and philosophy books
11th out of 50 books — 89 voters
Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantThe Nicomachean Ethics by AristotleWrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe by Karl WigginsManifesto of the Free People's Union by Jakub LasakMetaphysics by Aristotle
Philosophy books
1st out of 51 books — 29 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteWalden by Henry David ThoreauBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
The Guardian's Top 100 Non-Fiction Books
52nd out of 102 books — 71 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaAnimal Farm by George OrwellFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe
Books Daria Read
29th out of 70 books — 65 voters

The Republic of Plato by PlatoCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantThe World as Will and Representation, Volume I by Arthur SchopenhauerThus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheEthics by Baruch Spinoza
Top Philosophical Texts
2nd out of 14 books — 10 voters
The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe End of Faith by Sam HarrisLetter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
Notable Atheist Books
108th out of 545 books — 940 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Odyssey by HomerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldKing Lear by William Shakespeare
Globe & Mail 50 Greatest Books
33rd out of 58 books — 51 voters
The Society of the Spectacle by Guy DebordThe Seminar of Jacques Lacan by Jacques LacanMythologies by Roland BarthesThe Sublime Object of Ideology (Phronesis by Slavoj ŽižekThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin
r/CriticalTheory Recommended Reading
7th out of 84 books — 21 voters

Phenomenology of Spirit by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Waves by Virginia WoolfUlysses by James JoyceCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
The Millions' World's Most Difficult Books
5th out of 21 books — 17 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa1984 by George OrwellThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sonemic / Rate Your Music: Favorite Books
122nd out of 1,054 books — 182 voters

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