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Sophie’s World by Jostein GaarderThe Republic by PlatoThe Story of Philosophy by Will DurantA History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand RussellSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Best Philosophy Introductions
226 books — 286 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettBlack Beauty by Anna SewellPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
best classics for beginners
37 books — 29 voters

I Too Had a Love Story by Ravinder SinghThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoVagabonds in France by Michael A. BarryThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleWatership Down by Richard Adams
best books to begin the habit of reading
27 books — 16 voters
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoEmma by Jane AustenSelected Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant
How to Read and Why - Harold Bloom (Recommendations)
36 books — 5 voters

Islam for Beginners by Nabil MatarNietzsche for Beginners by Marc SautetTrotsky for Beginners by Tariq AliMarx for Beginners by RiusMalcolm X for Beginners by Bernard Aquina Doctor
The For Beginners Series
96 books — 3 voters
Gnomeville by Alexandra Louise UitdenbogerdGnomeville by Alexandra Louise UitdenbogerdGnomeville by Alexandra Louise UitdenbogerdLe Chien Disparu by Nils ThorenManon et Benoît se mouillent by Mike Peto
Comic Books in French for Beginners
7 books — 1 voter

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