Didactic Books

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The Fountainhead The Fountainhead (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 335,086 ratings — published 1943
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A Scanner Darkly A Scanner Darkly (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as didactic)
avg rating 4.03 — 108,886 ratings — published 1977
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The Satanic Verses The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as didactic)
avg rating 3.71 — 70,839 ratings — published 1988
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Sister Carrie Sister Carrie (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 41,511 ratings — published 1900
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 299,399 ratings — published 1891
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Sophie’s World Sophie’s World (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as didactic)
avg rating 3.97 — 277,584 ratings — published 1991
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Ishmael (Ishmael, #1) Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 103,146 ratings — published 1992
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 4,417,279 ratings — published 1945
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The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 375,339 ratings — published 1880
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Atlas Shrugged Atlas Shrugged (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 404,221 ratings — published 1957
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The Midnight Library The Midnight Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as didactic)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,340,120 ratings — published 2020
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The Little Prince The Little Prince (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 2,406,532 ratings — published 1943
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 240,608 ratings — published 1852
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The Jungle The Jungle (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 153,102 ratings — published 1906
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Amsterdam Amsterdam (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.47 — 59,069 ratings — published 1998
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Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 1,276,339 ratings — published 1811
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 914,617 ratings — published 1878
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 1,793,664 ratings — published 1818
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How to Win Friends & Influence People How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,123,304 ratings — published 1936
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 93,907 ratings — published 2017
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Far From the Madding Crowd Far From the Madding Crowd (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 164,055 ratings — published 1874
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The Death of Bunny Munro The Death of Bunny Munro (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.44 — 17,011 ratings — published 2009
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Little Unicorn Is Angry (Little Unicorn, 1) Little Unicorn Is Angry (Little Unicorn, 1)
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avg rating 3.56 — 237 ratings — published 2018
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 1,812,399 ratings — published 1890
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The Rabbit Listened The Rabbit Listened (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as didactic)
avg rating 4.59 — 8,803 ratings — published 2018
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Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.14 — 15,492 ratings — published 2007
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 3,474,901 ratings — published 1988
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as didactic)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,088,350 ratings — published 1950
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Siddhartha Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 856,603 ratings — published 1922
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Give Please a Chance Give Please a Chance (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.35 — 579 ratings — published 2016
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The Way Things Are The Way Things Are (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 14,322 ratings — published -55
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Get A Grip: An Entrepreneurial Fable . . . Your Journey to Get Real, Get Simple, and Get Results Get A Grip: An Entrepreneurial Fable . . . Your Journey to Get Real, Get Simple, and Get Results (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 1,521 ratings — published 2012
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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 23,674 ratings — published 1999
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The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as didactic)
avg rating 4.15 — 97,023 ratings — published 2014
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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as didactic)
avg rating 4.07 — 81,852 ratings — published 1984
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The Myth of Multitasking: How "Doing It All" Gets Nothing Done The Myth of Multitasking: How "Doing It All" Gets Nothing Done (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as didactic)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,325 ratings — published 2007
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We the Living We the Living (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 30,554 ratings — published 1936
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Turtle Moon Turtle Moon (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 10,762 ratings — published 1992
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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 42,757 ratings — published 1965
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 132,850 ratings — published 1845
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First Grade Dropout First Grade Dropout (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 539 ratings — published 2015
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Manual de Psicopatología - Volumen 1 Manual de Psicopatología - Volumen 1 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 75 ratings — published
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Big Words for Little People Big Words for Little People (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 964 ratings — published 2008
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NOT A BOOK: Lily and the Yucky Cookies: Habit 5 NOT A BOOK: Lily and the Yucky Cookies: Habit 5 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 33 ratings — published 2013
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Ars - Història de l'Art Ars - Història de l'Art (Hardcover)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1998
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Winning the Story Wars: Why Those Who Tell (and Live) the Best Stories Will Rule the Future Winning the Story Wars: Why Those Who Tell (and Live) the Best Stories Will Rule the Future
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avg rating 3.99 — 942 ratings — published 2012
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Welcome: A Mo Willems Guide for New Arrivals Welcome: A Mo Willems Guide for New Arrivals (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 1,032 ratings — published 2017
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F Is for Feelings F Is for Feelings (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 92 ratings — published 2014
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George Bernard Shaw
“I wish to boast that Pygmalion has been an extremely successful play all over Europe and North America as well as at home. It is so intensely and deliberately didactic, and its subject is esteemed so dry, that I delight in throwing it at the heads of the wiseacres who repeat the parrot cry that art should never be didactic. It goes to prove my contention that art should never be anything else.”
George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion