Didactic Books

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The Fountainhead The Fountainhead (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 335,859 ratings — published 1943
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A Scanner Darkly A Scanner Darkly (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as didactic)
avg rating 4.03 — 109,408 ratings — published 1977
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The Satanic Verses The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as didactic)
avg rating 3.71 — 71,216 ratings — published 1988
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Sister Carrie Sister Carrie (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 41,611 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 — 300,539 ratings — published 1891
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Sophie’s World Sophie’s World (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as didactic)
avg rating 3.97 — 279,167 ratings — published 1991
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Ishmael (Ishmael, #1) Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 103,584 ratings — published 1992
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 4,457,289 ratings — published 1945
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The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 379,278 ratings — published 1880
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Atlas Shrugged Atlas Shrugged (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 405,160 ratings — published 1957
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The Midnight Library The Midnight Library (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,378,358 ratings — published 2020
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The Little Prince The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as didactic)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,427,407 ratings — published 1943
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 241,309 ratings — published 1852
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The Jungle The Jungle (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 153,627 ratings — published 1906
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Amsterdam Amsterdam (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.47 — 59,509 ratings — published 1998
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Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 1,282,715 ratings — published 1811
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 919,886 ratings — published 1878
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Middlemarch Middlemarch (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 177,486 ratings — published 1872
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 1,829,633 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 — 1,132,124 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 4.28 — 96,771 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 — 164,906 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 — 17,105 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 — 239 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 — 1,834,744 ratings — published 1890
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The Rabbit Listened The Rabbit Listened (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.59 — 8,940 ratings — published 2018
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Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as didactic)
avg rating 4.14 — 15,734 ratings — published 2007
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 3,504,264 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)
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avg rating 4.24 — 3,108,006 ratings — published 1950
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Siddhartha Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 863,119 ratings — published 1922
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Give Please a Chance Give Please a Chance (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.35 — 580 ratings — published 2016
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The Way Things Are The Way Things Are (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 14,387 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 4.19 — 1,542 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 — 23,803 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)
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avg rating 4.15 — 97,920 ratings — published 2014
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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 82,383 ratings — published
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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)
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avg rating 3.81 — 1,329 ratings — published 2007
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We the Living We the Living (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 30,628 ratings — published 1936
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Turtle Moon Turtle Moon (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 10,796 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 — 43,047 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 — 133,629 ratings — published 1845
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The Marvelous Mud House: A Story of Finding Fullness and Joy The Marvelous Mud House: A Story of Finding Fullness and Joy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 57 ratings — published
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I Used to Be Afraid I Used to Be Afraid (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.68 — 408 ratings — published 2015
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Sophie and the Perfect Poem: Habit 6 (Ready-to-Read Level 2) (The 7 Habits of Happy Kids) Sophie and the Perfect Poem: Habit 6 (Ready-to-Read Level 2) (The 7 Habits of Happy Kids)
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avg rating 3.78 — 37 ratings — published 2013
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Sociology Sociology (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 1983
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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 3.91 — 76 ratings — published
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Big Words for Little People Big Words for Little People (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 966 ratings — published 2008
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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