Didactic Books

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The Fountainhead The Fountainhead (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 338,793 ratings — published 1943
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A Scanner Darkly A Scanner Darkly (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 111,366 ratings — published 1977
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The Satanic Verses The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 72,377 ratings — published 1988
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Sister Carrie Sister Carrie (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 41,952 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 — 304,791 ratings — published 1891
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Sophie’s World Sophie’s World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 285,530 ratings — published 1991
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Ishmael (Ishmael, #1) Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 105,130 ratings — published 1992
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The Little Prince The Little Prince (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 2,519,998 ratings — published 1943
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 4,636,118 ratings — published 1945
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The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 395,668 ratings — published 1880
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Atlas Shrugged Atlas Shrugged (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 408,775 ratings — published 1957
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The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1) The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,527,089 ratings — published 2020
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 244,252 ratings — published 1852
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The Jungle The Jungle (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 155,762 ratings — published 1906
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Amsterdam Amsterdam (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.47 — 61,088 ratings — published 1998
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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 495,275 ratings — published 2022
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 943,490 ratings — published 1878
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Middlemarch Middlemarch (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 181,356 ratings — published 1872
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 1,932,833 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 — 1,163,899 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 4.29 — 112,126 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 — 167,795 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 — 17,908 ratings — published 2009
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Little Unicorn Is Angry Little Unicorn Is Angry (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.57 — 244 ratings — published 2018
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 1,919,177 ratings — published 1890
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The Rabbit Listened The Rabbit Listened (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.59 — 9,312 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 4.13 — 16,703 ratings — published 2007
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 3,630,566 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 — 3,177,735 ratings — published 1950
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Siddhartha Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 889,073 ratings — published 1922
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Give Please a Chance Give Please a Chance (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.35 — 582 ratings — published 2016
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The Way Things Are The Way Things Are (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 14,699 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 — 1,603 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 — 24,227 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 — 101,608 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 — 84,246 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 3.80 — 1,356 ratings — published 2007
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We the Living We the Living (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 30,935 ratings — published 1936
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Turtle Moon Turtle Moon (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 10,899 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 — 44,261 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 — 136,591 ratings — published 1845
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The Prophet The Prophet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 332,166 ratings — published 1923
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The Holiday The Holiday (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.15 — 144 ratings — published 1949
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Bird by Bird Bird by Bird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 112,157 ratings — published 1994
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Sarah's Room Sarah's Room (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 76 ratings — published 1963
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Hands Are Not for Hitting (Ages 4-7) Hands Are Not for Hitting (Ages 4-7)
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avg rating 4.05 — 636 ratings — published 2000
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The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 5,772 ratings — published 2019
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Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 1,337 ratings — published 2022
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Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 5,396 ratings — published 2020
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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