Didactic Books

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The Fountainhead The Fountainhead (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 336,867 ratings — published 1943
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A Scanner Darkly A Scanner Darkly (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 110,019 ratings — published 1977
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The Satanic Verses The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as didactic)
avg rating 3.71 — 71,608 ratings — published 1988
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Sister Carrie Sister Carrie (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 41,734 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 — 301,936 ratings — published 1891
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Sophie’s World Sophie’s World (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as didactic)
avg rating 3.97 — 281,199 ratings — published 1991
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Ishmael (Ishmael, #1) Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 104,134 ratings — published 1992
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 4,513,957 ratings — published 1945
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The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 383,853 ratings — published 1880
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Atlas Shrugged Atlas Shrugged (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 406,353 ratings — published 1957
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The Midnight Library The Midnight Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as didactic)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,425,525 ratings — published 2020
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The Little Prince The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as didactic)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,457,669 ratings — published 1943
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 242,224 ratings — published 1852
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The Jungle The Jungle (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 154,306 ratings — published 1906
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Amsterdam Amsterdam (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.47 — 60,092 ratings — published 1998
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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 461,077 ratings — published 2022
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Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 1,290,869 ratings — published 1811
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 927,061 ratings — published 1878
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Middlemarch Middlemarch (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 178,680 ratings — published 1872
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 1,869,897 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 — 1,142,204 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 — 99,874 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 — 165,813 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 — 17,412 ratings — published 2009
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Little Unicorn Is Angry Little Unicorn Is Angry (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.55 — 241 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 — 1,862,127 ratings — published 1890
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The Rabbit Listened The Rabbit Listened (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.59 — 9,086 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 — 16,056 ratings — published 2007
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 3,543,088 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 — 3,136,020 ratings — published 1950
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Siddhartha Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 872,273 ratings — published 1922
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Give Please a Chance Give Please a Chance (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.35 — 581 ratings — published 2016
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The Way Things Are The Way Things Are (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 14,536 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 — 1,570 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 — 23,973 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 — 99,093 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 — 83,100 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 — 1,342 ratings — published 2007
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We the Living We the Living (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 30,736 ratings — published 1936
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Turtle Moon Turtle Moon (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 10,818 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 — 43,406 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 — 134,551 ratings — published 1845
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An Overdue Match (Checking Out Love, #1) An Overdue Match (Checking Out Love, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as didactic)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,012 ratings — published 2025
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 3,183,707 ratings — published 1954
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King of Magic, Man of Glass: A German Folk Tale King of Magic, Man of Glass: A German Folk Tale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.57 — 7 ratings — published 1998
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The Total Teacher: Understanding the Three Dimensions that Define Effective Educators The Total Teacher: Understanding the Three Dimensions that Define Effective Educators (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.50 — 8 ratings — published
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How Much Land Does a Man Need? How Much Land Does a Man Need? (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.11 — 18,416 ratings — published 1886
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Language through the Looking Glass: Exploring Language and Linguistics Language through the Looking Glass: Exploring Language and Linguistics (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 93 ratings — published 1981
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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