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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 1,219,183 ratings — published 2011
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 844,721 ratings — published 1946
The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 120,716 ratings — published 1859
Meditations (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 328,144 ratings — published 180
Brave New World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 2,034,779 ratings — published 1932
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,121,846 ratings — published 1936
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 807,450 ratings — published 1989
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 571,591 ratings — published 2011
War and Peace (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 359,469 ratings — published 1869
1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,293,747 ratings — published 1949
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 2,753,535 ratings — published 1993
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 172,649 ratings — published 1984
Dune (Dune #1)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,587,482 ratings — published 1965
Menti tribali. Perché le brave persone si dividono su politica e religione (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 64,145 ratings — published 2012
Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 178,824 ratings — published -350
The Art of War (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 556,569 ratings — published -500
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,377,171 ratings — published 1937
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 2,277,745 ratings — published 1846
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,460,548 ratings — published 1969
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.97 — 2,751,815 ratings — published 1953
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 16,456 ratings — published 2005
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 34,537 ratings — published 1776
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,219,944 ratings — published 2018
Don Quixote (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 299,591 ratings — published 1615
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.36 — 198,643 ratings — published 2018
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.20 — 30,340 ratings — published 1994
Hamlet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,027,731 ratings — published 1601
The Prince (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 374,967 ratings — published 1513
Democracy in America (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 26,733 ratings — published 1835
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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avg rating 4.47 — 11,157,631 ratings — published 1997
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 374,747 ratings — published 1880
The Wealth of Nations, Books 1-3 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 1,504 ratings — published 1776
Catch-22 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 877,334 ratings — published 1961
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 4,411,182 ratings — published 1945
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
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avg rating 3.97 — 1,268,422 ratings — published 1962
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 218,805 ratings — published 2017
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 4,682,456 ratings — published 1813
The Outsiders (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 1,555,746 ratings — published 1967
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.43 — 549,405 ratings — published 1899
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,982,952 ratings — published 1979
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
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avg rating 4.17 — 585,435 ratings — published 1951
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 3,140,372 ratings — published 1954
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 530,779 ratings — published 1984
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 44,079 ratings — published 2006
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 136,737 ratings — published 2007
Fear and Trembling (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 30,407 ratings — published 1843
The Nicomachean Ethics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 58,111 ratings — published -350
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 6,741,926 ratings — published 1960
History of the Peloponnesian War (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 40,098 ratings — published -411
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 1,174,748 ratings — published 1963
“A Visionaire always takes a step back during a crisis to get out of their own way.”
― Vision to Reality: Stop Working, Start Living
― Vision to Reality: Stop Working, Start Living
“It is an acceptance of being uncomfortable that drives change.”
― Vision to Reality: Stop Working, Start Living
― Vision to Reality: Stop Working, Start Living
