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Foundational Books
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Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.28 — 360,337 ratings — published 180
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.37 — 898,726 ratings — published 1946
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,284,666 ratings — published 2011
The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.01 — 122,848 ratings — published 1859
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as foundational)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,103,386 ratings — published 1932
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,164,606 ratings — published 1936
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.16 — 829,543 ratings — published 1989
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.17 — 598,074 ratings — published 2011
War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.17 — 369,833 ratings — published 1869
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,568,373 ratings — published 1948
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,344,994 ratings — published 2018
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.21 — 179,481 ratings — published 1984
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,653,091 ratings — published 1965
Menti tribali. Perché le brave persone si dividono su politica e religione (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.19 — 67,154 ratings — published 2012
Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.29 — 184,503 ratings — published -350
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as foundational)
avg rating 3.94 — 580,639 ratings — published -500
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,511,637 ratings — published 1937
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,354,600 ratings — published 1847
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,840,495 ratings — published 1993
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.39 — 18,370 ratings — published 2005
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as foundational)
avg rating 3.89 — 35,205 ratings — published 1776
Don Quixote (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as foundational)
avg rating 3.91 — 308,886 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 4.35 — 203,631 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 — 31,277 ratings — published 1994
Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,066,283 ratings — published 1601
The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as foundational)
avg rating 3.84 — 388,008 ratings — published 1532
Democracy in America (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.05 — 27,229 ratings — published 1835
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,550,528 ratings — published 1997
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.39 — 396,123 ratings — published 1880
The Wealth of Nations, Books 1-3 (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as foundational)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,635 ratings — published 1776
History of the Peloponnesian War (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as foundational)
avg rating 3.95 — 40,914 ratings — published -411
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,921,064 ratings — published 1890
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as foundational)
avg rating 3.99 — 892,757 ratings — published 1961
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as foundational)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,296,052 ratings — published 1962
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.37 — 230,932 ratings — published 2017
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,878,270 ratings — published 1813
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,497,706 ratings — published 1969
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as foundational)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,890,329 ratings — published 1953
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as foundational)
avg rating 3.43 — 564,386 ratings — published 1899
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.10 — 58,419 ratings — published 2012
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.17 — 602,983 ratings — published 1951
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as foundational)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,238,017 ratings — published 1954
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.09 — 45,529 ratings — published 2006
The Analects (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as foundational)
avg rating 3.80 — 24,319 ratings — published -475
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.20 — 147,434 ratings — published 2007
Fear and Trembling (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.00 — 32,155 ratings — published 1843
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,913,571 ratings — published 1999
Stoner (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.35 — 264,083 ratings — published 1965
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.26 — 154,711 ratings — published 1974
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as foundational)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,253,232 ratings — published 1963
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