335 books
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432 voters
Life Changing Books
Showing 1-50 of 12,003
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 146 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,849,952 ratings — published 2005
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 141 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,519,513 ratings — published 1988
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 121 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,256,649 ratings — published 2018
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 113 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,981,665 ratings — published 1999
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.37 — 861,442 ratings — published 1946
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,666,413 ratings — published 2012
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,376,852 ratings — published 1949
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 95 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,280,282 ratings — published 1997
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,808,739 ratings — published 1960
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,183,697 ratings — published 1997
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 79 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,785,445 ratings — published 2008
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,438,720 ratings — published 1943
The Midnight Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,396,757 ratings — published 2020
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,135,644 ratings — published 1936
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,942,870 ratings — published 2011
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 71 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,779,692 ratings — published 1993
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.19 — 507,776 ratings — published 1997
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 69 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,074,900 ratings — published 2007
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.15 — 443,092 ratings — published 1997
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,859,910 ratings — published 1951
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,736,362 ratings — published 2005
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.40 — 4,001,356 ratings — published 2017
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,147,505 ratings — published 1947
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,717,629 ratings — published 2007
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,459,967 ratings — published 2003
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.28 — 905,642 ratings — published 2015
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.16 — 814,483 ratings — published 1989
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.88 — 390,352 ratings — published 2010
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,380,883 ratings — published 2016
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 52 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,782,333 ratings — published 1999
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 52 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,793,181 ratings — published 1953
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.08 — 867,377 ratings — published 1922
Rich Dad, Poor Dad (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.10 — 714,051 ratings — published 1997
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,387,466 ratings — published 1985
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,198,837 ratings — published 1963
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 46 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,758,767 ratings — published 2003
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,240,679 ratings — published 2011
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 45 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.41 — 793,772 ratings — published 2016
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 45 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,624,368 ratings — published 2005
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,021,099 ratings — published 2007
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 43 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.64 — 3,112,218 ratings — published 2016
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 42 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,150,044 ratings — published 2000
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,479,137 ratings — published 1945
Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.57 — 1,567 ratings — published 2023
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,829,641 ratings — published 2018
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,742,956 ratings — published 1813
The 4-Hour Workweek (ebook)
by (shelved 40 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.91 — 330,913 ratings — published 2007
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.35 — 271,230 ratings — published 2014
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.01 — 795,740 ratings — published 2003
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.21 — 140,619 ratings — published 2007
“Not sorry, not calling, not crying
All will pass like smoke of white apple trees
Seized by the gold of autumn,
I will no longer be young.”
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All will pass like smoke of white apple trees
Seized by the gold of autumn,
I will no longer be young.”
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