94 books
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79 voters
Life Changing Books
Showing 1-50 of 12,601
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 149 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,943,287 ratings — published 2005
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 142 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,684,799 ratings — published 1988
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 135 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,378,872 ratings — published 2018
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.37 — 916,515 ratings — published 1946
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 121 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,044,126 ratings — published 1999
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,824,022 ratings — published 2012
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,652,202 ratings — published 1948
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 96 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,660,498 ratings — published 1997
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,035,573 ratings — published 1960
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,243,696 ratings — published 1997
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 83 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,589,746 ratings — published 2020
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 82 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,144,679 ratings — published 2008
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,103,471 ratings — published 2011
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,555,844 ratings — published 1943
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.19 — 539,443 ratings — published 1997
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,177,652 ratings — published 1936
The Giver (Giver, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,867,807 ratings — published 1993
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.15 — 466,464 ratings — published 1997
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,295,710 ratings — published 2017
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 67 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,187,435 ratings — published 2007
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,785,976 ratings — published 2007
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,772,888 ratings — published 2005
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,968,007 ratings — published 1951
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,279,320 ratings — published 1947
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.27 — 979,502 ratings — published 2015
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,566,163 ratings — published 2003
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,459,727 ratings — published 2016
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.88 — 397,541 ratings — published 2010
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.16 — 836,003 ratings — published 1989
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.09 — 900,622 ratings — published 1922
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 53 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,968,779 ratings — published 1999
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,933,521 ratings — published 1963
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 48 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,376,205 ratings — published 2016
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 48 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,877,786 ratings — published 2003
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 47 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.41 — 836,443 ratings — published 2016
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,713,441 ratings — published 1945
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,278,871 ratings — published 1963
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,511,274 ratings — published 1985
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money—That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.09 — 748,933 ratings — published 1997
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,033,107 ratings — published 2007
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 44 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,731,764 ratings — published 2005
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,303,646 ratings — published 2011
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.34 — 299,516 ratings — published 2014
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,931,705 ratings — published 2018
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.02 — 823,316 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 42 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,292,070 ratings — published 2000
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,935,958 ratings — published 1813
Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.56 — 1,631 ratings — published 2023
The 4-Hour Workweek (ebook)
by (shelved 41 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.91 — 339,801 ratings — published 2007
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,381,303 ratings — published 1847
“The thing about being catapulted into a whole new life--or at least, shoved up so hard against someone else's life that you might as well have your face pressed against their window--is that it forces you to rethink your idea of who you are. Or how you might seem to other people.”
― Me Before You
― Me Before You
“The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.”
― Cosmic Ordering: You can be successful
― Cosmic Ordering: You can be successful












