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110 Books That Shaped World History - Page 2

The list below comes from the book 100 Books That Shaped World History, Bluewood Books (2002), written by Miriam Rafter, with a few additions to include a broader view of history outside of a Western framework.
The books in the list below are NOT ranked by their relative influence. They are listed chronologically.
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The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
41
James Fenimore Cooper
Nature
Nature
42
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
43
Charles Dickens
Tales
Tales
44
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
45
Frederick Douglass
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
46
Emily Bronte
Civil Disobedience (Henry David Thoreau)
Civil Disobedience
47
Henry David Thoreau
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
48
Charles Dickens
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
49
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
50
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
51
Herman Melville
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
52
Charles Darwin
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
53
Lewis Carroll
Das Kapital (Karl Marx)
Das Kapital
54
Karl Marx
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
55
Louisa May Alcott
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
56
Jules Verne
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
57
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
58
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
59
Mark Twain
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
60
Leo Tolstoy
A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
61
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Jewish State (Theodor Herzl)
The Jewish State
62
Theodor Herzl
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
63
H. G. Wells
The Interpretation of Dreams (Sigmund Freud)
The Interpretation of Dreams
64
Sigmund Freud
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Up From Slavery
65
Booker T. Washington
The Story of My Life (Helen Keller)
The Story of My Life
66
Helen Keller
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
67
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
68
Jack London
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
69
Upton Sinclair
Riders of the Purple Sage (Zane Grey)
Riders of the Purple Sage
70
Zane Grey
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
71
Willa Cather
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
72
D.H. Lawrence
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein
73
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
74
Hermann Hesse
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
75
James Joyce
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
76
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mein Kampf (Adolf Hitler)
Mein Kampf
77
Adolf Hitler
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
78
Ernest Hemingway
The Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary
79
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
80
Virginia Woolf
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