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25 Books That Will Blow Your Mind

The best books have the potential to stick with you long after you've finished them. Some can even affect how you look at the world.
Business Insider put together a list of 25 such books — taking inspiration from Amazon's list of 100 books to read in your lifetime, recommendations from Goodreads users, as well as some of their personal favorites.
These books' exploration of politics, history, and the human condition are so insightful, they've withstood the test of time.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
2
Aldous Huxley
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
3
Mary Shelley
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
4
Franz Kafka
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
5
William Gibson
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
6
Tim O'Brien
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
7
Kurt Vonnegut
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
8
Ray Bradbury
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
9
John Kennedy Toole
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
10
Truman Capote
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
11
William Golding
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
12
Paulo Coelho
Tuesdays With Morrie
Tuesdays With Morrie
13
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
14
Oscar Wilde
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
15
Anthony Burgess
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
16
Daniel Kahneman
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
17
Umberto Eco
The Stranger (Algeria)
The Stranger (Algeria)
18
Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell)
Outliers
19
Malcolm Gladwell
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
20
Orson Scott Card
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
21
Joseph Heller
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
22
George Orwell
Moonwalking With Einstein (Joshua Foer)
Moonwalking With Einstein
23
Joshua Foer
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
24
Alan Moore
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
25
Daniel Keyes
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