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50 Books That Changed the World

For centuries, books have been written in an attempt to share knowledge, inspiration, and discoveries. Sometimes those books make such an impact that they change the way the world thinks about things. The following books have done just that by providing readers an education in politics and government, literature, society, academic subjects such as science and math, and religion.
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The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
1
Plato
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
2
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The Rights of Man
The Rights of Man
3
Common Sense (Thomas Paine)
Common Sense
4
Thomas Paine
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America
5
Alexis De Tocqueville
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
6
Niccolò Machiavelli
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
7
Harriet Beecher Stowe
On Liberty (John Stuart Mill)
On Liberty
8
John Stuart Mill
Das Kapital
Das Kapital
9
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
10
Adam Smith
Guerilla Warfare (Ernesto "Che" Guevara)
Guerilla Warfare
11
Ernesto "Che" Guevara
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
12
Geoffrey Chaucer
Lady Chatterly's Lover (Lawrence, D.H.)
Lady Chatterly's Lover
13
Lawrence, D.H.
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
14
Dante Alighieri
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
15
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
16
Chinua Achebe
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
17
Herman Melville
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
18
George Orwell
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
19
Aldous Huxley
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
20
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
21
Homer
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
22
Miguel De Cervantes
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
23
Charles Dickens
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
24
Gustave Flaubert
The Arabian Nights' Entertainments
The Arabian Nights' Entertainments
25
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
26
J.K. Rowling
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
27
Leo Tolstoy
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
28
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
29
Paulo Coelho
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
30
Anne Frank
Survival in Auschwitz (Primo Levi)
Survival in Auschwitz
31
Primo Levi
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
32
Mary Wollstonecraft
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
33
Simone De Beauvoir
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
34
Virginia Woolf
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
35
Henry David Thoreau
A Dictionary of the English Language
A Dictionary of the English Language
36
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
37
The Interpretation of Dreams (Sigmund Freud)
The Interpretation of Dreams
38
Sigmund Freud
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
39
Charles Darwin
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
40
Rachel Carson
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