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Goodreads Best Philosophical Literature by Acclaimed Authors

'Fiction that aims to enlighten the reader "philosophically" (whatever you take that word to mean).' (Goodreads)
Works by Sartre, Orwell, Atwood, Dostoevsky, Harper Lee, Salinger, Austen, Tolstoy, Kermit the Frog and many others. What more could you ask for? The profound question left unanswered is why the 'Fifty Shades' books and 'The Da Vinci Code' didn't make it onto the list.
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
1
Albert Camus
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
2
Hermann Hesse
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
4
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
5
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
6
Hermann Hesse
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
7
Oscar Wilde
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
8
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
9
Aldous Huxley
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
10
Franz Kafka
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
11
William Golding
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
12
Ray Bradbury
Demian (Hermann Hesse)
Demian
13
Hermann Hesse
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
14
J.D. Salinger
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
15
Milan Kundera
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
16
Franz Kafka
Sophie's World (Jostein Gaarder)
Sophie's World
17
Jostein Gaarder
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
18
Paulo Coelho
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground
19
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
20
Voltaire
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil, Tr. Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike)
The Man Without Qualities
21
Robert Musil, Tr. Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick)
Nausea
22
Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick
Faust, Part One (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust, Part One
23
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
24
Albert Camus
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
25
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Glass Bead Game (Herman Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game
26
Herman Hesse
Slaughterhouse 5 (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse 5
27
Kurt Vonnegut
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainance (Robert M. Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainance
28
Robert M. Pirsig
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
29
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
30
George Orwell
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
31
Ayn Rand
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
32
William Shakespeare
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
33
Samuel Beckett
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
34
Ayn Rand
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke (Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
35
Rainer Maria Rilke
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
36
Mary Shelley
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
37
Lois Lowry
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
38
Marcel Proust
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
39
C.S. Lewis
No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit
40
Jean-Paul Sartre
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