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Goodreads: The Most Influential Books in History - Page 2

"Holy books, political books, fiction, whatever. Which books do you think have had the greatest impact and influence (positive or negative) on our world?" (Goodreads)
A couple of repetitions have been removed. I decided to stop entering books as I neared "The Da Vinci Code". BTW, of those on the list, my own vote goes to "A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism" by James Clerk Maxwell.
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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm)
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
41
Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
42
Ayn Rand
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
43
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Social Contract (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
The Social Contract
44
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson/USA)
Silent Spring
45
Rachel Carson/USA
The Bhagavad Gita (Anonymous)
The Bhagavad Gita
46
Anonymous
The Complete Works of Aristotle: The Revised Oxford Translation (Aristotle)
The Complete Works of Aristotle: The Revised Oxford Translation
47
Aristotle
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
48
Mark Twain
The Iliad & the Odyssey (Homer)
The Iliad & the Odyssey
49
Homer
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
50
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
51
Upton Sinclair
Phenomenology of Spirit (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel)
Phenomenology of Spirit
52
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
53
Thomas More
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
54
Mary Shelley
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
55
John Milton
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
56
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
57
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
58
J.D. Salinger
The Epic of Gilgamesh (N.K. Sandars Translator)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
59
N.K. Sandars Translator
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (Henry David Thoreau)
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
60
Henry David Thoreau
Two Treatises of Government (John Locke)
Two Treatises of Government
61
John Locke
Beyond Good and Evil (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Beyond Good and Evil
62
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
63
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
64
Charles Dickens
Poetics and Rhetoric (Aristotle)
Poetics and Rhetoric
65
Aristotle
Gutenberg Bible (Various)
Gutenberg Bible
66
Various
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America
67
Alexis De Tocqueville
On Liberty (John Stuart Mill)
On Liberty
68
John Stuart Mill
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (Nicolaus Copernicus)
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
69
Nicolaus Copernicus
Confessions (St. Augustine)
Confessions
70
St. Augustine
Elements (Euclid)
Elements
71
Euclid
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
72
Simone De Beauvoir
Summa Theologica (Thomas Aquinas)
Summa Theologica
73
Thomas Aquinas
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
74
William Shakespeare
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
75
Virgil
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
76
Viktor Frankl
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
77
William Golding
New International Version of the Bible (Various)
New International Version of the Bible
78
Various
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
79
Joseph Conrad
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
80
Lao-Tzu
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