Books - required at top US colleges

1.
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating — 232,014 ratings
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,689 ratings
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,343 ratings
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Manifesto of the Free People's Union
Manifesto of the Free People's Union 4.52 avg rating — 33 ratings
5.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,764 ratings
6.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,629 ratings
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Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,823 ratings
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A Theory of Justice
A Theory of Justice 3.95 avg rating — 13,399 ratings
9.
Anthropology and Modern Life
Anthropology and Modern Life 3.97 avg rating — 234 ratings
10.
Zapata and the Mexican Revolution
Zapata and the Mexican Revolution 4.10 avg rating — 545 ratings
11.
Confessions
Confessions 3.99 avg rating — 71,267 ratings
12.
History of the Peloponnesian War
History of the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating — 39,936 ratings
13.
The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto
by: Karl Marx
3.67 avg rating — 189,263 ratings
14.
Democracy in America
Democracy in America 4.05 avg rating — 26,629 ratings
15.
Das Kapital
Das Kapital
by: Karl Marx
4.09 avg rating — 23,214 ratings
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The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,687 ratings
17.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,418 ratings
18.
Introduction to Econometrics (Addison-Wesley Series in Economics)
Introduction to Econometrics (Addison-Wesley Series in Economics) 3.57 avg rating — 242 ratings
19.
Essays on Economics and Economists
Essays on Economics and Economists 4.21 avg rating — 56 ratings
20.
Econometrics
Econometrics 4.11 avg rating — 116 ratings
21.
Analytical Politics
Analytical Politics 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
22.
Dynamic Macroeconomic Theory
Dynamic Macroeconomic Theory 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings
23.
A Short Guide to Writing About Art (The Short Guide Series)
A Short Guide to Writing About Art (The Short Guide Series) 3.94 avg rating — 821 ratings
24.
The Evolution of Cooperation
The Evolution of Cooperation 4.25 avg rating — 2,279 ratings
25.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 3.85 avg rating — 89,882 ratings
26.
The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent
The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings
27.
Learning and teaching [microform]
Learning and teaching [microform] 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
28.
Cyborg Citizen
Cyborg Citizen 3.19 avg rating — 58 ratings
29.
The Technological Society
The Technological Society 4.31 avg rating — 1,158 ratings
30.
The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom?
The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom? 3.94 avg rating — 553 ratings
31.
A Social History of American Technology
A Social History of American Technology 3.61 avg rating — 90 ratings
32.
Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
Illuminations: Essays and Reflections 4.29 avg rating — 12,265 ratings
33.
The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society
The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society 4.16 avg rating — 107 ratings
34.
Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Letter from the Birmingham Jail 4.72 avg rating — 8,438 ratings
35.
Leadership Without Easy Answers
Leadership Without Easy Answers 4.10 avg rating — 930 ratings
36.
A Primer for Policy Analysis
A Primer for Policy Analysis 3.66 avg rating — 38 ratings
37.
Principles of Corporate Finance
Principles of Corporate Finance 3.93 avg rating — 899 ratings
38.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,736 ratings
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men 3.97 avg rating — 3,971 ratings
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The Anti-Politics Machine: "Development," Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho
The Anti-Politics Machine: "Development," Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho 4.28 avg rating — 632 ratings
41.
The Social Contract
The Social Contract 3.78 avg rating — 55,702 ratings
42.
Calculus: Early Transcendentals
Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3.97 avg rating — 953 ratings
43.
Civilization and Its Discontents
Civilization and Its Discontents 3.79 avg rating — 43,516 ratings
44.
Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing
Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing 4.12 avg rating — 261 ratings
45.
Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspace, Version 2.0
Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspace, Version 2.0 3.95 avg rating — 1,699 ratings
46.
On the Teaching of Creative Writing: Responses to a Series of Questions
On the Teaching of Creative Writing: Responses to a Series of Questions 4.10 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 324,996 ratings
48.
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man 4.10 avg rating — 4,051 ratings
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Transnationalizing the Public Sphere
Transnationalizing the Public Sphere 3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings
50.
Statistics with STATA
Statistics with STATA 3.74 avg rating — 34 ratings
51.
Office Hours
Office Hours 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings
52.
The Discourses
The Discourses 4.07 avg rating — 9,585 ratings
53.
The Metaphysics of Morals
The Metaphysics of Morals 3.94 avg rating — 2,724 ratings
54.
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach 4.20 avg rating — 4,386 ratings
55.
Two Treatises of Government
Two Treatises of Government 3.87 avg rating — 19,408 ratings
56.
Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics 3.87 avg rating — 767 ratings
57.
Lectures on Macroeconomics
Lectures on Macroeconomics 4.17 avg rating — 47 ratings
58.
Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics 3.61 avg rating — 297 ratings
59.
Japanese: The Spoken Language, Part 1
Japanese: The Spoken Language, Part 1 3.43 avg rating — 81 ratings
60.
Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion
Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion 3.57 avg rating — 7,087 ratings
61.
Ethnic Groups in Conflict, Updated Edition With a New Preface
Ethnic Groups in Conflict, Updated Edition With a New Preface really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 111 ratings
62.
To End a War
To End a War 4.07 avg rating — 707 ratings
63.
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
by: Max Weber
3.91 avg rating — 14,704 ratings
64.
Diplomacy
Diplomacy 4.25 avg rating — 9,163 ratings
65.
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy 3.99 avg rating — 2,893 ratings
66.
The Logic of Congressional Action
The Logic of Congressional Action 3.53 avg rating — 91 ratings
67.
Globalization and its Discontents
Globalization and its Discontents 3.87 avg rating — 8,111 ratings
68.
Politics
Politics
by: Aristotle
3.98 avg rating — 41,881 ratings
69.
The Nicomachean Ethics
The Nicomachean Ethics
by: Aristotle
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 57,310 ratings
70.
The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style 4.18 avg rating — 86,239 ratings
71.
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order 3.78 avg rating — 13,748 ratings
72.
Public Finance
Public Finance 3.93 avg rating — 183 ratings
73.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow 4.17 avg rating — 564,610 ratings
74.
The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,202 ratings
75.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 4.03 avg rating — 29,127 ratings
76.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 3.88 avg rating — 34,381 ratings
77.
Simulacra and Simulation
Simulacra and Simulation really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15,970 ratings
78.
On Liberty
On Liberty 3.96 avg rating — 41,828 ratings
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Leviathan
Leviathan 3.70 avg rating — 51,355 ratings