The Most Influential Books

101.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,414,968 ratings
102.
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis 3.80 avg rating — 11,497 ratings
103.
Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice: 150 Anniversary Edition
Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice: 150 Anniversary Edition 4.31 avg rating — 3,867 ratings
104.
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism 3.97 avg rating — 344 ratings
105.
On War
On War 3.96 avg rating — 14,229 ratings
106.
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 3,050,719 ratings
107.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,673 ratings
108.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,607 ratings
109.
Being and Time
Being and Time 4.05 avg rating — 27,065 ratings
110.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,335 ratings
111.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,257,987 ratings
112.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,032 ratings
113.
Baby and Child Care
Baby and Child Care 3.80 avg rating — 2,212 ratings
114.
Aesop’s Fables
Aesop’s Fables
by: Aesop
4.05 avg rating — 128,587 ratings
115.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,477 ratings
116.
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 1,084,129 ratings
117.
Discourse on Method
Discourse on Method 3.72 avg rating — 24,472 ratings
118.
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) 4.58 avg rating — 1,004,402 ratings
119.
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
by: Ovid
4.10 avg rating — 76,392 ratings
120.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 4.03 avg rating — 29,121 ratings
121.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,870 ratings
122.
Phenomenology of Spirit
Phenomenology of Spirit 3.96 avg rating — 19,984 ratings
123.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,529 ratings
124.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,212 ratings
125.
The Prophet
The Prophet 4.23 avg rating — 321,094 ratings
126.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,381 ratings
127.
City of God
City of God 3.94 avg rating — 13,448 ratings
128.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,611 ratings
129.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,477 ratings
130.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,908 ratings
131.
History of the Peloponnesian War
History of the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating — 39,936 ratings
132.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating — 285,157 ratings
133.
An Essay on the Principle of Population
An Essay on the Principle of Population 3.42 avg rating — 1,844 ratings
134.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,630 ratings
135.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,113 ratings
136.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,499 ratings
137.
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) 4.28 avg rating — 694,078 ratings
138.
The Raven
The Raven 4.29 avg rating — 163,384 ratings
139.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,093 ratings
140.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,013 ratings
141.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,063,398 ratings
142.
Inferno
Inferno 4.03 avg rating — 200,487 ratings
143.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,159 ratings
144.
Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals
Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals 4.09 avg rating — 682 ratings
145.
The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)
The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)
by: Dr. Seuss
4.19 avg rating — 575,238 ratings
146.
Magna Carta
Magna Carta
by: J.C. Holt
3.88 avg rating — 126 ratings
147.
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 4.33 avg rating — 33,403 ratings
148.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 991,977 ratings
149.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,723 ratings
150.
The God Delusion
The God Delusion 3.90 avg rating — 279,315 ratings
151.
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Walden or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 200,836 ratings
152.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,732,877 ratings
153.
Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, Vol. 1
Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, Vol. 1 4.44 avg rating — 169 ratings
154.
The Trial and Death of Socrates
The Trial and Death of Socrates
by: Plato
4.12 avg rating — 44,771 ratings
155.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 641,286 ratings
156.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,628 ratings
157.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,730,930 ratings
158.
The Torah: The Five Books of Moses
The Torah: The Five Books of Moses
by: Anonymous
4.17 avg rating — 2,318 ratings
159.
Antigone
Antigone
by: Sophocles
3.68 avg rating — 170,453 ratings
160.
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings 4.61 avg rating — 141,520 ratings
161.
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table 3.92 avg rating — 38,981 ratings
162.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 552,894 ratings
163.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,006 ratings
164.
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present 4.08 avg rating — 259,673 ratings
165.
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride 4.27 avg rating — 936,524 ratings
166.
What Is to Be Done?
What Is to Be Done? 4.08 avg rating — 4,595 ratings
167.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,115 ratings
168.
The Complete Fairy Tales
The Complete Fairy Tales 4.29 avg rating — 108,181 ratings
169.
The Little Engine That Could
The Little Engine That Could 4.20 avg rating — 115,657 ratings
170.
The Code of Hammurabi
The Code of Hammurabi
by: Hammurabi
3.51 avg rating — 1,324 ratings
171.
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice 3.78 avg rating — 199,196 ratings
171.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating — 419,613 ratings
173.
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating — 231,994 ratings
174.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,299 ratings
175.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 499,065 ratings
175.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating — 99,672 ratings
175.
Faust, First Part
Faust, First Part 3.83 avg rating — 84,125 ratings
178.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,543 ratings
179.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 340,266 ratings
180.
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating — 333,843 ratings
181.
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,208 ratings
182.
The Symposium
The Symposium
by: Plato
4.09 avg rating — 85,841 ratings
183.
Leonardo's Notebooks
Leonardo's Notebooks really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 51,936 ratings
184.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 270,582 ratings
185.
The Dhammapada
The Dhammapada
by: Anonymous
4.27 avg rating — 30,403 ratings
186.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,013 ratings
187.
The Lorax
The Lorax
by: Dr. Seuss
4.35 avg rating — 363,660 ratings
188.
The Waste Land
The Waste Land 4.11 avg rating — 57,819 ratings
189.
Blackamoores: Africans in Tudor England, Their Presence, Status and Origins
Blackamoores: Africans in Tudor England, Their Presence, Status and Origins
by: Onyeka
4.36 avg rating — 107 ratings
190.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 4.02 avg rating — 15,255 ratings
191.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany 4.22 avg rating — 144,568 ratings
192.
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot 3.84 avg rating — 217,095 ratings
193.
The Conquest of Gaul
The Conquest of Gaul 4.01 avg rating — 13,198 ratings
194.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,298 ratings
195.
The Road to Serfdom
The Road to Serfdom 4.15 avg rating — 25,376 ratings
196.
Man and His Symbols
Man and His Symbols
by: C.G. Jung
4.19 avg rating — 32,153 ratings
197.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change 4.16 avg rating — 801,847 ratings
198.
Ethics
Ethics 4.10 avg rating — 20,275 ratings
199.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,718 ratings
200.
The Secret Magdalene
The Secret Magdalene 4.14 avg rating — 4,706 ratings
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