Books That 'Changed the World'
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Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World
by:
Simon Garfield
3.67 avg rating — 1,876 ratings 2. 
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
by:
Malala Yousafzai
4.33 avg rating — 34,049 ratings 
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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
by:
Simon Winchester
3.82 avg rating — 13,927 ratings 
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The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: A True Story About an Accidental Invention 4.09 avg rating — 1,076 ratings
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Flying Cars, Zombie Dogs, and Robot Overlords: How World's Fairs and Trade Expos Changed the World
by:
Charles Pappas
3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings 13. 
Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World
by:
Ann Shen
4.04 avg rating — 5,242 ratings 14. 
Five Equations That Changed the World: The Power and Poetry of Mathematics
by:
Michael Guillen
4.18 avg rating — 2,314 ratings 15. 
In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World
by:
Ian Stewart
3.96 avg rating — 3,269 ratings 16. 
Legends, Icons & Rebels: Music That Changed the World
by:
Robbie Robertson
4.15 avg rating — 223 ratings 
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Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World
by:
Mackenzi Lee
4.17 avg rating — 4,027 ratings 19. 
Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World
by:
Rachel Swaby
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,982 ratings 20. 
The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance that Changed the World
by:
Greg King
4.04 avg rating — 1,652 ratings 21. 
Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World
by:
Billy Bragg
4.23 avg rating — 414 ratings 22. 
Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World
by:
Monte Beauchamp
3.82 avg rating — 157 ratings 
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Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
by:
Jane McGonigal
3.79 avg rating — 8,270 ratings 25. 
Our Rights: How Kids Are Changing the World
by:
Janet Wilson
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 44 ratings 25. 
These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World
by:
Grady Hendrix
4.25 avg rating — 221 ratings 27. 
The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed the World
by:
Michael Lewis
3.99 avg rating — 62,917 ratings 
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Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World
by:
Sarah Prager
4.13 avg rating — 3,204 ratings 29. 
50 Queer Music Icons Who Changed the World: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Legends 2.97 avg rating — 59 ratings
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The Twist: The Story of the Song and Dance That Changed the World
by:
Jim Dawson
3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings 32. 
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Beatles, Beatlemania, and the Music that Changed the World
by:
Bob Spitz
3.88 avg rating — 131 ratings 32. 
Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World 3.79 avg rating — 669 ratings
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Quinine: Malaria and the Quest for a Cure That Changed the World
by:
Fiammetta Rocco
3.84 avg rating — 284 ratings 
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The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
by:
A.J. Baime
4.55 avg rating — 11,939 ratings 37. 
Anime Impact: The Movies and Shows that Changed the World of Japanese Animation
by:
Chris Stuckmann
3.66 avg rating — 164 ratings 37. 
Atlas of World War II: History's Greatest Conflict Revealed Through Rare Wartime Maps and New Cartography 4.16 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
by:
Mark Kurlansky
3.92 avg rating — 24,360 ratings 39. 
Art That Changed the World: Transformative Art Movements and the Paintings That Inspired Them
by:
D.K. Publishing
4.30 avg rating — 370 ratings 39. 
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
by:
Adam Tooze
4.28 avg rating — 4,042 ratings 42. 
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The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
by:
Russell Gold
3.78 avg rating — 779 ratings 42. 
Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948
by:
Ramachandra Guha
4.49 avg rating — 776 ratings 
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Fifty Bicycles That Changed the World: Design Museum Fifty
by:
Design Museum
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 46. 
Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World
by:
Susan Hood
4.42 avg rating — 866 ratings 46. 
Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters Changed Our World
by:
Andrea Barnet
4.28 avg rating — 564 ratings 49. 
Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World
by:
Cynthia Chin-Lee
4.23 avg rating — 405 ratings 49. 
Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats
by:
Maryn McKenna
4.20 avg rating — 883 ratings 51. 
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Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World
by:
Laura Spinney
3.91 avg rating — 7,931 ratings 53. 
Nature's Allies: Eight Conservationists Who Changed Our World
by:
Larry Nielsen
3.90 avg rating — 106 ratings 54. 
She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History
by:
Chelsea Clinton
4.39 avg rating — 1,701 ratings 54. 
October 31, 1517: Martin Luther and the Day that Changed the World
by:
Martin E. Marty
3.07 avg rating — 238 ratings 
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Inventions: That Could Have Changed the World...But Didn't!
by:
Joe Rhatigan
3.75 avg rating — 53 ratings 58. 
Precious Cargo: How Foods From the Americas Changed The World
by:
Dave DeWitt
3.19 avg rating — 27 ratings 60. 
Queer, There and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World
by:
Sarah Prager
4.13 avg rating — 3,204 ratings 60. 
The Search for God and Guinness: A Biography of the Beer that Changed the World 3.84 avg rating — 2,394 ratings
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Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
by:
Marc Aronson
3.67 avg rating — 1,469 ratings 
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Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain—and How it Changed the World
by:
Carl Zimmer
3.97 avg rating — 650 ratings 
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1808: The Flight of the Emperor: How A Weak Prince, A Mad Queen, And The British Navy Tricked Napoleon And Changed The New World
by:
Laurentino Gomes
4.11 avg rating — 6,549 ratings 68. 
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They Changed the World: Bell, Edison and Tesla (Campfire Graphic Novels)
by:
Naresh Kumar
3.74 avg rating — 62 ratings 
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Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
by:
Sy Montgomery
4.07 avg rating — 3,934 ratings 
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The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World
by:
Shelley Emling
3.84 avg rating — 1,340 ratings 
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The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Battle That Changed the World
by:
Holger H. Herwig
3.84 avg rating — 707 ratings 
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Chilled: How Refrigeration Changed the World and Might Do So Again
by:
Tom Jackson
3.55 avg rating — 174 ratings 82. 
53 1/2 things that changed the world and some that didn't
by:
Steve Parker
4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings 82. 
The Fender Telecaster: The Life and Times of the Electric Guitar That Changed the World
by:
Dave Hunter
4.25 avg rating — 61 ratings 
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
by:
Mark Kurlansky
3.92 avg rating — 24,360 ratings 87. 
100 Women Who Made History: Remarkable Women Who Shaped Our World (DK 100 Things That Made History)
by:
S.A. Caldwell
4.26 avg rating — 152 ratings 87. 
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
by:
Steven Johnson
3.89 avg rating — 55,255 ratings 89. 
The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon - The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World
by:
Steven L. Kent
4.14 avg rating — 2,961 ratings 90. 
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Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs: 100 Discoveries That Changed the World 4.18 avg rating — 540 ratings
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Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the 116 Days that Changed the World
by:
Chris Wallace
4.26 avg rating — 9,536 ratings 95. 
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
by:
Dalai Lama XIV
4.38 avg rating — 62,470 ratings 95. 
Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine
by:
Olivia Campbell
3.71 avg rating — 5,525 ratings 
