Reddit 100 Books That Changed Your Life

1.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,114 ratings
2.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,085 ratings
3.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,250 ratings
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Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) 3.89 avg rating — 354,055 ratings
5.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,847 ratings
6.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,689 ratings
7.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,768 ratings
8.
Harry Potter Collection (Harry Potter, #1-6)
Harry Potter Collection (Harry Potter, #1-6) 4.72 avg rating — 34,545 ratings
9.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,969,982 ratings
10.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,641 ratings
11.
Fight Club
Fight Club 4.18 avg rating — 629,419 ratings
12.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,937 ratings
13.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,655 ratings
14.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,849 ratings
15.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 4.11 avg rating — 524,828 ratings
16.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,197 ratings
16.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 241,451 ratings
18.
A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-5)
A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-5) 4.60 avg rating — 64,125 ratings
19.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,430,264 ratings
20.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 4.11 avg rating — 148,395 ratings
21.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,272 ratings
22.
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating — 832,416 ratings
23.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow 4.17 avg rating — 564,543 ratings
23.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The Death of Ivan Ilyich 4.14 avg rating — 205,046 ratings
25.
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating — 98,658 ratings
26.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything 4.22 avg rating — 412,828 ratings
27.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,507 ratings
28.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,020 ratings
29.
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth 4.17 avg rating — 61,767 ratings
30.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,416 ratings
31.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,187 ratings
32.
American Gods
American Gods 4.10 avg rating — 978,797 ratings
33.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,577 ratings
34.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,413 ratings
35.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,723 ratings
36.
Sphere
Sphere 3.83 avg rating — 194,873 ratings
37.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating — 528,219 ratings
38.
How to Win Friends & Influence People
How to Win Friends & Influence People 4.22 avg rating — 1,110,725 ratings
38.
Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)
Ishmael (Ishmael, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 102,546 ratings
40.
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream 3.89 avg rating — 47,885 ratings
41.
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men 4.17 avg rating — 233,384 ratings
41.
The God Delusion
The God Delusion 3.90 avg rating — 279,322 ratings
43.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,452 ratings
44.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,151 ratings
45.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,463 ratings
46.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,426 ratings
47.
The Heart test that could save your life by L.M. Clay
The Heart test that could save your life by L.M. Clay
by: L.M. Clay
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
47.
Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters
Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters 4.14 avg rating — 252 ratings
49.
The Stone Diaries
The Stone Diaries 3.89 avg rating — 41,486 ratings
50.
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 76,596 ratings
51.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 4.34 avg rating — 1,201,679 ratings
52.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,606 ratings
53.
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments 4.14 avg rating — 52,660 ratings
54.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,784 ratings
55.
Big Sur
Big Sur 3.84 avg rating — 37,138 ratings
56.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 3.86 avg rating — 565,735 ratings
57.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,969 ratings
58.
The Wretched of the Earth
The Wretched of the Earth 4.34 avg rating — 30,600 ratings
59.
The Tao of Pooh
The Tao of Pooh 4.01 avg rating — 128,078 ratings
60.
The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene 4.16 avg rating — 189,053 ratings
61.
The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)
The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7) 4.29 avg rating — 185,379 ratings
62.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,937 ratings
63.
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened 4.17 avg rating — 213,864 ratings
64.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,254 ratings
65.
Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North 3.72 avg rating — 32,265 ratings
66.
Pedro Páramo
Pedro Páramo 4.06 avg rating — 92,514 ratings
67.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,022 ratings
68.
In a Sunburned Country
In a Sunburned Country 4.07 avg rating — 119,156 ratings
69.
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End 4.49 avg rating — 210,889 ratings
70.
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 3.95 avg rating — 333,045 ratings
71.
Narcissus and Goldmund
Narcissus and Goldmund 4.22 avg rating — 69,807 ratings
72.
Everything is Illuminated
Everything is Illuminated 3.89 avg rating — 182,762 ratings
73.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,768 ratings
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,087 ratings
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Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, #4)
Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, #4) 4.27 avg rating — 214,831 ratings
76.
The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1)
The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 48,267 ratings
77.
Dance Dance Dance
Dance Dance Dance 4.04 avg rating — 97,112 ratings
78.
Post Office
Post Office 3.93 avg rating — 135,716 ratings
79.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 535,581 ratings
80.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,388 ratings
81.
I Will Bear Witness 1933-41: A Diary of the Nazi Years
I Will Bear Witness 1933-41: A Diary of the Nazi Years 4.33 avg rating — 2,887 ratings
82.
I Will Bear Witness 1942-45 A Diary of the Nazi Years
I Will Bear Witness 1942-45 A Diary of the Nazi Years 4.38 avg rating — 1,266 ratings
83.
The Lesser Evil: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1945-1959
The Lesser Evil: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1945-1959 4.22 avg rating — 138 ratings
84.
Letters to a Young Contrarian
Letters to a Young Contrarian 4.13 avg rating — 12,648 ratings
85.
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon 4.12 avg rating — 32,886 ratings
86.
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything 3.96 avg rating — 111,008 ratings
87.
Gone Girl
Gone Girl 4.14 avg rating — 3,358,464 ratings
88.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating — 850,472 ratings
89.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating — 332,388 ratings
90.
Sophie’s Choice
Sophie’s Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,607 ratings
91.
The Garden of Forking Paths
The Garden of Forking Paths 4.18 avg rating — 6,024 ratings
92.
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 4.34 avg rating — 99,165 ratings
93.
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah 4.15 avg rating — 65,955 ratings
94.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life 4.05 avg rating — 112,354 ratings
95.
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark 4.29 avg rating — 78,413 ratings
96.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,732 ratings
97.
The War of Art
The War of Art 3.98 avg rating — 113,855 ratings
98.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,912 ratings
99.
Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3)
Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 299,212 ratings
100.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,858 ratings
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