Books for 2020 M.

1.
On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
by: Seneca
4.17 avg rating — 43,000 ratings
2.
Meditations
Meditations 4.28 avg rating — 320,705 ratings
3.
Confessions
Confessions 3.99 avg rating — 71,259 ratings
4.
The Inner Life
The Inner Life 3.66 avg rating — 337 ratings
5.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,401 ratings
6.
On Art and Life
On Art and Life 3.83 avg rating — 1,115 ratings
7.
Why I Write
Why I Write 4.01 avg rating — 14,210 ratings
8.
Nationalism
Nationalism 4.06 avg rating — 2,592 ratings
9.
On Friendship
On Friendship 3.66 avg rating — 1,346 ratings
10.
A Tale of a Tub
A Tale of a Tub 3.45 avg rating — 2,045 ratings
11.
The Social Contract
The Social Contract 3.78 avg rating — 55,694 ratings
12.
The Christians and the Fall of Rome
The Christians and the Fall of Rome 3.50 avg rating — 419 ratings
13.
Common Sense
Common Sense really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38,565 ratings
14.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating — 26,298 ratings
15.
On The Pleasure of Hating
On The Pleasure of Hating 3.60 avg rating — 968 ratings
16.
The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto
by: Karl Marx
3.67 avg rating — 189,243 ratings
17.
On the Suffering of the World
On the Suffering of the World 3.87 avg rating — 3,030 ratings
18.
On Natural Selection
On Natural Selection 3.90 avg rating — 1,215 ratings
19.
Why I Am So Wise
Why I Am So Wise 3.61 avg rating — 1,932 ratings
20.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,444 ratings
21.
Civilization and Its Discontents
Civilization and Its Discontents 3.79 avg rating — 43,512 ratings
22.
The First Ten Books
The First Ten Books
by: Confucius
3.36 avg rating — 293 ratings
23.
The Art of War
The Art of War
by: Sun Tzu
3.95 avg rating — 550,578 ratings
24.
The Symposium
The Symposium
by: Plato
4.09 avg rating — 85,851 ratings
25.
Sensation and Sex
Sensation and Sex
by: Lucretius
3.42 avg rating — 109 ratings
26.
An Attack on an Enemy of Freedom
An Attack on an Enemy of Freedom 3.81 avg rating — 232 ratings
27.
How to Achieve True Greatness
How to Achieve True Greatness 3.26 avg rating — 111 ratings
28.
The Book of the City of Ladies
The Book of the City of Ladies 3.80 avg rating — 4,256 ratings
29.
Of Empire
Of Empire 3.33 avg rating — 189 ratings
30.
Of Man
Of Man 3.50 avg rating — 232 ratings
31.
Urne Burial
Urne Burial 4.11 avg rating — 506 ratings
32.
Great Ideas Miracles and Idolatry
Great Ideas Miracles and Idolatry
by: Voltaire
3.62 avg rating — 297 ratings
33.
On Suicide
On Suicide 3.57 avg rating — 1,021 ratings
34.
On the Nature of War
On the Nature of War 3.46 avg rating — 125 ratings
35.
Fear and Trembling
Fear and Trembling really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29,957 ratings
36.
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For 3.79 avg rating — 1,480 ratings
37.
Conspicuous Consumption
Conspicuous Consumption 3.66 avg rating — 571 ratings
38.
The Myth of Sisyphus
The Myth of Sisyphus 4.18 avg rating — 83,911 ratings
39.
Eichmann and the Holocaust
Eichmann and the Holocaust 4.09 avg rating — 940 ratings
40.
In Consolation to His Wife
In Consolation to His Wife
by: Plutarch
3.92 avg rating — 123 ratings
41.
Some Anatomies of Melancholy
Some Anatomies of Melancholy 3.09 avg rating — 86 ratings
42.
Great Ideas Human Happiness
Great Ideas Human Happiness 3.66 avg rating — 349 ratings
43.
The Invisible Hand
The Invisible Hand 3.63 avg rating — 643 ratings
44.
The Evils of Revolution
The Evils of Revolution 3.48 avg rating — 174 ratings
45.
Nature
Nature 3.79 avg rating — 6,305 ratings
46.
The Sickness Unto Death
The Sickness Unto Death 4.09 avg rating — 11,757 ratings
47.
The Lamp of Memory
The Lamp of Memory 3.73 avg rating — 154 ratings
48.
Man Alone with Himself
Man Alone with Himself 3.77 avg rating — 1,045 ratings
49.
A Confession
A Confession 4.10 avg rating — 18,736 ratings
50.
Useful Work versus Useless Toil
Useful Work versus Useless Toil 3.87 avg rating — 476 ratings
51.
The Significance of the Frontier in American History
The Significance of the Frontier in American History 3.52 avg rating — 227 ratings
52.
Days of Reading
Days of Reading 3.65 avg rating — 3,704 ratings
53.
An Appeal to the Toiling, Oppressed and Exhausted Peoples of Europe
An Appeal to the Toiling, Oppressed and Exhausted Peoples of Europe 3.66 avg rating — 346 ratings
54.
The Future of an Illusion
The Future of an Illusion 3.76 avg rating — 7,133 ratings
55.
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 4.08 avg rating — 23,854 ratings
56.
Books v. Cigarettes
Books v. Cigarettes 3.83 avg rating — 8,370 ratings
57.
The Fastidious Assassins
The Fastidious Assassins 3.73 avg rating — 298 ratings
58.
Concerning Violence
Concerning Violence 4.14 avg rating — 238 ratings
59.
The Spectacle of the Scaffold
The Spectacle of the Scaffold 3.77 avg rating — 171 ratings
60.
Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching
by: Lao Tzu
4.29 avg rating — 176,920 ratings
61.
Great Ideas Writings From the Zen
Great Ideas Writings From the Zen 3.59 avg rating — 380 ratings
62.
Utopia
Utopia 3.55 avg rating — 80,684 ratings
63.
On Solitude
On Solitude 3.62 avg rating — 1,112 ratings
64.
On Power
On Power 3.31 avg rating — 45 ratings
65.
Of the Abuse of Words
Of the Abuse of Words 3.61 avg rating — 257 ratings
66.
Consolation in the Face of Death
Consolation in the Face of Death 3.42 avg rating — 40 ratings
67.
An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?
An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment? 3.83 avg rating — 2,972 ratings
68.
The Executioner
The Executioner 3.62 avg rating — 82 ratings
69.
Confessions of an English Opium Eater
Confessions of an English Opium Eater 3.28 avg rating — 10,821 ratings
70.
The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion
The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion 3.90 avg rating — 935 ratings
71.
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address 4.52 avg rating — 7,663 ratings
72.
Revolution and War
Revolution and War
by: Karl Marx
3.59 avg rating — 109 ratings
73.
The Grand Inquisitor
The Grand Inquisitor 4.32 avg rating — 7,098 ratings
74.
Great Ideas On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings
Great Ideas On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings 3.69 avg rating — 137 ratings
75.
An Apology for Idlers
An Apology for Idlers 3.66 avg rating — 496 ratings
76.
Of the Dawn of Freedom
Of the Dawn of Freedom 3.89 avg rating — 61 ratings
77.
Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid
Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid 4.05 avg rating — 294 ratings
78.
Decline of the English Murder
Decline of the English Murder 3.70 avg rating — 1,397 ratings
79.
Why Look at Animals?
Why Look at Animals? 3.83 avg rating — 1,498 ratings
80.
The Tao of Nature
The Tao of Nature
by: Zhuangzi
4.03 avg rating — 346 ratings
81.
Of Human Freedom
Of Human Freedom
by: Epictetus
4.17 avg rating — 1,121 ratings
82.
On Conspiracies (A Selection of 7 Essays) (Great Ideas #083)
On Conspiracies (A Selection of 7 Essays) (Great Ideas #083) 3.61 avg rating — 239 ratings
83.
Meditations on First Philosophy
Meditations on First Philosophy 3.74 avg rating — 28,666 ratings
84.
Dialogue Between Fashion and Death
Dialogue Between Fashion and Death 3.81 avg rating — 280 ratings
85.
On Liberty
On Liberty 3.96 avg rating — 41,825 ratings
86.
Hosts of Living Forms
Hosts of Living Forms 3.86 avg rating — 29 ratings
87.
Night Walks
Night Walks 3.44 avg rating — 1,001 ratings
88.
Some Extraordinary Popular Delusions
Some Extraordinary Popular Delusions 3.82 avg rating — 4,975 ratings
89.
The State as a Work of Art
The State as a Work of Art 3.33 avg rating — 43 ratings
90.
Silly Novels by Lady Novelists
Silly Novels by Lady Novelists 3.58 avg rating — 695 ratings
91.
The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays
The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays 3.91 avg rating — 2,018 ratings
92.
The Wolfman
The Wolfman 3.58 avg rating — 558 ratings
93.
The Jewish State
The Jewish State 3.51 avg rating — 1,702 ratings
94.
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism 4.26 avg rating — 9,468 ratings
95.
We Will All Go Down Fighting to the End
We Will All Go Down Fighting to the End 4.16 avg rating — 154 ratings
96.
The Perpetual Race of Achilles & the Tortoise
The Perpetual Race of Achilles & the Tortoise 4.07 avg rating — 337 ratings
97.
Some Thoughts on the Common Toad
Some Thoughts on the Common Toad 3.91 avg rating — 717 ratings
98.
An Image of Africa / The Trouble with Nigeria
An Image of Africa / The Trouble with Nigeria 3.95 avg rating — 730 ratings
99.
Travels in the Land of Kubilai Khan
Travels in the Land of Kubilai Khan 3.46 avg rating — 271 ratings