Thinking Books: Books that made you think . . .

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,933 ratings
2.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,735 ratings
3.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,119 ratings
4.
The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities 4.19 avg rating — 7,191 ratings
5.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,674 ratings
6.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,127 ratings
7.
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate 4.16 avg rating — 27,262 ratings
8.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,255 ratings
9.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,893 ratings
10.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,101 ratings
11.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,136 ratings
11.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge 3.93 avg rating — 9,668 ratings
13.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,182 ratings
14.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,869 ratings
15.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,339 ratings
16.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,515 ratings
17.
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life 4.16 avg rating — 9,939 ratings
18.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,327 ratings
19.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.16 avg rating — 933,609 ratings
19.
The Book of Disquiet
The Book of Disquiet 4.40 avg rating — 35,766 ratings
21.
Father Forgive Us, for We Know Not What We Do
Father Forgive Us, for We Know Not What We Do 4.08 avg rating — 87 ratings
22.
Dialogues
Dialogues 4.39 avg rating — 101 ratings
23.
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith 4.01 avg rating — 220,440 ratings
24.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,225 ratings
25.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,585 ratings
26.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,208 ratings
27.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,580,667 ratings
28.
Desert Solitaire
Desert Solitaire 4.18 avg rating — 53,109 ratings
29.
Journey to the End of the Night
Journey to the End of the Night 4.19 avg rating — 46,248 ratings
30.
Nausea
Nausea 3.93 avg rating — 134,152 ratings
31.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,640 ratings
32.
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary 4.08 avg rating — 668,848 ratings
33.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating — 332,390 ratings
34.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,944 ratings
35.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,590 ratings
36.
M. Butterfly
M. Butterfly 3.93 avg rating — 14,876 ratings
37.
The Circle (The Circle, #1)
The Circle (The Circle, #1) 3.43 avg rating — 227,369 ratings
38.
Death on the Installment Plan
Death on the Installment Plan 4.21 avg rating — 9,038 ratings
39.
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace 3.60 avg rating — 229,388 ratings
40.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 3.58 avg rating — 77,970 ratings
41.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,176 ratings
42.
The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 739,792 ratings
43.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,923 ratings
44.
Grendel
Grendel 3.69 avg rating — 41,618 ratings
44.
The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating Heart Cadavers--How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death
The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating Heart Cadavers--How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death 3.63 avg rating — 500 ratings
46.
The Chosen
The Chosen 4.07 avg rating — 96,279 ratings
47.
I Am Legend and Other Stories
I Am Legend and Other Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 135,096 ratings
48.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,931 ratings
48.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,732 ratings
50.
The People's Republic of Chemicals
The People's Republic of Chemicals 4.09 avg rating — 56 ratings
51.
Dude, Where's My Country?
Dude, Where's My Country? 3.41 avg rating — 15,420 ratings
51.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,281 ratings
53.
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating — 98,659 ratings
54.
The Sun and Her Flowers
The Sun and Her Flowers
by: Rupi Kaur
4.08 avg rating — 364,877 ratings
55.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,452 ratings
56.
The Waves
The Waves 4.14 avg rating — 51,037 ratings
57.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,444 ratings
58.
Monsieur Teste
Monsieur Teste 3.82 avg rating — 745 ratings
59.
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us 4.01 avg rating — 32,460 ratings
60.
Nicholas and Alexandra
Nicholas and Alexandra 4.23 avg rating — 29,465 ratings
61.
Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire
Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire 3.98 avg rating — 1,049 ratings
62.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating — 156,850 ratings
62.
Murder Mysteries
Murder Mysteries 4.06 avg rating — 5,929 ratings
62.
Scar
Scar 3.40 avg rating — 30 ratings
62.
After the Fog
After the Fog 3.86 avg rating — 1,432 ratings
62.
Gravity’s Rainbow
Gravity’s Rainbow 4.01 avg rating — 46,894 ratings
62.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,046 ratings
62.
Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better
Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better 3.94 avg rating — 2,484 ratings
62.
The Spear in the Sand
The Spear in the Sand liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
62.
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
62.
Tracy
Tracy 4.15 avg rating — 47 ratings
62.
The Evolution of a Girl
The Evolution of a Girl 4.26 avg rating — 1,060 ratings
62.
Radix Naturalis: Liberation Semiology as Philosophy of Environment
Radix Naturalis: Liberation Semiology as Philosophy of Environment really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
74.
The People's Act of Love
The People's Act of Love 3.70 avg rating — 3,234 ratings
74.
Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography
Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography
by: Ian Carr
4.16 avg rating — 877 ratings
74.
Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant
Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant 4.20 avg rating — 2,581 ratings
74.
The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating — 226,230 ratings
74.
A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown
A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown 4.01 avg rating — 5,116 ratings
74.
Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable-And Couldn't
Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable-And Couldn't 3.83 avg rating — 877 ratings
74.
A Fortunate Life
A Fortunate Life 4.25 avg rating — 9,642 ratings
74.
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True 4.05 avg rating — 27,033 ratings
82.
Megan's Way
Megan's Way 3.51 avg rating — 1,778 ratings
82.
Juneteenth
Juneteenth 3.60 avg rating — 2,213 ratings
82.
Dining Out with the Ice Giants (Dining Out Around The Solar System, #2)
Dining Out with the Ice Giants (Dining Out Around The Solar System, #2) 4.45 avg rating — 42 ratings
82.
Manchild in the Promised Land
Manchild in the Promised Land 4.28 avg rating — 9,113 ratings
82.
The Concubine
The Concubine 3.97 avg rating — 3,214 ratings
82.
The Dalai Lama's Cat (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #1)
The Dalai Lama's Cat (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 15,776 ratings
82.
The Sellout
The Sellout 3.75 avg rating — 73,389 ratings
82.
My Thoughts Written In Words
My Thoughts Written In Words really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
82.
Atlantis
Atlantis 4.05 avg rating — 139 ratings
91.
The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity 3.84 avg rating — 682,801 ratings
91.
Meltdown in Tibet: China's Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia
Meltdown in Tibet: China's Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia 4.01 avg rating — 73 ratings
91.
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created 4.12 avg rating — 20,586 ratings
91.
A Moment in the Sun
A Moment in the Sun 3.89 avg rating — 780 ratings
91.
Scottish Witchcraft: The History and Magick of the Picts
Scottish Witchcraft: The History and Magick of the Picts 3.67 avg rating — 414 ratings
91.
The Art of Purring (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #2)
The Art of Purring (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #2) 4.43 avg rating — 4,039 ratings
91.
The Basque History of the World
The Basque History of the World 3.86 avg rating — 5,449 ratings
91.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,104 ratings
91.
My Place
My Place 3.99 avg rating — 6,669 ratings
91.
Finding Identity
Finding Identity
by: Silenus
4.08 avg rating — 39 ratings
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