Works of Fiction Every Philosophy Student Should Read

1.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,511 ratings
2.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,356 ratings
3.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,528 ratings
4.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,616 ratings
5.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,226 ratings
6.
The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,180 ratings
7.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,171 ratings
8.
The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities 4.19 avg rating — 7,191 ratings
9.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,509 ratings
10.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Thus Spoke Zarathustra 4.07 avg rating — 169,508 ratings
11.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,908 ratings
12.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,722 ratings
13.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 4.11 avg rating — 524,800 ratings
14.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,225,775 ratings
15.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,812 ratings
16.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,905 ratings
17.
Nausea
Nausea 3.93 avg rating — 134,142 ratings
18.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,887 ratings
19.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge 3.93 avg rating — 9,668 ratings
20.
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 — 241,442 ratings
21.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,480 ratings
22.
The Book of Disquiet
The Book of Disquiet 4.40 avg rating — 35,763 ratings
23.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,074 ratings
24.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,059 ratings
25.
Solaris
Solaris 3.99 avg rating — 124,279 ratings
26.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,545 ratings
27.
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions 3.81 avg rating — 75,622 ratings
28.
Faust, First Part
Faust, First Part 3.83 avg rating — 84,124 ratings
29.
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes 3.89 avg rating — 37,519 ratings
30.
Utopia
Utopia 3.55 avg rating — 80,683 ratings
31.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,355,941 ratings
32.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,182 ratings
33.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,270 ratings
34.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,420 ratings
35.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 495,929 ratings
36.
I, Robot
I, Robot 4.21 avg rating — 369,887 ratings
37.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,528 ratings
38.
The Lord Chandos Letter and Other Writings
The Lord Chandos Letter and Other Writings 3.92 avg rating — 1,277 ratings
38.
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
40.
Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek 4.04 avg rating — 56,527 ratings
41.
Molloy / Malone Dies / The Unnamable
Molloy / Malone Dies / The Unnamable 4.28 avg rating — 9,327 ratings
42.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,059 ratings
43.
Death on the Installment Plan
Death on the Installment Plan 4.20 avg rating — 9,036 ratings
44.
The Age of Reason (Roads to Freedom, #1)
The Age of Reason (Roads to Freedom, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 15,709 ratings
45.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,263 ratings
46.
A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly 4.03 avg rating — 108,208 ratings
47.
We
We 3.88 avg rating — 107,848 ratings
48.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,043 ratings
49.
The Glass Bead Game
The Glass Bead Game 4.10 avg rating — 41,298 ratings
50.
The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed 4.25 avg rating — 143,137 ratings
51.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,777 ratings
51.
Animal Farm / 1984
Animal Farm / 1984 4.30 avg rating — 211,252 ratings
53.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain 4.13 avg rating — 56,590 ratings
54.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,969,901 ratings
55.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,488 ratings
56.
Ubik
Ubik 4.11 avg rating — 118,727 ratings
57.
Dialogues
Dialogues 4.39 avg rating — 101 ratings
58.
Gargantua and Pantagruel
Gargantua and Pantagruel 3.65 avg rating — 16,002 ratings
59.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman
The French Lieutenant’s Woman 3.88 avg rating — 54,864 ratings
60.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 344,025 ratings
61.
The Death of Vishnu
The Death of Vishnu 3.62 avg rating — 9,324 ratings
62.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating — 324,636 ratings
63.
Under the Net
Under the Net 3.77 avg rating — 16,014 ratings
64.
Crash
Crash 3.59 avg rating — 28,417 ratings
65.
Angels of the Revolution
Angels of the Revolution 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
65.
Correction
Correction 4.26 avg rating — 3,568 ratings
67.
The 12th Planet (Earth Chronicles, #1)
The 12th Planet (Earth Chronicles, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 5,763 ratings
67.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,166 ratings
69.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating — 167,093 ratings
70.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,303 ratings
71.
Les Chants de Maldoror
Les Chants de Maldoror 4.14 avg rating — 4,632 ratings
72.
Dog Years
Dog Years 3.88 avg rating — 1,843 ratings
73.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,538 ratings
74.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,735 ratings
75.
The Death of Grass
The Death of Grass 3.88 avg rating — 10,707 ratings
76.
Dead Souls
Dead Souls 3.98 avg rating — 93,258 ratings
77.
Tragic Sense of Life
Tragic Sense of Life 4.02 avg rating — 2,265 ratings
78.
Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings
Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings 4.28 avg rating — 2,399 ratings
79.
The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses 3.71 avg rating — 70,299 ratings
80.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,489 ratings
81.
Petersburg
Petersburg 3.97 avg rating — 5,600 ratings
82.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,756 ratings
83.
Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 97,908 ratings
84.
Und Nietzsche weinte
Und Nietzsche weinte 4.36 avg rating — 80,656 ratings
84.
The Human Script
The Human Script 3.70 avg rating — 54 ratings
84.
Globalocity: The Adventures of Raymond
Globalocity: The Adventures of Raymond it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
87.
Who are you? (Balu Baldauf #5)
Who are you? (Balu Baldauf #5) 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
88.
The Discovery of Heaven
The Discovery of Heaven 4.17 avg rating — 17,235 ratings
88.
I Rule World (Balu Baldauf #1)
I Rule World (Balu Baldauf #1) 4.69 avg rating — 26 ratings
90.
The World Order: Our Secret Rulers
The World Order: Our Secret Rulers 4.27 avg rating — 55 ratings
91.
God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian
God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian 3.87 avg rating — 17,293 ratings
91.
Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year
Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year 4.12 avg rating — 9,829 ratings
91.
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther 3.69 avg rating — 148,951 ratings
94.
The Childhood of Jesus (Jesus Trilogy, #1)
The Childhood of Jesus (Jesus Trilogy, #1) 3.48 avg rating — 7,274 ratings
95.
Ice Trilogy
Ice Trilogy 3.59 avg rating — 964 ratings
96.
The Leopard
The Leopard 4.01 avg rating — 44,210 ratings
96.
The Weekenders: Travels in the Heart of Africa
The Weekenders: Travels in the Heart of Africa
by: Various
3.16 avg rating — 150 ratings
98.
Two Deserts
Two Deserts 4.28 avg rating — 29 ratings
98.
Monsieur Teste
Monsieur Teste 3.82 avg rating — 745 ratings
100.
Wittgenstein’s Mistress
Wittgenstein’s Mistress 3.92 avg rating — 7,090 ratings
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