Penguin Great Ideas

1.
A Room of One's Own
A Room of One's Own 4.22 avg rating β€” 246,525 ratings
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The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto
by: Karl Marx
3.67 avg rating β€” 189,296 ratings
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Why I Write
Why I Write 4.01 avg rating β€” 14,221 ratings
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Books v. Cigarettes
Books v. Cigarettes 3.83 avg rating β€” 8,374 ratings
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The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating β€” 371,449 ratings
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The Myth of Sisyphus
The Myth of Sisyphus 4.18 avg rating β€” 83,990 ratings
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating β€” 26,302 ratings
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Utopia
Utopia 3.55 avg rating β€” 80,703 ratings
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Meditations
Meditations 4.28 avg rating β€” 320,844 ratings
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The Art of War
The Art of War
by: Tzu Sun
3.95 avg rating β€” 550,691 ratings
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On Natural Selection
On Natural Selection 3.90 avg rating β€” 1,215 ratings
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Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching
by: Lao Tzu
4.29 avg rating β€” 176,962 ratings
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Common Sense
Common Sense really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 38,570 ratings
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Fear and Trembling
Fear and Trembling really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 29,963 ratings
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On the Shortness of Life
On the Shortness of Life
by: Seneca
4.17 avg rating β€” 43,020 ratings
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On Liberty
On Liberty 3.96 avg rating β€” 41,829 ratings
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Some Thoughts on the Common Toad
Some Thoughts on the Common Toad 3.90 avg rating β€” 718 ratings
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The Symposium
The Symposium
by: Plato
4.09 avg rating β€” 85,867 ratings
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Eichmann and the Holocaust
Eichmann and the Holocaust 4.09 avg rating β€” 940 ratings
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Meditations
Meditations 3.74 avg rating β€” 28,675 ratings
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The City of Ladies
The City of Ladies 3.80 avg rating β€” 4,258 ratings
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Silly Novels by Lady Novelists
Silly Novels by Lady Novelists 3.58 avg rating β€” 696 ratings
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The Grand Inquisitor
The Grand Inquisitor 4.32 avg rating β€” 7,099 ratings
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Decline of the English Murder
Decline of the English Murder 3.70 avg rating β€” 1,397 ratings
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The Social Contract
The Social Contract 3.78 avg rating β€” 55,710 ratings
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The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address 4.26 avg rating β€” 47 ratings
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Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism 4.26 avg rating β€” 9,469 ratings
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Confessions of a Sinner
Confessions of a Sinner 3.64 avg rating β€” 374 ratings
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The First Ten Books
The First Ten Books
by: Confucius
3.36 avg rating β€” 293 ratings
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A Tale of a Tub
A Tale of a Tub 3.45 avg rating β€” 2,045 ratings
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On Friendship
On Friendship 3.66 avg rating β€” 1,346 ratings
32.
Why Look at Animals?
Why Look at Animals? 3.83 avg rating β€” 1,498 ratings
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Night Walks
Night Walks 3.44 avg rating β€” 1,001 ratings
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A Confession
A Confession 4.10 avg rating β€” 18,744 ratings
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Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For 3.79 avg rating β€” 1,480 ratings
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Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid
Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid 4.05 avg rating β€” 294 ratings
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Civilization and Its Discontents
Civilization and Its Discontents 3.79 avg rating β€” 43,517 ratings
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Days of Reading
Days of Reading 3.64 avg rating β€” 3,707 ratings
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Why I Am So Wise
Why I Am So Wise 3.61 avg rating β€” 1,932 ratings
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater 3.28 avg rating β€” 10,822 ratings
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Of Human Freedom
Of Human Freedom
by: Epictetus
4.17 avg rating β€” 1,121 ratings
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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 4.08 avg rating β€” 23,857 ratings
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On the Pleasure of Hating
On the Pleasure of Hating 3.60 avg rating β€” 968 ratings
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Nature
Nature 3.79 avg rating β€” 6,305 ratings
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The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion
The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion 3.90 avg rating β€” 935 ratings
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The Sickness Unto Death
The Sickness Unto Death 4.09 avg rating β€” 11,762 ratings
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The Fastidious Assassins
The Fastidious Assassins 3.74 avg rating β€” 299 ratings
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On the Suffering of the World
On the Suffering of the World 3.86 avg rating β€” 3,032 ratings
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Travels in the Land of Kubilai Khan
Travels in the Land of Kubilai Khan 3.46 avg rating β€” 271 ratings
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On Solitude
On Solitude 3.62 avg rating β€” 1,112 ratings
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An Attack on an Enemy of Freedom
An Attack on an Enemy of Freedom 3.81 avg rating β€” 232 ratings
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An Apology for Idlers
An Apology for Idlers 3.66 avg rating β€” 496 ratings
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On Suicide
On Suicide 3.57 avg rating β€” 1,022 ratings
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Anarchist Communism
Anarchist Communism 3.84 avg rating β€” 618 ratings
55.
Revelation and The Book of Job
Revelation and The Book of Job
by: Anonymous
3.15 avg rating β€” 54 ratings
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Of the Abuse of Words
Of the Abuse of Words 3.61 avg rating β€” 257 ratings
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The Perpetual Race of Achilles & the Tortoise
The Perpetual Race of Achilles & the Tortoise 4.07 avg rating β€” 337 ratings
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The Christians and the Fall of Rome
The Christians and the Fall of Rome 3.50 avg rating β€” 419 ratings
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In Consolation to His Wife
In Consolation to His Wife
by: Plutarch
3.92 avg rating β€” 123 ratings
59.
Great Ideas On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings
Great Ideas On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings 3.69 avg rating β€” 137 ratings
61.
We Will All Go Down Fighting to the End
We Will All Go Down Fighting to the End 4.16 avg rating β€” 154 ratings
62.
On Art and Life
On Art and Life 3.82 avg rating β€” 1,116 ratings
62.
Great Ideas Writings From the Zen
Great Ideas Writings From the Zen 3.59 avg rating β€” 380 ratings
64.
Some Anatomies of Melancholy
Some Anatomies of Melancholy 3.09 avg rating β€” 86 ratings
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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 β€” 346 ratings
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Of the Dawn of Freedom
Of the Dawn of Freedom 3.89 avg rating β€” 61 ratings
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An Image of Africa / The Trouble with Nigeria
An Image of Africa / The Trouble with Nigeria 3.95 avg rating β€” 730 ratings
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Conspicuous Consumption
Conspicuous Consumption 3.66 avg rating β€” 571 ratings
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Urne Burial
Urne Burial 4.11 avg rating β€” 508 ratings
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The Future of an Illusion
The Future of an Illusion 3.76 avg rating β€” 7,134 ratings
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An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?
An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment? 3.83 avg rating β€” 2,972 ratings
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On Power
On Power 3.31 avg rating β€” 45 ratings
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Revolution and War
Revolution and War
by: Karl Marx
3.59 avg rating β€” 109 ratings
74.
Man Alone with Himself
Man Alone with Himself 3.77 avg rating β€” 1,046 ratings
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Concerning Violence
Concerning Violence 4.14 avg rating β€” 238 ratings
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Of Man
Of Man 3.50 avg rating β€” 232 ratings
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Of Empire
Of Empire 3.33 avg rating β€” 189 ratings
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The Jewish State
The Jewish State 3.51 avg rating β€” 1,704 ratings
79.
Great Ideas Human Happiness
Great Ideas Human Happiness 3.66 avg rating β€” 349 ratings
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The Wolfman
The Wolfman 3.58 avg rating β€” 558 ratings
81.
The Executioner
The Executioner 3.62 avg rating β€” 82 ratings
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The Decay of Lying: And Other Essays
The Decay of Lying: And Other Essays 3.96 avg rating β€” 2,450 ratings
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The Inner Life
The Inner Life 3.66 avg rating β€” 337 ratings
84.
Three Japanese Buddhist Monks
Three Japanese Buddhist Monks
by: Saigyō
3.78 avg rating β€” 417 ratings
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Bushido: The Soul of Japan
Bushido: The Soul of Japan 3.84 avg rating β€” 9,843 ratings
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The Narrative of Trajan's Column
The Narrative of Trajan's Column 3.72 avg rating β€” 137 ratings
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Brief Notes on the Art and Manner of Arranging One's Books
Brief Notes on the Art and Manner of Arranging One's Books 3.73 avg rating β€” 396 ratings
88.
The Evils of Revolution
The Evils of Revolution 3.48 avg rating β€” 174 ratings
89.
Sensation and Sex
Sensation and Sex
by: Lucretius
3.42 avg rating β€” 109 ratings
89.
Great Ideas V Nationalism
Great Ideas V Nationalism 4.06 avg rating β€” 2,593 ratings
91.
The Painter of Modern Life
The Painter of Modern Life 3.91 avg rating β€” 2,018 ratings
92.
Great Ideas Miracles and Idolatry
Great Ideas Miracles and Idolatry
by: Voltaire
3.62 avg rating β€” 297 ratings
93.
Useful Work versus Useless Toil
Useful Work versus Useless Toil 3.87 avg rating β€” 476 ratings
94.
The Tao of Nature
The Tao of Nature
by: Zhuangzi
4.03 avg rating β€” 346 ratings
95.
One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer
One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer
by: Aristotle
3.55 avg rating β€” 185 ratings
95.
Ain't I a Woman?
Ain't I a Woman? 4.18 avg rating β€” 550 ratings
97.
On the Nature of War
On the Nature of War 3.46 avg rating β€” 125 ratings
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Reflections On The Guillotine
Reflections On The Guillotine 4.10 avg rating β€” 2,433 ratings
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Suffragette Manifestos
Suffragette Manifestos
by: Various
4.04 avg rating β€” 207 ratings
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The Freedom to Be Free
The Freedom to Be Free 3.77 avg rating β€” 2,343 ratings
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