Books that make you think.

1.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,227,675 ratings
2.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,357,474 ratings
3.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,016,025 ratings
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Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 847,023 ratings
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The Beasts of Success
The Beasts of Success 4.28 avg rating — 508 ratings
6.
Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,816 ratings
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Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives 4.13 avg rating — 55,459 ratings
8.
The Traveler (Fourth Realm, #1)
The Traveler (Fourth Realm, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 11,893 ratings
9.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 3.87 avg rating — 38,987 ratings
10.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,819 ratings
11.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,690,115 ratings
12.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,719,619 ratings
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,783,364 ratings
14.
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Walden or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 200,864 ratings
15.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road 3.93 avg rating — 92,061 ratings
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The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,376,023 ratings
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Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece 4.24 avg rating — 16,187 ratings
18.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,790 ratings
19.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,995 ratings
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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,260,186 ratings
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,610 ratings
22.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,609 ratings
23.
Fight Club
Fight Club 4.18 avg rating — 629,505 ratings
24.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,801,064 ratings
25.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,889 ratings
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,596,793 ratings
27.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 552,997 ratings
28.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,717 ratings
29.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,658 ratings
30.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,997 ratings
31.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,297 ratings
32.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,454 ratings
33.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,423 ratings
34.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,248 ratings
35.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,139 ratings
36.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything 4.22 avg rating — 412,878 ratings
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Othello
Othello 3.89 avg rating — 428,091 ratings
38.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,655 ratings
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Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot 3.84 avg rating — 217,135 ratings
40.
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 499,222 ratings
41.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,416 ratings
42.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,494 ratings
43.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) 4.62 avg rating — 4,010,100 ratings
44.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,732,473 ratings
45.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,476 ratings
46.
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating — 832,686 ratings
47.
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism 4.29 avg rating — 51,946 ratings
48.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,911 ratings
49.
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 — 241,478 ratings
50.
The Glass Bead Game
The Glass Bead Game 4.10 avg rating — 41,309 ratings
51.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,752,389 ratings
52.
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,591 ratings
53.
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice 3.78 avg rating — 199,216 ratings
54.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,833 ratings
55.
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose 4.16 avg rating — 214,782 ratings
56.
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment 4.15 avg rating — 429,826 ratings
57.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,532 ratings
58.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land 3.92 avg rating — 323,305 ratings
59.
The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities 4.19 avg rating — 7,191 ratings
60.
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 4,012,869 ratings
61.
Hiroshima
Hiroshima 4.04 avg rating — 86,452 ratings
62.
Outliers: The Story of Success
Outliers: The Story of Success 4.19 avg rating — 845,904 ratings
63.
The Dharma Bums
The Dharma Bums 3.93 avg rating — 99,795 ratings
64.
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by: Tom Wolfe
3.92 avg rating — 85,407 ratings
65.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 496,062 ratings
66.
VALIS
VALIS 3.92 avg rating — 32,020 ratings
67.
The God Delusion
The God Delusion 3.90 avg rating — 279,353 ratings
68.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 340,335 ratings
69.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,103 ratings
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Inferno
Inferno 4.03 avg rating — 200,546 ratings
71.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,300 ratings
72.
The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating — 814,436 ratings
73.
The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto
by: Karl Marx
3.67 avg rating — 189,297 ratings
74.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,494 ratings
75.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge 3.93 avg rating — 9,669 ratings
76.
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything 3.96 avg rating — 111,016 ratings
77.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 330,525 ratings
78.
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,287,613 ratings
79.
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,478 ratings
80.
Utopia
Utopia 3.55 avg rating — 80,703 ratings
81.
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 3,594,648 ratings
82.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,581,592 ratings
83.
Unwind (Unwind, #1)
Unwind (Unwind, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 244,668 ratings
84.
Muhammad, the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait
Muhammad, the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait 4.48 avg rating — 566 ratings
85.
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead 4.19 avg rating — 78,037 ratings
86.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating — 528,356 ratings
87.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,972 ratings
88.
Every Moment After
Every Moment After 3.69 avg rating — 874 ratings
89.
Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating — 53,326 ratings
90.
The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids 4.01 avg rating — 115,116 ratings
91.
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
American Gods (American Gods, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 978,872 ratings
92.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,633 ratings
93.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,356 ratings
94.
Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska 3.96 avg rating — 1,716,240 ratings
95.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,569 ratings
96.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating — 1,569,048 ratings
97.
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference 4.01 avg rating — 844,314 ratings
98.
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating — 229,273 ratings
99.
This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life 4.47 avg rating — 36,976 ratings
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Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
Neverwhere (London Below, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 555,482 ratings
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