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A List of Books to Develop Your Heart, Mind, and Thoughts

An extensive list of books that are either recommended by inspirational souls like Patti Smith and David Bowie, or by wonderful websites like Brainpickings.com, or that are inspired by other lists from this website. Hopefully you'll find something to think about in each one of them.
Also, I am sorry about the couple of double (or triple even :o ) books that are in there, I noticed them too late...
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1
Douglas Adams
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
2
William Golding
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
3
Richard Bach
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
4
Kurt Vonnegut
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
5
George Orwell
Without Feathers (Woody Allen)
Without Feathers
6
Woody Allen
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
7
Oscar Wilde
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
8
Albert Camus
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
9
Franz Kafka
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
10
Ernest Hemingway
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
11
Hermann Hesse
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
12
Elie Wiesel
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
13
Viktor Frankl
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
14
George Orwell
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From the Underground
15
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
16
Jack Kerouac
Collected Stories (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Collected Stories
17
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
18
Ernest Hemingway
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
19
Franz Kafka
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
20
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
21
J.D. Salinger
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
22
Chinua Achebe
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
23
Viktor Frankl
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
24
Aldous Huxley
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
25
Leo Tolstoy
The Art of Happiness (14th Dalai Lama & Howard C. Cutler)
The Art of Happiness
26
14th Dalai Lama & Howard C. Cutler
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
27
Hermann Hesse
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
28
Milan Kundera
Collected Poems by Robert Frost
Collected Poems by Robert Frost
29
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
30
Ernest Hemingway
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
31
Ray Bradbury
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
32
Charles Dickens
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
33
W. Somerset Maugham
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
34
Vladimir Nabokov
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
35
Virginia Woolf
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
36
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
37
Paulo Coelho
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
38
Joseph Heller
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
39
Dee Brown
What Is the What
What Is the What
40
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