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The 50 Most Influential Books of All Time

"By educating and informing readers in the areas of politics and government, creating new standards in literature, challenging societal norms, and advancing academic thought in the schools of science and religion, these are top 50 books that changed the world."
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The Republic
The Republic
2
The Analects (Confucius)
The Analects (Confucius)
3
The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto
4
The Rights of Man
The Rights of Man
5
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
6
The Prince
The Prince
7
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
8
On Liberty
On Liberty
9
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
10
Orientalism
Orientalism
11
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
12
The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy
13
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
14
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
15
1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
16
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
17
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad (Homer)
18
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
19
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
20
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
21
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary
22
Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights
23
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
24
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
25
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji
26
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
27
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
28
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
29
Faust
Faust
30
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
31
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
32
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
33
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl
34
A Vindication of the Rights of Men; a Vindication of the Rights of Woman; (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Men; a Vindication of the Rights of Woman; (Mary Wollstonecraft)
35
The Second Sex
The Second Sex
36
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
37
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
38
A Dictionary of the English Language
A Dictionary of the English Language
39
Critique of Pure Reason
Critique of Pure Reason
40
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
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