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Cover of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Robert M. Pirsig

★ 3.8

1974

Cover of A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

★ 4.2

2003

Cover of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Jared Diamond

★ 4.0

1997

Cover of The Art of War

The Art of War

Sun Tzu, Thomas Cleary

★ 4.0

-500

Cover of The God Delusion

The God Delusion

Richard Dawkins

★ 3.9

2006

Cover of Ways of Seeing

Ways of Seeing

John Berger

★ 3.8

1972

Cover of Candide

Candide

Voltaire

★ 3.8

1759

Cover of The Prophet

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

★ 4.2

1923

Cover of A People's History of the United States

A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn

★ 4.1

1980

Cover of When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese

★ 4.3

2016

Cover of The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

Barack Obama

★ 3.7

2006

Cover of The Republic

The Republic

Plato, Desmond Lee

★ 3.9

-380

Cover of Sophie's World

Sophie's World

Jostein Gaarder, Paulette Møller

★ 3.9

1991

Cover of The Art Book

The Art Book

Phaidon Press

★ 3.8

1997

Cover of The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

Miguel Ruiz

★ 4.1

1997

Cover of Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)

Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)

Anne McCaffrey, Teodor Panasiński

★ 4.1

1968

Cover of The Talisman (The Talisman, #1)

The Talisman (The Talisman, #1)

Stephen King, Peter Straub

★ 4.1

1984

Cover of Notes from a Small Island

Notes from a Small Island

Bill Bryson

★ 3.9

1995

Cover of A Canticle for Leibowitz

A Canticle for Leibowitz

Walter M. Miller Jr.

★ 4.0

1959

Cover of Ishmael:A Novel

Ishmael:A Novel

Daniel Quinn

★ 4.0

1992

Cover of In a Sunburned Country

In a Sunburned Country

Bill Bryson

★ 4.0

2000

Cover of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

Chuck Klosterman

★ 3.8

2003

Cover of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

★ 3.9

2007

Cover of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

★ 4.4

2011

Cover of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee

★ 4.3

2010

Cover of Anathem

Anathem

Neal Stephenson

★ 4.2

2008

Cover of Meditations

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius, Martin Hammond, Diskin Clay

★ 4.2

180

Cover of The Fall

The Fall

Albert Camus, Justin O'Brien

★ 4.0

1956

Cover of Eating Animals

Eating Animals

Jonathan Safran Foer

★ 4.2

2009

Cover of 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

Charles C. Mann

★ 4.0

2005

Cover of The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

Richard Dawkins

★ 4.2

2009

Cover of History of Beauty

History of Beauty

Umberto Eco, Girolamo De Michele, Alastair McEwen

★ 3.8

2004

Cover of The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

Don Wood, Audrey Wood

★ 4.3

1984

Cover of Gift from the Sea

Gift from the Sea

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

★ 4.2

1955

Cover of Noble House (Asian Saga, #5)

Noble House (Asian Saga, #5)

James Clavell

★ 4.2

1981

Cover of The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Albert Camus, Justin O'Brien

★ 4.2

1942

Cover of How the Irish Saved Civilization

How the Irish Saved Civilization

Thomas Cahill

★ 3.8

1995

Cover of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight #1

Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight #1

Brynne Stephens, Lela Dowling, Cynthia Martin, Anne McCaffrey

★ 4.4

1991

Cover of The Art of Loving

The Art of Loving

Erich Fromm, Peter D. Kramer, Rainer Funk

★ 4.0

1956

Cover of Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

Roland Barthes, Richard Howard

★ 3.9

1980

Cover of Walden & Civil Disobedience

Walden & Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau, W.S. Merwin

★ 4.0

1854

Cover of Leviathan

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes, C.B. Macpherson

★ 3.7

1651

Cover of The Social Contract

The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maurice Cranston

★ 3.8

1762

Cover of The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

Aldous Huxley

★ 4.0

1956

Cover of Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race

Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race

Jon Stewart, Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Rich Bloomquist, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Wyatt Cenac, Hallie Haglund, J.R. Havlan, David Javerbaum, Elliott Kalan, Josh Lieb, Sam Means, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross

★ 3.9

2010

Cover of On Photography

On Photography

Susan Sontag

★ 3.8

1973

Cover of The Symposium

The Symposium

Plato, Christopher Gill

★ 4.0

-385

Cover of The Trial and Death of Socrates

The Trial and Death of Socrates

Plato, G.M.A. Grube, John M. Cooper

★ 4.1

-400

Cover of Civilization and Its Discontents

Civilization and Its Discontents

Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Peter Gay

★ 3.8

1930

Cover of The Magic Mountain

The Magic Mountain

Thomas Mann, John E. Woods

★ 4.1

1924

Cover of A History of Western Philosophy

A History of Western Philosophy

Bertrand Russell

★ 4.0

1945

Cover of Being and Nothingness

Being and Nothingness

Jean-Paul Sartre, Hazel E. Barnes, Mary Warnock, Richard Eyre

★ 3.9

1943

Cover of Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality

Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality

Rebecca Housel, J. Jeremy Wisnewski, William Irwin

★ 4.4

2009

Cover of Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

Tony Kushner

★ 4.3

1992

Cover of Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Paulo Freire, Myra Bergman Ramos, Donaldo Macedo, Richard Shaull

★ 4.3

1968

Cover of Arcadia

Arcadia

Tom Stoppard

★ 4.2

1993

Cover of The Abolition of Man

The Abolition of Man

C.S. Lewis

★ 4.1

1943

Cover of The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever

The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever

Christopher Hitchens, Titus Lucretius Carus, Omar Khayyám, Thomas Hobbes, Baruch Spinoza, David Hume, James Boswell, Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Eliot, Charles Darwin, Leslie Stephen, Anatole France, Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, Emma Goldman, H.P. Lovecraft, Carl Van Doren, H.L. Mencken, Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, George Orwell, John Betjeman, Chapman Cohen, Bertrand Russell, Philip Larkin, Martin Gardner, Carl Sagan, John Updike, John Leslie Mackie, Michael Shermer, A.J. Ayer, Daniel C. Dennett, Charles Templeton, Richard Dawkins, Victor J. Stenger, Elizabeth S. Anderson, Penn Jillette, Ian McEwan, Steven Weinberg, Salman Rushdie, Ibn Warraq, Sam Harris, A.C. Grayling, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx

★ 4.0

2007

Cover of The Haunted Mask (Goosebumps, #11)

The Haunted Mask (Goosebumps, #11)

R.L. Stine

★ 3.8

1993

Cover of Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects

Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects

Bertrand Russell, Paul Edwards

★ 4.0

1927

Cover of How the Mind Works

How the Mind Works

Steven Pinker

★ 4.0

1997

Cover of The Art of Travel

The Art of Travel

Alain de Botton

★ 3.8

2002

Cover of Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

Guy Delisle

★ 3.9

2003

Cover of The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

Steven Pinker

★ 4.0

1994

Cover of Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

★ 4.3

1939

Cover of The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism

The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism

Fritjof Capra

★ 4.0

1975

Cover of Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

Henry David Thoreau

★ 4.1

1995

Cover of The Wall

The Wall

Jean-Paul Sartre

★ 4.1

1939

Cover of Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

Thomas Mann, John E. Woods, T.J. Reed

★ 4.1

1901

Cover of Silence

Silence

Shūsaku Endō, William Johnston

★ 4.1

1966

Cover of On the Genealogy of Morals/Ecce Homo

On the Genealogy of Morals/Ecce Homo

Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann, R.J. Hollingdale

★ 4.1

1887

Cover of Phenomenology of Spirit

Phenomenology of Spirit

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, A.V. Miller, John Niemeyer Findlay

★ 3.9

1807

Cover of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

David Hume

★ 3.9

1748

Cover of Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life

Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life

Daniel C. Dennett

★ 4.0

1995

Cover of Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Ludwig Wittgenstein

★ 4.1

1921

Cover of Fear and Trembling

Fear and Trembling

Søren Kierkegaard, Alastair Hannay

★ 4.0

1843

Cover of The Hidden Messages in Water

The Hidden Messages in Water

Masaru Emoto, David A. Thayne

★ 4.3

2001

Cover of The Road to Character

The Road to Character

David Brooks

★ 3.7

2015

Cover of The Beet Queen

The Beet Queen

Louise Erdrich

★ 3.9

1985

Cover of The Anti-Christ

The Anti-Christ

Friedrich Nietzsche, H.L. Mencken

★ 3.9

1888

Cover of The Consolations of Philosophy

The Consolations of Philosophy

Alain de Botton

★ 4.0

2000

Cover of Angels in America

Angels in America

Tony Kushner

★ 4.3

1993

Cover of The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism

The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism

Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden

★ 3.5

1961

Cover of On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy

On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy

Carl R. Rogers, Peter D. Kramer

★ 4.1

1961

Cover of Istanbul: Memories and the City

Istanbul: Memories and the City

Orhan Pamuk

★ 3.8

2003

Cover of Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World

Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World

Lama Surya Das

★ 4.2

1997

Cover of The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media

The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media

Walter Benjamin, Michael W. Jennings, Brigid Doherty, Edmund F.N. Jephcott, Rodney Livingstone, Howard Eiland, Thomas Y. Levin

★ 4.0

1936

Cover of The Dice Man

The Dice Man

Luke Rhinehart

★ 3.6

1971

Cover of The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

Alan W. Watts

★ 4.3

1966

Cover of The Analects

The Analects

Confucius, D.C. Lau

★ 3.8

-476

Cover of The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

Bill Bryson

★ 3.7

2015

Cover of Black Holes and Baby Universes

Black Holes and Baby Universes

Stephen Hawking

★ 4.1

1993

Cover of Philosophical Investigations

Philosophical Investigations

Ludwig Wittgenstein, G.E.M. Anscombe

★ 4.2

1953

Cover of Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts

Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts

David Baggett, Shawn E. Klein

★ 4.5

2004

Cover of On the Genealogy of Morals

On the Genealogy of Morals

Friedrich Nietzsche, Douglas Smith

★ 4.1

1887

Cover of The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself

The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself

Daniel J. Boorstin

★ 4.1

1983

Cover of What I Know for Sure

What I Know for Sure

Oprah Winfrey

★ 4.1

2014

Cover of The Gay Science

The Gay Science

Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann

★ 4.3

1882

Cover of The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

Will Durant

★ 4.1

1926

Cover of A Theory of Justice

A Theory of Justice

John Rawls

★ 3.9

1971

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