Books that changed the world

Descrição
Or at least had a major impact on society, for better or worse. (This is not about whether you think the impact was positive or negative.)
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Common Sense
de Thomas Paine
5,165 membros
59 resenhas
4
12 Members
WalkerMedia, anglemark, DaynaRT, eromsted, paradoxosalpha, LolaWalser, norabelle414, aulsmith, Cecrow, Bretzky1, puffintopia, rafaxweb,
10
Linnæi Systema Naturæ
de Carl von Linné
18 membros
5
10 Members
timspalding, ABVR, WalkerMedia, staffordcastle, anglemark, Noisy, LolaWalser, roby72, birder4106, Elizabeth088
11
The Histories
de Herodotus
10,069 membros
85 resenhas
4.1
10 Members
timspalding, WalkerMedia, anglemark, jmnlman, DaynaRT, _Zoe_, paradoxosalpha, roby72, sjmccreary, puffintopia
12
The Jungle
de Upton Sinclair
11,623 membros
129 resenhas
3.8
13 Members
timspalding, lorax, lilithcat, SqueakyChu, DaynaRT, lquilter, LolaWalser, prosfilaes, norabelle414, aulsmith, jefbra, WildMaggie, ManWithAnAgenda,anglemark ,timoroso , ,snurp ,StephenBarkley ,inkcrow
13
Principia Mathematica
de Isaac Newton
1,302 membros
5 resenhas
½ 4.3
9 Members
Edward, anglemark, eromsted, thorold, roby72, sjmccreary, Bretzky1, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda
15
Sidereus Nuncius, or The Sidereal Messenger
de Galileo Galilei
292 membros
1 resenha
3.8
8 Members
timspalding, hailelib, ABVR, anglemark, paradoxosalpha, Ravic, LolaWalser, aulsmith
16
The Federalist Papers
de Alexander Hamilton
9,980 membros
67 resenhas
4.1
9 Members
timspalding, ABVR, WalkerMedia, eromsted, norabelle414, aulsmith, sjmccreary, suitable1, ManWithAnAgenda, ,
17
Teoria Geral do Emprego, do Juro e da Moeda
de John Maynard Keynes
1,759 membros
12 resenhas
½ 3.6
9 Members
Edward, WalkerMedia, anglemark, eromsted, aulsmith, roby72, Bretzky1, Elizabeth088, rafaxweb,raperper
Explicações
aulsmith: I wish it was changing more of the world than it is.
18
The Republic
de Plato
21,907 membros
141 resenhas
3.9
7 Members
anglemark, ijustgetbored, thorold, roby72, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda, teeteto
19
Mein Kampf
de Adolf Hitler
4,132 membros
77 resenhas
½ 2.7
11 Members
lorax, WalkerMedia, DaynaRT, _Zoe_, enrique_molinero, rgurskey, aulsmith, jefbra, roby72, Bretzky1, rafaxweb,anglemark ,eromsted ,paradoxosalpha , ,Ravic ,Cecrow ,inkcrow
20
Segundo Tratado Sobre o Governo Civil
de John Locke
3,209 membros
28 resenhas
½ 3.6
7 Members
timspalding, WalkerMedia, anglemark, aulsmith, roby72, Elizabeth088, teeteto
21
Das Kapital
de Karl Marx
1,672 membros
26 resenhas
½ 3.7
7 Members
Edward, WalkerMedia, anglemark, eromsted, LolaWalser, aulsmith, rafaxweb,raperper
22
The Interpretation of Dreams
de Sigmund Freud
5,309 membros
50 resenhas
½ 3.5
6 Members
WalkerMedia, eromsted, roby72, souloftherose, Bretzky1, ahef1963,AsYouKnow_Bob
23
The Second Sex
de Simone de Beauvoir
2,384 membros
18 resenhas
4.1
5 Members
timspalding, roby72, cindyst2000, ManWithAnAgenda, rafaxweb
24
The Prince
de Niccolò Machiavelli
23,599 membros
253 resenhas
½ 3.7
4 Members
timoroso, roby72, ManWithAnAgenda, teeteto
25
The Large Catechism of Martin Luther
de Martin Luther
658 membros
5 resenhas
½ 4.5
6 Members
staffordcastle, anglemark, EmScape, roby72, WildMaggie, birder4106,paradoxosalpha ,Ravic ,aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith : The 95 theses yes, but why the catechism?
26
The Analects
de Confucius
6,098 membros
60 resenhas
½ 3.7
4 Members
WalkerMedia, eromsted, aulsmith, inkcrow
27
The Feminine Mystique
de Betty Friedan
4,532 membros
49 resenhas
3.8
4 Members
norabelle414, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda, rafaxweb
Explicações
aulsmith: Certainly influenced my life.
28
The Bhagavad Gita
de Vyasa
9,359 membros
94 resenhas
4
4 Members
Saraswati_Library, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, rafaxweb,lilithcat
29
The History of the Peloponnesian War
de Thucydides
7,863 membros
59 resenhas
4
5 Members
timspalding, WalkerMedia, anglemark, thorold, Bretzky1,Edward
30
The Iliad / The Odyssey
de Homer
5,786 membros
50 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
roby72, rafaxweb, teeteto
31
Les Misérables
de Victor Hugo
26,231 membros
338 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
CorinneT, teeteto
32
O Diário De Anne Frank
de Anne Frank
28,284 membros
513 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
cindyst2000, rafaxweb
33
On Liberty
de John Stuart Mill
5,537 membros
40 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
timoroso, teeteto
34
Two Treatises of Government
de John Locke
2,518 membros
17 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
Bretzky1, teeteto
35
Utopia
de Thomas More
11,823 membros
117 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
rafaxweb, teeteto
36
A Origem das Espécies
de Charles Darwin
14,329 membros
121 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
roby72, Bretzky1
37
Madame Bovary
de Gustave Flaubert
26,186 membros
390 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
roby72, teeteto
38
On the Nature of Things
de Titus Lucretius Carus
5,259 membros
46 resenhas
3.8
Member
misericordia
39
Alcoholics Anonymous
de Alcoholics Anonymous
3,042 membros
33 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
cindyst2000
40
Holy Bible
de Bible
415 membros
4 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
sjmccreary, inkcrow,lilithcat
41
A Room of One's Own
de Virginia Woolf
12,386 membros
168 resenhas
4.1
Member
cindyst2000
42
The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition
de Upton Sinclair
2,106 membros
39 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
CorinneT
43
The Origin of Continents and Oceans
de Alfred Wegener
101 membros
½ 4.5
2 Members
birder4106, inkcrow,lilithcat
44
London Labour and the London Poor [abridged - Neuburg]
de Victor Neuburg
343 membros
6 resenhas
4.2
Member
thorold
45
A arte da guerra
de Sun Tzu
23,073 membros
253 resenhas
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
46
Gray's Anatomy
de Henry Gray
3,022 membros
12 resenhas
4
3 Members
WalkerMedia, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward ,AsYouKnow_Bob ,aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith : I'm not sure how this changed anything except the ease with which medical students could learn anatomy.
47
The Etiology, Concept, and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever
de Ignaz Semmelweis
17 membros
2 Members
aulsmith, inkcrow,lilithcat
48
A Divina Comédia
de Dante Alighieri
21,725 membros
188 resenhas
4.1
Member
teeteto
49
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
de Vatsyayana
2,170 membros
21 resenhas
3.1
Member
rafaxweb
50
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung
de Mao Tse-Tung
1,707 membros
26 resenhas
½ 2.7
Member
rafaxweb
51
The Free Sea
de Hugo Grotius
74 membros
1 resenha
4.2
Member
Bretzky1
52
A Dictionary of the English Language
de Samuel Johnson
311 membros
11 resenhas
½ 4.6
Member
Elizabeth088
53
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire {unabridged - Womersley 3v.}
de Edward Gibbon
206 membros
2 resenhas
4.8
Member
Bretzky1
54
Walden
de Henry David Thoreau
14,101 membros
190 resenhas
3.8
Member
roby72
55
On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church
de Martin Luther
70 membros
½ 4.3
2 Members
aulsmith, StephenBarkley,lorax ,paradoxosalpha
56
In Darkest England and the Way Out
de William Booth
103 membros
1 resenha
3.9
Member
thorold,lilithcat
58
The Koran (Dawood, 1956)
de al-Qur'an
3,008 membros
15 resenhas
3.1
Member
Bretzky1,aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith : I think you want the Arabic Koran, not this English interpretation which Muslims would not find adequate.
59
1984
de George Orwell
81,834 membros
1,268 resenhas
4.2
Member
teeteto,lilithcat
60
The Canterbury Tales
de Geoffrey Chaucer
21,966 membros
168 resenhas
½ 3.7
61
The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-3 Boxed Set
de Donald E. Knuth
482 membros
6 resenhas
½ 4.6
62
Experimental Researches in Electricity
de Michael Faraday
81 membros
½ 3.3
63
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
162 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.3
64
Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
de Multatuli
1,651 membros
33 resenhas
3.8
Member
thorold,lilithcat , , ,aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith : It's a great book, but I don't know that many people who even know it exists.
65
Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion
de Victor E. Marsden
182 membros
4 resenhas
3.1
Member
aulsmith,anglemark ,AsYouKnow_Bob ,eromsted , ,Cecrow
66
Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse
de Anna Sewell
17,976 membros
207 resenhas
3.9
Member
WildMaggie,lorax ,lilithcat ,anglemark ,DaynaRT ,AsYouKnow_Bob ,eromsted ,Scorbet ,paradoxosalpha , ,ijustgetbored ,enrique_molinero ,prosfilaes , ,aulsmith ,sjmccreary ,JGKC ,inkcrow ,Elizabeth088
Explicações
aulsmith : If every parent whose daughter asked for a horse after reading this book had gotten one -- that would have changed the world.