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
5,173 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
10,082 membros
85 resenhas
4.1
10 Members
timspalding, WalkerMedia, anglemark, jmnlman, DaynaRT, _Zoe_, paradoxosalpha, roby72, sjmccreary, puffintopia
12
The Jungle
de Upton Sinclair
11,644 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
1,306 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
9,995 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
1,762 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
21,951 membros
141 resenhas
3.9
7 Members
anglemark, ijustgetbored, thorold, roby72, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda, teeteto
19
Mein Kampf
de Adolf Hitler
4,137 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
3,223 membros
28 resenhas
½ 3.6
7 Members
timspalding, WalkerMedia, anglemark, aulsmith, roby72, Elizabeth088, teeteto
21
Das Kapital
de Karl Marx
1,676 membros
26 resenhas
½ 3.7
7 Members
Edward, WalkerMedia, anglemark, eromsted, LolaWalser, aulsmith, rafaxweb,raperper
22
The Interpretation of Dreams
de Sigmund Freud
5,335 membros
50 resenhas
½ 3.5
6 Members
WalkerMedia, eromsted, roby72, souloftherose, Bretzky1, ahef1963,AsYouKnow_Bob
23
The Second Sex
de Simone de Beauvoir
2,393 membros
18 resenhas
4.1
5 Members
timspalding, roby72, cindyst2000, ManWithAnAgenda, rafaxweb
24
The Prince
de Niccolò Machiavelli
23,639 membros
253 resenhas
½ 3.7
4 Members
timoroso, roby72, ManWithAnAgenda, teeteto
25
The Large Catechism of Martin Luther
de Martin Luther
659 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
6,109 membros
60 resenhas
½ 3.7
4 Members
WalkerMedia, eromsted, aulsmith, inkcrow
27
The Feminine Mystique
de Betty Friedan
4,552 membros
50 resenhas
3.8
4 Members
norabelle414, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda, rafaxweb
Explicações
aulsmith: Certainly influenced my life.
28
The Bhagavad Gita
de Vyasa
9,379 membros
94 resenhas
4
4 Members
Saraswati_Library, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, rafaxweb,lilithcat
29
The History of the Peloponnesian War
de Thucydides
7,879 membros
59 resenhas
4
5 Members
timspalding, WalkerMedia, anglemark, thorold, Bretzky1,Edward
30
The Iliad / The Odyssey
de Homer
5,800 membros
50 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
roby72, rafaxweb, teeteto
31
Les Misérables
de Victor Hugo
26,305 membros
340 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
CorinneT, teeteto
32
O Diário De Anne Frank
de Anne Frank
28,349 membros
514 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
cindyst2000, rafaxweb
33
On Liberty
de John Stuart Mill
5,548 membros
40 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
timoroso, teeteto
34
Two Treatises of Government
de John Locke
2,520 membros
17 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
Bretzky1, teeteto
35
Utopia
de Thomas More
11,844 membros
117 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
rafaxweb, teeteto
36
A Origem das Espécies
de Charles Darwin
14,372 membros
121 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
roby72, Bretzky1
37
Madame Bovary
de Gustave Flaubert
26,239 membros
390 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
roby72, teeteto
38
On the Nature of Things
de Titus Lucretius Carus
5,274 membros
46 resenhas
3.8
Member
misericordia
39
Alcoholics Anonymous
de Alcoholics Anonymous
3,049 membros
32 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
cindyst2000
40
Holy Bible
de Bible
416 membros
4 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
sjmccreary, inkcrow,lilithcat
41
A Room of One's Own
de Virginia Woolf
12,405 membros
168 resenhas
4.1
Member
cindyst2000
42
The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition
de Upton Sinclair
2,107 membros
39 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
CorinneT
43
The Origin of Continents and Oceans
de Alfred Wegener
103 membros
½ 4.5
2 Members
birder4106, inkcrow,lilithcat
44
London Labour and the London Poor [abridged - Neuburg]
de Victor Neuburg
344 membros
6 resenhas
4.2
Member
thorold
45
A arte da guerra
de Sun Tzu
23,134 membros
253 resenhas
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
46
Gray's Anatomy
de Henry Gray
3,032 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
21,768 membros
188 resenhas
4.1
Member
teeteto
49
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
de Vatsyayana
2,173 membros
21 resenhas
3.1
Member
rafaxweb
50
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung
de Mao Tse-Tung
1,710 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
312 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
14,125 membros
192 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
3,014 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
82,008 membros
1,272 resenhas
4.2
Member
teeteto,lilithcat
60
The Canterbury Tales
de Geoffrey Chaucer
22,002 membros
169 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
82 membros
½ 3.3
63
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
160 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.3
64
Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
de Multatuli
1,656 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
18,036 membros
208 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.