Books that changed the world

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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.)
9
Sentit comú
de Thomas Paine
5,162 membres
59 ressenyes
4
12 Members
WalkerMedia, anglemark, DaynaRT, eromsted, paradoxosalpha, LolaWalser, norabelle414, aulsmith, Cecrow, Bretzky1, puffintopia, rafaxweb,
10
Linnæi Systema Naturæ
de Carl von Linné
18 membres
5
10 Members
timspalding, ABVR, WalkerMedia, staffordcastle, anglemark, Noisy, LolaWalser, roby72, birder4106, Elizabeth088
11
Història
de Herodotus
10,068 membres
85 ressenyes
4.1
10 Members
timspalding, WalkerMedia, anglemark, jmnlman, DaynaRT, _Zoe_, paradoxosalpha, roby72, sjmccreary, puffintopia
13
Principia Mathematica
de Isaac Newton
1,302 membres
5 ressenyes
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 membres
1 ressenya
3.8
8 Members
timspalding, hailelib, ABVR, anglemark, paradoxosalpha, Ravic, LolaWalser, aulsmith
16
The Federalist Papers
de Alexander Hamilton
9,978 membres
67 ressenyes
4.1
9 Members
timspalding, ABVR, WalkerMedia, eromsted, norabelle414, aulsmith, sjmccreary, suitable1, ManWithAnAgenda, ,
17
The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
de John Maynard Keynes
1,759 membres
12 ressenyes
½ 3.6
9 Members
Edward, WalkerMedia, anglemark, eromsted, aulsmith, roby72, Bretzky1, Elizabeth088, rafaxweb,raperper
Explicacions
aulsmith: I wish it was changing more of the world than it is.
18
La República
de Plato
21,905 membres
141 ressenyes
3.9
7 Members
anglemark, ijustgetbored, thorold, roby72, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda, teeteto
19
Mein Kampf
de Adolf Hitler
4,132 membres
77 ressenyes
½ 2.7
11 Members
lorax, WalkerMedia, DaynaRT, _Zoe_, enrique_molinero, rgurskey, aulsmith, jefbra, roby72, Bretzky1, rafaxweb,anglemark ,eromsted ,paradoxosalpha , ,Ravic ,Cecrow ,inkcrow
20
The Second Treatise of Government
de John Locke
3,208 membres
28 ressenyes
½ 3.6
7 Members
timspalding, WalkerMedia, anglemark, aulsmith, roby72, Elizabeth088, teeteto
21
El capital
de Karl Marx
1,672 membres
26 ressenyes
½ 3.7
7 Members
Edward, WalkerMedia, anglemark, eromsted, LolaWalser, aulsmith, rafaxweb,raperper
22
La interpretació dels somnis (1)
de Sigmund Freud
5,309 membres
50 ressenyes
½ 3.5
6 Members
WalkerMedia, eromsted, roby72, souloftherose, Bretzky1, ahef1963,AsYouKnow_Bob
23
The Second Sex
de Simone de Beauvoir
2,382 membres
18 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
timspalding, roby72, cindyst2000, ManWithAnAgenda, rafaxweb
24
El Príncep
de Niccolò Machiavelli
23,595 membres
253 ressenyes
½ 3.7
4 Members
timoroso, roby72, ManWithAnAgenda, teeteto
25
The Large Catechism of Martin Luther
de Martin Luther
658 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 4.5
6 Members
staffordcastle, anglemark, EmScape, roby72, WildMaggie, birder4106,paradoxosalpha ,Ravic ,aulsmith
Explicacions
aulsmith : The 95 theses yes, but why the catechism?
26
The Analects
de Confucius
6,098 membres
60 ressenyes
½ 3.7
4 Members
WalkerMedia, eromsted, aulsmith, inkcrow
27
The Feminine Mystique
de Betty Friedan
4,532 membres
49 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
norabelle414, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda, rafaxweb
Explicacions
aulsmith: Certainly influenced my life.
28
Bhagavad Gita
de Vyasa
9,359 membres
94 ressenyes
4
4 Members
Saraswati_Library, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, rafaxweb,lilithcat
29
Història de la guerra del Peloponès
de Thucydides
7,863 membres
59 ressenyes
4
5 Members
timspalding, WalkerMedia, anglemark, thorold, Bretzky1,Edward
30
The Iliad / The Odyssey
de Homer
5,786 membres
50 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
roby72, rafaxweb, teeteto
31
Els Miserables
de Victor Hugo
26,231 membres
338 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
CorinneT, teeteto
32
Diari
de Anne Frank
28,281 membres
513 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
cindyst2000, rafaxweb
33
Sobre la llibertat
de John Stuart Mill
5,535 membres
40 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
timoroso, teeteto
34
Two Treatises of Government
de John Locke
2,517 membres
17 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
Bretzky1, teeteto
35
Utopia
de Thomas More
11,822 membres
117 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
rafaxweb, teeteto
36
L'origen de les espècies
de Charles Darwin
14,329 membres
121 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
roby72, Bretzky1
37
Madame Bovary
de Gustave Flaubert
26,186 membres
390 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
roby72, teeteto
38
On the Nature of Things
de Titus Lucretius Carus
5,259 membres
46 ressenyes
3.8
Member
misericordia
39
Alcoholics Anonymous
de Alcoholics Anonymous
3,042 membres
33 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
cindyst2000
40
Holy Bible
de Bible
415 membres
4 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
sjmccreary, inkcrow,lilithcat
41
Una cambra pròpia
de Virginia Woolf
12,386 membres
168 ressenyes
4.1
Member
cindyst2000
42
The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition
de Upton Sinclair
2,106 membres
39 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
CorinneT
43
The Origin of Continents and Oceans
de Alfred Wegener
101 membres
½ 4.5
2 Members
birder4106, inkcrow,lilithcat
44
London Labour and the London Poor [abridged - Neuburg]
de Victor Neuburg
343 membres
6 ressenyes
4.2
Member
thorold
45
L'Art de la guerra : els tretze articles
de Sun Tzu
23,072 membres
253 ressenyes
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
46
Gray's Anatomy
de Henry Gray
3,022 membres
12 ressenyes
4
3 Members
WalkerMedia, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward ,AsYouKnow_Bob ,aulsmith
Explicacions
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 membres
2 Members
aulsmith, inkcrow,lilithcat
48
La Divina Comèdia
de Dante Alighieri
21,723 membres
188 ressenyes
4.1
Member
teeteto
49
Kamasutra
de Vatsyayana
2,170 membres
21 ressenyes
3.1
Member
rafaxweb
50
Citas del Presidente Mao Tsetung
de Mao Tse-Tung
1,707 membres
26 ressenyes
½ 2.7
Member
rafaxweb
51
The Free Sea
de Hugo Grotius
74 membres
1 ressenya
4.2
Member
Bretzky1
52
A Dictionary of the English Language
de Samuel Johnson
311 membres
11 ressenyes
½ 4.6
Member
Elizabeth088
53
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire {unabridged - Womersley 3v.}
de Edward Gibbon
206 membres
2 ressenyes
4.8
Member
Bretzky1
54
Walden o la vida als boscos
de Henry David Thoreau
14,100 membres
190 ressenyes
3.8
Member
roby72
55
On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church
de Martin Luther
70 membres
½ 4.3
2 Members
aulsmith, StephenBarkley,lorax ,paradoxosalpha
56
In Darkest England and the Way Out
de William Booth
103 membres
1 ressenya
3.9
Member
thorold,lilithcat
58
The Koran (Dawood, 1956)
de al-Qur'an
3,008 membres
15 ressenyes
3.1
Member
Bretzky1,aulsmith
Explicacions
aulsmith : I think you want the Arabic Koran, not this English interpretation which Muslims would not find adequate.
59
1984
de George Orwell
81,832 membres
1,268 ressenyes
4.2
Member
teeteto,lilithcat
60
Contes de Canterbury
de Geoffrey Chaucer
21,963 membres
168 ressenyes
½ 3.7
61
The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-3 Boxed Set
de Donald E. Knuth
482 membres
6 ressenyes
½ 4.6
62
Experimental Researches in Electricity
de Michael Faraday
81 membres
½ 3.3
63
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
162 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 4.3
64
Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
de Multatuli
1,652 membres
33 ressenyes
3.8
Member
thorold,lilithcat , , ,aulsmith
Explicacions
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 membres
4 ressenyes
3.1
Member
aulsmith,anglemark ,AsYouKnow_Bob ,eromsted , ,Cecrow
66
Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse
de Anna Sewell
17,974 membres
207 ressenyes
3.9
Member
WildMaggie,lorax ,lilithcat ,anglemark ,DaynaRT ,AsYouKnow_Bob ,eromsted ,Scorbet ,paradoxosalpha , ,ijustgetbored ,enrique_molinero ,prosfilaes , ,aulsmith ,sjmccreary ,JGKC ,inkcrow ,Elizabeth088
Explicacions
aulsmith : If every parent whose daughter asked for a horse after reading this book had gotten one -- that would have changed the world.