Books that changed the world
- Description
- 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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706 members
5 reviews
4.2
Score 160.93
Added 2012-01-09, 11:09 AM
- 44 Members
- timspalding, Edward, lorax, hailelib, lilithcat, ABVR, WalkerMedia, staffordcastle, anglemark, jmnlman, timoroso, stretch, DaynaRT, AsYouKnow_Bob, eromsted, lquilter, Bookmarque, _Zoe_, Scorbet, mkjones, paradoxosalpha, ijustgetbored, Ravic, LolaWalser, prosfilaes, thorold, norabelle414, aulsmith, EmScape, jefbra, snurp, Cecrow, roby72, sjmccreary, MMSequeira, birder4106, souloftherose, inkcrow, ahef1963, jeffza, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda, puffintopia, teeteto
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by Karl Marx
15,173 members
138 reviews
½ 3.5
Score 89.38
Added 2012-01-09, 11:08 AM
- 29 Members
- Edward, lorax, hailelib, lilithcat, ABVR, WalkerMedia, staffordcastle, anglemark, jmnlman, timoroso, eromsted, lquilter, _Zoe_, Scorbet, paradoxosalpha, ijustgetbored, LolaWalser, prosfilaes, thorold, norabelle414, aulsmith, snurp, roby72, MMSequeira, StephenBarkley, inkcrow, Bretzky1, Elizabeth088, puffintopia,raperper
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535 members
20 reviews
3.8
Score 89.22
Added 2012-01-09, 12:08 PM
- 28 Members
- timspalding, Edward, lorax, hailelib, ABVR, WalkerMedia, anglemark, stretch, DaynaRT, eromsted, _Zoe_, Scorbet, paradoxosalpha, ijustgetbored, prosfilaes, thorold, aulsmith, Cecrow, roby72, sjmccreary, MMSequeira, StephenBarkley, souloftherose, Bretzky1, ahef1963, raperper, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda
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449 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 70.44
Added 2012-01-09, 12:07 PM
- 24 Members
- timspalding, lorax, hailelib, WalkerMedia, staffordcastle, anglemark, stretch, eromsted, _Zoe_, Scorbet, paradoxosalpha, Ravic, LolaWalser, prosfilaes, norabelle414, aulsmith, roby72, sjmccreary, suitable1, souloftherose, JGKC, inkcrow, Bretzky1, Elizabeth088
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- 24 Members
- timspalding, Edward, lorax, hailelib, ABVR, WalkerMedia, anglemark, stretch, eromsted, _Zoe_, Scorbet, ijustgetbored, LolaWalser, prosfilaes, aulsmith, Cecrow, roby72, MMSequeira, StephenBarkley, souloftherose, inkcrow, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda, rafaxweb
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17,108 members
190 reviews
3.8
Score 44.69
Added 2012-01-09, 07:39 PM
- 20 Members
- timspalding, Edward, ABVR, WalkerMedia, anglemark, eromsted, lquilter, LolaWalser, prosfilaes, norabelle414, aulsmith, jefbra, Cecrow, sjmccreary, WildMaggie, Bretzky1, Elizabeth088, CorinneT, ManWithAnAgenda, puffintopia,jmnlman , , ,raperper
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- 18 Members
- timspalding, Edward, lorax, hailelib, lilithcat, ABVR, WalkerMedia, staffordcastle, SqueakyChu, anglemark, lquilter, LolaWalser, norabelle414, aulsmith, jefbra, Cecrow, WildMaggie, ManWithAnAgenda,jmnlman ,timoroso ,Noisy ,MMSequeira ,StephenBarkley
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- 12 Members
- WalkerMedia, anglemark, DaynaRT, eromsted, paradoxosalpha, LolaWalser, norabelle414, aulsmith, Cecrow, Bretzky1, puffintopia, rafaxweb,
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- 10 Members
- timspalding, ABVR, WalkerMedia, staffordcastle, anglemark, Noisy, LolaWalser, roby72, birder4106, Elizabeth088
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- 10 Members
- timspalding, WalkerMedia, anglemark, jmnlman, DaynaRT, _Zoe_, paradoxosalpha, roby72, sjmccreary, puffintopia
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- 13 Members
- timspalding, lorax, lilithcat, SqueakyChu, DaynaRT, lquilter, LolaWalser, prosfilaes, norabelle414, aulsmith, jefbra, WildMaggie, ManWithAnAgenda,anglemark ,timoroso , ,snurp ,StephenBarkley ,inkcrow
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by Isaac Newton
1,306 members
5 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 23.58
Added 2012-01-09, 02:46 PM
- 9 Members
- Edward, anglemark, eromsted, thorold, roby72, sjmccreary, Bretzky1, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda
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758 members
5 reviews
4.1
Score 21.82
Added 2012-01-09, 07:40 PM
- 9 Members
- timspalding, lorax, ABVR, anglemark, LolaWalser, prosfilaes, aulsmith, roby72, Elizabeth088
15
293 members
1 review
3.8
Score 20.58
Added 2012-01-09, 07:41 PM
- 8 Members
- timspalding, hailelib, ABVR, anglemark, paradoxosalpha, Ravic, LolaWalser, aulsmith
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10,041 members
67 reviews
4.1
Score 18.5
Added 2012-01-09, 07:39 PM
- 9 Members
- timspalding, ABVR, WalkerMedia, eromsted, norabelle414, aulsmith, sjmccreary, suitable1, ManWithAnAgenda, ,
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1,769 members
12 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 18.15
Added 2012-01-09, 03:31 PM
- 9 Members
- Edward, WalkerMedia, anglemark, eromsted, aulsmith, roby72, Bretzky1, Elizabeth088, rafaxweb,raperper
- Explanations
- aulsmith: I wish it was changing more of the world than it is.
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by John Locke
3,238 members
28 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 15.73
Added 2012-01-10, 10:34 AM
- 7 Members
- timspalding, WalkerMedia, anglemark, aulsmith, roby72, Elizabeth088, teeteto
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5,357 members
50 reviews
½ 3.5
Score 13.1
Added 2012-01-12, 09:11 PM
- 6 Members
- WalkerMedia, eromsted, roby72, souloftherose, Bretzky1, ahef1963,AsYouKnow_Bob
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662 members
5 reviews
½ 4.5
Score 10.23
Added 2012-01-09, 03:09 PM
- 6 Members
- staffordcastle, anglemark, EmScape, roby72, WildMaggie, birder4106,paradoxosalpha ,Ravic ,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : The 95 theses yes, but why the catechism?
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- 4 Members
- norabelle414, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda, rafaxweb
- Explanations
- aulsmith: Certainly influenced my life.
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by Thucydides
7,918 members
59 reviews
4
Score 8.46
Added 2012-01-10, 10:33 AM
- 5 Members
- timspalding, WalkerMedia, anglemark, thorold, Bretzky1,Edward
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by Anne Frank
12,742 members
242 reviews
4.1
Score 5.29
Added 2013-09-23, 04:15 PM
- 2 Members
- cindyst2000, rafaxweb
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14,433 members
120 reviews
4.1
Score 4.32
Added 2013-01-14, 03:53 PM
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- 3 Members
- WalkerMedia, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward ,AsYouKnow_Bob ,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : I'm not sure how this changed anything except the ease with which medical students could learn anatomy.
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17 members
Score 2.23
Added 2012-01-31, 06:48 PM
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70 members
½ 4.3
Score 1.05
Added 2012-01-11, 03:43 PM
- 2 Members
- aulsmith, StephenBarkley,lorax ,paradoxosalpha
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105 members
1 review
3.9
Score 1.04
Added 2012-01-31, 07:19 AM
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22,079 members
169 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 0
Added 2013-09-23, 04:12 PM
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482 members
6 reviews
½ 4.6
Score 0
Added 2014-07-14, 08:25 PM
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82 members
½ 3.3
Score 0
Added 2013-12-08, 07:42 PM
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183 members
4 reviews
3.1
Score -8
Added 2012-01-12, 04:24 PM
- Member
- aulsmith,anglemark ,AsYouKnow_Bob ,eromsted , ,Cecrow
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by Anna Sewell
18,173 members
208 reviews
3.9
Score -33.33
Added 2012-01-10, 02:23 PM
- Member
- WildMaggie,lorax ,lilithcat ,anglemark ,DaynaRT ,AsYouKnow_Bob ,eromsted ,Scorbet ,paradoxosalpha , ,ijustgetbored ,enrique_molinero ,prosfilaes , ,aulsmith ,sjmccreary ,JGKC ,inkcrow ,Elizabeth088
- Explanations
- aulsmith : If every parent whose daughter asked for a horse after reading this book had gotten one -- that would have changed the world.