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The Problems of Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell
Goodreads Rating: 3.91
The Problems of Philosophy is a 1912 book by the philosopher Bertrand Russell, in which the author attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy....
Sep 20, 2020 Tags: Philosophy, Nonfiction, History, Science
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself
by Olaudah Equiano
Goodreads Rating: 4.20
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, first published in 1789 in London, is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano. The narrati...
Sep 19, 2020 Tags: Classics, Politics, Historical, African
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius
Goodreads Rating: 4.23
Written in Greek by the only Roman emperor who was also a philosopher, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exer...
Sep 19, 2020 Tags: Philosophy, Nonfiction, History, Spirituality, Psychology
The Confessions of St. Augustine
by Augustine of Hippo
Goodreads Rating: 3.93
Confessions (Latin: Confessiones) is the name of an autobiographical work by Saint Augustine of Hippo, written in Latin between 397 and 400 AD. The work outlines Saint Augustine...
Sep 19, 2020 Tags: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Biography, Religion, Theology, Christian
Candide
by Voltaire
Goodreads Rating: 3.77
Candide, ou l’Optimisme is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. It begins with a young man, Candide, who is livi...
Sep 19, 2020 Tags: Humor, Philosophy, Fiction, Literature
Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carol
Goodreads Rating: 4.24
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (also known as Alice Through the Looking-Glass or simply Through the Looking-Glass) is an 1871 novel by Lewis Carroll and t...
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
Goodreads Rating: 3.83
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himsel...
Sep 17, 2020 Tags: American, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Biography, History
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
Goodreads Rating: 3.77
Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is presented as an autobiography of the ti...
Sep 15, 2020 Tags: Classics, Adventure, Fiction, Literature
Common Sense
by Thomas Paine
Goodreads Rating: 3.98
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive pr...
Sep 15, 2020 Tags: Classics, Philosophy, Politics, Nonfiction, History
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
Goodreads Rating: 4.05
Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Many writers consider Anna Karenina the greatest work of literature ever, and T...
Sep 15, 2020 Tags: Fiction, Historical, Romance, Russia