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Best Books To Frame Thinking

1,280 books — This list was created and voted on by Goodreads members.

Books from various genres that help shape and contour how to conceive reality in the 21st Century.

1.

1984
1984
4.20 5,440,442 ratings 153,663 reviews

2.

Animal Farm
Animal Farm
4.02 4,534,033 ratings 132,166 reviews

3.

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
4.04 456,571 ratings 15,865 reviews

4.

Brave New World
Brave New World
3.99 2,071,918 ratings 60,780 reviews

5.

Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning
4.37 873,507 ratings 48,851 reviews

6.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
4.33 1,256,421 ratings 61,773 reviews

7.

Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow
4.17 586,661 ratings 19,445 reviews

8.

Outliers: The Story of Success
Outliers: The Story of Success
4.19 864,929 ratings 35,151 reviews

9.

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
4.01 896,505 ratings 20,494 reviews

10.

The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene
4.16 192,502 ratings 5,434 reviews