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Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, published in 1937, is the best self-improvement and personal development book you could ever read. Hill interviewed...

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The Gospel of Wealth by Andrew Carnegie

ClassicBooks.com - August 7, 2019

Andrew Carnegie’s The Gospel of Wealth contains interesting remarks from one of the wealthiest men in history. In the book, Carnegie asserts that poverty...

The Art of Money Getting by P. T. Barnum

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 10, 2019

The Art of Money Gettingor or Golden Rules of Making Money by P. T. Barnum outlines a set of brilliant actions that can elevate...

The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg Esenwein and Dale Carnegie

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 3, 2019

The Art of Public Speaking is a classic book published over a century ago that succinctly captures tips to groom you into a proficient...

The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 12, 2019

The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles is the kind of book that challenges one’s mind not to be fixated on competition...

The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 11, 2019

The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale teaches that your mind is the ultimate root of success and what you need to...

Children's Books

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Alice’s adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

Alice Adventure in Wonderland is a classical children novel. The writer was an English author and scholar, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson who used the pseudonym...

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is, with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, another book from the same author, one of the...

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame is one of the most celebrated classic children's literature. The story emanates from the childish, irresponsible,...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain stands out as another of the author’s most noticeable works, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It...

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

Just the title of this children's story The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, would entice any adult to take interest in this classical...

Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 20, 2019

Charlotte's Web is a classic of children's literature published in 1952 by E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams. To capture the interest...

Classic Novels

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Dracula by Bram Stoker

ClassicBooks.com - August 4, 2020

Dracula by Bram Stoker, published on May 26th, 1897 is the first horror novel in history and ranks among the best of all time....

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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

ClassicBooks.com - August 1, 2020

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a futuristic literary work that tells the story of a protagonist Guy Montag. He starts as a competent...

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 2, 2020

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald captures a world where most conflicts center around love, materialism, and position. Jay Gatsby is a poor...

Lord of The Flies by William Golding

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 1, 2020

Lord of the Flies by William Golding shows how greed and power tussle can lead to the disintegration of a hitherto peaceful and harmonious...

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 4, 2020

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a novel that perfectly depicts real-life scenarios that can greatly educate and develop children. The main character is...

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 1, 2020

Published in 1951, The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger is a novel that recounts the life of a 16-year-old Holden Caulfield...

Business Classics

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How to Attract and Hold an Audience by J. Berg Esenwein

ClassicBooks.com - August 6, 2019

How to Attract and Hold an Audience by J. Berg Esenwein is a public speaking self-help book that guides on how to keep your audience...

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Self-Help by Samuel Smiles

ClassicBooks.com - August 12, 2019

Self-Help by Samuel Smiles was written after the author abandoned his interest to become a member of parliament and decided that the best reform...

The Gospel of Wealth by Andrew Carnegie

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 7, 2019

Andrew Carnegie’s The Gospel of Wealth contains interesting remarks from one of the wealthiest men in history. In the book, Carnegie asserts that poverty...

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 3, 2019

Published in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie is a fantastic self- improvement book that shares brilliant tips on...

The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 12, 2019

The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles is the kind of book that challenges one’s mind not to be fixated on competition...

The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 11, 2019

The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale teaches that your mind is the ultimate root of success and what you need to...

Humanities and Social Sciences

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The Great Illusion by Norman Angell

ClassicBooks.com - August 20, 2019

The Great Illusion by Norman Angell, published in 1910, is one of the most interesting humanities and social sciences books you could ever read....

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The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

The fight for gender equality is an age-old struggle. The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill handles an arduous task in an attempt...

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 20, 2019

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt, published in 1951, is the most eye-opening book on what causes totalitarianism and the dangers posed. Easily...

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

Considered as the weaker sex, women often have to prove that they are just as ordinary as their male counterparts. A Vindication of the...

Propaganda by Edward Bernays

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

Propaganda by Edward Bernays explores the idea of convincing people to want things they didn't need. The author coins the term ‘engineering of consent’...

Science & Technology

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The Mysterious Universe by James Jeans

ClassicBooks.com - August 6, 2020

Life and its origin, the story of the creation of the earth we now live in, remains an enigma. As such, any attempt to...

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The Birth and Death of the Sun by George Gamow

ClassicBooks.com - August 6, 2020

The Birth and Death of the Sun by George Gamow provides answers to some of the most difficult questions humanity has ever had. What...

What Is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 6, 2020

What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger is a very short book in which the author discusses vital biological concepts such as the idea of...

Relativity: The Special And The General Theory by Albert Einstein

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 5, 2020

Relativity: The Special And The General Theory by Albert Einstein started as a series of short write-ups, but was eventually converted it into a...

On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 5, 2020

On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin was the book of the year 1859, if not book of the 19th century, for it...

Biography

The confessions of Saint Augustine

ClassicBooks.com - August 9, 2020

The confessions of Saint Augustine is an autobiography and one of the most innovative and influential spirituality books. It was written when Saint Augustine...

Biography

Commodore Vanderbilt: An Epic of American Achievement by Arthur D. Howden Smith

ClassicBooks.com - August 7, 2020

Commodore Vanderbilt: An Epic of American Achievement by Arthur D. Howden Smith is a biography that tells the story of poor Vanderbilt, from his...

Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

Biography ClassicBooks.com - August 7, 2020

Andrew Carnegie's physical feature could have deceived any. He was less than five feet tall. But that wasn’t the most intriguing part of this...

The truth about Henry Ford by Sarah Terrill Bushnell

Biography ClassicBooks.com - August 7, 2020

The title of this biography is enough to captivate one’s attention. Already the name Ford easily associates with the Ford Car that has become...

John D. Rockefeller and his career by Silas Hubbard

Biography ClassicBooks.com - August 7, 2020

The biography John D. Rockefeller and his career by Silas Hubbard is a detailed research on an industrialist and philanthropist, who was admired by...

St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton

Biography ClassicBooks.com - August 10, 2020

St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton nears perfection in appreciating Francis’s multifaceted life. Francis of Assisi is one of the greatest saints...

Spirituality

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An Autobiography Or The Story Of My Experiments With Truth by Mahatma Gandhi

ClassicBooks.com - August 10, 2020

An Autobiography Or The Story Of My Experiments With Truth by Mahatma Gandhi is an introduction to India’s nationalist and most complex historical figures. The...

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Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind by Richard Maurice Bucke

ClassicBooks.com - August 10, 2020

Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind by Richard Maurice Bucke is the magnum of the author's career. In the...

The alchemy of happiness by Al Ghazzali

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 10, 2020

The Alchemy of Happiness by Al Ghazzali was written a thousand years ago. Al Ghazzali asserts his fundamental belief that a connection to God...

The confessions of Saint Augustine

Biography ClassicBooks.com - August 9, 2020

The confessions of Saint Augustine is an autobiography and one of the most innovative and influential spirituality books. It was written when Saint Augustine...

St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton

Biography ClassicBooks.com - August 10, 2020

St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton nears perfection in appreciating Francis’s multifaceted life. Francis of Assisi is one of the greatest saints...

Classic Authors

Andrew Carnegie

A - F ClassicBooks.com - August 7, 2019

Andrew Carnegie is the true description of life from rags to riches. Having emigrated from Scotland, he started his career at the Western Union...

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Classic Authors ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

Laura Ingalls Wilder was born on February 7th, 1867, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ingalls. Wilder was born in a log cabin outside of...

Alexandre Dumas

A - F ClassicBooks.com - August 4, 2020

Alexandre Dumas, Père, was born on July 24th, 1802, in Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, France. His father, Thomas-Alexander Davy De La Paileteririe, born in wedlock to...