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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...

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

Book Reviews 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...

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...

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...

Self-Help by Samuel Smiles

Book Reviews 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...

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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Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

ClassicBooks.com - August 20, 2019

Orphans' stories are sometimes very pathetic. However, L. M. Montgomery in her 1908 Anne of Green Gables instead succeeds in capturing the admiration of...

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 12, 2019

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett revolves around Mary Lennox, a nine-year-old girl who initially resides in India with her wealthy British parents....

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

Heidi was written by Swiss author Johanna Spyri. The main protagonist of this children's fiction is Heidi, a little girl who becomes an orphan...

Little Women, Part First by Louisa May Alcott

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 20, 2019

Little Women, Part First by Louisa May Alcott is a book about four young girls: Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy. It tells of their...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 20, 2019

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is a fantastical children’s book which tackles the theme of home as well as compares...

Classic Novels

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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...

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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

ClassicBooks.com - August 4, 2020

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens captures a scenario in which two categories of people living in one city. The residential areas...

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 1, 2020

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee propels the virtues of justice. The author, however, has a preference for moral justice rather than the...

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...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 1, 2020

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen captures the challenging life of young girls growing up without proper parental tutelage and financial stability. Of course,...

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Book Reviews ClassicBooks.com - August 4, 2020

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a historical fiction published in 1850. The main character is Hester Prynne, who thinks she is a...

Business Classics

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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...

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

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...

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

Book Reviews 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...

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

Business ClassicBooks.com - August 6, 2019

The Art of War by Sun Tzu gives you an opportunity to learn about the different facets of warfare without necessarily going to the...

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 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 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...

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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....

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’...

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...

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...

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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What Is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger

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...

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...

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...

The Birth and Death of the Sun by George Gamow

Book Reviews 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...

Biography

Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

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...

Biography

The truth about Henry Ford by Sarah Terrill Bushnell

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...

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

Biography 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...

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

Biography 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...

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...

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...

Spirituality

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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...

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The alchemy of happiness by Al Ghazzali

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...

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

Biography 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...

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

William Shakespeare

Classic Authors ClassicBooks.com - August 2, 2020

Willian Shakespeare is the son of John Shakespeare. He was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon and was baptized on April 26th, 1564. His actual date of...

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Classic Authors ClassicBooks.com - August 4, 2020

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in the Massachusetts Bay colony. His father was a sea captain and a member of the East India...

Bram Stoker

A - F ClassicBooks.com - August 4, 2020

Bram Stoker was born on November 8th, 1847 in Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland. His birth name was Abraham Stoker, and in his early years,...

Johanna Spyri

Classic Authors ClassicBooks.com - July 27, 2020

Johanna Heusser Spyri was born on June 12th, 1827, in Hirzel, Switzerland to Dr. Johann a doctor and Mera Scherzer Heusser a poet. She...

Dale Carnegie

Classic Authors ClassicBooks.com - August 3, 2019

Celebrated thanks to the book How to Win Friends and Influence People published in 1936, Dale Carnegie is one of the most respected American...

Ray Bradbury

Classic Authors ClassicBooks.com - August 5, 2019

Ray Bradbury is one of the few high-thinking and fantasy-based American authors. He turned down the title science fiction writer, asserting that every work...