Personal Development

The Gospel of Wealth by Andrew Carnegie

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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 Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles

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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...

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

Self-Help by Samuel Smiles

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

The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale

Children's Books

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

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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 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

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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...

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Little Women, Part First by Louisa May Alcott

The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien

Classic Novels

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

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

Jane Erye by Charlotte Bronte

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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is one of those novels in English literature that’s strives to portray the travails girls go through to maturity....

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

1984 by George Orwell

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Business Classics

Self-Help by Samuel Smiles

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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 Art of Money Getting by P. T. Barnum

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

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

The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

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

Humanities and Social Sciences

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt

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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...

Propaganda by Edward Bernays

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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’...

The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

The Great Illusion by Norman Angell

Science & Technology

Relativity: The Special And The General Theory by Albert Einstein

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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 Mysterious Universe by James Jeans

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

What Is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger

The Birth and Death of the Sun by George Gamow

On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

Biography

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

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

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

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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

The truth about Henry Ford by Sarah Terrill Bushnell

John D. Rockefeller and his career by Silas Hubbard

The life story of J. Pierpont Morgan: a biography by Carl Hovey

Spirituality

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

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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

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

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

St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton

The confessions of Saint Augustine

Classic Authors

Edward Bernays

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Edward Bernays easily comes out as the father of Public Relations, thanks to his immense contributions to this field. Life Magazine even named him...

Hannah Arendt

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Hannah Arendt Bluecher was a German-American political thinker and philosopher. She wrote numerous books on the topic of totalitarianism and epistemology, many of which...

Mahatma Gandhi

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Mahatma Gandhi is well-known for his ideology of non-violent resistance in the campaign against British rule. Born as Mohandas, the name Mahatma was more...

Mark Twain

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Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835, close to the Mississippi River, as Samuel Langhorne. He spent most of his childhood years in...

William Shakespeare

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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...

Ray Bradbury

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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...

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John D. Rockefeller and his career by Silas Hubbard

John D. Rockefeller and his career by Silas Hubbard

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The biography John D. Rockefeller and his career by Silas Hubbard is a detailed research on an industrialist and philanthropist, who was admired by...
1984 by George Orwell

1984 by George Orwell

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

The life story of J. Pierpont Morgan: a biography by Carl Hovey

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Self-Help by Samuel Smiles

Self-Help by Samuel Smiles

Featured Classic Authors

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Sun Tzu

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Sun Tzu was a Chinese general popularly known for the book The Art of War. This is one of the most influential military writings...
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Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Wallace D. Wattles

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