Books that changed the world
- Beschrijving
- Or at least had a major impact on society, for better or worse. (This is not about whether you think the impact was positive or negative.)
1
door Charles Darwin
695 leden
5 besprekingen
4.2
Score 160.93
Toegevoegd 2012-01-09, 11:09 AM
- 44 Members
- timspalding, Edward, lorax, hailelib, lilithcat, ABVR, WalkerMedia, staffordcastle, anglemark, jmnlman, timoroso, stretch, DaynaRT, AsYouKnow_Bob, eromsted, lquilter, Bookmarque, _Zoe_, Scorbet, mkjones, paradoxosalpha, ijustgetbored, Ravic, LolaWalser, prosfilaes, thorold, norabelle414, aulsmith, EmScape, jefbra, snurp, Cecrow, roby72, sjmccreary, MMSequeira, birder4106, souloftherose, inkcrow, ahef1963, jeffza, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda, puffintopia, teeteto
2
door Karl Marx
15,091 leden
137 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Score 89.38
Toegevoegd 2012-01-09, 11:08 AM
- 29 Members
- Edward, lorax, hailelib, lilithcat, ABVR, WalkerMedia, staffordcastle, anglemark, jmnlman, timoroso, eromsted, lquilter, _Zoe_, Scorbet, paradoxosalpha, ijustgetbored, LolaWalser, prosfilaes, thorold, norabelle414, aulsmith, snurp, roby72, MMSequeira, StephenBarkley, inkcrow, Bretzky1, Elizabeth088, puffintopia,raperper
3
door King James Version
498 leden
19 besprekingen
3.8
Score 89.22
Toegevoegd 2012-01-09, 12:08 PM
- 28 Members
- timspalding, Edward, lorax, hailelib, ABVR, WalkerMedia, anglemark, stretch, DaynaRT, eromsted, _Zoe_, Scorbet, paradoxosalpha, ijustgetbored, prosfilaes, thorold, aulsmith, Cecrow, roby72, sjmccreary, MMSequeira, StephenBarkley, souloftherose, Bretzky1, ahef1963, raperper, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda
4
door Nicolaus Copernicus
446 leden
6 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 70.44
Toegevoegd 2012-01-09, 12:07 PM
- 24 Members
- timspalding, lorax, hailelib, WalkerMedia, staffordcastle, anglemark, stretch, eromsted, _Zoe_, Scorbet, paradoxosalpha, Ravic, LolaWalser, prosfilaes, norabelle414, aulsmith, roby72, sjmccreary, suitable1, souloftherose, JGKC, inkcrow, Bretzky1, Elizabeth088
5
- 24 Members
- timspalding, Edward, lorax, hailelib, ABVR, WalkerMedia, anglemark, stretch, eromsted, _Zoe_, Scorbet, ijustgetbored, LolaWalser, prosfilaes, aulsmith, Cecrow, roby72, MMSequeira, StephenBarkley, souloftherose, inkcrow, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda, rafaxweb
6
17,005 leden
190 besprekingen
3.8
Score 44.69
Toegevoegd 2012-01-09, 07:39 PM
- 20 Members
- timspalding, Edward, ABVR, WalkerMedia, anglemark, eromsted, lquilter, LolaWalser, prosfilaes, norabelle414, aulsmith, jefbra, Cecrow, sjmccreary, WildMaggie, Bretzky1, Elizabeth088, CorinneT, ManWithAnAgenda, puffintopia,jmnlman , , ,raperper
7
door Rachel Carson
6,521 leden
97 besprekingen
4
Score 37.76
Toegevoegd 2012-01-09, 11:44 AM
- 18 Members
- timspalding, Edward, lorax, hailelib, lilithcat, ABVR, WalkerMedia, staffordcastle, SqueakyChu, anglemark, lquilter, LolaWalser, norabelle414, aulsmith, jefbra, Cecrow, WildMaggie, ManWithAnAgenda,jmnlman ,timoroso ,Noisy ,MMSequeira ,StephenBarkley
9
door Thomas Paine
5,177 leden
59 besprekingen
4
Score 28.21
Toegevoegd 2012-01-10, 02:13 PM
- 12 Members
- WalkerMedia, anglemark, DaynaRT, eromsted, paradoxosalpha, LolaWalser, norabelle414, aulsmith, Cecrow, Bretzky1, puffintopia, rafaxweb,
10
- 10 Members
- timspalding, ABVR, WalkerMedia, staffordcastle, anglemark, Noisy, LolaWalser, roby72, birder4106, Elizabeth088
11
door Herodotus
10,076 leden
85 besprekingen
4.1
Score 26.97
Toegevoegd 2012-01-10, 10:30 AM
- 10 Members
- timspalding, WalkerMedia, anglemark, jmnlman, DaynaRT, _Zoe_, paradoxosalpha, roby72, sjmccreary, puffintopia
12
- 13 Members
- timspalding, lorax, lilithcat, SqueakyChu, DaynaRT, lquilter, LolaWalser, prosfilaes, norabelle414, aulsmith, jefbra, WildMaggie, ManWithAnAgenda,anglemark ,timoroso , ,snurp ,StephenBarkley ,inkcrow
13
door Isaac Newton
1,305 leden
5 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 23.58
Toegevoegd 2012-01-09, 02:46 PM
- 9 Members
- Edward, anglemark, eromsted, thorold, roby72, sjmccreary, Bretzky1, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda
14
door Galileo Galilei
752 leden
4 besprekingen
4.1
Score 21.82
Toegevoegd 2012-01-09, 07:40 PM
- 9 Members
- timspalding, lorax, ABVR, anglemark, LolaWalser, prosfilaes, aulsmith, roby72, Elizabeth088
15
door Galileo Galilei
292 leden
1 bespreking
3.8
Score 20.58
Toegevoegd 2012-01-09, 07:41 PM
- 8 Members
- timspalding, hailelib, ABVR, anglemark, paradoxosalpha, Ravic, LolaWalser, aulsmith
16
door Alexander Hamilton
9,995 leden
67 besprekingen
4.1
Score 18.5
Toegevoegd 2012-01-09, 07:39 PM
- 9 Members
- timspalding, ABVR, WalkerMedia, eromsted, norabelle414, aulsmith, sjmccreary, suitable1, ManWithAnAgenda, ,
17
door John Maynard Keynes
1,762 leden
12 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Score 18.15
Toegevoegd 2012-01-09, 03:31 PM
- 9 Members
- Edward, WalkerMedia, anglemark, eromsted, aulsmith, roby72, Bretzky1, Elizabeth088, rafaxweb,raperper
- Verklaringen
- aulsmith: I wish it was changing more of the world than it is.
19
20
door John Locke
3,221 leden
28 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Score 15.73
Toegevoegd 2012-01-10, 10:34 AM
- 7 Members
- timspalding, WalkerMedia, anglemark, aulsmith, roby72, Elizabeth088, teeteto
22
door Sigmund Freud
5,330 leden
50 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Score 13.1
Toegevoegd 2012-01-12, 09:11 PM
- 6 Members
- WalkerMedia, eromsted, roby72, souloftherose, Bretzky1, ahef1963,AsYouKnow_Bob
23
door Simone de Beauvoir
2,395 leden
18 besprekingen
4.1
Score 11.27
Toegevoegd 2012-01-16, 10:57 PM
- 5 Members
- timspalding, roby72, cindyst2000, ManWithAnAgenda, rafaxweb
24
door Niccolò Machiavelli
23,631 leden
253 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 11
Toegevoegd 2013-09-23, 04:12 PM
- 4 Members
- timoroso, roby72, ManWithAnAgenda, teeteto
25
door Martin Luther
659 leden
5 besprekingen
½ 4.5
Score 10.23
Toegevoegd 2012-01-09, 03:09 PM
- 6 Members
- staffordcastle, anglemark, EmScape, roby72, WildMaggie, birder4106,paradoxosalpha ,Ravic ,aulsmith
- Verklaringen
- aulsmith : The 95 theses yes, but why the catechism?
27
door Betty Friedan
4,550 leden
50 besprekingen
3.8
Score 9.3
Toegevoegd 2012-01-18, 10:09 AM
- 4 Members
- norabelle414, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda, rafaxweb
- Verklaringen
- aulsmith: Certainly influenced my life.
29
door Thucydides
7,878 leden
59 besprekingen
4
Score 8.46
Toegevoegd 2012-01-10, 10:33 AM
- 5 Members
- timspalding, WalkerMedia, anglemark, thorold, Bretzky1,Edward
32
door Anne Frank
28,342 leden
514 besprekingen
4.1
Score 5.29
Toegevoegd 2013-09-23, 04:15 PM
- 2 Members
- cindyst2000, rafaxweb
35
39
door Alcoholics Anonymous
3,050 leden
32 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2013-12-08, 07:43 PM
- Member
- cindyst2000
41
door Virginia Woolf
12,404 leden
168 besprekingen
4.1
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2013-09-23, 04:16 PM
- Member
- cindyst2000
42
door Upton Sinclair
2,107 leden
39 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2015-08-15, 10:54 AM
- Member
- CorinneT
43
door Alfred Wegener
103 leden
½ 4.5
Score 3.35
Toegevoegd 2012-01-31, 05:04 AM
- 2 Members
- birder4106, inkcrow,lilithcat
44
door Victor Neuburg
344 leden
6 besprekingen
4.2
Score 2.83
Toegevoegd 2012-01-31, 07:19 AM
- Member
- thorold
45
door Sun Tzu
23,123 leden
253 besprekingen
3.8
Score 2.68
Toegevoegd 2013-12-08, 07:41 PM
- Member
- ManWithAnAgenda
46
- 3 Members
- WalkerMedia, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward ,AsYouKnow_Bob ,aulsmith
- Verklaringen
- aulsmith : I'm not sure how this changed anything except the ease with which medical students could learn anatomy.
48
door Dante Alighieri
21,762 leden
188 besprekingen
4.1
Score 2.15
Toegevoegd 2014-07-14, 08:22 PM
- Member
- teeteto
49
door Vatsyayana
2,172 leden
21 besprekingen
3.1
Score 2.11
Toegevoegd 2013-12-08, 07:43 PM
- Member
- rafaxweb
50
door Mao Tse-Tung
1,709 leden
26 besprekingen
½ 2.7
Score 2.07
Toegevoegd 2013-12-08, 07:42 PM
- Member
- rafaxweb
52
door Samuel Johnson
311 leden
11 besprekingen
½ 4.6
Score 2.03
Toegevoegd 2013-09-23, 04:16 PM
- Member
- Elizabeth088
53
door Edward Gibbon
206 leden
2 besprekingen
4.8
Score 2
Toegevoegd 2022-09-17, 10:34 AM
- Member
- Bretzky1
54
door Henry David Thoreau
14,122 leden
191 besprekingen
3.8
Score 1.87
Toegevoegd 2013-09-23, 04:16 PM
- Member
- roby72
55
door Martin Luther
70 leden
½ 4.3
Score 1.05
Toegevoegd 2012-01-11, 03:43 PM
- 2 Members
- aulsmith, StephenBarkley,lorax ,paradoxosalpha
59
63
160 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score -4
Toegevoegd 2013-09-23, 04:15 PM
65
door Victor E. Marsden
182 leden
4 besprekingen
3.1
Score -8
Toegevoegd 2012-01-12, 04:24 PM
- Member
- aulsmith,anglemark ,AsYouKnow_Bob ,eromsted , ,Cecrow
66
door Anna Sewell
18,027 leden
208 besprekingen
3.9
Score -33.33
Toegevoegd 2012-01-10, 02:23 PM
- Member
- WildMaggie,lorax ,lilithcat ,anglemark ,DaynaRT ,AsYouKnow_Bob ,eromsted ,Scorbet ,paradoxosalpha , ,ijustgetbored ,enrique_molinero ,prosfilaes , ,aulsmith ,sjmccreary ,JGKC ,inkcrow ,Elizabeth088
- Verklaringen
- aulsmith : If every parent whose daughter asked for a horse after reading this book had gotten one -- that would have changed the world.
