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The most life changing books, ranked by the wisdom of the crowd of hundreds of people. Anyone can add their picks to this list of books that will change your life, making it an accurate, real-time ranking of the best life changing books, as picked by the people who love them. Ask yourself the question "what are the most life-changing books?" and then vote for the books that you read cover to cover, the novels that changed the way you see the world and the stories you still can't stop thinking about. Share your favorites, and see how your taste stacks up against other readers.
Why Ultimate?- 1J. R. R. TolkienFantasy, Fiction, Speculative fiction, Adventure novel, Chivalric romance, High fantasy MoreMost Listed
- 2Harper Lee1960-07-11Fiction
- 3J. D. Salinger1951-07-16Novel, Fiction, Bildungsroman, First-person narrativeControversial
- 4Aldous HuxleyFiction, Children's literature, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction, Dystopia, Utopian and dystopian fiction More
- 5Ayn Rand1957-10-10Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction, Dystopia
- 6Kurt Vonnegut1969Fiction, Philosophy, Science Fiction, Time travel, Speculative fiction, Black comedy, War novel More
- 7F. Scott Fitzgerald1925-04-10Novel, Fiction
- 8John Steinbeck1937Novella
- 9William Golding, Leslie Denman1954Novel, Fiction, Speculative fiction, Young adult literature
- 10Mark Twain1884Fiction, Children's literature, Adventure novel, Humour, Satire
- 11Ken KeseyNovel, Fiction, Children's literature
- 12George Orwell1945-08-17Fiction, Roman à clef, Children's literature, Speculative fiction, Satire More
- 13J. R. R. Tolkien1937Fantasy, Fiction, Children's literature, Speculative fiction, Adventure novel, Juvenile fantasy More
- 14Hermann Hesse1922Fiction, Speculative fiction
- 15Ayn Rand1943-12Fiction
- 16Madeleine L'Engle1962Fantasy, Children's literature, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction, Young adult literature More
- 17Joseph Heller1961-11-11Anti-war, World War II, Historical fiction, Black comedy, War novel, Satire, Absurdist fiction More
- 18John Steinbeck, Frank Galati
- 19Sylvia Plath1963Fiction, Roman à clef, Children's literature, Autobiography, Autobiographical novel More
- 20John Kennedy Toole1980Comedy, Fiction, TragicomedyControversial
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- 21Hunter S. ThompsonFiction, Roman à clef, Autobiographical novel
- 22Fyodor Dostoyevsky1866Novel, Fiction, Suspense
- 23Antoine de Saint-Exupéry1943
- 24Jack Kerouac1957Novel, Fiction, Roman à clef
- 25Charles Dickens1860Novel, Fiction
- 26Albert CamusFiction, Crime Fiction, Suspense, Existentialism, Absurdist fiction
- 27J. K. Rowling1997Fantasy, Fiction, Children's literature, Speculative fiction
- 28Ernest Hemingway1952Fiction, Children's literature, Sea story, Novella
- 29Franz Kafka1915Fantasy, Fiction, Children's literature, Speculative fiction, Novella, Absurdist fiction More
- 30Gabriel García Márquez1967Novel, Speculative fiction
- 31Mary ShelleyFantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Horror, Speculative fiction, Suspense, Gothic fiction, Epistolary novel More
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A People's History of the United States
Howard ZinnHistory, Non-fictionControversial - 33Kurt Vonnegut1963Science Fiction, Speculative fiction, Satire
- 34George Orwell1949Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction, Utopian and dystopian fiction, Social science fiction More
- 35Robert M. Pirsig1974Biography, Philosophy, Non-fiction, Autobiography, Psychology, Travel
- 36Henry David Thoreau1854Fiction, Children's literature, Philosophy, Speculative fiction, Autobiography, Nature, Inspirational More
- 37Gabriel García Márquez1985Novel
- 38Milan KunderaFiction
- 39Ernest HemingwayNovel, Fiction, Roman à clef, Children's literature
- 40Judy BlumeYoung adult literature
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- 41Chinua AchebeNovel, Poetry, Fiction, Children's literature
- 42Yann Martel2001-09Novel, Fiction
- 43Cormac McCarthy2006-09-26Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Literary fiction More
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The Clan of the Cave Bear
Jean M. AuelFantasy, Fiction, Speculative fiction, Historical novel - 45
Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk1996-08Novel, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction, Suspense, Satire More - 46Richard BachFiction
- 47Bram Stoker1897Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Horror, Speculative fiction, Gothic fiction, Epistolary novel, Invasion literature More
- 48Stephen King1978Novel, Fiction, Children's literature, Science Fiction, Horror, Speculative fiction, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction More
- 49Frank Herbert1965Fiction, Philosophy, Science Fiction, Military science fiction, Planetary romance More
- 50Arundhati Roy1997-06-09Novel, Fiction
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