Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
"Siddhartha" is a novel about the spiritual journey of a young man named Siddhartha during the time of Gautama Buddha. Born into an Indian Brahmin family, Siddhartha rejects his privileged life to seek spiritual enlightenment. His journey takes him through periods of harsh asceticism, sensual indulgence, material wealth, and finally, to the simple life of a ferryman on a river where he finds peace and wisdom. The book explores themes of self-discovery, spiritual quest, and the desire for a meaningful life.
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- Published
- 1922
- Nationality
- German
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 152
- Original Language
- German
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- Alternate Titles
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- Sidarta
- Siddartha
- Siddharta
- Siddhartha
- Siddhartha, Eine Indische Dichtung
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- 7th on Top 100 World Literature Titles (Perfection Learning)
- 24th on Big Read (German) (Germany)
- 25th on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 46th on 4chan’s Literature Board’s Aggregate Top 100 Books for the Decade 2014 - 2024 (Reddit)
- 57th on R/ClassicLiterature's Top 100 Favorite Books (R/ClassicLiterature)
- 61st on TrueLit's Top 100 Favorite Books (2023) (/r/TrueLit)
- 96th on Big Read (Bulgarian) (Bulgaria)
- 184th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 221st on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century (Spirituality & Practice)
- 100 Must-Read Classics in Translation (Bookriot)
- 200 Books That Shaped 200 Years of Literature (The Center for Fiction)
- 50 Best Cult Books (Telegraph)
- An Expert's 200-Book List (The Detroit Free Press)
- Charles R. Johnson's Book Choices from "The Writer's Library" (The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives (Book))
- Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher (Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher)
- IWU Select 100 Must-Read Books (IWU (Faculty, Staff, and Students))
- "Our Readable Century", The Best Books of the 20th Century -- Honorable Mention ( January Magazine)
- Select 100 (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
- The 100 Best Novels Of All Time (Runners-Up) (The Guardian)
- The Bigger Read List (English PEN)
- The Graphic Canon (Book)
- The Great American Read (PBS)
- Tomes for the Home (The Daily Spectrum )