The Greatest Books of All Time on Rationality

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
313 Meditations Marcus Aurelius 161 Roman Greek
774 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Mary Wollstonecraft 1792 British English
1147 Dialectic Of Enlightenment Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer 1944 German German
2076 Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman 2011 Israeli English
2563 The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology Edmund Husserl 1936 German German
2711 Reasons And Persons Derek Parfit 1984 British English
2796 The Theory Of Communicative Action Jürgen Habermas 1981 German German
3230 The Strategy Of Conflict Thomas Schelling 1960 American English
5640 Enlightenment Now Steven Pinker 2018 American English
6454 Social Choice And Individual Values Kenneth Arrow 1951 American English
6716 Human, All Too Human Friedrich Nietzsche 1878 German German
6794 Models Of Man, Social And Rational Herbert Simon 1957 American English
7788 The Mind and Society Vilfredo Pareto 1916 Italian Italian
9904 The Demon Haunted World Carl Sagan 1995 American English
10496 The Fragility Of Goodness Martha C. Nussbaum 1986 American English
11061 The Complete Works Of Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft 1989 British English
11517 Enchiridion Of Epictetus Epictetus 135 Greek Greek
12987 If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies Eliezer Yudkowsky 2025 American English
13702 Poor Charlie's Almanack Charlie Munger 2005 American English
15897 Theory of Games and Economic Behavior John Von Neumann 1944 American English
15897 Advancement Of Learning Francis Bacon 1605 British English
15897 The Greeks And The Irrational E. R. Dodds 1951 British English
17114 The Dreams Of Reason Heinz R. Pagels 1988 American English
17114 Relativism Refuted Harvey Siegel 1987 American English
17114 The Art Of Thinking Clearly Rolf Dobelli 2011 Swiss German
17114 The Marriage Of Sense And Soul Ken Wilber 1998 American English
16902 Notes From Underground & The Double Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 Russian Russian
17114 Parfit David Edmonds 2023 Unknown English
17114 The Passions And The Interests Albert Hirschman 1977 American English