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
2077 Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman 2011 Israeli English
2564 The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology Edmund Husserl 1936 German German
2712 Reasons And Persons Derek Parfit 1984 British English
2798 The Theory Of Communicative Action Jürgen Habermas 1981 German German
3232 The Strategy Of Conflict Thomas Schelling 1960 American English
5643 Enlightenment Now Steven Pinker 2018 American English
6456 Social Choice And Individual Values Kenneth Arrow 1951 American English
6717 Human, All Too Human Friedrich Nietzsche 1878 German German
6795 Models Of Man, Social And Rational Herbert Simon 1957 American English
7790 The Mind and Society Vilfredo Pareto 1916 Italian Italian
9907 The Demon Haunted World Carl Sagan 1995 American English
10501 The Fragility Of Goodness Martha C. Nussbaum 1986 American English
11067 The Complete Works Of Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft 1989 British English
11519 Enchiridion Of Epictetus Epictetus 135 Greek Greek
12990 If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies Eliezer Yudkowsky 2025 American English
13703 Poor Charlie's Almanack Charlie Munger 2005 American English
15915 Theory of Games and Economic Behavior John Von Neumann 1944 American English
15915 Advancement Of Learning Francis Bacon 1605 British English
15915 The Greeks And The Irrational E. R. Dodds 1951 British English
17158 The Dreams Of Reason Heinz R. Pagels 1988 American English
17158 Relativism Refuted Harvey Siegel 1987 American English
17158 The Art Of Thinking Clearly Rolf Dobelli 2011 Swiss German
17158 The Marriage Of Sense And Soul Ken Wilber 1998 American English
16944 Notes From Underground & The Double Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 Russian Russian
17158 Parfit David Edmonds 2023 Unknown English
17158 The Passions And The Interests Albert Hirschman 1977 American English