The Greatest Books of All Time on Values

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 743 '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
1318 God and Man at Yale William F. Buckley, Jr 1951 American English
1537 On the Genealogy of Morality Friedrich Nietzsche 1887 German German
2373 The Will To Power Friedrich Nietzsche 1901 German German
2768 The Twilight of the Idols and The Antichrist Friedrich Nietzsche 1888 German German
3448 The Closing of the American Mind Allan Bloom 1987 American English
5602 The Righteous Mind Jonathan Haidt 2012 American English
6166 Philosophy and Civilization John Dewey 1931 American English
6325 A Preface to Morals Walter Lippmann 1929 American English
6415 The Lonely Crowd David Riesman 1950 American English
6960 The End Of Ideology Daniel Bell 1960 American English
7731 The Structure Of Social Action Talcott Parsons 1937 American English
7915 Four Essays On Liberty Isaiah Berlin 1969 British English
8554 The Cultural Contradictions Of Capitalism Daniel Bell 1976 American English
8884 Vendor Of Sweets R. K. Narayan 1967 Indian English
9615 Resources, Values And Development Amartya Sen 1984 Indian English
10396 Internal Ecology Morals For Xxi Century Dario Salas Sommer 2007 Chilean Spanish
10957 The Proper Study of Mankind Isaiah Berlin 1997 British English
11171 The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama 2006 American English
13327 The Great Tradition F. R. Leavis 1948 British English
14002 The Simple Life Charles Wagner 1895 French French
14445 Life Is What You Make It Peter Buffett 2010 American English
14592 The Bent Twig Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1915 American English
14901 The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*Ck Mark Manson 2016 American English
16539 Values, Objectivity, And The Social Sciences Gresham Riley 1974 American English
16633 Twilight Of The Idols, Or How To Philosophize With A Hammer Friedrich Nietzsche 1889 German German
17010 The Measure of Man Joseph Wood Krutch 1954 American English
17010 What Does It All Mean? Thomas Nagel 1987 American English
17010 Sacred And Secular Ronald Inglehart, Pippa Norris 2004 American English
17010 The Object Of Morality G. J. Warnock 1971 British English
16811 Twilight Of The Idols/The Antichrist Friedrich Nietzsche 1888 German German
17010 The Five Major Pieces To The Life Puzzle Jim Rohn 1991 American English
17010 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy Steven Hayes 1999 American English