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The Castle

av Franz Kafka • 1926

A land surveyor arrives in a snowbound village where the castle denies ever sending for him.

3.91

76 000+

🏛️ Bureaucratic Nightmare 🤔 Existentialist Fiction 🏰 Unattainable Goal 🚶 Perpetual Outsider ❄️ Snowbound Isolation

The Castle

A land surveyor arrives in a snowbound village where the castle denies ever sending for him.

av Franz Kafka 1926 328 sider

3.91

76 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Bureaucratic Nightmare 🤔 Existentialist Fiction 🏰 Unattainable Goal 🚶 Perpetual Outsider ❄️ Snowbound Isolation

Pesten

av Albert Camus • 1947

Plague quarantines Oran. A doctor confronts an epidemic that cannot be cured, only endured together.

4.02

300 000+

🖤 Existentialist Fiction 📖 Philosophical Allegory 🦠 Epidemic Narrative 👨‍⚕️ Doctor Protagonist 🤝 Solidarity In Crisis

Pesten

Plague quarantines Oran. A doctor confronts an epidemic that cannot be cured, only endured together.

av Albert Camus 1947 308 sider

4.02

300 000+ vurderinger

🖤 Existentialist Fiction 📖 Philosophical Allegory 🦠 Epidemic Narrative 👨‍⚕️ Doctor Protagonist 🤝 Solidarity In Crisis

The Interpretation of Dreams

av Sigmund Freud • 1899

Every dream hides a wish the mind cannot admit. Interpreting the disguise reveals the conflict.

3.84

81 000+

💭 Dream Interpretation 🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory 🌑 Unconscious Mind 🔒 Repressed Desires 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms

The Interpretation of Dreams

Every dream hides a wish the mind cannot admit. Interpreting the disguise reveals the conflict.

av Sigmund Freud 1899 630 sider

3.84

81 000+ vurderinger

💭 Dream Interpretation 🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory 🌑 Unconscious Mind 🔒 Repressed Desires 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms

The Visit

av Friedrich Dürrenmatt • 1956

A billionaire offers her hometown a fortune for one thing: the life of her former lover.

3.67

38 000+

🎭 Tragicomic Theater 🏘️ Small-Town Complicity 🕊️ Collective Guilt 💰 Wealth As Corruption ⚖️ Bought Justice

The Visit

A billionaire offers her hometown a fortune for one thing: the life of her former lover.

av Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1956 112 sider

3.67

38 000+ vurderinger

🎭 Tragicomic Theater 🏘️ Small-Town Complicity 🕊️ Collective Guilt 💰 Wealth As Corruption ⚖️ Bought Justice

An Actor Prepares

av Constantin Stanislavski • 1936

Feelings cannot be commanded. But the conditions that summon them can be.

4.09

5 000+

🎭 Acting Technique 🧠 Psychological Realism ❤️ Emotion In Performance 💭 Imagination Exercises 🇷🇺 Russian Theater

An Actor Prepares

Feelings cannot be commanded. But the conditions that summon them can be.

av Constantin Stanislavski 1936 288 sider

4.09

5 000+ vurderinger

🎭 Acting Technique 🧠 Psychological Realism ❤️ Emotion In Performance 💭 Imagination Exercises 🇷🇺 Russian Theater

The Brothers Karamazov

av Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1880

Three sons face passion, reason, and guilt after their depraved father's murder in Russia.

4.39

300 000+

🧠 Philosophical Novel 🇷🇺 Russian Classic 🏠 Family Saga ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🤔 Faith Vs Reason

The Brothers Karamazov

Three sons face passion, reason, and guilt after their depraved father's murder in Russia.

av Fyodor Dostoevsky 1880 796 sider

4.39

300 000+ vurderinger

🧠 Philosophical Novel 🇷🇺 Russian Classic 🏠 Family Saga ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🤔 Faith Vs Reason

The Arthashastra

av Kautilya

Centuries before Machiavelli, a manual of power that never forgot the welfare of the people.

4.12

1 000+

🏛️ Political Realism 📜 Classical Governance 🌏 Geopolitical Strategy 🕉️ Indian Philosophy 👑 Ruler's Handbook

The Arthashastra

Centuries before Machiavelli, a manual of power that never forgot the welfare of the people.

av Kautilya 878 sider

4.12

1 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Political Realism 📜 Classical Governance 🌏 Geopolitical Strategy 🕉️ Indian Philosophy 👑 Ruler's Handbook

av Yevgeny Zamyatin • 1924

An engineer in a regime of absolute reason falls for a woman of absolute rebellion.

3.88

100 000+

📐 Mathematical Dystopia 🔪 Conformity Surgery 📓 Diary Format 👁️ Total Surveillance 💔 Forbidden Romance

An engineer in a regime of absolute reason falls for a woman of absolute rebellion.

av Yevgeny Zamyatin 1924 256 sider

3.88

100 000+ vurderinger

📐 Mathematical Dystopia 🔪 Conformity Surgery 📓 Diary Format 👁️ Total Surveillance 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Complete Art of War

av Sun Tzu • 1996

Never face strength with strength. The ancient manual on winning conflicts indirectly.

4.14

7 000+

⚔️ Military Strategy 🧠 Strategic Thinking 💼 Business Strategy 🏮 Eastern Philosophy 🎯 Indirect Warfare

The Complete Art of War

Never face strength with strength. The ancient manual on winning conflicts indirectly.

av Sun Tzu 1996 320 sider

4.14

7 000+ vurderinger

⚔️ Military Strategy 🧠 Strategic Thinking 💼 Business Strategy 🏮 Eastern Philosophy 🎯 Indirect Warfare

Krig og fred

av Leo Tolstoj • 1869

Aristocrats fall in love and search for meaning as Napoleon's invasion upends imperial Russia.

4.17

300 000+

🇫🇷 Napoleonic Era 👑 Russian Aristocracy 🏰 Disillusioned Aristocrat ✨ Spiritual Seeking 💔 Tragic Romance

Krig og fred

Aristocrats fall in love and search for meaning as Napoleon's invasion upends imperial Russia.

av Leo Tolstoj 1869 1392 sider

4.17

300 000+ vurderinger

🇫🇷 Napoleonic Era 👑 Russian Aristocracy 🏰 Disillusioned Aristocrat ✨ Spiritual Seeking 💔 Tragic Romance

Ørkenplanetens gudekeiser

av Frank Herbert • 1981

A human-sandworm god has ruled space for 3,500 years. His bloodline now aims to kill him.

3.88

100 000+

📚 Science Fantasy 🧠 Philosophical Sci-Fi 🏜️ Desert Planet 🌌 Distant Future 🔪 Assassination Plot

Ørkenplanetens gudekeiser

A human-sandworm god has ruled space for 3,500 years. His bloodline now aims to kill him.

av Frank Herbert 1981 587 sider

3.88

100 000+ vurderinger

📚 Science Fantasy 🧠 Philosophical Sci-Fi 🏜️ Desert Planet 🌌 Distant Future 🔪 Assassination Plot

Tom Sawyers eventyr

av Mark Twain • 1876

When Tom Sawyer witnesses a graveyard murder, his clever tongue must finally speak the truth.

3.92

1 000 000+

🏘️ Small-Town Boyhood 😈 Boyhood Mischief 💰 Treasure Hunt 🏃 Running Away Adventure 😏 Satirical Small-Town

Oppslukende

Tom Sawyers eventyr

When Tom Sawyer witnesses a graveyard murder, his clever tongue must finally speak the truth.

av Mark Twain 1876 244 sider

3.92

1 000 000+ vurderinger

🏘️ Small-Town Boyhood 😈 Boyhood Mischief 💰 Treasure Hunt 🏃 Running Away Adventure 😏 Satirical Small-Town

On War

av Carl von Clausewitz • 1832

Victory is meaningless without a political aim. Generals who forget this win battles and lose wars.

3.96

14 000+

🗺️ Military Strategy 🏛️ Political Theory 🌐 Realist International Theory ⚔️ Military Leadership 📐 Tactics And Strategy

On War

Victory is meaningless without a political aim. Generals who forget this win battles and lose wars.

av Carl von Clausewitz 1832 732 sider

3.96

14 000+ vurderinger

🗺️ Military Strategy 🏛️ Political Theory 🌐 Realist International Theory ⚔️ Military Leadership 📐 Tactics And Strategy

Den utvalgte

av Lois Lowry • 1993

In a world without pain, a boy is chosen to remember what his community has erased.

4.12

2 000 000+

🏙️ Dystopian Utopia 🚫 Controlled Society 📜 Forbidden Knowledge 🤫 Quiet Rebellion 🏡 Isolated Community

Den utvalgte

In a world without pain, a boy is chosen to remember what his community has erased.

av Lois Lowry 1993 208 sider

4.12

2 000 000+ vurderinger

🏙️ Dystopian Utopia 🚫 Controlled Society 📜 Forbidden Knowledge 🤫 Quiet Rebellion 🏡 Isolated Community

Faust, Part Two

av Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • 1832

His soul bargained, Faust chases ideal beauty and builds a kingdom, but paradise demands a cost.

3.65

8 000+

😈 Deal With The Devil 🏛️ Classical Mythology 💖 Redemption Through Love 💀 Hubris And Downfall 🗺️ Mythical Quest

Faust, Part Two

His soul bargained, Faust chases ideal beauty and builds a kingdom, but paradise demands a cost.

av Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1832 304 sider

3.65

8 000+ vurderinger

😈 Deal With The Devil 🏛️ Classical Mythology 💖 Redemption Through Love 💀 Hubris And Downfall 🗺️ Mythical Quest

Lignelsen om såmannen

av Octavia E. Butler • 1993

An empathic teen invents a faith of change and leads a band through a scorched California.

4.19

200 000+

🌍 Afrofuturism 🌡️ Climate Dystopia 🫂 Found Family 🧭 Survival Journey 🤔 Philosophical Sf

Lignelsen om såmannen

An empathic teen invents a faith of change and leads a band through a scorched California.

av Octavia E. Butler 1993 345 sider

4.19

200 000+ vurderinger

🌍 Afrofuturism 🌡️ Climate Dystopia 🫂 Found Family 🧭 Survival Journey 🤔 Philosophical Sf

Dunes barn

av Frank Herbert • 1976

Paul Atreides's twins see humanity's doom. To prevent it, one must choose to become a monster.

3.95

200 000+

🚀 Feudal Space Intrigue 👻 Ancestral Possession 🔮 Burden Of Prophecy 👑 Mad Regent 👯 Bonded Twins

Dunes barn

Paul Atreides's twins see humanity's doom. To prevent it, one must choose to become a monster.

av Frank Herbert 1976 609 sider

3.95

200 000+ vurderinger

🚀 Feudal Space Intrigue 👻 Ancestral Possession 🔮 Burden Of Prophecy 👑 Mad Regent 👯 Bonded Twins

The Player of Games

av Iain M. Banks • 1988

A jaded utopian game prodigy travels to a cutthroat empire where a tournament crowns the ruler.

4.28

81 000+

⚖️ Utopia Vs Empire 🧠 Cerebral Space Opera ♟️ Master Strategist 👑 Alien Social Hierarchy 🕵️ Political Manipulation

The Player of Games

A jaded utopian game prodigy travels to a cutthroat empire where a tournament crowns the ruler.

av Iain M. Banks 1988 293 sider

4.28

81 000+ vurderinger

⚖️ Utopia Vs Empire 🧠 Cerebral Space Opera ♟️ Master Strategist 👑 Alien Social Hierarchy 🕵️ Political Manipulation

1984

av SparkNotes • 2014

Orwell's 1984 decoded: surveillance, mind control, and the language that makes them possible.

4.30

10 000+

💀 Dystopian Fiction 🏴 Totalitarian Regimes 🧠 Mind Control 🗣️ Language And Power 👁️ Surveillance Society

1984

Orwell's 1984 decoded: surveillance, mind control, and the language that makes them possible.

av SparkNotes 2014 80 sider

4.30

10 000+ vurderinger

💀 Dystopian Fiction 🏴 Totalitarian Regimes 🧠 Mind Control 🗣️ Language And Power 👁️ Surveillance Society

Bushido

av Inazō Nitobe • 1899

An unwritten samurai code, not scripture, built Japan's conscience, and it is not finished yet.

3.83

10 000+

🗡️ Samurai Ethics 🎋 Japanese Philosophy ⚔️ Warrior Codes 🏛️ Virtue Ethics 🏯 Feudal Japan

Bushido

An unwritten samurai code, not scripture, built Japan's conscience, and it is not finished yet.

av Inazō Nitobe 1899 120 sider

3.83

10 000+ vurderinger

🗡️ Samurai Ethics 🎋 Japanese Philosophy ⚔️ Warrior Codes 🏛️ Virtue Ethics 🏯 Feudal Japan

Utilitarianism

av John Stuart Mill • 1861

Happiness is the test of right and wrong. The harder question: which pleasures actually count.

3.68

25 000+

🏛️ Moral Philosophy ⚖️ Normative Ethics 🎯 Utilitarian Ethics 🔗 Consequentialist Ethics 🍷 Hedonistic Philosophy

Utilitarianism

Happiness is the test of right and wrong. The harder question: which pleasures actually count.

av John Stuart Mill 1861 71 sider

3.68

25 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Moral Philosophy ⚖️ Normative Ethics 🎯 Utilitarian Ethics 🔗 Consequentialist Ethics 🍷 Hedonistic Philosophy

The Human Condition

av Hannah Arendt • 1958

The Greeks built freedom on escaping necessity. Modern society made necessity the highest good.

4.20

9 000+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🏭 Modernity Critique 🏠 Public Vs Private 🔨 Meaning Of Work 👥 Mass Society

The Human Condition

The Greeks built freedom on escaping necessity. Modern society made necessity the highest good.

av Hannah Arendt 1958 349 sider

4.20

9 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🏭 Modernity Critique 🏠 Public Vs Private 🔨 Meaning Of Work 👥 Mass Society

The Muqaddimah

av Ibn Khaldun • 1377

A 14th-century scholar mapped the hidden laws that make every dynasty rise and crumble.

4.30

4 000+

🏛️ Historiography 🤔 Philosophy Of History 📖 Social Theory 🤝 Group Solidarity 👑 Dynastic Cycles

The Muqaddimah

A 14th-century scholar mapped the hidden laws that make every dynasty rise and crumble.

av Ibn Khaldun 1377 480 sider

4.30

4 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Historiography 🤔 Philosophy Of History 📖 Social Theory 🤝 Group Solidarity 👑 Dynastic Cycles

Gray's Anatomy

av Henry Gray • 1858

Before modern imaging, the book that taught the world human anatomy, structure by structure.

4.31

3 000+

🦴 Human Anatomy 📖 Anatomical Reference 📝 Descriptive Anatomy 🗺️ Regional Anatomy 🔬 Gross Anatomy

Gray's Anatomy

Before modern imaging, the book that taught the world human anatomy, structure by structure.

av Henry Gray 1858 1257 sider

4.31

3 000+ vurderinger

🦴 Human Anatomy 📖 Anatomical Reference 📝 Descriptive Anatomy 🗺️ Regional Anatomy 🔬 Gross Anatomy

Narnia-krønikene

av C.S. Lewis • 1956

Through a wardrobe, four children find a frozen world, and a lion to battle a witch.

4.28

700 000+

🚪 Portal Fantasy ✝️ Christian Allegory 👫 Sibling Adventurers 🦁 Talking Animals 💔 Redemption Arc

Oppslukende

Narnia-krønikene

Through a wardrobe, four children find a frozen world, and a lion to battle a witch.

av C.S. Lewis 1956 767 sider

4.28

700 000+ vurderinger

🚪 Portal Fantasy ✝️ Christian Allegory 👫 Sibling Adventurers 🦁 Talking Animals 💔 Redemption Arc

The A.B.C. Murders

av Agatha Christie • 1936

A serial killer taunts Poirot with alphabetical murders, leaving an ABC guide at each crime scene.

4.03

200 000+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer ⚖️ Wrongly Accused ✉️ Taunting Letters 🧠 Mastermind Villain

The A.B.C. Murders

A serial killer taunts Poirot with alphabetical murders, leaving an ABC guide at each crime scene.

av Agatha Christie 1936 207 sider

4.03

200 000+ vurderinger

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer ⚖️ Wrongly Accused ✉️ Taunting Letters 🧠 Mastermind Villain

Sophie's World

av Jostein Gaarder • 2022

Anonymous letters teach a girl philosophy, and with every lesson her world feels less real.

4.09

1 000+

📚 Philosophy Primer 📖 Metafiction 🦉 Mysterious Mentor ✉️ Hidden Messages ✨ Wonder And Curiosity

Sophie's World

Anonymous letters teach a girl philosophy, and with every lesson her world feels less real.

av Jostein Gaarder 2022 264 sider

4.09

1 000+ vurderinger

📚 Philosophy Primer 📖 Metafiction 🦉 Mysterious Mentor ✉️ Hidden Messages ✨ Wonder And Curiosity

Fallet

av Albert Camus • 1956

In an Amsterdam bar, a disgraced Parisian lawyer confesses the story of his moral collapse.

4.03

100 000+

📚 Existentialist Novel 🎙️ Confessional Monologue ✝️ Guilt And Confession 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😏 Cynical Irony

Fallet

In an Amsterdam bar, a disgraced Parisian lawyer confesses the story of his moral collapse.

av Albert Camus 1956 147 sider

4.03

100 000+ vurderinger

📚 Existentialist Novel 🎙️ Confessional Monologue ✝️ Guilt And Confession 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😏 Cynical Irony

Tåken

av Stephen King • 1980

A mist-wrapped supermarket traps a father and son with monsters outside and a cult inside.

3.93

100 000+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 👾 Creature Feature 🏚️ Small-Town Siege 🔥 Fanatical Cult 😰 Paranoid Dread

Tåken

A mist-wrapped supermarket traps a father and son with monsters outside and a cult inside.

av Stephen King 1980 176 sider

3.93

100 000+ vurderinger

🪐 Cosmic Horror 👾 Creature Feature 🏚️ Small-Town Siege 🔥 Fanatical Cult 😰 Paranoid Dread

Anna Karenina

av Leo Tolstoj • 1878

A married aristocrat's affair with a young officer costs her everything in unforgiving Russia.

4.10

900 000+

🇷🇺 Russian Classic 🖤 Tragic Romance 🏛️ Aristocratic Society 💔 Societal Scandal 🥀 Tragic Heroine

Anna Karenina

A married aristocrat's affair with a young officer costs her everything in unforgiving Russia.

av Leo Tolstoj 1878 964 sider

4.10

900 000+ vurderinger

🇷🇺 Russian Classic 🖤 Tragic Romance 🏛️ Aristocratic Society 💔 Societal Scandal 🥀 Tragic Heroine

Greven av Monte Cristo

av Alexandre Dumas • 1844

Falsely imprisoned, a sailor finds a hidden fortune and becomes a mysterious count bent on revenge.

4.33

1 000 000+

🗡️ Revenge Epic 🔒 Wrongful Imprisonment 💰 Hidden Treasure 🎭 Assumed Identity 🎪 Theatrical Revenge

Oppslukende

Greven av Monte Cristo

Falsely imprisoned, a sailor finds a hidden fortune and becomes a mysterious count bent on revenge.

av Alexandre Dumas 1844 1276 sider

4.33

1 000 000+ vurderinger

🗡️ Revenge Epic 🔒 Wrongful Imprisonment 💰 Hidden Treasure 🎭 Assumed Identity 🎪 Theatrical Revenge

Heidi

av Johanna Spyri • 1880

An orphan's idyllic Alpine life ends when she is forced into a strict Frankfurt household.

4.04

200 000+

🏔️ Mountain Life 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 👴 Reclusive Guardian 😢 Homesick Child

Heidi

An orphan's idyllic Alpine life ends when she is forced into a strict Frankfurt household.

av Johanna Spyri 1880 352 sider

4.04

200 000+ vurderinger

🏔️ Mountain Life 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 👴 Reclusive Guardian 😢 Homesick Child

Tao Te Ching

av Lao Tzu

Why the best leaders are invisible, the strongest bend, and the wisest do nothing at all.

4.29

100 000+

🏯 Taoism 🎋 Eastern Philosophy 📜 Ancient Wisdom 🕊️ Non-Attachment 🍃 Simplicity Living

Tao Te Ching

Why the best leaders are invisible, the strongest bend, and the wisest do nothing at all.

av Lao Tzu 208 sider

4.29

100 000+ vurderinger

🏯 Taoism 🎋 Eastern Philosophy 📜 Ancient Wisdom 🕊️ Non-Attachment 🍃 Simplicity Living

Charlottes spindelvev

av E.B. White • 1952

An unlikely spider vows to save a pig from slaughter by weaving words into her web.

4.21

2 000 000+

🐷 Talking Farm Animals 🕷️ Spider Protagonist 🕸️ Unlikely Friends 🏆 Underdog Hero 💖 Selfless Friendship

Charlottes spindelvev

An unlikely spider vows to save a pig from slaughter by weaving words into her web.

av E.B. White 1952 184 sider

4.21

2 000 000+ vurderinger

🐷 Talking Farm Animals 🕷️ Spider Protagonist 🕸️ Unlikely Friends 🏆 Underdog Hero 💖 Selfless Friendship

Acres of Diamonds

av Russell H. Conwell • 1915

The richest opportunities surround you. The most delivered American lecture shows how to see them.

4.17

10 000+

🧐 Opportunity Recognition 💰 Wealth Principles 🏋️ Perseverance 🤝 Servant Leadership 🌱 Self-Reliance

Acres of Diamonds

The richest opportunities surround you. The most delivered American lecture shows how to see them.

av Russell H. Conwell 1915 68 sider

4.17

10 000+ vurderinger

🧐 Opportunity Recognition 💰 Wealth Principles 🏋️ Perseverance 🤝 Servant Leadership 🌱 Self-Reliance

Cicero

av Anthony Everitt • 2001

A provincial outsider became Rome's most powerful voice. He still could not save the Republic.

3.90

8 000+

🏛️ Late Roman Republic 📜 Political Biography 🗣️ Oratory And Rhetoric 🏚️ Fall Of The Republic ⚖️ Classical Republicanism

Cicero

A provincial outsider became Rome's most powerful voice. He still could not save the Republic.

av Anthony Everitt 2001 400 sider

3.90

8 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Late Roman Republic 📜 Political Biography 🗣️ Oratory And Rhetoric 🏚️ Fall Of The Republic ⚖️ Classical Republicanism

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

av Edwin Lefèvre • 2009

Markets change. People don't. A legendary trader's century-old memoir still outpredicts every model.

4.43

326

💰 Speculation 🧠 Market Psychology 📈 Trend Following 🎯 Trading Discipline 🔬 Behavioral Economics

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Markets change. People don't. A legendary trader's century-old memoir still outpredicts every model.

av Edwin Lefèvre 2009 448 sider

4.43

326 vurderinger

💰 Speculation 🧠 Market Psychology 📈 Trend Following 🎯 Trading Discipline 🔬 Behavioral Economics

The Holy Bible

av Anonymous • 1611

Creation, covenant, exile, and a resurrection that claims the grave is not the end.

4.45

300 000+

📖 Biblical Scripture 🤝 Covenant Theology 🕊️ Salvation History 💔 Sin And Redemption 🙏 Faith And Obedience

The Holy Bible

Creation, covenant, exile, and a resurrection that claims the grave is not the end.

av Anonymous 1611 1590 sider

4.45

300 000+ vurderinger

📖 Biblical Scripture 🤝 Covenant Theology 🕊️ Salvation History 💔 Sin And Redemption 🙏 Faith And Obedience

Matilda

av Roald Dahl • 1988

A neglected child prodigy with telekinetic powers takes on her school's monstrous headmistress.

4.34

1 000 000+

📚 Book-Loving Child 💔 Neglected Child Hero ✨ Telekinetic Abilities 🎪 Whimsical And Dark ⚡ Child Vs Cruel Authority

Matilda

A neglected child prodigy with telekinetic powers takes on her school's monstrous headmistress.

av Roald Dahl 1988 240 sider

4.34

1 000 000+ vurderinger

📚 Book-Loving Child 💔 Neglected Child Hero ✨ Telekinetic Abilities 🎪 Whimsical And Dark ⚡ Child Vs Cruel Authority

The Analects

av Confucius

Moral example, not law: the ancient guide to building the gravity of a true leader.

3.80

24 000+

🏛️ Confucianism ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🏮 Chinese Philosophy 🌱 Moral Self-Cultivation 👴 Filial Piety

The Analects

Moral example, not law: the ancient guide to building the gravity of a true leader.

av Confucius 249 sider

3.80

24 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Confucianism ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🏮 Chinese Philosophy 🌱 Moral Self-Cultivation 👴 Filial Piety

Security Analysis

av Benjamin Graham • 1934

Markets misprice securities. A system for finding the gaps and waiting for them to close.

4.30

9 000+

🏦 Value Investing 🔍 Fundamental Analysis 📊 Financial Statements 📈 Intrinsic Valuation 🧠 Market Psychology

Security Analysis

Markets misprice securities. A system for finding the gaps and waiting for them to close.

av Benjamin Graham 1934 816 sider

4.30

9 000+ vurderinger

🏦 Value Investing 🔍 Fundamental Analysis 📊 Financial Statements 📈 Intrinsic Valuation 🧠 Market Psychology

Poor People

av Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1846

A penniless clerk's letters to his neighbor become his lifeline, until a wealthy suitor proposes.

3.77

40 000+

✉️ Epistolary ⚖️ Social Critique 💔 Unrequited Love ❤️‍🔥 Sacrificial Love 💰 Pragmatic Marriage

Poor People

A penniless clerk's letters to his neighbor become his lifeline, until a wealthy suitor proposes.

av Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 112 sider

3.77

40 000+ vurderinger

✉️ Epistolary ⚖️ Social Critique 💔 Unrequited Love ❤️‍🔥 Sacrificial Love 💰 Pragmatic Marriage

The Ramayana

av R.K. Narayan • 1957

A banished prince leads a monkey army to rescue his wife from a ten-headed demon.

4.07

13 000+

📜 Indian Epic 🏛️ Classical Retelling ⚡ Divine Incarnation 🌲 Exile And Return ⚔️ Cosmic Battle

The Ramayana

A banished prince leads a monkey army to rescue his wife from a ten-headed demon.

av R.K. Narayan 1957 192 sider

4.07

13 000+ vurderinger

📜 Indian Epic 🏛️ Classical Retelling ⚡ Divine Incarnation 🌲 Exile And Return ⚔️ Cosmic Battle

Civilization and Its Discontents

av Sigmund Freud • 1930

Civilization shields you from nature but punishes you from within: order's price is guilt.

3.80

45 000+

🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory 🔒 Instinctual Repression 😔 Guilt And Civilization 💢 Human Aggression 💭 Modern Discontent

Civilization and Its Discontents

Civilization shields you from nature but punishes you from within: order's price is guilt.

av Sigmund Freud 1930 127 sider

3.80

45 000+ vurderinger

🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory 🔒 Instinctual Repression 😔 Guilt And Civilization 💢 Human Aggression 💭 Modern Discontent

Siddhartha

av Hermann Hesse • 1922

He mastered fasting and desire, but the river showed him what no teacher could.

4.08

800 000+

🧘 Spiritual Quest 📚 Philosophical Fiction 👴 Mentor Apprentice 🚫 Rejecting Doctrine 🍃 Non-Attachment

Oppslukende

Siddhartha

He mastered fasting and desire, but the river showed him what no teacher could.

av Hermann Hesse 1922 152 sider

4.08

800 000+ vurderinger

🧘 Spiritual Quest 📚 Philosophical Fiction 👴 Mentor Apprentice 🚫 Rejecting Doctrine 🍃 Non-Attachment

Antigone

av Sofokles

Creon bans burial for a traitor; Antigone defies him to honor the gods.

3.69

100 000+

🎭 Greek Tragedy ✊ Civil Disobedience ⚱️ Burial Rites 💥 Hubris 🦯 Prophetic Warning

Antigone

Creon bans burial for a traitor; Antigone defies him to honor the gods.

av Sofokles 80 sider

3.69

100 000+ vurderinger

🎭 Greek Tragedy ✊ Civil Disobedience ⚱️ Burial Rites 💥 Hubris 🦯 Prophetic Warning

The Crowd

av Gustave Le Bon • 1895

When a crowd forms, reason exits. What steps in is ancient, impulsive, and easily guided.

3.80

22 000+

🧠 Crowd Psychology ✊ Mass Movements 🌀 Suggestibility 🐑 Groupthink 🎙️ Political Rhetoric

The Crowd

When a crowd forms, reason exits. What steps in is ancient, impulsive, and easily guided.

av Gustave Le Bon 1895 104 sider

3.80

22 000+ vurderinger

🧠 Crowd Psychology ✊ Mass Movements 🌀 Suggestibility 🐑 Groupthink 🎙️ Political Rhetoric

Heretics of Dune

av Frank Herbert • 1984

A sisterhood's clone and a worm-charming girl stand against a returning matriarchy from deep space.

3.85

100 000+

🕶️ Shadowy Matriarchy 🧬 Clone With Memories 🌟 Mysterious Gifted Child ⛪ Manufactured Faith ♟️ Political Machinations

Heretics of Dune

A sisterhood's clone and a worm-charming girl stand against a returning matriarchy from deep space.

av Frank Herbert 1984 669 sider

3.85

100 000+ vurderinger

🕶️ Shadowy Matriarchy 🧬 Clone With Memories 🌟 Mysterious Gifted Child ⛪ Manufactured Faith ♟️ Political Machinations

The Blind Owl

av Sadegh Hedayat • 1937

Between opium dreams and waking torment, a painter obsesses over a vision that unmakes his reality.

3.95

35 000+

🔪 Psychological Horror 📜 Modernist Classic 🫣 Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🎨 Obsessed Artist

The Blind Owl

Between opium dreams and waking torment, a painter obsesses over a vision that unmakes his reality.

av Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 sider

3.95

35 000+ vurderinger

🔪 Psychological Horror 📜 Modernist Classic 🫣 Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🎨 Obsessed Artist

The Body in the Library

av Agatha Christie • 2018

A corpse in a colonel's library draws Miss Marple into a village's hidden web of lies.

3.76

1 000+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👵 Elderly Detective 🎭 Mistaken Identity

The Body in the Library

A corpse in a colonel's library draws Miss Marple into a village's hidden web of lies.

av Agatha Christie 2018 96 sider

3.76

1 000+ vurderinger

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👵 Elderly Detective 🎭 Mistaken Identity

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