4.45 avg rating — 317,815 ratings

"Fucking huge religion"

4.38 avg rating — 72,476 ratings

"Another fucking huge religion. "

3.68 avg rating — 197,704 ratings

"Changed the largest country in the world for 70 years, (very) indirectly nearly caused apocalypse with Cold War."

4.01 avg rating — 121,960 ratings

"Changed our understanding of the development of the human race. "

4.48 avg rating — 57,648 ratings

"As far as fiction goes, Shakespeare's great comedies and tragedies can be seen almost everywhere, and although he is an overrated playwright, there is no denying he had fucking enormous influence on fiction, even more than the Bealtes do on pop music. "

3.89 avg rating — 2,481 ratings

"Martin Luther caused the Europe Reformation, leading to the rise of Protestantism. End of discussion. "

4.20 avg rating — 5,448,483 ratings

"While "Brave New World" was earlier, this was far more terrifying and warned us once and for all of the dangers of a dystopian society. "

3.83 avg rating — 1,190,679 ratings

"Probably the most famous poem ever, inspired "Ulysses" by James Joyce, as well as countless other pieces of fiction, such as Virgil's "Aeinid" (which in turn inspired "The Divine Comedy". One of the first epics (not sure if it was the first but probably one of)"

3.91 avg rating — 304,914 ratings

"The first modern novel, if not for this, we may not have novels. "