42 books
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42 voters
Life Changing Books
Showing 1-50 of 12,332
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 152 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,895,216 ratings — published 2005
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 142 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,597,454 ratings — published 1988
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 127 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,320,268 ratings — published 2018
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 120 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,011,749 ratings — published 1999
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.37 — 887,249 ratings — published 1946
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,749,877 ratings — published 2012
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,511,548 ratings — published 1948
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 95 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,477,969 ratings — published 1997
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,923,411 ratings — published 1960
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,211,580 ratings — published 1997
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 82 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,971,130 ratings — published 2008
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 79 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,491,442 ratings — published 2020
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,016,660 ratings — published 2011
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,499,147 ratings — published 1943
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,156,135 ratings — published 1936
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.19 — 524,252 ratings — published 1997
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 71 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,822,996 ratings — published 1993
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.15 — 454,564 ratings — published 1997
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,911,690 ratings — published 1951
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,747,704 ratings — published 2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 66 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,128,855 ratings — published 2007
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,754,673 ratings — published 2005
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,147,931 ratings — published 2017
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,213,619 ratings — published 1947
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,511,293 ratings — published 2003
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.28 — 940,509 ratings — published 2015
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.16 — 825,449 ratings — published 1989
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.88 — 394,165 ratings — published 2010
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,421,603 ratings — published 2016
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 52 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,875,283 ratings — published 1999
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.08 — 882,825 ratings — published 1922
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,861,441 ratings — published 1953
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 48 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,235,733 ratings — published 2016
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,445,803 ratings — published 1985
Rich Dad, Poor Dad (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.09 — 732,229 ratings — published 1997
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 47 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.41 — 814,010 ratings — published 2016
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 47 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,815,287 ratings — published 2003
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,235,698 ratings — published 1963
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 44 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,675,273 ratings — published 2005
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,026,883 ratings — published 2007
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,592,012 ratings — published 1945
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,272,137 ratings — published 2011
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,838,123 ratings — published 1813
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,877,928 ratings — published 2018
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.35 — 285,135 ratings — published 2014
Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.57 — 1,593 ratings — published 2023
The 4-Hour Workweek (ebook)
by (shelved 41 times as life-changing)
avg rating 3.91 — 335,413 ratings — published 2007
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 41 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,218,266 ratings — published 2000
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.01 — 808,226 ratings — published 2003
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as life-changing)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,337,218 ratings — published 1847
“Not forever does the bulbul sing
In balmy shades of bowers,
Not forever lasts the spring
Nor ever blossom the flowers.
Not forever reigneth joy,
Sets the sun on days of bliss,
Friendships not forever last,
They know not life, who know not this.”
― Train to Pakistan
In balmy shades of bowers,
Not forever lasts the spring
Nor ever blossom the flowers.
Not forever reigneth joy,
Sets the sun on days of bliss,
Friendships not forever last,
They know not life, who know not this.”
― Train to Pakistan
“The thing about being catapulted into a whole new life--or at least, shoved up so hard against someone else's life that you might as well have your face pressed against their window--is that it forces you to rethink your idea of who you are. Or how you might seem to other people.”
― Me Before You
― Me Before You












