1984
1949★ 9.1
The Books canon
Sourced and shelved.
Every book chosen by hand and annotated for why it matters.
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Animal Farm
1945★ 8.9
The Republic
380 BC★ 8.8
Democracy in America
1840★ 8.6
The Prince
1532★ 8.5
A Theory of Justice
1971★ 8.3
Leviathan
1651★ 8.2
Walden
1854★ 8.2
Spirit of the Laws
1748★ 7.5
Two Treatises of Government
1689★ 7.4
The Story of My Experiments with Truth
1929★ 7.2
Common Sense (Collected Writings)
1776★ 7.2
Hope Against Hope
1970★ 7.1
Reflections on the Revolution in France
1790★ 7.1
The Communist Manifesto
1848★ 7.0
Orientalism
1978★ 7.0
The French Revolution
1837★ 6.9
All the President's Men
1974★ 6.8
All The King's Men
1946★ 6.8
And the Band Played On
1987★ 6.8
The Passage of Power
2012★ 6.7
Diplomacy
1994★ 6.4
Washington
2010★ 6.3
Anarchy, State and Utopia
1974★ 6.2
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
1552★ 6.1
John Adams
2001★ 5.9
Arguably
2011★ 5.6
The Unwinding
2013★ 5.6
Alexander Hamilton
2004★ 5.4
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1987★ 5.3