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Tintin in Tibet

av Hergé • 1959

Dreaming his friend survived a Himalayan crash, a young reporter braves the mountains to find him.

4.24

19 000+

🇧🇪 Bande DessinéE 🏔️ Himalayan Expedition 👣 Misunderstood Monster 💭 Prophetic Dreams 🧭 Reluctant Sidekick

Tintin in Tibet

Dreaming his friend survived a Himalayan crash, a young reporter braves the mountains to find him.

av Hergé 1959 62 sidor

4.24

19 000+ betyg

🇧🇪 Bande DessinéE 🏔️ Himalayan Expedition 👣 Misunderstood Monster 💭 Prophetic Dreams 🧭 Reluctant Sidekick

Macbeth

av William Shakespeare • 1623

Three witches tell a Scottish general he will be king; his wife pushes him to murder.

3.89

1 000 000+

🎭 Tragic Hero 🔮 Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 👻 Haunted By Guilt 🏴 Medieval Scotland 🌫️ Ominous Atmosphere

Immersiv

Macbeth

Three witches tell a Scottish general he will be king; his wife pushes him to murder.

av William Shakespeare 1623 214 sidor

3.89

1 000 000+ betyg

🎭 Tragic Hero 🔮 Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 👻 Haunted By Guilt 🏴 Medieval Scotland 🌫️ Ominous Atmosphere

Eight Pillars of Prosperity

av James Allen • 2007

Prosperity is a moral achievement. The blueprint for a character that crisis cannot crack.

4.17

500+

✨ New Thought 🧱 Character Building 🧘 Self Mastery ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 💭 Thought Power

Eight Pillars of Prosperity

Prosperity is a moral achievement. The blueprint for a character that crisis cannot crack.

av James Allen 2007 244 sidor

4.17

500+ betyg

✨ New Thought 🧱 Character Building 🧘 Self Mastery ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 💭 Thought Power

Flugornas herre

av William Golding • 1954

On a deserted island, schoolboys vote for order but hunger for a kill.

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3 000 000+

📚 Allegorical Fiction 🏝️ Deserted Island 😈 Descent Into Savagery 🕊️ Loss Of Innocence ⚔️ Power Struggle

Flugornas herre

On a deserted island, schoolboys vote for order but hunger for a kill.

av William Golding 1954 182 sidor

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3 000 000+ betyg

📚 Allegorical Fiction 🏝️ Deserted Island 😈 Descent Into Savagery 🕊️ Loss Of Innocence ⚔️ Power Struggle

Argonauts of the Western Pacific; An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea.

av Bronisław Malinowski • 1922

A Pacific ceremonial shell ring reveals an economy driven by honor, not self-interest.

3.76

1 000+

🏦 Economic Anthropology 🎁 Gift Economies 📝 Ethnographic Fieldwork 👁️ Participant Observation 🔄 Ceremonial Exchange

Argonauts of the Western Pacific; An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea.

A Pacific ceremonial shell ring reveals an economy driven by honor, not self-interest.

av Bronisław Malinowski 1922 614 sidor

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1 000+ betyg

🏦 Economic Anthropology 🎁 Gift Economies 📝 Ethnographic Fieldwork 👁️ Participant Observation 🔄 Ceremonial Exchange

50 Philosophy Classics

av Tom Butler-Bowdon • 2013

Fifty masterworks, distilled into the real-world lessons on living well and thinking clearly.

4.09

1 000+

🧭 Philosophy Primers 💡 Applied Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 📚 Books About Books 🏛️ Stoic Philosophy

50 Philosophy Classics

Fifty masterworks, distilled into the real-world lessons on living well and thinking clearly.

av Tom Butler-Bowdon 2013 336 sidor

4.09

1 000+ betyg

🧭 Philosophy Primers 💡 Applied Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 📚 Books About Books 🏛️ Stoic Philosophy

Tjänarinnans berättelse

av Margaret Atwood • 1985

The Republic of Gilead took her name, her family, and her freedom. Now it demands her womb.

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2 000 000+

⛪ Theocratic Patriarchy 🤰 Reproductive Control 🕯️ Secret Defiance 😰 Claustrophobic Dread 👁️ Surveillance State

Tjänarinnans berättelse

The Republic of Gilead took her name, her family, and her freedom. Now it demands her womb.

av Margaret Atwood 1985 311 sidor

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2 000 000+ betyg

⛪ Theocratic Patriarchy 🤰 Reproductive Control 🕯️ Secret Defiance 😰 Claustrophobic Dread 👁️ Surveillance State

Trettondagsafton

av William Shakespeare • 1623

Shipwrecked and dressed as a man, she must woo a countess for the duke she loves.

3.96

100 000+

🎭 Shakespearean Comedy 🔄 Mistaken Identity 👗 Cross-Dressing Heroine 💕 Love Triangle 🤡 Wise Fool

Trettondagsafton

Shipwrecked and dressed as a man, she must woo a countess for the duke she loves.

av William Shakespeare 1623 222 sidor

3.96

100 000+ betyg

🎭 Shakespearean Comedy 🔄 Mistaken Identity 👗 Cross-Dressing Heroine 💕 Love Triangle 🤡 Wise Fool

The Art of Worldly Wisdom

av Baltasar Gracián • 1647

300 rules for when to speak, when to trust, and why reputation outlasts talent.

4.17

4 000+

🦉 Practical Wisdom ♟️ Social Strategy 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🏛️ Stoic Wisdom 📜 Aphorisms

The Art of Worldly Wisdom

300 rules for when to speak, when to trust, and why reputation outlasts talent.

av Baltasar Gracián 1647 208 sidor

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4 000+ betyg

🦉 Practical Wisdom ♟️ Social Strategy 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🏛️ Stoic Wisdom 📜 Aphorisms

The Seminar of Jacques Lacan

av Jacques Lacan • 1998

The unconscious is not what you feel but what escapes when you speak. Four foundations, redefined.

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1 000+

🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory 📚 Continental Philosophy 🌑 The Unconscious 💭 Desire And Subjectivity 🇫🇷 French Psychoanalysis

The Seminar of Jacques Lacan

The unconscious is not what you feel but what escapes when you speak. Four foundations, redefined.

av Jacques Lacan 1998 304 sidor

4.11

1 000+ betyg

🧠 Psychoanalytic Theory 📚 Continental Philosophy 🌑 The Unconscious 💭 Desire And Subjectivity 🇫🇷 French Psychoanalysis

Socrates

av Paul Johnson • 2011

The original rulebreaker's guide to a meaningful life, from the man who died asking questions.

3.73

1 000+

🏛️ Greek Philosophy 🪞 Self-Examination 🛡️ Moral Courage 🤔 Skeptical Inquiry 💭 Intellectual Humility

Socrates

The original rulebreaker's guide to a meaningful life, from the man who died asking questions.

av Paul Johnson 2011 224 sidor

3.73

1 000+ betyg

🏛️ Greek Philosophy 🪞 Self-Examination 🛡️ Moral Courage 🤔 Skeptical Inquiry 💭 Intellectual Humility

Liberalism

av Ludwig von Mises • 1927

Peace is not natural: it must be built on property rights, free trade, and limited government.

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2 000+

🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🇦🇹 Austrian Economics 🛒 Free Markets ⚖️ Limited Government 🏠 Property Rights

Liberalism

Peace is not natural: it must be built on property rights, free trade, and limited government.

av Ludwig von Mises 1927 203 sidor

4.17

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🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🇦🇹 Austrian Economics 🛒 Free Markets ⚖️ Limited Government 🏠 Property Rights

Birdsong

av Sebastian Faulks • 1993

A young Englishman's forbidden affair haunts his command in the tunnels of the Somme.

4.11

84 000+

🪖 WWI Fiction 💔 Forbidden Affair ⛑️ Trench Warfare ⏳ Dual Timeline 🩸 War Trauma

Birdsong

A young Englishman's forbidden affair haunts his command in the tunnels of the Somme.

av Sebastian Faulks 1993 483 sidor

4.11

84 000+ betyg

🪖 WWI Fiction 💔 Forbidden Affair ⛑️ Trench Warfare ⏳ Dual Timeline 🩸 War Trauma

Rumi's Little Book of Wisdom

av Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi • 2021

Love, lose, listen: Rumi's pocket guide to dissolving the self and finding the divine.

3.51

225

📜 Sufi Poetry 🔮 Mystical Poetry 💖 Divine Love 🎭 Ego Dissolution ☯️ Nondual Wisdom

Rumi's Little Book of Wisdom

Love, lose, listen: Rumi's pocket guide to dissolving the self and finding the divine.

av Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 2021 203 sidor

3.51

225 betyg

📜 Sufi Poetry 🔮 Mystical Poetry 💖 Divine Love 🎭 Ego Dissolution ☯️ Nondual Wisdom

En apelsin med urverk

av Anthony Burgess • 1962

A violent teen volunteers for state conditioning that renders him harmless, and his victims wait.

4.00

700 000+

🦹 Villain Protagonist 🏛️ Authoritarian Dystopia 💉 State Conditioning 🩺 Medical Abuse 🎭 Dark Satire

En apelsin med urverk

A violent teen volunteers for state conditioning that renders him harmless, and his victims wait.

av Anthony Burgess 1962 240 sidor

4.00

700 000+ betyg

🦹 Villain Protagonist 🏛️ Authoritarian Dystopia 💉 State Conditioning 🩺 Medical Abuse 🎭 Dark Satire

Färgen lila

av Alice Walker • 1982

Abused and silenced, Celie writes letters to God. Then a blues singer teaches her to love.

4.28

700 000+

✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌾 Deep South 💕 Sisterly Bond 🌺 Sexual Awakening 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Immersiv

Färgen lila

Abused and silenced, Celie writes letters to God. Then a blues singer teaches her to love.

av Alice Walker 1982 287 sidor

4.28

700 000+ betyg

✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌾 Deep South 💕 Sisterly Bond 🌺 Sexual Awakening 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Caps for Sale

av Esphyr Slobodkina • 1940

While a peddler naps, monkeys steal every cap off his head.

4.17

94 000+

📚 Cumulative Tale 🐒 Mischievous Monkeys 🐵 Monkey See Monkey Do 💡 Resourceful Hero 🔄 Trickster Reversal

Caps for Sale

While a peddler naps, monkeys steal every cap off his head.

av Esphyr Slobodkina 1940 48 sidor

4.17

94 000+ betyg

📚 Cumulative Tale 🐒 Mischievous Monkeys 🐵 Monkey See Monkey Do 💡 Resourceful Hero 🔄 Trickster Reversal

Forever...

av Judy Blume • 1975

Katherine gives Michael her heart, her body, her trust. One summer apart will test them all.

3.62

67 000+

🖤 First Love 🌸 Sexual Awakening 💌 Long-Distance Love 🕰️ 1970s Setting ⛺ Summer Camp

Forever...

Katherine gives Michael her heart, her body, her trust. One summer apart will test them all.

av Judy Blume 1975 178 sidor

3.62

67 000+ betyg

🖤 First Love 🌸 Sexual Awakening 💌 Long-Distance Love 🕰️ 1970s Setting ⛺ Summer Camp

The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious

av Sigmund Freud • 2003

A joke is a bribe of pleasure that lets forbidden thoughts past the guard.

3.69

1 000+

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 😂 Humor Studies 🎭 Comic Theory 🔧 Joke Mechanics 💬 Verbal Wit

The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious

A joke is a bribe of pleasure that lets forbidden thoughts past the guard.

av Sigmund Freud 2003 229 sidor

3.69

1 000+ betyg

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 😂 Humor Studies 🎭 Comic Theory 🔧 Joke Mechanics 💬 Verbal Wit

Identity

av Milan Kundera • 1997

A woman who believes men no longer see her receives anonymous letters insisting she is beautiful.

3.69

33 000+

🥐 French Existentialism 💌 Secret Admirer 💔 Deceptive Partner 🕰️ Aging And Desire 🌫️ Melancholy Atmosphere

Identity

A woman who believes men no longer see her receives anonymous letters insisting she is beautiful.

av Milan Kundera 1997 176 sidor

3.69

33 000+ betyg

🥐 French Existentialism 💌 Secret Admirer 💔 Deceptive Partner 🕰️ Aging And Desire 🌫️ Melancholy Atmosphere

Charlie och chokladfabriken

av Roald Dahl • 2005

A starving boy tours a candy wizard's sealed factory, where spoiled children meet their match.

4.17

900 000+

🎭 Whimsical Morality Tale 🏆 Virtue Rewarded 😈 Spoiled Child Downfall 🌟 Poor Hero Rises 🎩 Eccentric Mentor

Charlie och chokladfabriken

A starving boy tours a candy wizard's sealed factory, where spoiled children meet their match.

av Roald Dahl 2005 176 sidor

4.17

900 000+ betyg

🎭 Whimsical Morality Tale 🏆 Virtue Rewarded 😈 Spoiled Child Downfall 🌟 Poor Hero Rises 🎩 Eccentric Mentor

The Black Tulip

av Alexandre Dumas • 1850

Falsely imprisoned, a Dutch tulip grower bets all on a black flower and the jailer's daughter.

3.86

24 000+

🌷 Tulip Mania 🌿 Botanical Fiction ⛓️ Wrongful Imprisonment 💔 Forbidden Love 😈 Envy And Rivalry

The Black Tulip

Falsely imprisoned, a Dutch tulip grower bets all on a black flower and the jailer's daughter.

av Alexandre Dumas 1850 258 sidor

3.86

24 000+ betyg

🌷 Tulip Mania 🌿 Botanical Fiction ⛓️ Wrongful Imprisonment 💔 Forbidden Love 😈 Envy And Rivalry

Ett porträtt av konstnären som ung man

av James Joyce • 1916

Stephen Dedalus is raised to fear hell, but poetry makes him feel something holier than prayer.

3.64

100 000+

🇮🇪 Catholic Upbringing 🙏 Catholic Guilt 🌊 Stream Of Consciousness 🎨 Artistic Awakening 💔 Father Son Strain

Ett porträtt av konstnären som ung man

Stephen Dedalus is raised to fear hell, but poetry makes him feel something holier than prayer.

av James Joyce 1916 329 sidor

3.64

100 000+ betyg

🇮🇪 Catholic Upbringing 🙏 Catholic Guilt 🌊 Stream Of Consciousness 🎨 Artistic Awakening 💔 Father Son Strain

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

av Edgar Allan Poe • 2014

Two women murdered in a locked Paris flat: an eccentric recluse reads the impossible clues.

3.79

44 000+

💀 Impossible Crime 🎩 Eccentric Detective 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere 🗼 19th Century Paris 👂 Unreliable Witnesses

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Two women murdered in a locked Paris flat: an eccentric recluse reads the impossible clues.

av Edgar Allan Poe 2014 38 sidor

3.79

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💀 Impossible Crime 🎩 Eccentric Detective 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere 🗼 19th Century Paris 👂 Unreliable Witnesses

City of Glass

av Paul Auster • 1985

A mystery writer borrows a detective's name and shadows a mad linguist through New York.

3.75

24 000+

🕵️ Philosophical Mystery 🎭 Dissolving Identity 🗺️ City As Labyrinth 🪤 Language As Trap 🌃 Existential Noir

City of Glass

A mystery writer borrows a detective's name and shadows a mad linguist through New York.

av Paul Auster 1985 203 sidor

3.75

24 000+ betyg

🕵️ Philosophical Mystery 🎭 Dissolving Identity 🗺️ City As Labyrinth 🪤 Language As Trap 🌃 Existential Noir

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky

av Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1877

A solitary Petersburg dreamer meets a woman by the canal and gambles everything on love.

4.23

4 000+

🖤 Existential Fiction 💔 Unrequited Love 🌙 Chance Encounter 🕯️ Tragic Suicide 🏙️ Urban Isolation

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky

A solitary Petersburg dreamer meets a woman by the canal and gambles everything on love.

av Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 320 sidor

4.23

4 000+ betyg

🖤 Existential Fiction 💔 Unrequited Love 🌙 Chance Encounter 🕯️ Tragic Suicide 🏙️ Urban Isolation

Karate-Do

av Gichin Funakoshi • 1981

From sickly child to karate's global ambassador: a master's own story of hard and soft.

4.24

2 000+

🥋 Karate Philosophy ⛩️ Japanese Budo 📜 Kata Practice 🛡️ Self-Defense Training 🧘 Mind-Body Integration

Karate-Do

From sickly child to karate's global ambassador: a master's own story of hard and soft.

av Gichin Funakoshi 1981 144 sidor

4.24

2 000+ betyg

🥋 Karate Philosophy ⛩️ Japanese Budo 📜 Kata Practice 🛡️ Self-Defense Training 🧘 Mind-Body Integration

Farväl till vapnen

av Ernest Hemingway • 1929

An American driver and a British nurse fall in love and desert the Italian front together.

3.82

300 000+

🪖 World War One Fiction 💕 Wartime Romance 💔 Doomed Lovers 🗿 Stoic Narrator 🎖️ Disillusioned Soldier

Farväl till vapnen

An American driver and a British nurse fall in love and desert the Italian front together.

av Ernest Hemingway 1929 304 sidor

3.82

300 000+ betyg

🪖 World War One Fiction 💕 Wartime Romance 💔 Doomed Lovers 🗿 Stoic Narrator 🎖️ Disillusioned Soldier

Existentialism

av Thomas R. Flynn • 2006

Your choices are all you are: a brief guide to the philosophy of radical freedom.

3.49

1 000+

🧠 Modern Existentialism 🗽 Radical Freedom 🎭 Authenticity ✨ Meaning-Making 😰 Existential Anxiety

Existentialism

Your choices are all you are: a brief guide to the philosophy of radical freedom.

av Thomas R. Flynn 2006 144 sidor

3.49

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🧠 Modern Existentialism 🗽 Radical Freedom 🎭 Authenticity ✨ Meaning-Making 😰 Existential Anxiety

The Twenty-One Balloons

av William Pène du Bois • 1947

A reclusive balloonist crash-lands on Krakatoa, where a hidden utopia runs on diamonds and dinner.

3.95

26 000+

🎈 Balloon Adventure 🏝️ Hidden Utopia 🔧 Whimsical Inventions 🤷 Reluctant Adventurer 🍽️ Culinary Worldbuilding

The Twenty-One Balloons

A reclusive balloonist crash-lands on Krakatoa, where a hidden utopia runs on diamonds and dinner.

av William Pène du Bois 1947 180 sidor

3.95

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🎈 Balloon Adventure 🏝️ Hidden Utopia 🔧 Whimsical Inventions 🤷 Reluctant Adventurer 🍽️ Culinary Worldbuilding

Sagan om ringen

av J.R.R. Tolkien • 1959

To destroy an all-powerful ring, a hobbit must carry it deep into the Dark Lord's domain.

4.54

700 000+

🏛️ Foundational High Fantasy 💍 Corrupting Artifact 🛡️ Reluctant Hero 🌿 Loyal Companion 🌅 Bittersweet Ending

Sagan om ringen

To destroy an all-powerful ring, a hobbit must carry it deep into the Dark Lord's domain.

av J.R.R. Tolkien 1959 1216 sidor

4.54

700 000+ betyg

🏛️ Foundational High Fantasy 💍 Corrupting Artifact 🛡️ Reluctant Hero 🌿 Loyal Companion 🌅 Bittersweet Ending

Ancient Philosophy

av Julia Annas • 2001

Why ancient ideas about happiness, knowledge, and nature still challenge our modern assumptions.

3.64

500+

🏛️ Ancient Ethics 📜 Hellenistic Philosophy 🌿 Virtue Ethics ⚖️ Stoicism 🧠 Platonism

Ancient Philosophy

Why ancient ideas about happiness, knowledge, and nature still challenge our modern assumptions.

av Julia Annas 2001 133 sidor

3.64

500+ betyg

🏛️ Ancient Ethics 📜 Hellenistic Philosophy 🌿 Virtue Ethics ⚖️ Stoicism 🧠 Platonism

Den stora skilsmässan

av C.S. Lewis • 1946

A bus from a grey city to Heaven's edge, where ghosts must release their sins.

4.32

100 000+

🕊️ Christian Allegory 🌅 Afterlife Journey ⛓️ Self-Damnation 🙏 Spiritual Surrender ☁️ Heaven And Hell

Den stora skilsmässan

A bus from a grey city to Heaven's edge, where ghosts must release their sins.

av C.S. Lewis 1946 146 sidor

4.32

100 000+ betyg

🕊️ Christian Allegory 🌅 Afterlife Journey ⛓️ Self-Damnation 🙏 Spiritual Surrender ☁️ Heaven And Hell

The Revolution Betrayed

av Leon Trotsky • 1937

Not socialism, not capitalism. Trotsky charts the third system the Russian Revolution produced.

4.09

2 000+

🏛️ Soviet History 📖 Marxist Theory 💰 Political Economy 🏭 State Capitalism 📋 Bureaucratic Critique

The Revolution Betrayed

Not socialism, not capitalism. Trotsky charts the third system the Russian Revolution produced.

av Leon Trotsky 1937 240 sidor

4.09

2 000+ betyg

🏛️ Soviet History 📖 Marxist Theory 💰 Political Economy 🏭 State Capitalism 📋 Bureaucratic Critique

Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler

av Francisco de Quevedo • 1969

Two penniless rogues claw through golden-age Spain, trading masters and morals for the next meal.

3.62

1 000+

🎭 Picaresque Novel 👑 Spanish Golden Age 🦊 Rogue Protagonist 📈 Social Climbing ⛪ Corrupt Clergy

Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler

Two penniless rogues claw through golden-age Spain, trading masters and morals for the next meal.

av Francisco de Quevedo 1969 240 sidor

3.62

1 000+ betyg

🎭 Picaresque Novel 👑 Spanish Golden Age 🦊 Rogue Protagonist 📈 Social Climbing ⛪ Corrupt Clergy

The Yellow Wall-Paper

av Charlotte Perkins Gilman • 1892

Forbidden to write or think, a mother stares at the yellow wallpaper until a woman stares back.

4.07

11 000+

🧠 Psychological Horror ✊ Feminist Classic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕳️ Descent Into Madness 💊 Medical Gaslighting

The Yellow Wall-Paper

Forbidden to write or think, a mother stares at the yellow wallpaper until a woman stares back.

av Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1892 54 sidor

4.07

11 000+ betyg

🧠 Psychological Horror ✊ Feminist Classic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕳️ Descent Into Madness 💊 Medical Gaslighting

Det susar i säven

av Kenneth Grahame • 1908

Mole and Rat's riverbank life is upended by Toad's motorcars and a hall full of weasels.

4.02

200 000+

🌿 Pastoral Animal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🦋 Character Redemption 🍂 Seasonal Storytelling ☕ Cozy Pastoral

Det susar i säven

Mole and Rat's riverbank life is upended by Toad's motorcars and a hall full of weasels.

av Kenneth Grahame 1908 197 sidor

4.02

200 000+ betyg

🌿 Pastoral Animal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🦋 Character Redemption 🍂 Seasonal Storytelling ☕ Cozy Pastoral

The Magic Mountain

av Thomas Mann • 1924

Hans Castorp's three weeks at a sanatorium become seven years of sickness, desire, and philosophy.

4.13

63 000+

⛰️ Sanatorium Setting 🇪🇺 Pre-Wwi Europe 🫁 Illness As Metaphor ⚔️ Ideological Duel ⏳ Time Stagnation

The Magic Mountain

Hans Castorp's three weeks at a sanatorium become seven years of sickness, desire, and philosophy.

av Thomas Mann 1924 706 sidor

4.13

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⛰️ Sanatorium Setting 🇪🇺 Pre-Wwi Europe 🫁 Illness As Metaphor ⚔️ Ideological Duel ⏳ Time Stagnation

De fyras tecken

av Arthur Conan Doyle • 1890

A locked room corpse. A missing fortune. A one-legged fugitive. Holmes chases them down the Thames.

3.88

100 000+

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🔎 Deductive Reasoning 💎 Treasure Hunt 🕵️ Detective And Doctor 🌫️ Victorian London

De fyras tecken

A locked room corpse. A missing fortune. A one-legged fugitive. Holmes chases them down the Thames.

av Arthur Conan Doyle 1890 129 sidor

3.88

100 000+ betyg

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🔎 Deductive Reasoning 💎 Treasure Hunt 🕵️ Detective And Doctor 🌫️ Victorian London

The Dice Man

av Luke Rhinehart • 1971

A bored psychiatrist surrenders his will to a die. His cure for emptiness becomes his addiction.

3.54

22 000+

💥 Transgressive Fiction 🎲 Surrender To Chance 🎭 Identity Dissolution 😈 Darkly Comic 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Dice Man

A bored psychiatrist surrenders his will to a die. His cure for emptiness becomes his addiction.

av Luke Rhinehart 1971 541 sidor

3.54

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💥 Transgressive Fiction 🎲 Surrender To Chance 🎭 Identity Dissolution 😈 Darkly Comic 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Professor

av Charlotte Brontë • 1857

An orphan rejects his family's patronage, finding purpose and love in a Belgian schoolroom.

3.54

30 000+

🕰️ Victorian England 🏭 Social Realism 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 📚 Teacher Protagonist 💌 Second Chance Romance

The Professor

An orphan rejects his family's patronage, finding purpose and love in a Belgian schoolroom.

av Charlotte Brontë 1857 269 sidor

3.54

30 000+ betyg

🕰️ Victorian England 🏭 Social Realism 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 📚 Teacher Protagonist 💌 Second Chance Romance

Toward a Psychology of Being

av Abraham H. Maslow • 1961

A ladder of needs runs every life, discovered by studying the healthiest.

4.17

6 000+

🧠 Humanistic Psychology 🌱 Human Potential 📊 Motivation Theory 💚 Psychological Health ✨ Transcendence

Toward a Psychology of Being

A ladder of needs runs every life, discovered by studying the healthiest.

av Abraham H. Maslow 1961 192 sidor

4.17

6 000+ betyg

🧠 Humanistic Psychology 🌱 Human Potential 📊 Motivation Theory 💚 Psychological Health ✨ Transcendence

Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead

av Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1864

A retired official in a Petersburg cellar explains why his intelligence has made him spiteful.

4.19

78 000+

🖤 Existential Fiction 😈 Antihero Narrator 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😏 Darkly Comic 🇷🇺 19th Century Russia

Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead

A retired official in a Petersburg cellar explains why his intelligence has made him spiteful.

av Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 233 sidor

4.19

78 000+ betyg

🖤 Existential Fiction 😈 Antihero Narrator 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😏 Darkly Comic 🇷🇺 19th Century Russia

A New History of Western Philosophy

av Anthony Kenny • 2007

Western philosophy, Thales to Wittgenstein: the rare history that gives the medieval era its due.

4.22

500+

🏛️ History Of Philosophy 🏺 Ancient Greek Philosophy 🔮 Metaphysics 🔍 Epistemology ⚖️ Ethics And Virtue

A New History of Western Philosophy

Western philosophy, Thales to Wittgenstein: the rare history that gives the medieval era its due.

av Anthony Kenny 2007 1058 sidor

4.22

500+ betyg

🏛️ History Of Philosophy 🏺 Ancient Greek Philosophy 🔮 Metaphysics 🔍 Epistemology ⚖️ Ethics And Virtue

The Riddle of the Sands

av Erskine Childers • 1903

A Foreign Office clerk joins a Baltic yacht and finds the German coast preparing for invasion.

3.63

7 000+

🕵️ Early Spy Fiction 📚 Invasion Literature ⛵ Nautical Thriller 🔍 Amateur Spies 🎩 Gentleman Adventurers

The Riddle of the Sands

A Foreign Office clerk joins a Baltic yacht and finds the German coast preparing for invasion.

av Erskine Childers 1903 336 sidor

3.63

7 000+ betyg

🕵️ Early Spy Fiction 📚 Invasion Literature ⛵ Nautical Thriller 🔍 Amateur Spies 🎩 Gentleman Adventurers

The Cay

av Theodore Taylor • 1969

Shipwrecked and blinded, a prejudiced boy must trust an old West Indian sailor to survive.

3.80

38 000+

🏝️ Stranded On An Island 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏕️ Survival Skills 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Overcoming Prejudice 👨‍🦯 Blind Character

The Cay

Shipwrecked and blinded, a prejudiced boy must trust an old West Indian sailor to survive.

av Theodore Taylor 1969 156 sidor

3.80

38 000+ betyg

🏝️ Stranded On An Island 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏕️ Survival Skills 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Overcoming Prejudice 👨‍🦯 Blind Character

The Cherry Orchard

av Anton Chekhov • 1903

Bankrupt, an aristocrat must choose: save her estate or destroy its cherry orchard.

3.69

45 000+

🎭 Tragicomedy 🏰 Aristocratic Decline 💔 Unspoken Love 🌳 Doomed Estate ⏳ Generational Divide

The Cherry Orchard

Bankrupt, an aristocrat must choose: save her estate or destroy its cherry orchard.

av Anton Chekhov 1903 96 sidor

3.69

45 000+ betyg

🎭 Tragicomedy 🏰 Aristocratic Decline 💔 Unspoken Love 🌳 Doomed Estate ⏳ Generational Divide

Silmarillion

av J.R.R. Tolkien • 1977

Three jewels hold the last light. A dark god steals them, and an oath consumes the world.

4.04

300 000+

✨ Mythopoeia 🎵 Divine Creation Myth 👿 Fallen Angel 💀 Doomed Bloodline 💎 Cursed Artifact

Silmarillion

Three jewels hold the last light. A dark god steals them, and an oath consumes the world.

av J.R.R. Tolkien 1977 386 sidor

4.04

300 000+ betyg

✨ Mythopoeia 🎵 Divine Creation Myth 👿 Fallen Angel 💀 Doomed Bloodline 💎 Cursed Artifact

Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime

av Immanuel Kant • 2004

Kant's early map: everything in human life divides between awe and joy, from love to nations.

3.53

1 000+

🎨 Aesthetic Theory 🕯️ Enlightenment Thought 🏔️ The Sublime 🌸 Philosophy Of Beauty 🧠 Moral Psychology

Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime

Kant's early map: everything in human life divides between awe and joy, from love to nations.

av Immanuel Kant 2004 124 sidor

3.53

1 000+ betyg

🎨 Aesthetic Theory 🕯️ Enlightenment Thought 🏔️ The Sublime 🌸 Philosophy Of Beauty 🧠 Moral Psychology

Den goda jorden

av Pearl S. Buck • 1931

Famine drives a farmer to the city, where a courtesan threatens his bond with the land.

4.01

200 000+

🏮 Pre-Communist China 🌾 Farming Life 💰 Rags To Riches 🏞️ Land As Legacy 🌆 Country Vs City

Den goda jorden

Famine drives a farmer to the city, where a courtesan threatens his bond with the land.

av Pearl S. Buck 1931 418 sidor

4.01

200 000+ betyg

🏮 Pre-Communist China 🌾 Farming Life 💰 Rags To Riches 🏞️ Land As Legacy 🌆 Country Vs City

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