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Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Moral relativism, existential crisis, and the philosophy of crime and punishment
The Republic by Plato
Justice, ideal states, and the philosopher-king concept
The Phenomenology of Spirit by G.W.F. Hegel
Dialectics, master-slave relationship, and the development of self-consciousness
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Absurdism, existentialism, and the meaning of life
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Self-discovery, spirituality, and the nature of enlightenment
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Objectivism, rational selfishness, and capitalism
1984 by George Orwell
Totalitarianism, surveillance, and the corruption of language
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Absurdity of bureaucracies, the invisible nature of law, and existential angst
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Faith, doubt, free will, and the problem of evil
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Magical realism, the notion of time, and the cyclical nature of history
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Simplicity, self-reliance, and transcendentalism
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Feminism, totalitarianism, and the manipulation of power
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Racial identity, individuality, and the social invisibility of minorities
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Obsession, the nature of evil, and the search for meaning
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
The death of God, the will to power, and the concept of the Übermensch
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Moral growth, racism, and the innocence of childhood
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Dystopian future, the ethics of technology, and dehumanization
Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
Existentialism, phenomenology, and the absurd
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Colonialism, the darkness of the human psyche, and moral ambiguity
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Absurdity of war, bureaucracy, and circular logic
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