Photo Illustration by Justin Dodd/Mental Floss Anyone who’s ever turned a page understands the potential for books to change the world in ways both large and small. Here, in no particular order ...

This is the book that blows up everything you thought you knew about trauma. It shows how trauma doesn’t just live in your mind—it takes up residence in your body, shaping how you breathe, sleep, love ...

there are some books that quite literally changed the world. It might be hard to believe that a bound up stack of paper and ink could make that much of an impact, but not all world-altering ...

In a world now full of botox faces and fake bums ... Written by Facebook's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, this book aims to change the status quo for women in business.

These are books about the internet ... me a new way of thinking about the world (or at least an important topic). Donald Trump Announces Major Student Loan Change Elon Musk urges Tesla employees ...

frequently cited as mandatory reading and proclaimed as a book that "changed the world". Essays by Michel de Montaigne clinches the second spot on the list. This anthology of essays, first ...

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When you emerge from a book entirely changed, there’s almost no chance ... for her about the writer’s separation from the human world, her utter disengagement from the urgent issues of her ...

The right book read at the right time can alter not ... a fresh perspective that now bleeds into how we see the rest of the world.

One morning not long ago, coffee in hand, as the sun began to glimmer on the horizon, I found myself rereading a passage from ...

While one book is a novel and the other is a self-help book, both have changed his approach to the world around him. The rapper shared why he likes the books so much. Jay-Z gave a list of book ...