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Mahatma Gandhi Recommended Books
Mahatma Gandhi has recommended 9 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist.
(Read more on Wikipedia)9 Books Recommended
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The Bhagavad Gita
"[This book] became an infallible guide of conduct. It became my dictionary of daily reference." - Mahatma Gandhi (Source)
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Wim Hof, Naval Ravikant, Paulo Coelho
Unto This Last
by John Ruskin
"I could not get any sleep that night. I was determined to change my life in accordance with the ideals of [this book]." - Mahatma Gandhi (Source)
The Kingdom of God is Within You
by Leo Tolstoy
"Reading [this book] cured me of my scepticism and made me a firm believer in Ahimsa." - Mahatma Gandhi (Source)
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
Mahatma Gandhi read this book. (Source)
Also recommended by:
J.K. Rowling, Amelia Boone, Oprah Winfrey, Christopher Hitchens, Maya Angelou
The Trial and Death of Socrates
by Plato
Mahatma Gandhi read this book. (Source)
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift
"Effective condemnation of modem civilization, written in an ironic vein." - Mahatma Gandhi (Source)
Also recommended by:
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Mark Twain, Alice Walker, Winston Churchill
Ethical Religion
by William Mackintire Salter
Mahatma Gandhi read this book. (Source)
India
What Can It Teach Us?
by Max F. Muller
Mahatma Gandhi read this book. (Source)
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
by Edward Gibbon
"Portrays a mass of facts in his own imitable style." - Mahatma Gandhi (Source)
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