Young adult · Literary
Sophie's World
Bestseller: about 60 million copies (estimate)A fourteen-year-old girl starts receiving anonymous letters that ask big questions, and a mysterious teacher walks her through the history of Western philosophy. A strange puzzle about her own world slowly emerges.
- First published
- 1991
- Pace
- medium
- Length
- medium
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a gentle, readable crash course in philosophy wrapped in an odd little mystery.
Skip this if you want a fast plot; long stretches are lectures on thinkers and ideas.
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