Total sales of the Manifesto have been estimated at 500 million, making it one of the four best-selling books of all time.

Some names echo loudly through history, while others whisper from the margins, shaping thought and action in ways that rarely make headlines. These are the thinkers whose books became quiet ...

So many books are published each year; few stand the test of time. Today we devote our whole show to asking which works have shaped the way we behave and how we think. Picks include “Frankenstein” by ...