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 # Contribution Guidelines
 
-Please ensure your pull request adheres to the following guidelines:
+## What is the criteria for adding a new book?
+The mission of this list is to curate books that can change the life of people for better after reading them.
 
-## If you are adding a new book
+So you should add books that have changed your life for better after reading them.
 
-- If you want to add a new book you should have read the book.
+Here are some questions that you can potemtially ask to help make this descion for you. If the answer is yes to most of them feel free to create a pull request!
+
+1. If you have the money to gift a book to the entire college graduates of this year would you gift this book?
+2. Would you gift this book to your children at any point in their life?
+3. If there are only 3 books that you can keep a physical copy of in your life, would this book be one of them?
+4. Would your life would have been better off have you read this book 10 years back?
+5. Would this book be relevant 1000 years from now?
+
+
+## How to create a pull request?
 - Search existing books in [README.md](README.md) and make sure that you are not adding a duplicate.
 - Insert the book in the following format in [README.md](README.md). Don't change any other files.
-
   `| Book name | Author | [Goodreads rating](Goodreads url) | Year published |`
 - Make sure that the book is inserted in the correct order according to the Goodreads rating.
 - Mention in pull request clearly why you think the book deserve to be in the list.