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The Great BooksThe OdysseyHomerHomer The OdysseyThe OdysseyHomer · c. 725 BCEOn 9 lists
Virgil The AeneidThe AeneidVirgil · 29-19 BCEOn 9 lists
The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli · 1513On 9 lists
Thomas Hobbes LeviathanLeviathanThomas Hobbes · 1651On 9 lists
Homer The IliadThe IliadHomer · c. 750 BCEOn 8 lists
Herodotus The HistoriesThe HistoriesHerodotus · c. 430 BCEOn 8 lists
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of MoralsImmanuel Kant · 1785On 8 lists
AntigoneSophocles · c. 441 BCEOn 7 listsOedipus the KingSophocles · c. 429 BCEOn 7 lists
Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian WarHistory of the Peloponnesian WarThucydides · c. 431-400 BCEOn 7 listsThe Great BooksLives of the Noble Grecians and RomansPlutarchPlutarch Lives of the Noble Grecians and RomansLives of the Noble Grecians and RomansPlutarch · c. 100-120On 7 lists
The OresteiaAeschylus · 458 BCEOn 6 listsThe Great BooksPhysicsAristotlePhysicsAristotle · c. 350 BCEOn 6 lists
John Milton Paradise LostParadise LostJohn Milton · 1667On 6 listsThe Great BooksAn Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingDavid HumeAn Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingDavid Hume · 1748On 6 lists
PoeticsAristotle · c. 335 BCEOn 5 listsThe Great BooksEnchiridionEpictetusEnchiridionEpictetus · c. 125 CEOn 5 lists
Immanuel Kant Critique of Pure ReasonCritique of Pure ReasonImmanuel Kant · 1781On 5 lists
Leo Tolstoy War and PeaceWar and PeaceLeo Tolstoy · 1865-1869On 5 lists
Fyodor Dostoevsky The Brothers KaramazovThe Brothers KaramazovFyodor Dostoevsky · 1880On 5 listsThe Great BooksMacbethWilliam ShakespeareMacbethWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1606On 4 lists
Samson AgonistesJohn Milton · 1671On 4 listsThe Great BooksPhaedraJean RacinePhaedraJean Racine · 1677On 4 lists
Discourse on MetaphysicsGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · 1686On 4 lists
Fear and TremblingSøren Kierkegaard · 1843On 4 listsAgamemnonAeschylus · 458 BCEOn 3 listsThe Libation BearersAeschylus · 458 BCEOn 3 lists
Ovid MetamorphosesMetamorphosesOvid · 8 CEOn 3 lists
Letter to the RomansThe Bible · c. 57 CEOn 3 lists
John Calvin Institutes of the Christian ReligionInstitutes of the Christian ReligionJohn Calvin · 1536On 3 listsThe Great BooksRichard IIWilliam ShakespeareRichard IIWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595On 3 listsThe Great BooksEthicsBaruch SpinozaEthicsBaruch Spinoza · 1677On 3 listsMonadologyGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · 1714On 3 lists
Herman Melville Moby-DickMoby-DickHerman Melville · 1851On 3 lists
PragmatismWilliam James · 1907On 3 listsThe Great BooksPrometheus BoundAeschylusPrometheus BoundAeschylus · c. 430 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksLetter to MenoeceusEpicurusLetter to MenoeceusEpicurus · c. 300 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksDiscoursesEpictetusEpictetus DiscoursesDiscoursesEpictetus · c. 108 CEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksTroilus and CriseydeGeoffrey ChaucerTroilus and CriseydeGeoffrey Chaucer · c. 1382-1386On 2 lists
Julius CaesarWilliam Shakespeare · 1599On 2 listsThe Great BooksCritique of Practical ReasonImmanuel KantCritique of Practical ReasonImmanuel Kant · 1788On 2 lists
William James The Principles of PsychologyThe Principles of PsychologyWilliam James · 1890On 2 listsThe Great BooksScientific AutobiographyMax PlanckScientific AutobiographyMax Planck · 1948On 2 listsJonahThe Bible · c. 6th c. BCEOn 1 list
SamuelThe Bible · c. 7th c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksEcclesiastesAnonymousEcclesiastesAnonymous · c. 3rd c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Stoics ReaderVarious authorsThe Stoics ReaderVarious authors · 3rd c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Bhagavad GitaAnonymousThe Bhagavad GitaAnonymous · c. 2nd c. BCEOn 1 list
Polybius The HistoriesThe HistoriesPolybius · c. 150-118 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Golden Sayings of EpictetusEpictetusThe Golden Sayings of EpictetusEpictetus · c. 108 CEOn 1 list
On Free Choice of the WillAugustine · 388-395On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Consolation of PhilosophyBoethiusThe Consolation of PhilosophyBoethius · 524On 1 list
BeowulfAnonymous · c. 8th c.On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Destruction of Dá Derga's HostelAnonymousThe Destruction of Dá Derga's HostelAnonymous · c. 8th c.On 1 list
The Lais of Marie de FranceMarie de France · c. 1160-1190On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Poetic EddaAnonymousThe Poetic EddaAnonymous · c. 800On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Saga of the VolsungsAnonymousThe Saga of the VolsungsAnonymous · c. 1250-1300On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Saga of Burnt NjalAnonymousAnonymous The Saga of Burnt NjalThe Saga of Burnt NjalAnonymous · c. 1280On 1 listThe Great BooksPurgatorioDante AlighieriPurgatorioDante Alighieri · c. 1314-1316On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Thousand and One NightsAnonymousAnonymous The Thousand and One NightsThe Thousand and One NightsAnonymous · c. 9th c.On 1 listThe Great BooksTraditional BalladsAnonymousTraditional BalladsAnonymous · c. 1300-1700On 1 listThe Great BooksRichard IIIWilliam ShakespeareRichard IIIWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1592-1593On 1 list
Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595On 1 listThe Great BooksLife Is a DreamPedro Calderón de la BarcaLife Is a DreamPedro Calderón de la Barca · 1635On 1 list
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Philosophical EssaysPhilosophical EssaysGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · 1686-1716On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Vanity of Human WishesSamuel JohnsonThe Vanity of Human WishesSamuel Johnson · 1749On 1 listThe Great BooksTom JonesHenry FieldingHenry Fielding Tom JonesTom JonesHenry Fielding · 1749On 1 listThe Great BooksRasselasSamuel JohnsonRasselasSamuel Johnson · 1759On 1 listThe Great BooksEgmontJohann Wolfgang von GoetheEgmontJohann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1788On 1 list
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Children's and Household TalesChildren's and Household TalesJacob and Wilhelm Grimm · 1812-1857On 1 list
Carl von Clausewitz On WarOn WarCarl von Clausewitz · 1832On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Charterhouse of ParmaStendhalStendhal The Charterhouse of ParmaThe Charterhouse of ParmaStendhal · 1839On 1 listThe Great BooksEvangelineHenry Wadsworth LongfellowEvangelineHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1847On 1 listThe Great BooksTristan and IsoldeRichard WagnerTristan and IsoldeRichard Wagner · 1857On 1 listThe Great BooksThus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich NietzscheThus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche · 1883-1885On 1 list
Time and Free WillHenri Bergson · 1889On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Beast in the JungleHenry JamesThe Beast in the JungleHenry James · 1903On 1 list
Henri Bergson Creative EvolutionCreative EvolutionHenri Bergson · 1907On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Mysterious StrangerMark TwainThe Mysterious StrangerMark Twain · 1897On 1 list
Remembering, Repeating and Working-ThroughSigmund Freud · 1914On 1 list
The TrialFranz Kafka · 1925On 1 list
The CastleFranz Kafka · 1926On 1 listThe Great BooksMourning Becomes ElectraEugene O'NeillMourning Becomes ElectraEugene O'Neill · 1931On 1 listThe Great BooksWhere Is Science Going?Max PlanckWhere Is Science Going?Max Planck · 1932On 1 listThe Great BooksJoseph and His BrothersThomas MannThomas Mann Joseph and His BrothersJoseph and His BrothersThomas Mann · 1933-1943On 1 listThe Great BooksNauseaJean-Paul SartreNauseaJean-Paul Sartre · 1938On 1 list
Jean-Paul Sartre Being and NothingnessBeing and NothingnessJean-Paul Sartre · 1943On 1 listThe Great BooksNo ExitJean-Paul SartreNo ExitJean-Paul Sartre · 1944On 1 list
Waiting for GodotSamuel Beckett · 1952On 1 list
Virgil The AeneidThe AeneidVirgil · 29-19 BCEOn 9 listsThe PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli · 1513On 9 listsThomas Hobbes LeviathanLeviathanThomas Hobbes · 1651On 9 listsHomer The IliadThe IliadHomer · c. 750 BCEOn 8 listsHerodotus The HistoriesThe HistoriesHerodotus · c. 430 BCEOn 8 listsGroundwork of the Metaphysics of MoralsImmanuel Kant · 1785On 8 listsAntigoneSophocles · c. 441 BCEOn 7 listsOedipus the KingSophocles · c. 429 BCEOn 7 listsThucydides History of the Peloponnesian WarHistory of the Peloponnesian WarThucydides · c. 431-400 BCEOn 7 listsThe Great BooksLives of the Noble Grecians and RomansPlutarchPlutarch Lives of the Noble Grecians and RomansLives of the Noble Grecians and RomansPlutarch · c. 100-120On 7 listsThe OresteiaAeschylus · 458 BCEOn 6 listsThe Great BooksPhysicsAristotlePhysicsAristotle · c. 350 BCEOn 6 listsJohn Milton Paradise LostParadise LostJohn Milton · 1667On 6 listsThe Great BooksAn Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingDavid HumeAn Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingDavid Hume · 1748On 6 listsPoeticsAristotle · c. 335 BCEOn 5 listsThe Great BooksEnchiridionEpictetusEnchiridionEpictetus · c. 125 CEOn 5 listsImmanuel Kant Critique of Pure ReasonCritique of Pure ReasonImmanuel Kant · 1781On 5 listsLeo Tolstoy War and PeaceWar and PeaceLeo Tolstoy · 1865-1869On 5 listsFyodor Dostoevsky The Brothers KaramazovThe Brothers KaramazovFyodor Dostoevsky · 1880On 5 listsThe Great BooksMacbethWilliam ShakespeareMacbethWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1606On 4 listsSamson AgonistesJohn Milton · 1671On 4 listsThe Great BooksPhaedraJean RacinePhaedraJean Racine · 1677On 4 listsDiscourse on MetaphysicsGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · 1686On 4 listsFear and TremblingSøren Kierkegaard · 1843On 4 listsAgamemnonAeschylus · 458 BCEOn 3 listsThe Libation BearersAeschylus · 458 BCEOn 3 listsOvid MetamorphosesMetamorphosesOvid · 8 CEOn 3 listsLetter to the RomansThe Bible · c. 57 CEOn 3 listsJohn Calvin Institutes of the Christian ReligionInstitutes of the Christian ReligionJohn Calvin · 1536On 3 listsThe Great BooksRichard IIWilliam ShakespeareRichard IIWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595On 3 listsThe Great BooksEthicsBaruch SpinozaEthicsBaruch Spinoza · 1677On 3 listsMonadologyGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · 1714On 3 listsHerman Melville Moby-DickMoby-DickHerman Melville · 1851On 3 listsPragmatismWilliam James · 1907On 3 listsThe Great BooksPrometheus BoundAeschylusPrometheus BoundAeschylus · c. 430 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksLetter to MenoeceusEpicurusLetter to MenoeceusEpicurus · c. 300 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksDiscoursesEpictetusEpictetus DiscoursesDiscoursesEpictetus · c. 108 CEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksTroilus and CriseydeGeoffrey ChaucerTroilus and CriseydeGeoffrey Chaucer · c. 1382-1386On 2 listsJulius CaesarWilliam Shakespeare · 1599On 2 listsThe Great BooksCritique of Practical ReasonImmanuel KantCritique of Practical ReasonImmanuel Kant · 1788On 2 listsWilliam James The Principles of PsychologyThe Principles of PsychologyWilliam James · 1890On 2 listsThe Great BooksScientific AutobiographyMax PlanckScientific AutobiographyMax Planck · 1948On 2 listsJonahThe Bible · c. 6th c. BCEOn 1 listSamuelThe Bible · c. 7th c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksEcclesiastesAnonymousEcclesiastesAnonymous · c. 3rd c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Stoics ReaderVarious authorsThe Stoics ReaderVarious authors · 3rd c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Bhagavad GitaAnonymousThe Bhagavad GitaAnonymous · c. 2nd c. BCEOn 1 listPolybius The HistoriesThe HistoriesPolybius · c. 150-118 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Golden Sayings of EpictetusEpictetusThe Golden Sayings of EpictetusEpictetus · c. 108 CEOn 1 listOn Free Choice of the WillAugustine · 388-395On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Consolation of PhilosophyBoethiusThe Consolation of PhilosophyBoethius · 524On 1 listBeowulfAnonymous · c. 8th c.On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Destruction of Dá Derga's HostelAnonymousThe Destruction of Dá Derga's HostelAnonymous · c. 8th c.On 1 listThe Lais of Marie de FranceMarie de France · c. 1160-1190On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Poetic EddaAnonymousThe Poetic EddaAnonymous · c. 800On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Saga of the VolsungsAnonymousThe Saga of the VolsungsAnonymous · c. 1250-1300On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Saga of Burnt NjalAnonymousAnonymous The Saga of Burnt NjalThe Saga of Burnt NjalAnonymous · c. 1280On 1 listThe Great BooksPurgatorioDante AlighieriPurgatorioDante Alighieri · c. 1314-1316On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Thousand and One NightsAnonymousAnonymous The Thousand and One NightsThe Thousand and One NightsAnonymous · c. 9th c.On 1 listThe Great BooksTraditional BalladsAnonymousTraditional BalladsAnonymous · c. 1300-1700On 1 listThe Great BooksRichard IIIWilliam ShakespeareRichard IIIWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1592-1593On 1 listRomeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595On 1 listThe Great BooksLife Is a DreamPedro Calderón de la BarcaLife Is a DreamPedro Calderón de la Barca · 1635On 1 listGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Philosophical EssaysPhilosophical EssaysGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · 1686-1716On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Vanity of Human WishesSamuel JohnsonThe Vanity of Human WishesSamuel Johnson · 1749On 1 listThe Great BooksTom JonesHenry FieldingHenry Fielding Tom JonesTom JonesHenry Fielding · 1749On 1 listThe Great BooksRasselasSamuel JohnsonRasselasSamuel Johnson · 1759On 1 listThe Great BooksEgmontJohann Wolfgang von GoetheEgmontJohann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1788On 1 listJacob and Wilhelm Grimm Children's and Household TalesChildren's and Household TalesJacob and Wilhelm Grimm · 1812-1857On 1 listCarl von Clausewitz On WarOn WarCarl von Clausewitz · 1832On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Charterhouse of ParmaStendhalStendhal The Charterhouse of ParmaThe Charterhouse of ParmaStendhal · 1839On 1 listThe Great BooksEvangelineHenry Wadsworth LongfellowEvangelineHenry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1847On 1 listThe Great BooksTristan and IsoldeRichard WagnerTristan and IsoldeRichard Wagner · 1857On 1 listThe Great BooksThus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich NietzscheThus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche · 1883-1885On 1 listTime and Free WillHenri Bergson · 1889On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Beast in the JungleHenry JamesThe Beast in the JungleHenry James · 1903On 1 listHenri Bergson Creative EvolutionCreative EvolutionHenri Bergson · 1907On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Mysterious StrangerMark TwainThe Mysterious StrangerMark Twain · 1897On 1 listRemembering, Repeating and Working-ThroughSigmund Freud · 1914On 1 listThe TrialFranz Kafka · 1925On 1 listThe CastleFranz Kafka · 1926On 1 listThe Great BooksMourning Becomes ElectraEugene O'NeillMourning Becomes ElectraEugene O'Neill · 1931On 1 listThe Great BooksWhere Is Science Going?Max PlanckWhere Is Science Going?Max Planck · 1932On 1 listThe Great BooksJoseph and His BrothersThomas MannThomas Mann Joseph and His BrothersJoseph and His BrothersThomas Mann · 1933-1943On 1 listThe Great BooksNauseaJean-Paul SartreNauseaJean-Paul Sartre · 1938On 1 listJean-Paul Sartre Being and NothingnessBeing and NothingnessJean-Paul Sartre · 1943On 1 listThe Great BooksNo ExitJean-Paul SartreNo ExitJean-Paul Sartre · 1944On 1 listWaiting for GodotSamuel Beckett · 1952On 1 list