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The Great BooksThe OdysseyHomerHomer The OdysseyThe OdysseyHomer · c. 725 BCEOn 9 lists
AntigoneSophocles · c. 441 BCEOn 7 listsThe Great BooksThe BacchaeEuripidesThe BacchaeEuripides · c. 405 BCEOn 7 lists
SymposiumPlato · c. 380 BCEOn 7 lists
Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury TalesThe Canterbury TalesGeoffrey Chaucer · c. 1387-1400On 6 lists
John Milton Paradise LostParadise LostJohn Milton · 1667On 6 lists
Jane Austen Pride and PrejudicePride and PrejudiceJane Austen · 1813On 5 lists
George Eliot MiddlemarchMiddlemarchGeorge Eliot · 1871-1872On 5 lists
To the LighthouseVirginia Woolf · 1927On 5 lists
MedeaEuripides · 431 BCEOn 4 listsHippolytusEuripides · 428 BCEOn 4 listsThe Great BooksMacbethWilliam ShakespeareMacbethWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1606On 4 lists
Simone de Beauvoir The Second SexThe Second SexSimone de Beauvoir · 1949On 4 lists
Sappho If Not, Winter: Fragments of SapphoIf Not, Winter: Fragments of SapphoSappho · c. 600 BCEOn 3 lists
Ovid MetamorphosesMetamorphosesOvid · 8 CEOn 3 lists
OthelloWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1603-1604On 3 listsThe Great BooksSonnetsWilliam ShakespeareSonnetsWilliam Shakespeare · 1609On 3 lists
Jane Austen EmmaEmmaJane Austen · 1815On 3 lists
Madame BovaryGustave Flaubert · 1857On 3 lists
Charles Darwin The Descent of ManThe Descent of ManCharles Darwin · 1871On 3 listsThe Great BooksA Doll's HouseHenrik IbsenA Doll's HouseHenrik Ibsen · 1879On 3 lists
LysistrataAristophanes · 411 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksThe First Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansPaul the ApostleThe First Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansPaul the Apostle · c. 53-55 CEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksTroilus and CriseydeGeoffrey ChaucerTroilus and CriseydeGeoffrey Chaucer · c. 1382-1386On 2 listsThe Great BooksAs You Like ItWilliam ShakespeareAs You Like ItWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1599On 2 lists
Twelfth NightWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1601On 2 listsThe Great BooksAntony and CleopatraWilliam ShakespeareAntony and CleopatraWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1606-1607On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe School for WivesMolièreThe School for WivesMolière · 1662On 2 listsThe Great BooksDon GiovanniWolfgang Amadeus MozartDon GiovanniWolfgang Amadeus Mozart · 1787On 2 listsThe Great BooksA Vindication of the Rights of WomanMary WollstonecraftA Vindication of the Rights of WomanMary Wollstonecraft · 1792On 2 listsThe Great BooksSelected SpeechesFrederick DouglassFrederick Douglass Selected SpeechesSelected SpeechesFrederick Douglass · 1841-1894On 2 listsThe Great BooksHedda GablerHenrik IbsenHedda GablerHenrik Ibsen · 1890On 2 listsThe Great BooksSaint JoanGeorge Bernard ShawSaint JoanGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1923On 2 listsThe Great BooksA Room of One's OwnVirginia WoolfA Room of One's OwnVirginia Woolf · 1929On 2 listsThe Great BooksNew Introductory Lectures on PsychoanalysisSigmund FreudNew Introductory Lectures on PsychoanalysisSigmund Freud · 1933On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Exaltation of InannaEnheduannaThe Exaltation of InannaEnheduanna · c. 2300 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Trojan WomenEuripidesThe Trojan WomenEuripides · 415 BCEOn 1 list
On the Generation of AnimalsAristotle · c. 340 BCEOn 1 list
The Lais of Marie de FranceMarie de France · c. 1160-1190On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Thousand and One NightsAnonymousAnonymous The Thousand and One NightsThe Thousand and One NightsAnonymous · c. 9th c.On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Gawain and the Green KnightAnonymousSir Gawain and the Green KnightAnonymous · c. 1375-1400On 1 list
The Book of the City of LadiesChristine de Pizan · 1405On 1 list
The Taming of the ShrewWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1590-1592On 1 list
A Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595-1596On 1 list
The Merchant of VeniceWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1596-1597On 1 listThe Great BooksMuch Ado About NothingWilliam ShakespeareMuch Ado About NothingWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1598-1599On 1 listThe Great BooksTroilus and CressidaWilliam ShakespeareTroilus and CressidaWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1602On 1 listThe Great BooksMeasure for MeasureWilliam ShakespeareMeasure for MeasureWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1603-1604On 1 listThe Great BooksPhilasterFrancis Beaumont and John FletcherPhilasterFrancis Beaumont and John Fletcher · c. 1609On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Winter's TaleWilliam ShakespeareThe Winter's TaleWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1610-1611On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Duchess of MalfiJohn WebsterThe Duchess of MalfiJohn Webster · c. 1613On 1 listThe Great BooksCorrespondence with DescartesElisabeth of BohemiaCorrespondence with DescartesElisabeth of Bohemia · 1643-1649On 1 list
Selected WorksSor Juana Inés de la Cruz · 1680s-1691On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Way of the WorldWilliam CongreveThe Way of the WorldWilliam Congreve · 1700On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Rape of the LockAlexander PopeThe Rape of the LockAlexander Pope · 1712On 1 listThe Great BooksPersian LettersMontesquieuPersian LettersMontesquieu · 1721On 1 list
Jean-Jacques Rousseau EmileEmileJean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762On 1 listThe Great BooksMinna von BarnhelmGotthold Ephraim LessingMinna von BarnhelmGotthold Ephraim Lessing · 1767On 1 listThe Great BooksShe Stoops to ConquerOliver GoldsmithShe Stoops to ConquerOliver Goldsmith · 1773On 1 listThe Great BooksDeclaration of the Rights of WomanOlympe de GougesDeclaration of the Rights of WomanOlympe de Gouges · 1791On 1 listThe Great BooksPolitical WritingsNicolas de CondorcetPolitical WritingsNicolas de Condorcet · 1786-1794On 1 list
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Children's and Household TalesChildren's and Household TalesJacob and Wilhelm Grimm · 1812-1857On 1 list
Lord Byron Don JuanDon JuanLord Byron · 1819-1824On 1 listThe Great BooksThe CenciPercy Bysshe ShelleyThe CenciPercy Bysshe Shelley · 1819On 1 listThe Great BooksOn LoveStendhalOn LoveStendhal · 1822On 1 listThe Great BooksEugénie GrandetHonoré de BalzacEugénie GrandetHonoré de Balzac · 1833On 1 listThe Great BooksCousin BetteHonoré de BalzacHonoré de Balzac Cousin BetteCousin BetteHonoré de Balzac · 1846On 1 list
The Scarlet LetterNathaniel Hawthorne · 1850On 1 listThe Great BooksAin't I a Woman?Sojourner TruthAin't I a Woman?Sojourner Truth · 1851On 1 listThe Great BooksStudies in PessimismArthur SchopenhauerStudies in PessimismArthur Schopenhauer · 1851On 1 listThe Great BooksAddress to the Legislature of New YorkElizabeth Cady StantonAddress to the Legislature of New YorkElizabeth Cady Stanton · 1854On 1 listThe Great BooksAdam BedeGeorge EliotGeorge Eliot Adam BedeAdam BedeGeorge Eliot · 1859On 1 listThe Great BooksIncidents in the Life of a Slave GirlHarriet JacobsIncidents in the Life of a Slave GirlHarriet Jacobs · 1861On 1 listThe Great BooksSesame and LiliesJohn RuskinSesame and LiliesJohn Ruskin · 1865On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Subjection of WomenJohn Stuart MillThe Subjection of WomenJohn Stuart Mill · 1869On 1 list
Leo Tolstoy Anna KareninaAnna KareninaLeo Tolstoy · 1875-1878On 1 listThe Great BooksSelected Papers on HysteriaSigmund FreudSelected Papers on HysteriaSigmund Freud · 1893-1909On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Theory of the Leisure ClassThorstein VeblenThe Theory of the Leisure ClassThorstein Veblen · 1899On 1 listThe Great BooksMan and SupermanGeorge Bernard ShawMan and SupermanGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1903On 1 listThe Great BooksPygmalionGeorge Bernard ShawPygmalionGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1912On 1 listThe Great BooksMy ÁntoniaWilla CatherMy ÁntoniaWilla Cather · 1918On 1 listThe Great BooksA Lost LadyWilla CatherA Lost LadyWilla Cather · 1923On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Short Happy Life of Francis MacomberErnest HemingwayThe Short Happy Life of Francis MacomberErnest Hemingway · 1936On 1 listThe Great BooksA Black Feminist StatementCombahee River CollectiveA Black Feminist StatementCombahee River Collective · 1977On 1 list
BelovedToni Morrison · 1987On 1 list
AntigoneSophocles · c. 441 BCEOn 7 listsThe Great BooksThe BacchaeEuripidesThe BacchaeEuripides · c. 405 BCEOn 7 listsSymposiumPlato · c. 380 BCEOn 7 listsGeoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury TalesThe Canterbury TalesGeoffrey Chaucer · c. 1387-1400On 6 listsJohn Milton Paradise LostParadise LostJohn Milton · 1667On 6 listsJane Austen Pride and PrejudicePride and PrejudiceJane Austen · 1813On 5 listsGeorge Eliot MiddlemarchMiddlemarchGeorge Eliot · 1871-1872On 5 listsTo the LighthouseVirginia Woolf · 1927On 5 listsMedeaEuripides · 431 BCEOn 4 listsHippolytusEuripides · 428 BCEOn 4 listsThe Great BooksMacbethWilliam ShakespeareMacbethWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1606On 4 listsSimone de Beauvoir The Second SexThe Second SexSimone de Beauvoir · 1949On 4 listsSappho If Not, Winter: Fragments of SapphoIf Not, Winter: Fragments of SapphoSappho · c. 600 BCEOn 3 listsOvid MetamorphosesMetamorphosesOvid · 8 CEOn 3 listsOthelloWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1603-1604On 3 listsThe Great BooksSonnetsWilliam ShakespeareSonnetsWilliam Shakespeare · 1609On 3 listsJane Austen EmmaEmmaJane Austen · 1815On 3 listsMadame BovaryGustave Flaubert · 1857On 3 listsCharles Darwin The Descent of ManThe Descent of ManCharles Darwin · 1871On 3 listsThe Great BooksA Doll's HouseHenrik IbsenA Doll's HouseHenrik Ibsen · 1879On 3 listsLysistrataAristophanes · 411 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksThe First Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansPaul the ApostleThe First Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansPaul the Apostle · c. 53-55 CEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksTroilus and CriseydeGeoffrey ChaucerTroilus and CriseydeGeoffrey Chaucer · c. 1382-1386On 2 listsThe Great BooksAs You Like ItWilliam ShakespeareAs You Like ItWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1599On 2 listsTwelfth NightWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1601On 2 listsThe Great BooksAntony and CleopatraWilliam ShakespeareAntony and CleopatraWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1606-1607On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe School for WivesMolièreThe School for WivesMolière · 1662On 2 listsThe Great BooksDon GiovanniWolfgang Amadeus MozartDon GiovanniWolfgang Amadeus Mozart · 1787On 2 listsThe Great BooksA Vindication of the Rights of WomanMary WollstonecraftA Vindication of the Rights of WomanMary Wollstonecraft · 1792On 2 listsThe Great BooksSelected SpeechesFrederick DouglassFrederick Douglass Selected SpeechesSelected SpeechesFrederick Douglass · 1841-1894On 2 listsThe Great BooksHedda GablerHenrik IbsenHedda GablerHenrik Ibsen · 1890On 2 listsThe Great BooksSaint JoanGeorge Bernard ShawSaint JoanGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1923On 2 listsThe Great BooksA Room of One's OwnVirginia WoolfA Room of One's OwnVirginia Woolf · 1929On 2 listsThe Great BooksNew Introductory Lectures on PsychoanalysisSigmund FreudNew Introductory Lectures on PsychoanalysisSigmund Freud · 1933On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Exaltation of InannaEnheduannaThe Exaltation of InannaEnheduanna · c. 2300 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Trojan WomenEuripidesThe Trojan WomenEuripides · 415 BCEOn 1 listOn the Generation of AnimalsAristotle · c. 340 BCEOn 1 listThe Lais of Marie de FranceMarie de France · c. 1160-1190On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Thousand and One NightsAnonymousAnonymous The Thousand and One NightsThe Thousand and One NightsAnonymous · c. 9th c.On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Gawain and the Green KnightAnonymousSir Gawain and the Green KnightAnonymous · c. 1375-1400On 1 listThe Book of the City of LadiesChristine de Pizan · 1405On 1 listThe Taming of the ShrewWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1590-1592On 1 listA Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595-1596On 1 listThe Merchant of VeniceWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1596-1597On 1 listThe Great BooksMuch Ado About NothingWilliam ShakespeareMuch Ado About NothingWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1598-1599On 1 listThe Great BooksTroilus and CressidaWilliam ShakespeareTroilus and CressidaWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1602On 1 listThe Great BooksMeasure for MeasureWilliam ShakespeareMeasure for MeasureWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1603-1604On 1 listThe Great BooksPhilasterFrancis Beaumont and John FletcherPhilasterFrancis Beaumont and John Fletcher · c. 1609On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Winter's TaleWilliam ShakespeareThe Winter's TaleWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1610-1611On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Duchess of MalfiJohn WebsterThe Duchess of MalfiJohn Webster · c. 1613On 1 listThe Great BooksCorrespondence with DescartesElisabeth of BohemiaCorrespondence with DescartesElisabeth of Bohemia · 1643-1649On 1 listSelected WorksSor Juana Inés de la Cruz · 1680s-1691On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Way of the WorldWilliam CongreveThe Way of the WorldWilliam Congreve · 1700On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Rape of the LockAlexander PopeThe Rape of the LockAlexander Pope · 1712On 1 listThe Great BooksPersian LettersMontesquieuPersian LettersMontesquieu · 1721On 1 listJean-Jacques Rousseau EmileEmileJean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762On 1 listThe Great BooksMinna von BarnhelmGotthold Ephraim LessingMinna von BarnhelmGotthold Ephraim Lessing · 1767On 1 listThe Great BooksShe Stoops to ConquerOliver GoldsmithShe Stoops to ConquerOliver Goldsmith · 1773On 1 listThe Great BooksDeclaration of the Rights of WomanOlympe de GougesDeclaration of the Rights of WomanOlympe de Gouges · 1791On 1 listThe Great BooksPolitical WritingsNicolas de CondorcetPolitical WritingsNicolas de Condorcet · 1786-1794On 1 listJacob and Wilhelm Grimm Children's and Household TalesChildren's and Household TalesJacob and Wilhelm Grimm · 1812-1857On 1 listLord Byron Don JuanDon JuanLord Byron · 1819-1824On 1 listThe Great BooksThe CenciPercy Bysshe ShelleyThe CenciPercy Bysshe Shelley · 1819On 1 listThe Great BooksOn LoveStendhalOn LoveStendhal · 1822On 1 listThe Great BooksEugénie GrandetHonoré de BalzacEugénie GrandetHonoré de Balzac · 1833On 1 listThe Great BooksCousin BetteHonoré de BalzacHonoré de Balzac Cousin BetteCousin BetteHonoré de Balzac · 1846On 1 listThe Scarlet LetterNathaniel Hawthorne · 1850On 1 listThe Great BooksAin't I a Woman?Sojourner TruthAin't I a Woman?Sojourner Truth · 1851On 1 listThe Great BooksStudies in PessimismArthur SchopenhauerStudies in PessimismArthur Schopenhauer · 1851On 1 listThe Great BooksAddress to the Legislature of New YorkElizabeth Cady StantonAddress to the Legislature of New YorkElizabeth Cady Stanton · 1854On 1 listThe Great BooksAdam BedeGeorge EliotGeorge Eliot Adam BedeAdam BedeGeorge Eliot · 1859On 1 listThe Great BooksIncidents in the Life of a Slave GirlHarriet JacobsIncidents in the Life of a Slave GirlHarriet Jacobs · 1861On 1 listThe Great BooksSesame and LiliesJohn RuskinSesame and LiliesJohn Ruskin · 1865On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Subjection of WomenJohn Stuart MillThe Subjection of WomenJohn Stuart Mill · 1869On 1 listLeo Tolstoy Anna KareninaAnna KareninaLeo Tolstoy · 1875-1878On 1 listThe Great BooksSelected Papers on HysteriaSigmund FreudSelected Papers on HysteriaSigmund Freud · 1893-1909On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Theory of the Leisure ClassThorstein VeblenThe Theory of the Leisure ClassThorstein Veblen · 1899On 1 listThe Great BooksMan and SupermanGeorge Bernard ShawMan and SupermanGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1903On 1 listThe Great BooksPygmalionGeorge Bernard ShawPygmalionGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1912On 1 listThe Great BooksMy ÁntoniaWilla CatherMy ÁntoniaWilla Cather · 1918On 1 listThe Great BooksA Lost LadyWilla CatherA Lost LadyWilla Cather · 1923On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Short Happy Life of Francis MacomberErnest HemingwayThe Short Happy Life of Francis MacomberErnest Hemingway · 1936On 1 listThe Great BooksA Black Feminist StatementCombahee River CollectiveA Black Feminist StatementCombahee River Collective · 1977On 1 listBelovedToni Morrison · 1987On 1 list