From Ancient Greek to Postmodern

1.
On the Nature of Things
On the Nature of Things
by: Lucretius
3.97 avg rating — 14,247 ratings
2.
The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall
The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall 3.04 avg rating — 1,531 ratings
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The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,670 ratings
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,658 ratings
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Torah, Hebrew Bible
Torah, Hebrew Bible
by: Anonymous
4.17 avg rating — 2,319 ratings
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Theogony
Theogony
by: Hesiod
3.73 avg rating — 6,330 ratings
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Works and Days (Academic Monograph Reprint)
Works and Days (Academic Monograph Reprint)
by: Hesiod
3.57 avg rating — 1,740 ratings
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The Art of War
The Art of War
by: Sun Tzu
3.95 avg rating — 550,626 ratings
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Aesop’s Fables
Aesop’s Fables
by: Aesop
4.05 avg rating — 128,591 ratings
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The Analects
The Analects
by: Confucius
3.81 avg rating — 23,509 ratings
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The Doctrine Of The Mean
The Doctrine Of The Mean
by: Confucius
3.67 avg rating — 320 ratings
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The Odes
The Odes
by: Pindar
3.85 avg rating — 1,595 ratings
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The Histories
The Histories
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating — 54,680 ratings
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History of the Peloponnesian War
History of the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating — 39,936 ratings
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Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating — 232,010 ratings
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Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
by: Sophocles
3.68 avg rating — 170,466 ratings
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Electra
Electra
by: Sophocles
3.82 avg rating — 13,851 ratings
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Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
by: Sophocles
3.75 avg rating — 15,987 ratings
19.
The Complete Works of Euripedes
The Complete Works of Euripedes
by: Euripides
4.27 avg rating — 137 ratings
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The Complete Plays of Aristophanes
The Complete Plays of Aristophanes 4.18 avg rating — 2,840 ratings
21.
Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching
by: Lao Tzu
4.29 avg rating — 176,932 ratings
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Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings
Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings
by: Zhuangzi
4.27 avg rating — 2,839 ratings
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Xenophon's Anabasis
Xenophon's Anabasis 4.12 avg rating — 9,589 ratings
24.
Cyropaedia Volume 1, books 1-4
Cyropaedia Volume 1, books 1-4
by: Xenophon
4.23 avg rating — 166 ratings
25.
Euclid's Elements
Euclid's Elements
by: Euclid
4.32 avg rating — 3,331 ratings
26.
Enquiry into Plants, Volume I: Books 1–5
Enquiry into Plants, Volume I: Books 1–5 3.64 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The Book of Ecclesiastes (New International Commentary on the Old Testament
The Book of Ecclesiastes (New International Commentary on the Old Testament really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 164 ratings
28.
Selected Works
Selected Works 4.02 avg rating — 3,611 ratings
29.
The Gallic War and Other Writings
The Gallic War and Other Writings 3.96 avg rating — 353 ratings
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The Aeneid
The Aeneid
by: Virgil
3.87 avg rating — 139,140 ratings
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The Georgics
The Georgics
by: Virgil
3.73 avg rating — 2,453 ratings
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The Eclogues
The Eclogues
by: Virgil
3.89 avg rating — 3,171 ratings
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Plutarch's Lives: Volume I
Plutarch's Lives: Volume I
by: Plutarch
4.10 avg rating — 5,998 ratings
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Plutarch's Lives: Volume II
Plutarch's Lives: Volume II
by: Plutarch
4.19 avg rating — 3,209 ratings
35.
Greek New Testament
Greek New Testament
by: Anonymous
4.54 avg rating — 1,833 ratings
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Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
by: Ovid
4.10 avg rating — 76,401 ratings
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The Satyricon
The Satyricon
by: Petronius
3.78 avg rating — 9,455 ratings
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The Consolation of Philosophy
The Consolation of Philosophy
by: Boethius
4.05 avg rating — 17,141 ratings
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Avicenna's Medicine: A New Translation of the 11th-Century Canon with Practical Applications for Integrative Health Care
Avicenna's Medicine: A New Translation of the 11th-Century Canon with Practical Applications for Integrative Health Care
by: Avicenna
4.30 avg rating — 262 ratings
40.
The Journey of the Mind to God
The Journey of the Mind to God 3.93 avg rating — 613 ratings
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The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating — 167,104 ratings
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The Decameron
The Decameron 3.88 avg rating — 42,707 ratings
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Petrarch's Lyric Poems: The Rime Sparse and Other Lyrics
Petrarch's Lyric Poems: The Rime Sparse and Other Lyrics 4.08 avg rating — 316 ratings
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Robin Hood
Robin Hood 3.70 avg rating — 218 ratings
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The Ship of Fools
The Ship of Fools 3.85 avg rating — 370 ratings
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Praise of Folly
Praise of Folly
by: Erasmus
3.83 avg rating — 19,731 ratings
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MARTIN LUTHER'S COMPLETE COMMENATRY ON THE FIRST TWENTY-TWO PSALMS
MARTIN LUTHER'S COMPLETE COMMENATRY ON THE FIRST TWENTY-TWO PSALMS really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Boke Named the Governour
The Boke Named the Governour 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
49.
Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 Vols
Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 Vols 4.14 avg rating — 11,765 ratings
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On The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres
On The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres 4.09 avg rating — 981 ratings
51.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,164 ratings
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Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,761 ratings
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Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,132 ratings
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.94 avg rating — 568,070 ratings
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Othello
Othello 3.89 avg rating — 428,044 ratings
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King Lear
King Lear 3.91 avg rating — 232,692 ratings
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Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar 3.71 avg rating — 215,363 ratings
58.
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew 3.74 avg rating — 178,320 ratings
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Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night 3.96 avg rating — 191,697 ratings
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The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice 3.78 avg rating — 199,207 ratings
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The Tempest
The Tempest 3.78 avg rating — 222,560 ratings
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Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing 4.06 avg rating — 254,898 ratings
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Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets 4.25 avg rating — 110,518 ratings
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Henry V
Henry V 3.85 avg rating — 52,293 ratings
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Richard III
Richard III 3.91 avg rating — 57,233 ratings
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Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra 3.71 avg rating — 42,726 ratings
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The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus 3.80 avg rating — 71,006 ratings
68.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,035 ratings
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Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 324,991 ratings
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Oedipe de Corneille et Oedipe de Voltaire
Oedipe de Corneille et Oedipe de Voltaire 3.43 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,923 ratings
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La Henriade (Nouvelle édition augmentée) (French Edition)
La Henriade (Nouvelle édition augmentée) (French Edition)
by: Voltaire
3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
73.
An Essay on Man
An Essay on Man 3.70 avg rating — 1,836 ratings
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Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,534 ratings
75.
Emile, or On Education
Emile, or On Education 3.58 avg rating — 5,190 ratings
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Julie: Ou la nouvelle Heloise
Julie: Ou la nouvelle Heloise 3.44 avg rating — 1,683 ratings
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Jacques the Fatalist
Jacques the Fatalist 3.80 avg rating — 9,455 ratings
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The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther 3.69 avg rating — 148,964 ratings
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Common Sense
Common Sense really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38,567 ratings
80.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 3.88 avg rating — 34,382 ratings
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The 120 Days of Sodom
The 120 Days of Sodom 3.07 avg rating — 14,381 ratings
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Don Carlos / Mary Stuart
Don Carlos / Mary Stuart 3.78 avg rating — 325 ratings
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Songs of Innocence and of Experience 4.09 avg rating — 50,998 ratings
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Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue
Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue 3.42 avg rating — 16,433 ratings
85.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating — 26,301 ratings
86.
The Age of Reason
The Age of Reason 4.12 avg rating — 9,299 ratings
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Hymns to the Night
Hymns to the Night
by: Novalis
4.01 avg rating — 2,801 ratings
88.
Faust
Faust 3.90 avg rating — 48,397 ratings
89.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,199 ratings
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage 3.66 avg rating — 2,255 ratings
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Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,488 ratings
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Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,161 ratings
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,304 ratings
94.
Prometheus Unbound
Prometheus Unbound 3.76 avg rating — 2,140 ratings
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The Vision of Judgement
The Vision of Judgement 3.95 avg rating — 117 ratings
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The Red and the Black
The Red and the Black
by: Stendhal
3.86 avg rating — 81,053 ratings
97.
Notre-Dame de Paris
Notre-Dame de Paris 4.02 avg rating — 213,373 ratings
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Père Goriot
Père Goriot 3.85 avg rating — 64,957 ratings
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Democracy in America
Democracy in America 4.05 avg rating — 26,630 ratings
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The Pickwick Papers: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
The Pickwick Papers: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 3.85 avg rating — 31,464 ratings