Jordan Peterson Updated 10/2017 Great Books Recommended Books list

1.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,357,261 ratings
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The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,159 ratings
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1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,227,351 ratings
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Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,920 ratings
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Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,752,299 ratings
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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,404 ratings
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War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 357,014 ratings
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating — 832,610 ratings
9.
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 71,610 ratings
10.
Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground 4.17 avg rating — 209,313 ratings
11.
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (Collected Works 9i)
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (Collected Works 9i)
by: C.G. Jung
4.30 avg rating — 6,976 ratings
12.
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos 3.91 avg rating — 257,856 ratings
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The Idiot
The Idiot 4.21 avg rating — 207,681 ratings
14.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating — 344,519 ratings
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,433 ratings
16.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,898 ratings
17.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,492 ratings
18.
The Will to Power
The Will to Power 4.06 avg rating — 11,019 ratings
19.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,886 ratings
20.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,596 ratings
21.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,840 ratings
21.
Psychology and Religion
Psychology and Religion
by: C.G. Jung
4.11 avg rating — 2,226 ratings
23.
Symbols of Transformation (Collected Works 5)
Symbols of Transformation (Collected Works 5)
by: C.G. Jung
4.43 avg rating — 995 ratings
23.
Psychology and Alchemy (Collected Works 12)
Psychology and Alchemy (Collected Works 12)
by: C.G. Jung
4.32 avg rating — 2,467 ratings
25.
Mysterium Coniunctionis (Collected Works 14)
Mysterium Coniunctionis (Collected Works 14)
by: C.G. Jung
4.54 avg rating — 452 ratings
26.
The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion
The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion 4.11 avg rating — 8,892 ratings
27.
Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses
Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses 4.14 avg rating — 1,547 ratings
28.
The Forge and the Crucible: The Origins and Structure of Alchemy
The Forge and the Crucible: The Origins and Structure of Alchemy 4.16 avg rating — 758 ratings
29.
Aion (Collected Works 9ii)
Aion (Collected Works 9ii)
by: C.G. Jung
4.37 avg rating — 1,600 ratings
30.
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
by: C.G. Jung
4.20 avg rating — 13,643 ratings
31.
Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass
Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass 4.23 avg rating — 3,886 ratings
32.
The Moral Judgment of the Child
The Moral Judgment of the Child 4.04 avg rating — 249 ratings
33.
The Discovery of the Unconscious: The History and Evolution of Dynamic Psychiatry
The Discovery of the Unconscious: The History and Evolution of Dynamic Psychiatry 4.51 avg rating — 294 ratings
34.
The Denial of Death
The Denial of Death 4.05 avg rating — 15,168 ratings
35.
The World's Religions
The World's Religions 4.04 avg rating — 13,797 ratings
36.
A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 1: From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries
A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 1: From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries 4.41 avg rating — 1,824 ratings
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A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2: From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity
A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2: From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity 4.48 avg rating — 961 ratings
38.
A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 3: From Muhammad to the Age of Reforms
A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 3: From Muhammad to the Age of Reforms 4.44 avg rating — 781 ratings
38.
Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief 4.03 avg rating — 6,411 ratings
40.
The Great Code: The Bible and Literature
The Great Code: The Bible and Literature 4.07 avg rating — 636 ratings
41.
Words with Power: Being a Second Study of the Bible and Literature
Words with Power: Being a Second Study of the Bible and Literature 4.09 avg rating — 126 ratings
42.
The Red and the Black
The Red and the Black
by: Stendhal
3.86 avg rating — 81,056 ratings
42.
The Devils
The Devils 4.30 avg rating — 59,732 ratings
44.
The Charterhouse of Parma
The Charterhouse of Parma
by: Stendhal
3.79 avg rating — 19,486 ratings
45.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,372 ratings
46.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,696 ratings
47.
The House of God
The House of God 3.85 avg rating — 27,413 ratings
48.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,836 ratings
49.
Point Counter Point
Point Counter Point 3.87 avg rating — 12,093 ratings
50.
Island
Island 3.85 avg rating — 34,952 ratings
51.
The Road to Wigan Pier
The Road to Wigan Pier 3.91 avg rating — 27,353 ratings
52.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by: Tom Wolfe
3.92 avg rating — 78,164 ratings
53.
Sometimes a Great Notion
Sometimes a Great Notion
by: Ken Kesey
4.26 avg rating — 23,503 ratings
54.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,704 ratings
55.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,729 ratings
56.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,245 ratings
57.
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6) 4.19 avg rating — 45,502 ratings
58.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon 3.87 avg rating — 113,198 ratings
59.
The Horse's Mouth
The Horse's Mouth 3.97 avg rating — 1,603 ratings
60.
The Stone Angel
The Stone Angel 3.77 avg rating — 13,219 ratings
61.
Beyond Good and Evil
Beyond Good and Evil 4.03 avg rating — 109,337 ratings
62.
On the Genealogy of Morals
On the Genealogy of Morals 4.12 avg rating — 33,989 ratings
63.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 4.07 avg rating — 370,616 ratings
64.
Two Essays on Analytical Psychology (Collected Works 7)
Two Essays on Analytical Psychology (Collected Works 7)
by: C.G. Jung
4.36 avg rating — 769 ratings
65.
The Symbolic Life: Miscellaneous Writings (Collected Works, Vol 18)
The Symbolic Life: Miscellaneous Writings (Collected Works, Vol 18)
by: C.G. Jung
4.34 avg rating — 99 ratings
66.
An Outline of Psychoanalysis
An Outline of Psychoanalysis 3.68 avg rating — 2,010 ratings
67.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 4.05 avg rating — 239,838 ratings
68.
Awakenings
Awakenings 4.09 avg rating — 13,804 ratings
69.
An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales 4.15 avg rating — 23,340 ratings
70.
Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy
Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy 4.21 avg rating — 2,630 ratings
71.
Myth and Reality
Myth and Reality 4.10 avg rating — 1,166 ratings
72.
Myths, Dreams and Mysteries: The Encounter Between Contemporary Faiths and Archaic Realities
Myths, Dreams and Mysteries: The Encounter Between Contemporary Faiths and Archaic Realities 4.14 avg rating — 433 ratings
73.
The Interpretation of Dreams
The Interpretation of Dreams 3.84 avg rating — 79,571 ratings
74.
Answer to Job
Answer to Job
by: C.G. Jung
4.15 avg rating — 2,317 ratings
75.
A Way of Being
A Way of Being 4.22 avg rating — 2,882 ratings
76.
On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy
On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy 4.16 avg rating — 18,086 ratings
77.
Play, Dreams and Imitation in Childhood
Play, Dreams and Imitation in Childhood 4.10 avg rating — 136 ratings
78.
The Origins and History of Consciousness
The Origins and History of Consciousness 4.32 avg rating — 1,641 ratings
79.
The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype
The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype 4.29 avg rating — 512 ratings
80.
Existence: A New Dimension in Psychiatry and Psychology
Existence: A New Dimension in Psychiatry and Psychology 4.07 avg rating — 106 ratings
81.
Little Science, Big Science... and Beyond
Little Science, Big Science... and Beyond 3.73 avg rating — 64 ratings
82.
Genius: The Natural History of Creativity (Problems in the Behavioural Sciences, Series Number 12)
Genius: The Natural History of Creativity (Problems in the Behavioural Sciences, Series Number 12) 4.18 avg rating — 65 ratings
83.
The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else
The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else 3.99 avg rating — 4,346 ratings
84.
The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small
The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small
by: John Gall
3.99 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
85.
Mephistopheles: The Devil in the Modern World
Mephistopheles: The Devil in the Modern World 4.07 avg rating — 188 ratings
86.
The Bible: Designed to be Read as Living Literature, the Old and the New Testaments in the King James Version
The Bible: Designed to be Read as Living Literature, the Old and the New Testaments in the King James Version 4.35 avg rating — 57 ratings
87.
The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror
The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror 3.69 avg rating — 3,470 ratings
88.
The Neuropsychology of Anxiety: An Enquiry into the Functions of the Septo-Hippocampal System (Oxford Psychology Series)
The Neuropsychology of Anxiety: An Enquiry into the Functions of the Septo-Hippocampal System (Oxford Psychology Series) 4.17 avg rating — 42 ratings
89.
Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions
Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions 4.40 avg rating — 453 ratings
90.
The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life
The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life 4.07 avg rating — 2,967 ratings
91.
Brain Architecture: Understanding the Basic Plan
Brain Architecture: Understanding the Basic Plan 4.09 avg rating — 101 ratings
92.
The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception
The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception 4.28 avg rating — 258 ratings
93.
The New Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes in a Complex World
The New Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes in a Complex World 4.12 avg rating — 182 ratings
94.
The Fratricides
The Fratricides 3.99 avg rating — 2,765 ratings
95.
Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek 4.04 avg rating — 56,535 ratings
96.
The First Circle
The First Circle 4.24 avg rating — 8,254 ratings
97.
Cancer Ward
Cancer Ward 4.26 avg rating — 17,574 ratings
98.
The Antichrist
The Antichrist 3.89 avg rating — 31,542 ratings
99.
The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs 4.26 avg rating — 19,807 ratings