Mostly western world cannon

1.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,755 ratings
2.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,241 ratings
3.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.94 avg rating — 568,104 ratings
4.
King Lear
King Lear 3.91 avg rating — 232,712 ratings
5.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,395 ratings
6.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,938 ratings
7.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,162 ratings
7.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,592 ratings
9.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by: Anonymous
3.75 avg rating — 114,191 ratings
10.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,714 ratings
11.
Aesop’s Fables
Aesop’s Fables
by: Aesop
4.05 avg rating — 128,594 ratings
12.
The Histories
The Histories
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating — 54,683 ratings
13.
Electra
Electra
by: Sophocles
3.82 avg rating — 13,850 ratings
14.
Medea
Medea
by: Euripides
3.95 avg rating — 84,389 ratings
15.
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
by: Ovid
4.10 avg rating — 76,412 ratings
16.
Quran
Quran
by: Anonymous
4.38 avg rating — 71,374 ratings
17.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame 4.02 avg rating — 213,391 ratings
18.
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther 3.69 avg rating — 148,983 ratings
19.
The Eclogues
The Eclogues
by: Virgil
3.89 avg rating — 3,172 ratings
20.
The Tempest
The Tempest 3.78 avg rating — 222,570 ratings
21.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,201 ratings
22.
Otelo
Otelo 3.89 avg rating — 428,073 ratings
23.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,266 ratings
24.
Confessions of a Mask
Confessions of a Mask 3.95 avg rating — 37,132 ratings
25.
The Sea of Fertility
The Sea of Fertility 4.45 avg rating — 617 ratings
26.
Story of Sinuhe
Story of Sinuhe
by: Unknown
3.57 avg rating — 203 ratings
27.
Theogony
Theogony
by: Hesiod
3.73 avg rating — 6,330 ratings
28.
Sappho
Sappho
by: Sappho
4.20 avg rating — 7,068 ratings
29.
Alcaeus: Poems & Fragments
Alcaeus: Poems & Fragments
by: Alcaeus
3.88 avg rating — 33 ratings
30.
The Analects
The Analects
by: Confucius
3.81 avg rating — 23,510 ratings
31.
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
by: Aeschylus
4.02 avg rating — 45,635 ratings
32.
Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound
by: Aeschylus
3.93 avg rating — 20,800 ratings
33.
The Persians
The Persians
by: Aeschylus
3.60 avg rating — 4,684 ratings
34.
The Seven Against Thebes
The Seven Against Thebes
by: Aeschylus
3.73 avg rating — 3,771 ratings
35.
The Suppliants
The Suppliants
by: Aeschylus
3.42 avg rating — 1,879 ratings
36.
The Odes
The Odes
by: Pindar
3.85 avg rating — 1,595 ratings
37.
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating — 232,029 ratings
38.
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
by: Sophocles
3.68 avg rating — 170,480 ratings
39.
Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
by: Sophocles
3.75 avg rating — 15,989 ratings
40.
The Bacchae
The Bacchae
by: Euripides
3.93 avg rating — 24,377 ratings
41.
The Trojan Women
The Trojan Women
by: Euripides
3.88 avg rating — 12,272 ratings
42.
Electra
Electra
by: Euripides
3.95 avg rating — 8,155 ratings
43.
The Complete Works of Julius Caesar
The Complete Works of Julius Caesar 4.50 avg rating — 720 ratings
44.
Odes and Epodes
Odes and Epodes
by: Horatius
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,078 ratings
45.
The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
by: Livy
3.96 avg rating — 9,759 ratings
46.
The Aeneid
The Aeneid
by: Virgil
3.87 avg rating — 139,148 ratings
47.
Four Tragedies and Octavia
Four Tragedies and Octavia
by: Seneca
3.96 avg rating — 1,132 ratings
48.
The Satyricon
The Satyricon
by: Petronius
3.78 avg rating — 9,456 ratings
49.
Plutarch's Lives
Plutarch's Lives
by: Plutarch
4.16 avg rating — 1,997 ratings
50.
The Annals of Imperial Rome
The Annals of Imperial Rome
by: Tacitus
3.98 avg rating — 9,163 ratings
51.
The Golden Ass
The Golden Ass
by: Apuleius
3.86 avg rating — 16,754 ratings
52.
Daphnis and Chloe
Daphnis and Chloe
by: Longus
3.80 avg rating — 5,586 ratings
53.
Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works
Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works 3.59 avg rating — 138 ratings
54.
Confessions
Confessions 3.99 avg rating — 71,276 ratings
55.
The Consolation of Philosophy
The Consolation of Philosophy
by: Boethius
4.05 avg rating — 17,145 ratings
56.
Lancelot-Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation (10 Volumes)
Lancelot-Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation (10 Volumes) 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
57.
Sagas of the Icelanders
Sagas of the Icelanders 3.91 avg rating — 159 ratings
58.
The Romance of the Rose
The Romance of the Rose 3.62 avg rating — 2,630 ratings
59.
The Nibelungenlied
The Nibelungenlied
by: Unknown
3.82 avg rating — 8,697 ratings
60.
The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes 4.26 avg rating — 11,712 ratings
61.
The Song of Roland
The Song of Roland
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating — 18,742 ratings
62.
The Táin: From the Irish Epic Táin Bó Cúailnge
The Táin: From the Irish Epic Táin Bó Cúailnge
by: Anonymous
3.95 avg rating — 4,886 ratings
63.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating — 14,370 ratings
64.
Lancelot: The Knight of the Cart
Lancelot: The Knight of the Cart 3.56 avg rating — 3,668 ratings
65.
Perceval, or, The Story of the Grail
Perceval, or, The Story of the Grail 3.58 avg rating — 3,392 ratings
66.
Poema de Mío Cid
Poema de Mío Cid
by: Anonymous
3.44 avg rating — 15,318 ratings
67.
Parzival
Parzival 3.74 avg rating — 3,836 ratings
68.
Milagros de Nuestra Señora
Milagros de Nuestra Señora 3.11 avg rating — 1,305 ratings
69.
The Golden Legend:
The Golden Legend: 3.85 avg rating — 349 ratings
70.
The Decameron
The Decameron 3.88 avg rating — 42,708 ratings
71.
The Poetry of Petrarch
The Poetry of Petrarch 3.99 avg rating — 2,958 ratings
72.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,641 ratings
73.
Orlando Furioso
Orlando Furioso 4.04 avg rating — 4,028 ratings
74.
Orlando Innamorato: Orlando in Love
Orlando Innamorato: Orlando in Love 3.90 avg rating — 317 ratings
75.
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table 3.92 avg rating — 38,982 ratings
76.
La Celestina
La Celestina 3.39 avg rating — 24,317 ratings
77.
Amadís de Gaula I
Amadís de Gaula I 3.66 avg rating — 268 ratings
78.
Praise of Folly
Praise of Folly
by: Erasmus
3.83 avg rating — 19,731 ratings
79.
Poesías castellanas completas
Poesías castellanas completas 3.94 avg rating — 891 ratings
80.
Utopia
Utopia 3.55 avg rating — 80,700 ratings
81.
The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself
The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself 4.15 avg rating — 2,901 ratings
82.
S. Juan de la Cruz - Obras Completas (Maestros Espirituales Carmelitas)
S. Juan de la Cruz - Obras Completas (Maestros Espirituales Carmelitas) 4.48 avg rating — 1,501 ratings
83.
Monkey: The Journey to the West
Monkey: The Journey to the West 4.04 avg rating — 7,823 ratings
84.
Perrault's Fairy Tales
Perrault's Fairy Tales 4.10 avg rating — 15,027 ratings
85.
Popol Vuh
Popol Vuh
by: Anonymous
3.76 avg rating — 7,499 ratings
86.
Dream of the Red Chamber
Dream of the Red Chamber 4.01 avg rating — 2,775 ratings
87.
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales 4.23 avg rating — 219,194 ratings
88.
Yurupary: mito, leyenda y epopeya del Vaupés
Yurupary: mito, leyenda y epopeya del Vaupés 3.56 avg rating — 27 ratings
89.
The Kalevala
The Kalevala 4.05 avg rating — 5,924 ratings
90.
Russian Fairy Tales
Russian Fairy Tales 4.19 avg rating — 4,657 ratings
91.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,438 ratings
92.
Gargantua and Pantagruel
Gargantua and Pantagruel 3.65 avg rating — 16,002 ratings
93.
Crónicas de Indias
Crónicas de Indias 3.39 avg rating — 70 ratings
94.
La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes
La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes
by: Anonymous
3.50 avg rating — 32,123 ratings
95.
Los siete libros de la Diana
Los siete libros de la Diana 3.45 avg rating — 321 ratings
96.
The Lusiads
The Lusiads 3.99 avg rating — 9,246 ratings
97.
Poesías
Poesías 3.80 avg rating — 406 ratings
98.
Essays
Essays 4.23 avg rating — 21,557 ratings
99.
Jerusalem Delivered
Jerusalem Delivered 3.96 avg rating — 1,764 ratings
100.
La Araucana
La Araucana 3.50 avg rating — 465 ratings