Western Canon

1.
Euripides V: The Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus
Euripides V: The Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus
by: Euripides
4.01 avg rating β€” 315 ratings
2.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by: Anonymous
3.75 avg rating β€” 114,193 ratings
3.
The English Bible, King James Version: The Old Testament and The New Testament and The Apocrypha
The English Bible, King James Version: The Old Testament and The New Testament and The Apocrypha 4.67 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
4.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
by: Anonymous
3.91 avg rating β€” 5,992 ratings
5.
Pirke Aboth, The Ethics of the Talmud: Sayings of the Fathers
Pirke Aboth, The Ethics of the Talmud: Sayings of the Fathers 4.39 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
6.
Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling
Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling 4.41 avg rating β€” 397 ratings
7.
The Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita 4.19 avg rating β€” 78,229 ratings
8.
Rama the Steadfast: An Early Form of the Ramayana
Rama the Steadfast: An Early Form of the Ramayana 3.67 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
9.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating β€” 494,720 ratings
10.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating β€” 1,156,763 ratings
11.
Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia
Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia
by: Hesiod
4.09 avg rating β€” 254 ratings
12.
Odes for Victorious Athletes
Odes for Victorious Athletes
by: Pindar
3.62 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
13.
7 Greeks
7 Greeks 4.40 avg rating β€” 310 ratings
14.
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
by: Aeschylus
4.02 avg rating β€” 45,635 ratings
15.
The Complete Aeschylus: Volume II: Persians and Other Plays
The Complete Aeschylus: Volume II: Persians and Other Plays
by: Aeschylus
3.99 avg rating β€” 8,684 ratings
16.
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus
by: Sophocles
3.99 avg rating β€” 69,741 ratings
17.
Sophocles II: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes (Complete Greek Tragedies, #4)
Sophocles II: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes (Complete Greek Tragedies, #4)
by: Sophocles
4.13 avg rating β€” 6,853 ratings
18.
Euripides I: Alcestis, Medea, The Children of Heracles, Hippolytus
Euripides I: Alcestis, Medea, The Children of Heracles, Hippolytus 4.02 avg rating β€” 19,121 ratings
19.
Euripides II: Andromache, Hecuba, The Suppliant Women, Electra
Euripides II: Andromache, Hecuba, The Suppliant Women, Electra
by: Euripides
4.17 avg rating β€” 173 ratings
20.
Euripides III: Heracles, The Trojan Women, Iphigenia among the Taurians, Ion
Euripides III: Heracles, The Trojan Women, Iphigenia among the Taurians, Ion
by: Euripides
4.23 avg rating β€” 150 ratings
21.
Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes
Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes
by: Euripides
4.18 avg rating β€” 163 ratings
22.
Ion: A Play After Euripides (Black Swan Books Literary Series)
Ion: A Play After Euripides (Black Swan Books Literary Series)
by: H.D.
3.80 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
23.
Three Comedies
Three Comedies 3.47 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
24.
The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists
The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists 3.96 avg rating β€” 955 ratings
25.
Plato: Complete Works
Plato: Complete Works
by: Plato
4.37 avg rating β€” 11,937 ratings
26.
Nicomachean Ethics
Nicomachean Ethics
by: Aristotle
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 57,318 ratings
27.
Classical Literary Criticism
Classical Literary Criticism 3.84 avg rating β€” 211 ratings
28.
The Histories
The Histories
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating β€” 54,683 ratings
29.
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating β€” 39,937 ratings
30.
Theocritus, Idylls and Epigrams
Theocritus, Idylls and Epigrams 3.94 avg rating β€” 35 ratings
31.
Callimachus: Hymns, Epigrams, Select Fragments
Callimachus: Hymns, Epigrams, Select Fragments 3.62 avg rating β€” 88 ratings
32.
Greek Lives
Greek Lives
by: Plutarch
4.05 avg rating β€” 691 ratings
33.
Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Lives
Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Lives
by: Plutarch
4.08 avg rating β€” 814 ratings
34.
Hellenistic Lives, including Alexander the Great
Hellenistic Lives, including Alexander the Great
by: Plutarch
4.37 avg rating β€” 35 ratings
35.
The Way Things Are
The Way Things Are
by: Lucretius
3.97 avg rating β€” 14,247 ratings
36.
The Aeneid of Virgil
The Aeneid of Virgil 3.87 avg rating β€” 139,150 ratings
37.
The Metamorphoses
The Metamorphoses 4.10 avg rating β€” 76,413 ratings
38.
The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights
by: Anonymous
4.03 avg rating β€” 80,398 ratings
39.
Sindbad, and Other Stories from the Arabian Nights
Sindbad, and Other Stories from the Arabian Nights
by: Anonymous
4.06 avg rating β€” 1,194 ratings
40.
Al-Qur'an: A Contemporary Translation.
Al-Qur'an: A Contemporary Translation.
by: Anonymous
4.38 avg rating β€” 71,374 ratings
41.
Edda
Edda 4.15 avg rating β€” 15,390 ratings
42.
The Poetic Edda
The Poetic Edda
by: Unknown
4.26 avg rating β€” 11,712 ratings
43.
Yvain: The Knight of the Lion
Yvain: The Knight of the Lion 3.55 avg rating β€” 4,148 ratings
44.
Das Nibelungenlied: Song of the Nibelungs
Das Nibelungenlied: Song of the Nibelungs
by: Unknown
3.82 avg rating β€” 8,697 ratings
45.
Prison of love, 1492: Together with the continuation by NicolΓ‘s NΓΊΓ±ez, 1496
Prison of love, 1492: Together with the continuation by NicolΓ‘s NΓΊΓ±ez, 1496 3.41 avg rating β€” 539 ratings