Steve Donoghue Top 100

1.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating β€” 494,607 ratings
2.
Candide, or, Optimism
Candide, or, Optimism
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating β€” 294,505 ratings
3.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating β€” 1,156,544 ratings
4.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating β€” 4,632,741 ratings
5.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating β€” 356,965 ratings
6.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating β€” 1,959,024 ratings
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The Metamorphoses
The Metamorphoses 4.10 avg rating β€” 76,392 ratings
8.
Lysistrata
Lysistrata 3.87 avg rating β€” 52,371 ratings
9.
The Holy Bible: King James Version
The Holy Bible: King James Version
by: Anonymous
4.44 avg rating β€” 308,824 ratings
10.
The Oresteia
The Oresteia
by: Aeschylus
4.02 avg rating β€” 45,634 ratings
11.
The Histories
The Histories
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating β€” 54,680 ratings
12.
The Aeneid of Virgil
The Aeneid of Virgil 3.87 avg rating β€” 139,134 ratings
13.
The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights
by: Anonymous
4.03 avg rating β€” 80,393 ratings
14.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating β€” 167,091 ratings
15.
The Complete Essays
The Complete Essays 4.23 avg rating β€” 21,557 ratings
16.
Notre-Dame de Paris
Notre-Dame de Paris 4.02 avg rating β€” 213,354 ratings
17.
The Praise of Folly
The Praise of Folly
by: Erasmus
3.83 avg rating β€” 19,731 ratings
18.
Moby-Dick; or, the Whale
Moby-Dick; or, the Whale 3.56 avg rating β€” 602,754 ratings
19.
The Decameron
The Decameron 3.88 avg rating β€” 42,703 ratings
20.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
by: Unknown
3.75 avg rating β€” 871 ratings
21.
Oedipus the King
Oedipus the King
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating β€” 231,993 ratings
22.
Electra
Electra
by: Euripides
3.95 avg rating β€” 8,152 ratings
23.
Annals
Annals
by: Tacitus
3.98 avg rating β€” 9,162 ratings
24.
The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating β€” 220,179 ratings
25.
The Ramayana
The Ramayana 4.07 avg rating β€” 13,008 ratings
26.
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings 4.51 avg rating β€” 5,518 ratings
27.
The Riverside Shakespeare Complete Works
The Riverside Shakespeare Complete Works 4.48 avg rating β€” 57,544 ratings
28.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating β€” 174,964 ratings
29.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating β€” 234,617 ratings
30.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating β€” 131,955 ratings
31.
Milton: Paradise Lost (Longman Annotated English Poets)
Milton: Paradise Lost (Longman Annotated English Poets) 3.85 avg rating β€” 177,939 ratings
32.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 4.02 avg rating β€” 15,255 ratings
33.
On the Origin of Species
On the Origin of Species 4.01 avg rating β€” 120,185 ratings
34.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 3.75 avg rating β€” 34,037 ratings
34.
Wealth of Nations
Wealth of Nations 3.88 avg rating β€” 34,378 ratings
36.
Faust: A Tragedy
Faust: A Tragedy 3.90 avg rating β€” 48,392 ratings
37.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating β€” 14,370 ratings
38.
Leviathan
Leviathan 3.70 avg rating β€” 51,346 ratings
39.
Democracy in America
Democracy in America 4.05 avg rating β€” 26,626 ratings
40.
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini 3.98 avg rating β€” 3,496 ratings
41.
The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia 3.59 avg rating β€” 740 ratings
42.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating β€” 896,468 ratings
43.
Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter 4.31 avg rating β€” 13,878 ratings
43.
The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams 3.63 avg rating β€” 4,868 ratings
45.
The Ring and the Book
The Ring and the Book 3.88 avg rating β€” 420 ratings
46.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating β€” 297,013 ratings
47.
The Faerie Queene
The Faerie Queene 3.58 avg rating β€” 17,147 ratings
48.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel 3.92 avg rating β€” 15,521 ratings
49.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating β€” 716,467 ratings
50.
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€” 39,936 ratings
51.
Gulliver's Travels (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift, Series Number 16)
Gulliver's Travels (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift, Series Number 16) 3.59 avg rating β€” 293,907 ratings
52.
Nicomachean Ethics
Nicomachean Ethics
by: Aristotle
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 57,301 ratings
53.
Al-Qur'an: A Contemporary Translation.
Al-Qur'an: A Contemporary Translation.
by: Anonymous
4.38 avg rating β€” 71,369 ratings
54.
Plutarch's Lives: Volume I
Plutarch's Lives: Volume I
by: Plutarch
4.10 avg rating β€” 5,997 ratings
55.
Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling
Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling 4.41 avg rating β€” 397 ratings
56.
The Selected Poems of Li Po
The Selected Poems of Li Po
by: Li Po
4.27 avg rating β€” 1,063 ratings
57.
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 3.94 avg rating β€” 21,936 ratings
57.
The Odes of Horace
The Odes of Horace
by: Horatius
4.05 avg rating β€” 1,132 ratings
59.
Njal's Saga
Njal's Saga
by: Anonymous
3.94 avg rating β€” 5,365 ratings
60.
Confessions: A New Translation
Confessions: A New Translation 3.99 avg rating β€” 71,250 ratings
61.
The New Organon
The New Organon 3.69 avg rating β€” 1,749 ratings
62.
The TΓ‘in: From the Irish Epic TΓ‘in BΓ³ CΓΊailnge
The TΓ‘in: From the Irish Epic TΓ‘in BΓ³ CΓΊailnge
by: Anonymous
3.95 avg rating β€” 4,885 ratings
63.
On Liberty
On Liberty 3.96 avg rating β€” 41,821 ratings
64.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich 4.22 avg rating β€” 144,568 ratings
65.
The Odes of John Keats
The Odes of John Keats 4.28 avg rating β€” 215 ratings
66.
Life of Johnson
Life of Johnson 3.80 avg rating β€” 5,264 ratings
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The Roman Revolution
The Roman Revolution 4.23 avg rating β€” 990 ratings
68.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating β€” 246,409 ratings
69.
Orlando Furioso: Part One (Orlando Furioso, #1)
Orlando Furioso: Part One (Orlando Furioso, #1) 4.18 avg rating β€” 402 ratings
70.
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil 4.20 avg rating β€” 31,550 ratings
71.
Heimskringla: Volume 1 -- The Beginnings to Γ“lΓ‘fr Tryggvason
Heimskringla: Volume 1 -- The Beginnings to Γ“lΓ‘fr Tryggvason 4.10 avg rating β€” 86 ratings
72.
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon 4.22 avg rating β€” 2,622 ratings
73.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume I – 1660 (Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1)
The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume I – 1660 (Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1) 4.10 avg rating β€” 201 ratings
74.
Rights of Man
Rights of Man 4.02 avg rating β€” 10,355 ratings
75.
The French Revolution
The French Revolution 3.89 avg rating β€” 1,058 ratings
76.
Catullus in English
Catullus in English
by: Catullus
4.20 avg rating β€” 147 ratings
77.
Religio Medici and Other Works
Religio Medici and Other Works 4.57 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
78.
Leaves of Grass: The Complete 1855 and 1891-92 Editions
Leaves of Grass: The Complete 1855 and 1891-92 Editions 4.11 avg rating β€” 114,638 ratings
79.
Walden: A Library of America Paperback Classic
Walden: A Library of America Paperback Classic 3.78 avg rating β€” 200,835 ratings
80.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating β€” 1,318,867 ratings
81.
The Anatomy of Melancholy
The Anatomy of Melancholy 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,840 ratings
82.
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding/Second Treatise of Goverment
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding/Second Treatise of Goverment 3.91 avg rating β€” 44 ratings
83.
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy Volume 1
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy Volume 1
by: Karl Marx
4.09 avg rating β€” 23,207 ratings
84.
The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Library of America Paperback Classic (The Library of America Paperback Classics Series)
The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Library of America Paperback Classic (The Library of America Paperback Classics Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 12,769 ratings
85.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain 4.13 avg rating β€” 56,588 ratings
86.
The Once and Future King
The Once and Future King 4.07 avg rating β€” 116,431 ratings
87.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating β€” 103,529 ratings
88.
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady 3.80 avg rating β€” 84,057 ratings
89.
The Songs and Sonets of John Donne
The Songs and Sonets of John Donne 4.13 avg rating β€” 358 ratings
90.
The New Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250–1950
The New Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250–1950 4.20 avg rating β€” 148 ratings
91.
Biographia Literaria
Biographia Literaria 3.94 avg rating β€” 559 ratings
92.
U.S.A.
U.S.A. 4.12 avg rating β€” 4,966 ratings
93.
Shakespeare's Lives
Shakespeare's Lives 4.17 avg rating β€” 64 ratings
94.
The Poems
The Poems 4.03 avg rating β€” 942 ratings
95.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Seven Pillars of Wisdom 3.91 avg rating β€” 11,815 ratings
96.
Summa Theologica
Summa Theologica 4.13 avg rating β€” 4,052 ratings
97.
The Poetic Edda
The Poetic Edda
by: Unknown
4.26 avg rating β€” 11,711 ratings
98.
Africa A Biography Of The Continent
Africa A Biography Of The Continent 4.18 avg rating β€” 1,882 ratings
99.
Animal Liberation
Animal Liberation 4.30 avg rating β€” 11,076 ratings
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The Penguin History of the World
The Penguin History of the World 4.08 avg rating β€” 2,492 ratings