Renaissance Literature Reading List

1.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,142 ratings
2.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,091 ratings
3.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,403 ratings
4.
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost 3.85 avg rating — 177,950 ratings
5.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,666 ratings
6.
King Lear
King Lear 3.91 avg rating — 232,688 ratings
7.
The Faerie Queene
The Faerie Queene 3.58 avg rating — 17,146 ratings
8.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,025 ratings
9.
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus 3.80 avg rating — 71,005 ratings
10.
Praise of Folly
Praise of Folly
by: Erasmus
3.83 avg rating — 19,731 ratings
11.
The Tempest
The Tempest 3.78 avg rating — 222,555 ratings
12.
Gargantua and Pantagruel
Gargantua and Pantagruel 3.65 avg rating — 16,003 ratings
13.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.94 avg rating — 568,060 ratings
14.
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew 3.74 avg rating — 178,315 ratings
15.
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing 4.06 avg rating — 254,892 ratings
16.
The Complete Essays
The Complete Essays 4.23 avg rating — 21,559 ratings
17.
The Decameron
The Decameron 3.88 avg rating — 42,706 ratings
18.
Utopia
Utopia 3.55 avg rating — 80,685 ratings
19.
The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose
The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose 4.25 avg rating — 3,811 ratings
20.
As You Like It
As You Like It 3.81 avg rating — 87,366 ratings
21.
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets 4.25 avg rating — 110,514 ratings
22.
Tartuffe
Tartuffe
by: Molière
3.66 avg rating — 42,284 ratings
23.
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night 3.96 avg rating — 191,693 ratings
24.
Richard III
Richard III 3.91 avg rating — 57,231 ratings
25.
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra 3.71 avg rating — 42,725 ratings
26.
The Misanthrope and Other Plays
The Misanthrope and Other Plays
by: Molière
4.03 avg rating — 3,385 ratings
27.
Henry V
Henry V 3.85 avg rating — 52,293 ratings
28.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar 3.71 avg rating — 215,358 ratings
29.
Orlando Furioso
Orlando Furioso 4.04 avg rating — 4,027 ratings
30.
The Complete Works
The Complete Works 4.48 avg rating — 57,543 ratings
31.
The Imaginary Invalid
The Imaginary Invalid
by: Molière
3.62 avg rating — 18,691 ratings
32.
The Misanthrope
The Misanthrope
by: Molière
3.76 avg rating — 24,906 ratings
33.
The Old Arcadia
The Old Arcadia 3.59 avg rating — 740 ratings
34.
Collected Works
Collected Works 4.38 avg rating — 224 ratings
35.
Defense of Poesie, Astrophel and Stella and Other Writings
Defense of Poesie, Astrophel and Stella and Other Writings 3.70 avg rating — 288 ratings
36.
The Treasure of the City of Ladies
The Treasure of the City of Ladies 3.63 avg rating — 558 ratings
37.
Isabella Whitney, Mary Sidney and Amelia Lanyer: Renaissance Women Poets
Isabella Whitney, Mary Sidney and Amelia Lanyer: Renaissance Women Poets 3.59 avg rating — 109 ratings
38.
The Miser and Other Plays: A New Selection
The Miser and Other Plays: A New Selection
by: Molière
3.80 avg rating — 621 ratings
39.
The Heptameron
The Heptameron 3.59 avg rating — 1,417 ratings
40.
'Tis Pity She's a Whore and Other Plays
'Tis Pity She's a Whore and Other Plays
by: John Ford
3.85 avg rating — 627 ratings
41.
The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan
The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan 3.32 avg rating — 190 ratings
42.
The Princesse de Clèves
The Princesse de Clèves 3.35 avg rating — 18,136 ratings
43.
Edward II
Edward II 3.66 avg rating — 7,236 ratings
44.
The Metaphysical Poets
The Metaphysical Poets 4.21 avg rating — 1,111 ratings
45.
Phèdre
Phèdre 3.69 avg rating — 23,846 ratings
46.
Pensées
Pensées 3.94 avg rating — 14,064 ratings
47.
The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself
The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself 4.11 avg rating — 11,776 ratings
48.
Three Major Plays
Three Major Plays 3.81 avg rating — 133 ratings
49.
Five Plays
Five Plays 3.80 avg rating — 85 ratings
50.
The Book of the City of Ladies
The Book of the City of Ladies 3.80 avg rating — 4,256 ratings
51.
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding 3.86 avg rating — 17,028 ratings
52.
Don Juan
Don Juan
by: Molière
3.55 avg rating — 17,065 ratings
53.
Cymbeline
Cymbeline 3.60 avg rating — 11,595 ratings
54.
The Calandria
The Calandria 3.34 avg rating — 61 ratings
55.
Five Plays
Five Plays 3.89 avg rating — 92 ratings
56.
An Essay on Man
An Essay on Man 3.70 avg rating — 1,836 ratings
57.
The Country Wife
The Country Wife 3.34 avg rating — 4,720 ratings
57.
Doctor Faustus and Other Plays
Doctor Faustus and Other Plays 3.95 avg rating — 2,744 ratings
59.
The Cid / Cinna / The Theatrical Illusion
The Cid / Cinna / The Theatrical Illusion 3.61 avg rating — 449 ratings
60.
Interior Castle
Interior Castle 4.16 avg rating — 9,144 ratings
61.
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
62.
The Imitation of Christ
The Imitation of Christ 4.23 avg rating — 25,678 ratings
63.
Dives and Pauper
Dives and Pauper
by: Anonymous
3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
64.
The Great Chain of Being: A Study of the History of an Idea
The Great Chain of Being: A Study of the History of an Idea 4.04 avg rating — 496 ratings
65.
Everyman and Other Miracle and Morality Plays
Everyman and Other Miracle and Morality Plays
by: Unknown
3.29 avg rating — 5,720 ratings
66.
Second Treatise of Government
Second Treatise of Government 3.78 avg rating — 23,639 ratings
67.
Andromaque
Andromaque 3.70 avg rating — 9,758 ratings
68.
Renaissance Drama: An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments
Renaissance Drama: An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments 3.80 avg rating — 61 ratings
69.
Blind Harry's Wallace
Blind Harry's Wallace 3.61 avg rating — 64 ratings
70.
Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch
Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch 3.72 avg rating — 2,716 ratings
70.
Fortune is a River: Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolò Machiavelli's Magnificent Dream to Change the Course of Florentine History
Fortune is a River: Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolò Machiavelli's Magnificent Dream to Change the Course of Florentine History 3.49 avg rating — 179 ratings
70.
Belphagor
Belphagor 3.50 avg rating — 292 ratings
73.
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
by: Ross King
3.91 avg rating — 27,849 ratings
74.
The Worth of Women: Wherein Is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men
The Worth of Women: Wherein Is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men 4.02 avg rating — 188 ratings
75.
Floridoro: A Chivalric Romance
Floridoro: A Chivalric Romance 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
75.
Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses
Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses 3.89 avg rating — 2,428 ratings
77.
Baldo, Volume 1: Books I-XII
Baldo, Volume 1: Books I-XII 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings
78.
Collected Works: The Translations of Katherine Philips,the Matchless Orinda
Collected Works: The Translations of Katherine Philips,the Matchless Orinda 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings
79.
Salve Deus Rex Judæorum
Salve Deus Rex Judæorum 3.67 avg rating — 389 ratings
80.
Small Catechism, with Explanation
Small Catechism, with Explanation 4.37 avg rating — 1,596 ratings
81.
De kunst van Janus Secundus: De "Kussen" en andere gedichten
De kunst van Janus Secundus: De "Kussen" en andere gedichten really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings