Classical List

1.
The Iliad / The Odyssey
The Iliad / The Odyssey
by: Homer
4.07 avg rating — 82,149 ratings
2.
Plato: Complete Works
Plato: Complete Works
by: Plato
4.37 avg rating — 11,938 ratings
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The Nicomachean Ethics
The Nicomachean Ethics
by: Aristotle
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 57,307 ratings
4.
Politics
Politics
by: Aristotle
3.98 avg rating — 41,881 ratings
5.
The Histories
The Histories
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating — 54,680 ratings
6.
History of the Peloponnesian War
History of the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating — 39,936 ratings
7.
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating — 232,009 ratings
8.
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
by: Sophocles
3.68 avg rating — 170,462 ratings
9.
The Aeneid
The Aeneid
by: Virgil
3.87 avg rating — 139,140 ratings
10.
On Duties
On Duties 3.95 avg rating — 2,718 ratings
11.
On the Republic / On the Laws
On the Republic / On the Laws 3.89 avg rating — 2,698 ratings
12.
Plutarch’s Lives (Volumes I and II)
Plutarch’s Lives (Volumes I and II)
by: Plutarch
4.36 avg rating — 88 ratings
13.
Meditations
Meditations 4.28 avg rating — 320,723 ratings
14.
The Holy Bible -NRSV Reference Bible
The Holy Bible -NRSV Reference Bible 4.86 avg rating — 14 ratings
15.
The Confessions of St. Augustine
The Confessions of St. Augustine 3.99 avg rating — 71,260 ratings
16.
St. Augustine of Hippo: The City of God
St. Augustine of Hippo: The City of God 3.94 avg rating — 13,448 ratings
17.
The Consolation of Philosophy
The Consolation of Philosophy
by: Boethius
4.05 avg rating — 17,140 ratings
18.
A Shorter Summa: The Essential Philosophical Passages of Saint Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica
A Shorter Summa: The Essential Philosophical Passages of Saint Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica 4.04 avg rating — 425 ratings
19.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating — 167,101 ratings
20.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,402 ratings
21.
Praise of Folly
Praise of Folly
by: Erasmus
3.83 avg rating — 19,731 ratings
22.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,146 ratings
23.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar 3.71 avg rating — 215,358 ratings
24.
King Lear
King Lear 3.91 avg rating — 232,687 ratings
25.
Francis Bacon - Novum Organum
Francis Bacon - Novum Organum 3.69 avg rating — 1,749 ratings
26.
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost 3.85 avg rating — 177,949 ratings
27.
Second Treatise of Government
Second Treatise of Government 3.78 avg rating — 23,639 ratings
28.
The Spirit of the Laws
The Spirit of the Laws 3.98 avg rating — 5,314 ratings
29.
The Social Contract
The Social Contract 3.78 avg rating — 55,696 ratings
30.
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Reflections on the Revolution in France 3.74 avg rating — 7,116 ratings
31.
The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers 4.10 avg rating — 41,559 ratings
32.
Democracy in America
Democracy in America 4.05 avg rating — 26,630 ratings
33.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,235 ratings
34.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,425 ratings
35.
The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Death of Ivan Ilych 4.14 avg rating — 205,062 ratings
36.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,266 ratings
37.
The Idea of a University
The Idea of a University 4.09 avg rating — 817 ratings
38.
The Abolition of Man
The Abolition of Man 4.12 avg rating — 38,834 ratings
39.
Christianity and Culture: The Idea of a Christian Society and Notes Towards the Definition of Culture
Christianity and Culture: The Idea of a Christian Society and Notes Towards the Definition of Culture 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
40.
T. S. Elliot's The Waste Land
T. S. Elliot's The Waste Land 4.24 avg rating — 534 ratings
41.
Orthodoxy
Orthodoxy 4.19 avg rating — 41,131 ratings
42.
The Everlasting Man
The Everlasting Man 4.16 avg rating — 10,417 ratings
43.
The Roots of American Order
The Roots of American Order 4.26 avg rating — 474 ratings
44.
On the Incarnation
On the Incarnation 4.35 avg rating — 14,570 ratings
45.
Proslogion
Proslogion 3.83 avg rating — 836 ratings
46.
Rerum Novarum: Encyclical Letter - Rights and Duties of Capital and Labour
Rerum Novarum: Encyclical Letter - Rights and Duties of Capital and Labour 4.39 avg rating — 904 ratings
47.
Gaudium Et Spes: Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World
Gaudium Et Spes: Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World 4.34 avg rating — 211 ratings
48.
Fides et Ratio: On the Relationship Between Faith and Reason
Fides et Ratio: On the Relationship Between Faith and Reason 4.41 avg rating — 1,107 ratings
49.
Introduction to Christianity (Communio Books) of Joseph Ratzinger Revised Edition on 01 December 2004
Introduction to Christianity (Communio Books) of Joseph Ratzinger Revised Edition on 01 December 2004 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings
50.
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 3,050,998 ratings
51.
Leisure: The Basis of Culture
Leisure: The Basis of Culture 4.26 avg rating — 3,616 ratings
52.
Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter 4.31 avg rating — 13,883 ratings
53.
The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor 4.47 avg rating — 2,091 ratings
54.
The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion 4.03 avg rating — 325,040 ratings
55.
Letter to Artists
Letter to Artists 4.65 avg rating — 119 ratings
56.
Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art 4.25 avg rating — 9,620 ratings
57.
Till We Have Faces
Till We Have Faces 4.20 avg rating — 77,519 ratings
58.
The Reed of God
The Reed of God 4.60 avg rating — 2,209 ratings
59.
Essays on Woman: 002;Collected Works of Edith Stein
Essays on Woman: 002;Collected Works of Edith Stein 4.42 avg rating — 443 ratings
60.
Shirt of Flame: A Year with St. Therese of Lisieux
Shirt of Flame: A Year with St. Therese of Lisieux 4.04 avg rating — 588 ratings
61.
The Crisis of Western Education
The Crisis of Western Education 4.48 avg rating — 88 ratings
62.
What's Wrong with the World
What's Wrong with the World 4.04 avg rating — 2,719 ratings
63.
The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations 3.97 avg rating — 4,172 ratings
64.
After Virtue
After Virtue 4.18 avg rating — 6,177 ratings
65.
Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief and World Religions
Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief and World Religions 4.29 avg rating — 341 ratings
66.
Why Liberalism Failed
Why Liberalism Failed 3.86 avg rating — 3,453 ratings
67.
Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture
Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture 4.33 avg rating — 1,082 ratings
68.
Christianity and Culture: The Idea of a Christian Society and Notes Towards the Definition of Culture
Christianity and Culture: The Idea of a Christian Society and Notes Towards the Definition of Culture 3.88 avg rating — 558 ratings
69.
The Book of the New Sun
The Book of the New Sun 4.23 avg rating — 4,542 ratings
70.
Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin
Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin 4.21 avg rating — 440 ratings