Best Books of the 18th Century

1.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,940 ratings
2.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,557 ratings
3.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 325,013 ratings
4.
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther 3.69 avg rating — 148,985 ratings
5.
Les Liaisons dangereuses
Les Liaisons dangereuses 4.05 avg rating — 57,188 ratings
6.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 3.97 avg rating — 61,822 ratings
7.
U.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) (Books of American Wisdom)
U.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) (Books of American Wisdom) 4.52 avg rating — 27,060 ratings
8.
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Songs of Innocence and of Experience 4.09 avg rating — 50,999 ratings
9.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 3.75 avg rating — 34,039 ratings
10.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating — 26,300 ratings
11.
Moll Flanders
Moll Flanders 3.51 avg rating — 48,079 ratings
12.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 3.73 avg rating — 22,672 ratings
13.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 4.02 avg rating — 15,257 ratings
14.
The Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the United States
The Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the United States 4.44 avg rating — 26,984 ratings
15.
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings 4.14 avg rating — 15,755 ratings
16.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 3.85 avg rating — 89,885 ratings
17.
A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works
A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works 4.05 avg rating — 14,602 ratings
18.
The Castle of Otranto
The Castle of Otranto 3.19 avg rating — 39,784 ratings
19.
The Monk
The Monk 3.85 avg rating — 31,713 ratings
20.
The Social Contract
The Social Contract 3.78 avg rating — 55,707 ratings
21.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 3.88 avg rating — 34,382 ratings
22.
The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers 4.10 avg rating — 41,559 ratings
23.
Evelina
Evelina 3.70 avg rating — 18,234 ratings
24.
Jacques the Fatalist
Jacques the Fatalist 3.80 avg rating — 9,456 ratings
25.
Critique of Pure Reason
Critique of Pure Reason 3.96 avg rating — 40,923 ratings
26.
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell 4.19 avg rating — 11,415 ratings
27.
Confessions
Confessions 3.59 avg rating — 9,159 ratings
28.
The Rape of the Lock
The Rape of the Lock 3.54 avg rating — 16,926 ratings
29.
Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady
Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady 3.39 avg rating — 8,499 ratings
30.
The Mysteries of Udolpho
The Mysteries of Udolpho 3.42 avg rating — 16,589 ratings
31.
Common Sense
Common Sense really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38,569 ratings
32.
Lyrical Ballads
Lyrical Ballads 3.95 avg rating — 12,916 ratings
33.
A Journal of the Plague Year
A Journal of the Plague Year 3.56 avg rating — 11,579 ratings
34.
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 3.94 avg rating — 21,940 ratings
35.
Emile, or On Education
Emile, or On Education 3.58 avg rating — 5,191 ratings
36.
The Age of Reason
The Age of Reason 4.12 avg rating — 9,301 ratings
37.
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure 3.27 avg rating — 13,097 ratings
38.
Pamela
Pamela 2.76 avg rating — 13,357 ratings
39.
Rights of Man
Rights of Man 4.02 avg rating — 10,354 ratings
40.
The Vicar of Wakefield
The Vicar of Wakefield 3.46 avg rating — 10,544 ratings
41.
Zadig et autres contes
Zadig et autres contes
by: Voltaire
3.79 avg rating — 6,233 ratings
42.
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals 3.83 avg rating — 22,115 ratings
43.
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship 3.76 avg rating — 3,412 ratings
44.
The Life of Samuel Johnson
The Life of Samuel Johnson 3.80 avg rating — 5,264 ratings
45.
She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer 3.65 avg rating — 12,184 ratings
46.
Die Räuber
Die Räuber 3.42 avg rating — 12,559 ratings
47.
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Reflections on the Revolution in France 3.74 avg rating — 7,117 ratings
48.
Dream of the Red Chamber
Dream of the Red Chamber 4.01 avg rating — 2,775 ratings
49.
The Adventures of Baron Münchausen
The Adventures of Baron Münchausen 3.80 avg rating — 8,223 ratings
50.
Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut 3.31 avg rating — 16,176 ratings
51.
Cecilia
Cecilia 3.77 avg rating — 3,914 ratings
52.
School for Scandal
School for Scandal 3.61 avg rating — 7,921 ratings
53.
Vathek
Vathek 3.24 avg rating — 7,104 ratings
54.
Roxana
Roxana 3.42 avg rating — 5,594 ratings
55.
Micromegas
Micromegas
by: Voltaire
3.64 avg rating — 6,589 ratings
56.
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano 3.74 avg rating — 14,419 ratings
57.
The Beggar's Opera
The Beggar's Opera
by: John Gay
3.40 avg rating — 3,990 ratings
58.
L'Ingénu
L'Ingénu
by: Voltaire
3.52 avg rating — 4,157 ratings
59.
The Nun
The Nun 3.75 avg rating — 8,504 ratings
60.
Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews 3.28 avg rating — 5,983 ratings
61.
Camilla
Camilla 3.75 avg rating — 2,883 ratings
62.
New Science
New Science 3.99 avg rating — 920 ratings
63.
A Sentimental Journey
A Sentimental Journey 3.31 avg rating — 6,288 ratings
64.
An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 4.02 avg rating — 1,274 ratings
65.
The Italian
The Italian 3.53 avg rating — 6,010 ratings
66.
A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthology
A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthology 4.22 avg rating — 116 ratings
67.
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics 3.94 avg rating — 9,878 ratings
68.
Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue
Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue 3.42 avg rating — 16,434 ratings
69.
Critique of Judgment
Critique of Judgment 4.09 avg rating — 9,512 ratings
70.
Encyclopédie: Ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (1)
Encyclopédie: Ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (1)
by: Various
4.11 avg rating — 56 ratings
71.
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful 3.69 avg rating — 2,670 ratings
72.
Hyperion oder Der Eremit in Griechenland
Hyperion oder Der Eremit in Griechenland 3.98 avg rating — 2,611 ratings
73.
Persian Letters
Persian Letters 3.64 avg rating — 7,954 ratings
74.
The Female Quixote
The Female Quixote 3.52 avg rating — 3,110 ratings
75.
A Treatise of Human Nature
A Treatise of Human Nature 3.95 avg rating — 12,539 ratings
76.
The Spirit of the Laws
The Spirit of the Laws 3.98 avg rating — 5,315 ratings
77.
Reveries of the Solitary Walker
Reveries of the Solitary Walker 3.61 avg rating — 7,318 ratings
78.
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 4.05 avg rating — 2,454 ratings
79.
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker 3.43 avg rating — 3,530 ratings
80.
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia 3.46 avg rating — 6,728 ratings
81.
Notes on the State of Virginia (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press)
Notes on the State of Virginia (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press) 3.45 avg rating — 640 ratings
82.
Don Karlos: Infant von Spanien
Don Karlos: Infant von Spanien 3.51 avg rating — 2,129 ratings
83.
Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard
Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard 3.64 avg rating — 7,107 ratings
84.
Critique of Practical Reason
Critique of Practical Reason 3.94 avg rating — 11,653 ratings
85.
The Rivals
The Rivals 3.66 avg rating — 2,697 ratings
86.
Kabale und Liebe
Kabale und Liebe 3.06 avg rating — 12,645 ratings
87.
Castle Rackrent
Castle Rackrent 3.16 avg rating — 4,280 ratings
88.
The Servant of Two Masters (Plays for Performance Series)
The Servant of Two Masters (Plays for Performance Series) 3.83 avg rating — 2,840 ratings
89.
Philosophy in the Boudoir
Philosophy in the Boudoir 3.43 avg rating — 8,362 ratings
90.
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days 4.20 avg rating — 2,418 ratings
91.
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God 3.87 avg rating — 3,917 ratings
92.
Maria Stuart
Maria Stuart 3.46 avg rating — 10,099 ratings
93.
A Modest Proposal
A Modest Proposal 4.02 avg rating — 48,432 ratings
94.
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 3: The Warning Voice
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 3: The Warning Voice 4.44 avg rating — 877 ratings
95.
Hymns to the Night
Hymns to the Night
by: Novalis
4.01 avg rating — 2,801 ratings
96.
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous 3.84 avg rating — 1,211 ratings
97.
An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews
An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews 3.26 avg rating — 948 ratings
98.
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 2: The Crab-Flower Club
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 2: The Crab-Flower Club 4.35 avg rating — 1,024 ratings
99.
G. W. Leibniz's Monadology: An Edition for Students
G. W. Leibniz's Monadology: An Edition for Students 3.88 avg rating — 1,692 ratings
100.
Paul et Virginie
Paul et Virginie 3.73 avg rating — 8,028 ratings
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