Best Books of the 1790's: 1790-1799

1.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating — 26,298 ratings
2.
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Songs of Innocence and of Experience 4.09 avg rating — 50,997 ratings
3.
Dream of the Red Chamber
Dream of the Red Chamber 4.01 avg rating — 2,775 ratings
4.
The Monk
The Monk 3.85 avg rating — 31,710 ratings
5.
Jacques the Fatalist
Jacques the Fatalist 3.80 avg rating — 9,455 ratings
6.
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell 4.19 avg rating — 11,414 ratings
7.
The Mysteries of Udolpho
The Mysteries of Udolpho 3.42 avg rating — 16,588 ratings
8.
Caleb Williams
Caleb Williams 3.45 avg rating — 4,803 ratings
9.
Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue
Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue 3.42 avg rating — 16,431 ratings
10.
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Reflections on the Revolution in France 3.74 avg rating — 7,116 ratings
10.
The Italian
The Italian 3.53 avg rating — 6,011 ratings
12.
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa 4.10 avg rating — 4,048 ratings
12.
Lyrical Ballads
Lyrical Ballads 3.95 avg rating — 12,915 ratings
14.
Hyperion and Selected Poems
Hyperion and Selected Poems 3.98 avg rating — 2,609 ratings
15.
The Life of Samuel Johnson
The Life of Samuel Johnson 3.80 avg rating — 5,264 ratings
16.
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings
Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings 4.02 avg rating — 503 ratings
17.
A Sicilian Romance
A Sicilian Romance 3.39 avg rating — 4,562 ratings
17.
Letters Written During A Short Residence In Sweden, Norway And Denmark
Letters Written During A Short Residence In Sweden, Norway And Denmark 3.53 avg rating — 1,013 ratings
19.
Camilla
Camilla 3.75 avg rating — 2,883 ratings
20.
The Romance of the Forest
The Romance of the Forest 3.50 avg rating — 3,008 ratings
21.
A Simple Story
A Simple Story 3.48 avg rating — 1,029 ratings
21.
Philosophy in the Boudoir
Philosophy in the Boudoir 3.42 avg rating — 8,362 ratings
23.
Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker 3.08 avg rating — 1,741 ratings
24.
Visions of the Daughters of Albion
Visions of the Daughters of Albion 4.03 avg rating — 358 ratings
25.
L'Autre Tartuffe ou La Mère Coupable
L'Autre Tartuffe ou La Mère Coupable 3.08 avg rating — 132 ratings
26.
Songs of Experience
Songs of Experience 4.18 avg rating — 812 ratings
27.
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
28.
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
29.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 3.97 avg rating — 61,819 ratings
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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
31.
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship 3.76 avg rating — 3,411 ratings
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 4: The Debt of Tears
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 4: The Debt of Tears 4.33 avg rating — 764 ratings
33.
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 5: The Dreamer Wakes
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 5: The Dreamer Wakes 4.34 avg rating — 749 ratings
34.
The Age of Reason
The Age of Reason 4.12 avg rating — 9,299 ratings
34.
Wallenstein I: Wallensteins Lager, Die Piccolomini
Wallenstein I: Wallensteins Lager, Die Piccolomini 3.54 avg rating — 316 ratings
36.
The Rights of Woman
The Rights of Woman 3.47 avg rating — 3,622 ratings
37.
Wallenstein II: Wallensteins Tod
Wallenstein II: Wallensteins Tod 3.68 avg rating — 303 ratings
38.
Hermsprong: or, Man as he is Not
Hermsprong: or, Man as he is Not 3.30 avg rating — 133 ratings
39.
Egmont: A Tragedy in Five Acts
Egmont: A Tragedy in Five Acts 3.44 avg rating — 612 ratings
40.
Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman
Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman 3.46 avg rating — 1,678 ratings
41.
Memoirs of Emma Courtney
Memoirs of Emma Courtney
by: Mary Hays
3.08 avg rating — 545 ratings
42.
The Book of Urizen
The Book of Urizen 4.09 avg rating — 625 ratings
43.
The Coquette
The Coquette 3.36 avg rating — 3,500 ratings
44.
Torquato Tasso
Torquato Tasso 3.29 avg rating — 659 ratings
45.
Hermann und Dorothea
Hermann und Dorothea 3.50 avg rating — 674 ratings
46.
Celestina
Celestina 3.53 avg rating — 47 ratings
47.
Charlotte Temple
Charlotte Temple 2.97 avg rating — 2,844 ratings
48.
The Travels of Dean Mahomet: An Eighteenth-Century Journey through India
The Travels of Dean Mahomet: An Eighteenth-Century Journey through India 3.35 avg rating — 40 ratings
49.
Siebenkäs
Siebenkäs 3.74 avg rating — 70 ratings
50.
Philosophical Fragments
Philosophical Fragments 4.04 avg rating — 95 ratings
50.
Publicola: Observations on Paine's Rights of Man in a series of letters
Publicola: Observations on Paine's Rights of Man in a series of letters 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings
50.
Travels into the Interior of Africa
Travels into the Interior of Africa 3.89 avg rating — 698 ratings
53.
Der blonde Eckbert
Der blonde Eckbert 3.45 avg rating — 589 ratings
54.
Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect 4.14 avg rating — 43 ratings
55.
Critique of Judgment
Critique of Judgment 4.09 avg rating — 9,512 ratings
56.
De non: Een schokkende bekentenis
De non: Een schokkende bekentenis 3.75 avg rating — 8,504 ratings
57.
De liefdesavonturen van Monsieur Nicolas
De liefdesavonturen van Monsieur Nicolas liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
58.
An Essay on the Principle of Population
An Essay on the Principle of Population 3.42 avg rating — 1,844 ratings
59.
Maximes et Pensées: Caractères et Anecdotes
Maximes et Pensées: Caractères et Anecdotes 4.06 avg rating — 128 ratings
60.
Memoirs of My Life
Memoirs of My Life 4.02 avg rating — 201 ratings
61.
Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist
Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist 3.38 avg rating — 2,252 ratings
62.
A View Of The Evidences Of Christianity: In Three Parts
A View Of The Evidences Of Christianity: In Three Parts it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
63.
Perpetual Peace and Other Essays
Perpetual Peace and Other Essays 3.85 avg rating — 1,324 ratings
64.
Essai sur les révolutions
Essai sur les révolutions 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
65.
The Metaphysics of Morals
The Metaphysics of Morals 3.94 avg rating — 2,724 ratings
66.
Foundations of Natural Right
Foundations of Natural Right 3.63 avg rating — 59 ratings
67.
Agrarian Justice Opposed to Agrarian Law, and to Agrarian Monopoly; Being a Plan for Meliorating the Condition of Man
Agrarian Justice Opposed to Agrarian Law, and to Agrarian Monopoly; Being a Plan for Meliorating the Condition of Man 4.12 avg rating — 177 ratings
68.
Von der Weltseele: Eine Hypothese der höheren Physik zur Erklärung des allgemeinen Organismus
Von der Weltseele: Eine Hypothese der höheren Physik zur Erklärung des allgemeinen Organismus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
69.
Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone
Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone 3.80 avg rating — 921 ratings
70.
America: A Prophecy and Europe: A Prophecy: Facsimile Reproductions of Two Illuminated Books
America: A Prophecy and Europe: A Prophecy: Facsimile Reproductions of Two Illuminated Books 4.06 avg rating — 107 ratings
71.
Goethe's Roman elegies
Goethe's Roman elegies 3.50 avg rating — 536 ratings
72.
Pollen and Fragments: Selected Poetry and Prose
Pollen and Fragments: Selected Poetry and Prose
by: Novalis
4.22 avg rating — 91 ratings
73.
Juliette
Juliette 3.67 avg rating — 4,805 ratings
74.
Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.71 avg rating — 260 ratings
75.
The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation
The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings
76.
The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes.
The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. 3.66 avg rating — 65 ratings
77.
The Landscape a didactic poem
The Landscape a didactic poem liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
78.
Poésies de André Chénier
Poésies de André Chénier 3.31 avg rating — 32 ratings
79.
Poems Written in Close Confinement in the Tower 1795
Poems Written in Close Confinement in the Tower 1795 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
80.
Travels and Adventures in Abyssinia and Nubia, 1768 - 1773, to Discover the Source of the Nile
Travels and Adventures in Abyssinia and Nubia, 1768 - 1773, to Discover the Source of the Nile 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
81.
Lucinde
Lucinde 3.03 avg rating — 229 ratings
82.
Wild Oats or the Strolling Gentlemen
Wild Oats or the Strolling Gentlemen 3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings
83.
Curiosities of Literature
Curiosities of Literature 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
84.
Aenesidemus, Oder, Über Die Fundamente Der Von Dem Herrn Professor Reinhold In Jena Gelieferten Elementar Philosophie: Nebst Einer Verteidigung Des Skeptizismus ... Vernunftkritik
Aenesidemus, Oder, Über Die Fundamente Der Von Dem Herrn Professor Reinhold In Jena Gelieferten Elementar Philosophie: Nebst Einer Verteidigung Des Skeptizismus ... Vernunftkritik it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
85.
The Road to Ruin (Revolution and Romanticism, 1789-1834)
The Road to Ruin (Revolution and Romanticism, 1789-1834) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
86.
Modern Chivalry
Modern Chivalry 3.20 avg rating — 35 ratings
87.
Desmond
Desmond 3.15 avg rating — 84 ratings
88.
The Advantages of Education, or The History of Maria Williams
The Advantages of Education, or The History of Maria Williams
by: Jane West
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
89.
Voyage Around My Room: Selected Works of Xavier de Maistre
Voyage Around My Room: Selected Works of Xavier de Maistre 3.80 avg rating — 458 ratings
90.
History of British Birds: Volume 1, Containing the History and Description of Land Birds
History of British Birds: Volume 1, Containing the History and Description of Land Birds 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
91.
The Children of the Abbey
The Children of the Abbey 3.90 avg rating — 59 ratings
92.
A Narrative of The Captivity of Mrs. Johnson; Containing An Account of Her Sufferings, During Four Years, With the Indians and French
A Narrative of The Captivity of Mrs. Johnson; Containing An Account of Her Sufferings, During Four Years, With the Indians and French 3.85 avg rating — 34 ratings
93.
The Algerine Captive, or The Life and Adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill
The Algerine Captive, or The Life and Adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill 3.03 avg rating — 225 ratings
94.
Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View
Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View 3.77 avg rating — 224 ratings
95.
The Boarding School: Or, Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils; Consisting of Information, Instruction, and Advice, Calculated to Improve the ... a Collection of Letters, Written by the Pupi
The Boarding School: Or, Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils; Consisting of Information, Instruction, and Advice, Calculated to Improve the ... a Collection of Letters, Written by the Pupi 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
96.
Clermont
Clermont 3.64 avg rating — 116 ratings
97.
Arthur Mervyn
Arthur Mervyn 3.19 avg rating — 279 ratings
98.
Ormond
Ormond 3.23 avg rating — 201 ratings
99.
The Abbess
The Abbess 3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings
100.
The pleasures of memory, and other poems
The pleasures of memory, and other poems liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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