Appendix C: The Democratic Age, Pt 1 (Harold Bloom's Western Canon)

1.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,645 ratings
2.
The Red and the Black
The Red and the Black
by: Stendhal
3.86 avg rating — 81,050 ratings
3.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame 4.02 avg rating — 213,364 ratings
4.
The Charterhouse of Parma
The Charterhouse of Parma
by: Stendhal
3.79 avg rating — 19,482 ratings
5.
Germinal
Germinal 4.20 avg rating — 41,611 ratings
6.
The Betrothed
The Betrothed 3.87 avg rating — 17,045 ratings
7.
Fortunata and Jacinta
Fortunata and Jacinta 4.26 avg rating — 2,762 ratings
7.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,220 ratings
9.
Père Goriot
Père Goriot 3.85 avg rating — 64,956 ratings
10.
Selected Poetry and Prose
Selected Poetry and Prose 4.06 avg rating — 304 ratings
11.
Sentimental Education
Sentimental Education 3.81 avg rating — 24,077 ratings
12.
L'Assommoir
L'Assommoir 4.08 avg rating — 18,737 ratings
13.
Danton's Death / Leonce and Lena / Woyzeck
Danton's Death / Leonce and Lena / Woyzeck 3.73 avg rating — 440 ratings
14.
Les Fleurs du Mal
Les Fleurs du Mal 4.20 avg rating — 77,702 ratings
15.
The Ring of the Nibelung
The Ring of the Nibelung 4.29 avg rating — 1,088 ratings
16.
Canti
Canti 4.38 avg rating — 3,095 ratings
17.
The Maias
The Maias 3.99 avg rating — 26,454 ratings
18.
The Toilers of the Sea
The Toilers of the Sea 4.06 avg rating — 4,853 ratings
19.
Lost Illusions
Lost Illusions 4.16 avg rating — 12,143 ratings
20.
Cousin Bette
Cousin Bette 3.85 avg rating — 10,503 ratings
21.
Complete Works
Complete Works 4.40 avg rating — 9,351 ratings
22.
Hymns to the Night
Hymns to the Night
by: Novalis
4.01 avg rating — 2,801 ratings
23.
The Devil's Elixirs
The Devil's Elixirs 3.78 avg rating — 3,107 ratings
24.
The Complete Major Prose Plays
The Complete Major Prose Plays 4.37 avg rating — 238 ratings
25.
The Devil's Pool
The Devil's Pool 3.41 avg rating — 4,902 ratings
26.
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales 4.23 avg rating — 219,180 ratings
27.
Beyond Good and Evil
Beyond Good and Evil 4.03 avg rating — 109,312 ratings
27.
The Will to Power
The Will to Power 4.06 avg rating — 11,018 ratings
29.
On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic
On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic 4.12 avg rating — 33,988 ratings
30.
The House by the Medlar Tree
The House by the Medlar Tree 3.47 avg rating — 15,619 ratings
31.
Nana (Les Rougon-Macquart, #9)
Nana (Les Rougon-Macquart, #9) 3.84 avg rating — 27,056 ratings
32.
Indian Summer
Indian Summer 3.81 avg rating — 333 ratings
33.
La Regenta
La Regenta 4.01 avg rating — 5,565 ratings
34.
Adolphe
Adolphe 3.57 avg rating — 3,383 ratings
35.
Zibaldone
Zibaldone 4.43 avg rating — 456 ratings
35.
Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb
Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb 3.89 avg rating — 947 ratings
37.
Chatterton
Chatterton 3.25 avg rating — 275 ratings
38.
Effi Briest
Effi Briest 3.27 avg rating — 15,799 ratings
39.
Lorenzaccio
Lorenzaccio 3.64 avg rating — 4,510 ratings
40.
Mademoiselle de Maupin
Mademoiselle de Maupin 3.89 avg rating — 1,377 ratings
41.
My Fantoms
My Fantoms 4.06 avg rating — 294 ratings
42.
Selected Poems of Victor Hugo: A Bilingual Edition
Selected Poems of Victor Hugo: A Bilingual Edition 4.12 avg rating — 321 ratings
43.
Eugénie Grandet
Eugénie Grandet 3.79 avg rating — 25,135 ratings
44.
Salammbo
Salammbo 3.73 avg rating — 6,389 ratings
45.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life 4.06 avg rating — 3,714 ratings
45.
Paris Spleen
Paris Spleen 4.24 avg rating — 15,177 ratings
47.
The Wild Ass's Skin
The Wild Ass's Skin 3.69 avg rating — 11,249 ratings
48.
History of the Thirteen
History of the Thirteen 3.71 avg rating — 675 ratings
49.
Louis Lambert
Louis Lambert 3.41 avg rating — 434 ratings
50.
Ursule Mirouët
Ursule Mirouët 3.66 avg rating — 872 ratings
51.
Philosophical Writings
Philosophical Writings
by: Novalis
4.30 avg rating — 151 ratings
52.
The Lake of the Bees
The Lake of the Bees 3.70 avg rating — 780 ratings
53.
A Simple Heart
A Simple Heart 3.45 avg rating — 8,939 ratings
53.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.11 avg rating — 1,780 ratings
55.
Philosophical Fragments
Philosophical Fragments 4.04 avg rating — 95 ratings
56.
Miss Julie and Other Plays
Miss Julie and Other Plays 3.78 avg rating — 1,630 ratings
57.
A Parisian Affair and Other Stories
A Parisian Affair and Other Stories 4.16 avg rating — 927 ratings
58.
Brand
Brand 3.73 avg rating — 1,065 ratings
59.
Sepulchres
Sepulchres really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 306 ratings
59.
Peer Gynt (The Nordic Series) (Volume 2)
Peer Gynt (The Nordic Series) (Volume 2) 3.71 avg rating — 9,059 ratings
61.
Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis
Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis 3.46 avg rating — 5,562 ratings
62.
On the Historical Novel
On the Historical Novel 3.39 avg rating — 18 ratings
63.
Operette Morali: Essays and Dialogues (Biblioteca Italiana) (Volume 3)
Operette Morali: Essays and Dialogues (Biblioteca Italiana) (Volume 3) 4.34 avg rating — 1,693 ratings
64.
Thoughts
Thoughts 3.88 avg rating — 722 ratings
64.
Tales of Hoffmann
Tales of Hoffmann 4.02 avg rating — 2,285 ratings
66.
"Scoring in Heaven": The Lore of Lost Cemetery Art in the American Southwest
"Scoring in Heaven": The Lore of Lost Cemetery Art in the American Southwest really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
67.
Carducci: Selected Verse
Carducci: Selected Verse 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
68.
Little Novels of Sicily: Novelle Rusticane
Little Novels of Sicily: Novelle Rusticane 3.74 avg rating — 282 ratings
69.
Mastro-don Gesualdo: Edizione critica
Mastro-don Gesualdo: Edizione critica 3.48 avg rating — 2,610 ratings
69.
Green Henry
Green Henry 3.79 avg rating — 514 ratings
71.
Cavalleria Rusticana and Other Stories
Cavalleria Rusticana and Other Stories 3.64 avg rating — 305 ratings
72.
Rimas
Rimas 4.21 avg rating — 3,467 ratings
73.
The Red Notebook
The Red Notebook 3.34 avg rating — 67 ratings
74.
Atala / René
Atala / René 3.23 avg rating — 1,523 ratings
75.
Méditations poétiques et Nouvelles méditations poétiques
Méditations poétiques et Nouvelles méditations poétiques 3.44 avg rating — 285 ratings
76.
The Distance, The Shadows
The Distance, The Shadows 4.47 avg rating — 19 ratings
77.
Shakespeare
Shakespeare 3.85 avg rating — 91 ratings
78.
Poésies Complètes
Poésies Complètes 3.91 avg rating — 77 ratings
79.
Selected Writings
Selected Writings 4.28 avg rating — 338 ratings
80.
The Chimeras
The Chimeras 4.06 avg rating — 243 ratings
81.
The Greene Murder Case
The Greene Murder Case 4.14 avg rating — 124 ratings
82.
Love
Love
by: Stendhal
3.62 avg rating — 1,995 ratings
83.
Wry-Blue Loves: "Les Amours jaunes" and Other Poems
Wry-Blue Loves: "Les Amours jaunes" and Other Poems 3.67 avg rating — 269 ratings
84.
Selected Writings
Selected Writings 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings
85.
Emperor and Galilean
Emperor and Galilean 3.77 avg rating — 172 ratings
86.
The Road to Damascus: A Trilogy
The Road to Damascus: A Trilogy 3.70 avg rating — 221 ratings
87.
Mozart's Journey to Prague and a Selection of Poems
Mozart's Journey to Prague and a Selection of Poems 3.53 avg rating — 62 ratings
88.
The Black Spider
The Black Spider 3.48 avg rating — 4,542 ratings
89.
Songs of Love and Grief: A Bilingual Anthology in the Verse Forms of the Originals
Songs of Love and Grief: A Bilingual Anthology in the Verse Forms of the Originals 4.06 avg rating — 105 ratings
90.
The Birth of Tragedy
The Birth of Tragedy 3.98 avg rating — 20,453 ratings
91.
Poems
Poems 3.74 avg rating — 76 ratings