Shimer's Great Book List

1.
Phenomenology of Spirit
Phenomenology of Spirit 3.96 avg rating — 19,985 ratings
2.
On Painting
On Painting 3.88 avg rating — 1,281 ratings
3.
Pensées
Pensées 3.94 avg rating — 14,064 ratings
4.
On Aggression
On Aggression 4.04 avg rating — 1,663 ratings
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Civilization and Its Discontents
Civilization and Its Discontents 3.79 avg rating — 43,512 ratings
6.
The Society of the Spectacle
The Society of the Spectacle 4.03 avg rating — 22,635 ratings
7.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,141 ratings
8.
Confessions
Confessions 3.59 avg rating — 9,159 ratings
9.
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot 3.84 avg rating — 217,105 ratings
10.
Metaphysics
Metaphysics
by: Aristotle
4.07 avg rating — 17,692 ratings
11.
Confessions
Confessions 3.99 avg rating — 71,259 ratings
12.
Beyond Good and Evil
Beyond Good and Evil 4.03 avg rating — 109,313 ratings
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On the Aesthetic Education of Man
On the Aesthetic Education of Man 3.94 avg rating — 1,789 ratings
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What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches 4.13 avg rating — 7,501 ratings
15.
Origins of Life
Origins of Life 3.90 avg rating — 230 ratings
16.
The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,194 ratings
17.
On Liberty
On Liberty 3.96 avg rating — 41,825 ratings
18.
The Human Condition
The Human Condition 4.20 avg rating — 9,181 ratings
19.
Gödel's Proof
Gödel's Proof 4.19 avg rating — 5,500 ratings
20.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,023 ratings
21.
On The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres
On The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres 4.09 avg rating — 981 ratings
22.
Interaction of Color
Interaction of Color 3.97 avg rating — 13,870 ratings
22.
Presocratics, The
Presocratics, The 4.03 avg rating — 232 ratings
22.
Being and Time
Being and Time 4.05 avg rating — 27,067 ratings
25.
The Histories
The Histories
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating — 54,681 ratings
25.
The Decline of the West
The Decline of the West 4.06 avg rating — 2,170 ratings
27.
The Unknown Masterpiece
The Unknown Masterpiece 3.82 avg rating — 5,952 ratings
27.
Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 746 ratings
29.
Learning to Listen: A Handbook for Music
Learning to Listen: A Handbook for Music 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
30.
A Hunger Artist
A Hunger Artist 4.09 avg rating — 21,912 ratings
30.
Faust, First Part
Faust, First Part 3.83 avg rating — 84,124 ratings
32.
Ion
Ion
by: Plato
3.58 avg rating — 3,370 ratings
33.
Learning to Look: A Handbook for the Visual Arts (Phoenix Books)
Learning to Look: A Handbook for the Visual Arts (Phoenix Books) 3.50 avg rating — 157 ratings
34.
The Lives of the Artists
The Lives of the Artists 3.77 avg rating — 32,497 ratings
35.
The Norton Anthology of Poetry, 4th Edition
The Norton Anthology of Poetry, 4th Edition 4.31 avg rating — 3,969 ratings
36.
Poetics
Poetics
by: Aristotle
3.83 avg rating — 28,472 ratings
37.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,511 ratings
38.
Fear and Trembling
Fear and Trembling really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29,957 ratings
39.
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume II
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume II 3.99 avg rating — 133 ratings
40.
Meditations on First Philosophy
Meditations on First Philosophy 3.74 avg rating — 28,666 ratings
41.
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
42.
Proslogion
Proslogion 3.83 avg rating — 836 ratings
43.
Apology
Apology
by: Plato
4.19 avg rating — 63,751 ratings
44.
Crito
Crito
by: Plato
3.93 avg rating — 11,035 ratings
45.
Phaedo
Phaedo
by: Plato
4.07 avg rating — 15,815 ratings
46.
Phaedrus
Phaedrus
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 10,948 ratings
47.
The Symposium
The Symposium
by: Plato
4.09 avg rating — 85,851 ratings
48.
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics 3.94 avg rating — 9,878 ratings
49.
The Birth of Tragedy
The Birth of Tragedy 3.98 avg rating — 20,454 ratings
50.
Introduction to Metaphysics
Introduction to Metaphysics 4.03 avg rating — 4,297 ratings
51.
Physics
Physics
by: Aristotle
3.98 avg rating — 4,370 ratings
52.
The Way Things Are
The Way Things Are
by: Lucretius
3.97 avg rating — 14,246 ratings
53.
Sketch of a Course of Chemical Philosophy
Sketch of a Course of Chemical Philosophy 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
54.
On the Soul/Parva Naturalia/On Breath
On the Soul/Parva Naturalia/On Breath
by: Aristotle
3.89 avg rating — 66 ratings
55.
De Anima
De Anima
by: Aristotle
4.03 avg rating — 6,549 ratings
56.
Natural Theology
Natural Theology 3.41 avg rating — 141 ratings
57.
Treatise on Light
Treatise on Light 3.72 avg rating — 69 ratings
58.
The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy 4.24 avg rating — 4,779 ratings
59.
Opticks: Or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light-Based on the Fourth Edition London, 1730
Opticks: Or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light-Based on the Fourth Edition London, 1730 4.26 avg rating — 331 ratings
60.
Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (On the Shoulders of Giants Series)
Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (On the Shoulders of Giants Series) 4.06 avg rating — 364 ratings
61.
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory 4.20 avg rating — 22,702 ratings
62.
Thirty Years that Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory
Thirty Years that Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory 4.19 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
63.
Qed: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Princeton Science Library
Qed: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Princeton Science Library 4.27 avg rating — 19,185 ratings
64.
Patterns of Culture
Patterns of Culture 3.82 avg rating — 1,626 ratings
65.
Psychology: The Briefer Course
Psychology: The Briefer Course really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 158 ratings
66.
The Moral Judgment of the Child
The Moral Judgment of the Child 4.04 avg rating — 248 ratings
67.
In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development
In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development 4.06 avg rating — 4,146 ratings
68.
Suicide: A Study in Sociology
Suicide: A Study in Sociology 3.85 avg rating — 4,382 ratings
69.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
The Theory of Moral Sentiments 4.07 avg rating — 4,564 ratings
70.
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
by: Max Weber
3.91 avg rating — 14,705 ratings
71.
The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk 4.31 avg rating — 44,284 ratings
72.
Politics
Politics
by: Aristotle
3.98 avg rating — 41,882 ratings
73.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,401 ratings
74.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 131,993 ratings
75.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating — 26,300 ratings
76.
The Social Contract
The Social Contract 3.78 avg rating — 55,695 ratings
77.
Second Treatise of Government
Second Treatise of Government 3.78 avg rating — 23,639 ratings
78.
The Spirit of the Laws
The Spirit of the Laws 3.98 avg rating — 5,314 ratings
79.
Leviathan
Leviathan 3.70 avg rating — 51,348 ratings
80.
Democracy in America
Democracy in America 4.05 avg rating — 26,630 ratings
81.
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 — 34,379 ratings
82.
Principles of Economics
Principles of Economics 3.89 avg rating — 286 ratings
83.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating — 45,864 ratings
84.
The Wretched of the Earth
The Wretched of the Earth 4.34 avg rating — 30,601 ratings
85.
Rules of Sociological Method
Rules of Sociological Method 3.76 avg rating — 1,903 ratings
86.
Obedience to Authority
Obedience to Authority 4.19 avg rating — 4,481 ratings
87.
Ideology and Utopia: An Introduction to the Sociology of Knowledge
Ideology and Utopia: An Introduction to the Sociology of Knowledge 3.92 avg rating — 526 ratings
88.
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Pedagogy of the Oppressed 4.30 avg rating — 37,856 ratings
89.
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison 4.24 avg rating — 35,773 ratings
90.
The Interpretation of Cultures
The Interpretation of Cultures 4.11 avg rating — 3,827 ratings
91.
Feminism and Science
Feminism and Science 3.95 avg rating — 42 ratings
92.
The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge
The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge 4.11 avg rating — 4,250 ratings
93.
Euclid's Elements
Euclid's Elements
by: Euclid
4.32 avg rating — 3,330 ratings
94.
Categories/On Interpretation/Prior Analytics
Categories/On Interpretation/Prior Analytics
by: Aristotle
4.17 avg rating — 114 ratings
95.
Aristotle On Interpretation: Commentary by St. Thomas and Caejtan (Medieval Philosophical Texts in Translation, No 11)
Aristotle On Interpretation: Commentary by St. Thomas and Caejtan (Medieval Philosophical Texts in Translation, No 11) 4.03 avg rating — 34 ratings
96.
Discourse on Method
Discourse on Method 3.72 avg rating — 24,474 ratings
97.
Rules for the Direction of the Mind
Rules for the Direction of the Mind 3.61 avg rating — 682 ratings
98.
Theogony
Theogony
by: Hesiod
3.73 avg rating — 6,329 ratings
99.
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
by: Aeschylus
4.02 avg rating — 45,633 ratings
100.
Herodotus: The Persian Wars, Books III-IV
Herodotus: The Persian Wars, Books III-IV
by: Herodotus
4.36 avg rating — 76 ratings
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