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ConfessionsAugustine · 397-400On 9 listsThe Great BooksLives of the Noble Grecians and RomansPlutarchPlutarch Lives of the Noble Grecians and RomansLives of the Noble Grecians and RomansPlutarch · c. 100-120On 7 listsThe Great BooksDiscourse on MethodRené DescartesDiscourse on MethodRené Descartes · 1637On 6 listsThe Great BooksGospel of MatthewAnonymousGospel of MatthewAnonymous · c. 80-90 CEOn 4 lists
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius · c. 170-180On 4 listsThe Great BooksThe Souls of Black FolkW. E. B. Du BoisThe Souls of Black FolkW. E. B. Du Bois · 1903On 4 lists
Gospel of LukeThe Bible · c. 80-90 CEOn 3 listsGospel of JohnThe Bible · c. 90-110 CEOn 2 lists
James Boswell Life of Samuel JohnsonLife of Samuel JohnsonJames Boswell · 1791On 2 listsThe Great BooksNarrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassFrederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass · 1845On 2 listsThe Great BooksScientific AutobiographyMax PlanckScientific AutobiographyMax Planck · 1948On 2 listsThe Great BooksBuddhist WritingsAnonymousBuddhist WritingsAnonymous · c. 3rd c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Rescuer from ErrorAl-GhazaliThe Rescuer from ErrorAl-Ghazali · c. 1108On 1 listThe Great BooksThe New LifeDante AlighieriThe New LifeDante Alighieri · c. 1293-1295On 1 listThe Great BooksShowingsJulian of NorwichShowingsJulian of Norwich · c. 1373-1393On 1 list
The Book of the City of LadiesChristine de Pizan · 1405On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Life of Sir Thomas MoreWilliam RoperThe Life of Sir Thomas MoreWilliam Roper · c. 1556On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniBenvenuto CelliniBenvenuto Cellini The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniThe Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniBenvenuto Cellini · 1558On 1 listThe Great BooksTable-TalkMartin LutherTable-TalkMartin Luther · 1531On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Interior CastleTeresa of ÁvilaThe Interior CastleTeresa of Ávila · 1577On 1 listThe Great BooksJourneys in Diverse PlacesAmbroise ParéJourneys in Diverse PlacesAmbroise Paré · 1585On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the WorldFrancis PrettySir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the WorldFrancis Pretty · 1577On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Discovery of GuianaWalter RaleighThe Discovery of GuianaWalter Raleigh · 1596On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Francis Drake RevivedPhilip NicholsSir Francis Drake RevivedPhilip Nichols · c. 1593On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Lives of Donne and HerbertIzaak WaltonThe Lives of Donne and HerbertIzaak Walton · 1640On 1 listThe Great BooksJournal to StellaJonathan SwiftJonathan Swift Journal to StellaJournal to StellaJonathan Swift · 1710On 1 listThe Great BooksRobinson CrusoeDaniel DefoeRobinson CrusoeDaniel Defoe · 1719On 1 listThe Great BooksLondon JournalJames BoswellJames Boswell London JournalLondon JournalJames Boswell · 1762On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Collected Writings of Samson Occom, MoheganSamson OccomSamson Occom The Collected Writings of Samson Occom, MoheganThe Collected Writings of Samson Occom, MoheganSamson Occom · 1750s-1790sOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Journal of John WoolmanJohn WoolmanThe Journal of John WoolmanJohn Woolman · 1774On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Lives of the PoetsSamuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson The Lives of the PoetsThe Lives of the PoetsSamuel Johnson · 1779-1781On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin FranklinThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin · 1771On 1 listThe Great BooksPoetry and TruthJohann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Poetry and TruthPoetry and TruthJohann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1811-1833On 1 listThe Great BooksBiographia LiterariaSamuel Taylor ColeridgeSamuel Taylor Coleridge Biographia LiterariaBiographia LiterariaSamuel Taylor Coleridge · 1817On 1 listThe Great BooksJournalRalph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson JournalJournalRalph Waldo Emerson · 1820-1882On 1 listThe Great BooksOf Persons One Would Wish to Have SeenWilliam HazlittOf Persons One Would Wish to Have SeenWilliam Hazlitt · 1826On 1 listThe Great BooksMachiavelliThomas Babington MacaulayMachiavelliThomas Babington Macaulay · 1827On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Walter ScottThomas CarlyleSir Walter ScottThomas Carlyle · 1838On 1 list
Charles Darwin The Voyage of the BeagleThe Voyage of the BeagleCharles Darwin · 1839On 1 list
Richard Henry Dana Jr. Two Years Before the MastTwo Years Before the MastRichard Henry Dana Jr. · 1840On 1 list
Charles Dickens David CopperfieldDavid CopperfieldCharles Dickens · 1849-1850On 1 listThe Great BooksRepresentative MenRalph Waldo EmersonRepresentative MenRalph Waldo Emerson · 1850On 1 list
WaldenHenry David Thoreau · 1854On 1 listThe Great BooksIncidents in the Life of a Slave GirlHarriet JacobsIncidents in the Life of a Slave GirlHarriet Jacobs · 1861On 1 listThe Great BooksAutobiographyJohn Stuart MillAutobiographyJohn Stuart Mill · 1873On 1 list
A Mathematician's ApologyG. H. Hardy · 1940On 1 listThe Great BooksPersons and PlacesGeorge SantayanaGeorge Santayana Persons and PlacesPersons and PlacesGeorge Santayana · 1944-1953On 1 list
If This Is a ManPrimo Levi · 1947On 1 list
The Long LonelinessDorothy Day · 1952On 1 list