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Plato The RepublicThe RepublicPlato · c. 375 BCEOn 8 lists
Adam Smith The Wealth of NationsThe Wealth of NationsAdam Smith · 1776On 8 listsThe Great BooksDemocracy in AmericaAlexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville Democracy in AmericaDemocracy in AmericaAlexis de Tocqueville · 1835-1840On 8 lists
Nicomachean EthicsAristotle · c. 340 BCEOn 7 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 lists
Michel de Montaigne EssaysEssaysMichel de Montaigne · 1580-1595On 7 listsThe Great BooksPoliticsAristotlePoliticsAristotle · c. 335 BCEOn 6 lists
MenoPlato · c. 385 BCEOn 5 listsThe Great BooksOn LibertyJohn Stuart MillOn LibertyJohn Stuart Mill · 1859On 5 listsThe Great BooksThe CloudsAristophanesThe CloudsAristophanes · 423 BCEOn 4 lists
Euclid ElementsElementsEuclid · c. 300 BCEOn 4 lists
Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain · 1884-1885On 4 listsThe Great BooksThe Souls of Black FolkW. E. B. Du BoisThe Souls of Black FolkW. E. B. Du Bois · 1903On 4 listsThe Great BooksThe FrogsAristophanesThe FrogsAristophanes · 405 BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksOn Christian DoctrineAugustineOn Christian DoctrineAugustine · 397-426On 3 listsThe Great BooksHenry IV, Part 1William ShakespeareHenry IV, Part 1William Shakespeare · c. 1596-1597On 3 listsThe Great BooksRules for the Direction of the MindRené DescartesRules for the Direction of the MindRené Descartes · c. 1628On 3 listsThe Great BooksAn Essay Concerning Human UnderstandingJohn LockeJohn Locke An Essay Concerning Human UnderstandingAn Essay Concerning Human UnderstandingJohn Locke · 1689On 3 lists
Jane Austen EmmaEmmaJane Austen · 1815On 3 lists
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManJames Joyce · 1916On 3 lists
DeuteronomyThe Bible · c. 7th c. BCEOn 2 lists
The Sayings of ConfuciusConfucius · c. 5th c. BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksProtagorasPlatoProtagorasPlato · c. 390 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksTheaetetusPlatoTheaetetusPlato · c. 365 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksIntroduction to ArithmeticNicomachus of GerasaIntroduction to ArithmeticNicomachus of Gerasa · c. 100On 2 listsThe Great BooksOn the TeacherAugustineOn the TeacherAugustine · 389On 2 listsThe Great BooksGargantua and PantagruelFrançois RabelaisFrançois Rabelais Gargantua and PantagruelGargantua and PantagruelFrançois Rabelais · 1532-1564On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Advancement of LearningFrancis BaconThe Advancement of LearningFrancis Bacon · 1605On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe School for WivesMolièreThe School for WivesMolière · 1662On 2 listsThe Great BooksSome Thoughts Concerning EducationJohn LockeSome Thoughts Concerning EducationJohn Locke · 1693On 2 listsThe Great BooksDiscourse on Political EconomyJean-Jacques RousseauDiscourse on Political EconomyJean-Jacques Rousseau · 1755On 2 listsThe Great BooksA Vindication of the Rights of WomanMary WollstonecraftA Vindication of the Rights of WomanMary Wollstonecraft · 1792On 2 listsThe Great BooksNarrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassFrederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass · 1845On 2 listsThe Great BooksSelected SpeechesFrederick DouglassFrederick Douglass Selected SpeechesSelected SpeechesFrederick Douglass · 1841-1894On 2 lists
The Chemical History of a CandleMichael Faraday · 1861On 2 listsThe Great BooksOn the Use and Disadvantage of History for LifeFriedrich NietzscheOn the Use and Disadvantage of History for LifeFriedrich Nietzsche · 1874On 2 listsThe Great BooksAn Introduction to MathematicsAlfred North WhiteheadAn Introduction to MathematicsAlfred North Whitehead · 1911On 2 listsThe Great BooksA Room of One's OwnVirginia WoolfA Room of One's OwnVirginia Woolf · 1929On 2 lists
The BearWilliam Faulkner · 1942On 2 listsThe Great BooksLawsPlatoPlato LawsLawsPlato · c. 350 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksMoraliaPlutarchPlutarch MoraliaMoraliaPlutarch · c. 80-120On 1 listThe Great BooksIsagogePorphyryIsagogePorphyry · c. 270On 1 listThe Great BooksOn MusicBoethiusOn MusicBoethius · c. 500On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Rescuer from ErrorAl-GhazaliThe Rescuer from ErrorAl-Ghazali · c. 1108On 1 listThe Great BooksOn the TeacherThomas AquinasOn the TeacherThomas Aquinas · c. 1256-1259On 1 listThe Great BooksThe MuqaddimahIbn KhaldunIbn Khaldun The MuqaddimahThe MuqaddimahIbn Khaldun · 1377On 1 list
The Book of the City of LadiesChristine de Pizan · 1405On 1 listThe Great BooksTo the Christian Nobility of the German NationMartin LutherTo the Christian Nobility of the German NationMartin Luther · 1520On 1 listThe Great BooksTable-TalkMartin LutherTable-TalkMartin Luther · 1531On 1 listThe Great BooksA Description of Elizabethan EnglandWilliam HarrisonA Description of Elizabethan EnglandWilliam Harrison · 1577On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Defense of PoesyPhilip SidneyThe Defense of PoesyPhilip Sidney · c. 1580On 1 list
Tractate of EducationJohn Milton · 1644On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Would-Be GentlemanMolièreThe Would-Be GentlemanMolière · 1670On 1 list
Selected WorksSor Juana Inés de la Cruz · 1680s-1691On 1 listThe Great BooksFruits of SolitudeWilliam PennFruits of SolitudeWilliam Penn · 1693On 1 listThe Great BooksA Dictionary of the English LanguageSamuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson A Dictionary of the English LanguageA Dictionary of the English LanguageSamuel Johnson · 1755On 1 list
Jean-Jacques Rousseau EmileEmileJean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762On 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 Education of the Human RaceGotthold Ephraim LessingThe Education of the Human RaceGotthold Ephraim Lessing · 1780On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin FranklinThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin · 1771On 1 listThe Great BooksPolitical WritingsNicolas de CondorcetPolitical WritingsNicolas de Condorcet · 1786-1794On 1 listThe Great BooksLetters upon the Aesthetic Education of ManFriedrich SchillerLetters upon the Aesthetic Education of ManFriedrich Schiller · 1795On 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 BooksPère GoriotHonoré de BalzacPère GoriotHonoré de Balzac · 1835On 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 BooksWhat Is a Classic?Charles Augustin Sainte-BeuveWhat Is a Classic?Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve · 1850On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Idea of a UniversityJohn Henry NewmanJohn Henry Newman The Idea of a UniversityThe Idea of a UniversityJohn Henry Newman · 1852On 1 list
Hard TimesCharles Dickens · 1854On 1 listThe Great BooksEnglish TraitsRalph Waldo EmersonEnglish TraitsRalph Waldo Emerson · 1856On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Forces of MatterMichael FaradayThe Forces of MatterMichael Faraday · 1860On 1 listThe Great BooksConsiderations on Representative GovernmentJohn Stuart MillConsiderations on Representative GovernmentJohn Stuart Mill · 1861On 1 listThe Great BooksSesame and LiliesJohn RuskinSesame and LiliesJohn Ruskin · 1865On 1 listThe Great BooksInaugural Address at EdinburghThomas CarlyleInaugural Address at EdinburghThomas Carlyle · 1866On 1 listThe Great BooksAutobiographyJohn Stuart MillAutobiographyJohn Stuart Mill · 1873On 1 listThe Great BooksAeterni PatrisPope Leo XIIIAeterni PatrisPope Leo XIII · 1879On 1 listThe Great BooksScience and CultureThomas Henry HuxleyScience and CultureThomas Henry Huxley · 1880On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Study of PoetryMatthew ArnoldThe Study of PoetryMatthew Arnold · 1880On 1 listThe Great BooksSelected SpeechesBooker T. WashingtonSelected SpeechesBooker T. Washington · 1884-1915On 1 listThe Great BooksHow We ThinkJohn DeweyHow We ThinkJohn Dewey · 1910On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Editor's Introduction and Reader's GuideCharles W. EliotCharles W. Eliot The Editor's Introduction and Reader's GuideThe Editor's Introduction and Reader's GuideCharles W. Eliot · 1910On 1 listThe Great BooksPygmalionGeorge Bernard ShawPygmalionGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1912On 1 listThe Great BooksLectures on the Harvard ClassicsWilliam Allan NeilsonWilliam Allan Neilson Lectures on the Harvard ClassicsLectures on the Harvard ClassicsWilliam Allan Neilson · 1914On 1 listThe Great BooksDemocracy and EducationJohn DeweyJohn Dewey Democracy and EducationDemocracy and EducationJohn Dewey · 1916On 1 list
Thomas Mann The Magic MountainThe Magic MountainThomas Mann · 1924On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Aims of Education and Other EssaysAlfred North WhiteheadThe Aims of Education and Other EssaysAlfred North Whitehead · 1929On 1 listThe Great BooksExperience and EducationJohn DeweyExperience and EducationJohn Dewey · 1938On 1 listThe Great BooksLogic: The Theory of InquiryJohn DeweyJohn Dewey Logic: The Theory of InquiryLogic: The Theory of InquiryJohn Dewey · 1938On 1 listThe Great BooksPersons and PlacesGeorge SantayanaGeorge Santayana Persons and PlacesPersons and PlacesGeorge Santayana · 1944-1953On 1 list
Ralph Ellison Invisible ManInvisible ManRalph Ellison · 1952On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Syntopicon: An Index to the Great IdeasMortimer J. AdlerMortimer J. Adler The Syntopicon: An Index to the Great IdeasThe Syntopicon: An Index to the Great IdeasMortimer J. Adler · 1952On 1 list
Philosophical InvestigationsLudwig Wittgenstein · 1953On 1 list
Discipline and PunishMichel Foucault · 1975On 1 list