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200+ Great Books of the Western World According to Ranker

"Compiled by Encyclopedia Britannica, this is a list of the great books of the western world. It is our western canon gathered into a single package of 60 volumes. Initially compiled in the '50s, the Great Books of the Western World was updated in the '90s with a second edition. While the first three volumes of the compendium feature a dissertation on liberal education, Volume 4 and beyond contain various books that we have listed here. Both fiction and non-fiction have been included, as well as all genres. Encyclopedia Britannica did a fantastic job putting together this list of Great Books of the Western World. If you're looking for a great, timeless book, then this is the place to start."
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The Acharnians (Aristophanes)
The Acharnians
1
Aristophanes
The Acquisitive Society (R. H. Tawney)
The Acquisitive Society
2
R. H. Tawney
Advancement of Learning
Advancement of Learning
3
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
4
Mark Twain
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
5
Virgil
Ajax (Sophocles)
Ajax
6
Sophocles
Alcestis
Alcestis
7
All's Well That Ends Well (William Shakespeare)
All's Well That Ends Well
8
William Shakespeare
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (David Hume)
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
9
David Hume
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
10
An Introduction to Mathematics (Alfred North Whitehead)
An Introduction to Mathematics
11
Alfred North Whitehead
An Introduction to Metaphysics (Henri Bergson)
An Introduction to Metaphysics
12
Henri Bergson
Andromache
Andromache
13
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
14
George Orwell
Annales (Tacite)
Annales
15
Tacite
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
16
William Shakespeare
The Apology
The Apology
17
Areopagitica
Areopagitica
18
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
19
William Shakespeare
The Athenian Constitution (Aristotle)
The Athenian Constitution
20
Aristotle
Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature (Selections) (Niels Bohr)
Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature (Selections)
21
Niels Bohr
The Bacchae (Euripides)
The Bacchae
22
Euripides
The Beast in the Jungle
The Beast in the Jungle
23
Berenice
Berenice
24
Beyond Good and Evil (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Beyond Good and Evil
25
Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond the Pleasure Principle (Sigmund Freud)
Beyond the Pleasure Principle
26
Sigmund Freud
The Birds (Camille Paglia)
The Birds
27
Camille Paglia
Book of Lemmas (Archimedes)
Book of Lemmas
28
Archimedes
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
29
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Call of Cthulu
The Call of Cthulu
30
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
31
Voltaire
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
32
Geoffrey Chaucer
Capital (Karl Marx)
Capital
33
Karl Marx
Categories (Aristotle)
Categories
34
Aristotle
Charmides
Charmides
35
City of God
City of God
36
The Clouds (Aristophanes)
The Clouds
37
Aristophanes
The Comedy of Errors (William Shakespeare)
The Comedy of Errors
38
William Shakespeare
Concerning Civil Government, Second Essay (John Locke)
Concerning Civil Government, Second Essay
39
John Locke
The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
40
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