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200+ Great Books of the Western World According to Ranker - Page 2

"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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Considerations of Representative Governement (John Stuart Mills)
Considerations of Representative Governement
41
John Stuart Mills
Coriolanus (William Shakespeare)
Coriolanus
42
William Shakespeare
Cousin Bette (Honoré De Balzac)
Cousin Bette
43
Honoré De Balzac
Cratylus (Plato)
Cratylus
44
Plato
Critias (Plato)
Critias
45
Plato
Critique of Judgement (Immanuel Kant)
Critique of Judgement
46
Immanuel Kant
The Critique of Pure Reason
The Critique of Pure Reason
47
Crito
Crito
48
Cyclops
Cyclops
49
Cymbeline (William Shakespeare)
Cymbeline
50
William Shakespeare
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
51
Thomas Mann
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
52
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America
53
Alexis De Tocqueville
Discourse on Method
Discourse on Method
54
The Discourses (Machiavelli)
The Discourses
55
Machiavelli
Discussion With Einstein on Epistemology (Niels Bohr)
Discussion With Einstein on Epistemology
56
Niels Bohr
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
57
Dante Alighieri
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
58
Henrik Ibsen
Don Juan (Lord Byron)
Don Juan
59
Lord Byron
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
60
Miguel De Cervantes
Ecclesiazousae (Aristophanes)
Ecclesiazousae
61
Aristophanes
Eclogues
Eclogues
62
The Ego and the Id (Sigmund Freud)
The Ego and the Id
63
Sigmund Freud
Electra (Sophocles)
Electra
64
Sophocles
Electra (Euripides)
Electra
65
Euripides
Elements of Chemistry (Antoine Laurent Lavoisier)
Elements of Chemistry
66
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
67
Jane Austen
Epitome of Copernician Astronomy (Johannes Kepler)
Epitome of Copernician Astronomy
68
Johannes Kepler
Essays (Montaigne)
Essays
69
Montaigne
Ethics (Spinoza)
Ethics
70
Spinoza
Euclid's Elements
Euclid's Elements
71
Euthydemus (Plato)
Euthydemus
72
Plato
Euthyphro (Plato)
Euthyphro
73
Plato
The Expanding Universe (Arthur Eddington)
The Expanding Universe
74
Arthur Eddington
Experience and Education (John Dewey)
Experience and Education
75
John Dewey
Experimental Researches in Electricity (Michael Faraday)
Experimental Researches in Electricity
76
Michael Faraday
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth (Shakespeare)
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth
77
Shakespeare
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
78
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Fear and Trembling (Soren Kierkegaard)
Fear and Trembling
79
Soren Kierkegaard
The Federalist
The Federalist
80
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