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200+ Great Books of the Western World According to Ranker - Page 4

"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 Knights
The Knights
121
Laches
Laches
122
Laws (Plato)
Laws
123
Plato
A Letter Concerning Toleration (John Locke)
A Letter Concerning Toleration
124
John Locke
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan
125
Thomas Hobbes
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
126
Laurence Sterne
The Life of Samuel Johnson
The Life of Samuel Johnson
127
Little Dorrit (Charles Dickens)
Little Dorrit
128
Charles Dickens
Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans (Plutarc)
Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
129
Plutarc
A Lost Lady (Willa Cather)
A Lost Lady
130
Willa Cather
Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost
131
Lysis
Lysis
132
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
133
Aristophanes
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
134
William Shakespeare
The Master Builder (Henrik Ibsen)
The Master Builder
135
Henrik Ibsen
Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Sir Isaac Newton)
Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
136
Sir Isaac Newton
A Mathematician's Apology (G H Hardy)
A Mathematician's Apology
137
G H Hardy
Measure for Measure (William Shakespeare)
Measure for Measure
138
William Shakespeare
Measurement of a Circle (Archimedes)
Measurement of a Circle
139
Archimedes
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
140
Euripides
The Meditations (James A. Owen)
The Meditations
141
James A. Owen
Meditations on First Philosophy (Descartes)
Meditations on First Philosophy
142
Descartes
Meno
Meno
143
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
144
William Shakespeare
The Merry Wives of Windsor (William Shakespeare)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
145
William Shakespeare
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
146
Franz Kafka
Metaphysics
Metaphysics
147
Meteorology (Aristotle)
Meteorology
148
Aristotle
The Method Treating of Mechanical Problems (Archimedes)
The Method Treating of Mechanical Problems
149
Archimedes
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
150
William Shakespeare
The Mind of the Middle Ages (Frederick Artz)
The Mind of the Middle Ages
151
Frederick Artz
The Miser
The Miser
152
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
153
Herman Melville
Montesquieu Spirit of Laws
Montesquieu Spirit of Laws
154
Mother Courage and Her Children (Bertolt Brecht)
Mother Courage and Her Children
155
Bertolt Brecht
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra
156
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
157
William Shakespeare
The Nature of Life (C. H. Waddington)
The Nature of Life
158
C. H. Waddington
The New Atlantis (Francis Bacon)
The New Atlantis
159
Francis Bacon
Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
Nicomachean Ethics
160
Aristotle
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