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200+ Great Books of the Western World According to Ranker - Page 6

"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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Plutus (Aristophanes)
Plutus
201
Aristophanes
Poetics
Poetics
202
Politics
Politics
203
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
204
James Joyce
Posterior Analytics (Aristotle)
Posterior Analytics
205
Aristotle
Pragmatism
Pragmatism
206
The Praise of Folly
The Praise of Folly
207
The Principles of Psychology (William James)
The Principles of Psychology
208
William James
Prior Analytics (Aristotle)
Prior Analytics
209
Aristotle
The Problems of Philosophy
The Problems of Philosophy
210
Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound
211
Protagoras
Protagoras
212
The Prussian Officer (D. H. Lawrence)
The Prussian Officer
213
D. H. Lawrence
The Quadrature of the Parabola (Archimedes)
The Quadrature of the Parabola
214
Archimedes
Rameau's Nephew
Rameau's Nephew
215
Relativity: The Special and General Theory (Albert Einstein)
Relativity: The Special and General Theory
216
Albert Einstein
Remembrance of Things Past (Marcel Proust)
Remembrance of Things Past
217
Marcel Proust
Repression (Sigmund Freud)
Repression
218
Sigmund Freud
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
219
Plato
Rhesus (Euripides)
Rhesus
220
Euripides
Rhetoric
Rhetoric
221
Richard II (William Shakespeare)
Richard II
222
William Shakespeare
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
223
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
224
William Shakespeare
A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner)
A Rose for Emily
225
William Faulkner
Rules for the Direction of the Mind (René Descartes)
Rules for the Direction of the Mind
226
René Descartes
Saint Joan
Saint Joan
227
Samson Agonistes
Samson Agonistes
228
The Sand Reckoner (Gillian Bradshaw)
The Sand Reckoner
229
Gillian Bradshaw
The School for Wives (Moliere)
The School for Wives
230
Moliere
Science and the Modern World (Alfred North Whitehead)
Science and the Modern World
231
Alfred North Whitehead
Seven Against Thebes (Aeschylus)
Seven Against Thebes
232
Aeschylus
The Seventh Letter (Plato)
The Seventh Letter
233
Plato
The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber (Ernest Hemingway)
The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
234
Ernest Hemingway
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello)
Six Characters in Search of an Author
235
Luigi Pirandello
The Social Contract
The Social Contract
236
Sophist
Sophist
237
Sophistical Refutations (Aristotle)
Sophistical Refutations
238
Aristotle
Statesman (Plato)
Statesman
239
Plato
Structural Anthropology (Claude Lévi-Strauss)
Structural Anthropology
240
Claude Lévi-Strauss
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