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200+ Great Books of the Western World According to Ranker - Page 7

"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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Summa Theologica (Thomas Aquinas)
Summa Theologica
241
Thomas Aquinas
The Suppliants (Aeschylus)
The Suppliants
242
Aeschylus
Symposium (Plato)
Symposium
243
Plato
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare)
The Taming of the Shrew
244
William Shakespeare
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
245
William Shakespeare
Theaetetus (Plato)
Theaetetus
246
Plato
The Theory of the Leisure Class (Thorstein Veblen)
The Theory of the Leisure Class
247
Thorstein Veblen
Thesmophoriazusae (Aristophanes)
Thesmophoriazusae
248
Aristophanes
Timon of Athens (William Shakespeare)
Timon of Athens
249
William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus (William Shakespeare)
Titus Andronicus
250
William Shakespeare
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
251
Virginia Woolf
Topics (Aristotle)
Topics
252
Aristotle
Treatise on Conic Sections (Apollonius of Perga)
Treatise on Conic Sections
253
Apollonius of Perga
Treatise on Light (Christiaan Huygens)
Treatise on Light
254
Christiaan Huygens
Troilus and Cressida (William Shakespeare)
Troilus and Cressida
255
William Shakespeare
Trojan Women (Euripides)
Trojan Women
256
Euripides
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
257
William Shakespeare
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (William Shakespeare)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
258
William Shakespeare
Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekhov)
Uncle Vanya
259
Anton Chekhov
The Unconscious (Sigmund Freud)
The Unconscious
260
Sigmund Freud
Utilitarianism (John Stuart Mill)
Utilitarianism
261
John Stuart Mill
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
262
Samuel Beckett
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
263
Leo Tolstoy
The Wasps
The Wasps
264
The Waste Land (T.S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
265
T.S. Eliot
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
266
Adam Smith
What Is Life? (Erwin Schrödinger)
What Is Life?
267
Erwin Schrödinger
The Wild Duck (Henrik Ibsen)
The Wild Duck
268
Henrik Ibsen
The Winter's Tale (William Shakespeare)
The Winter's Tale
269
William Shakespeare
The Would-Be Gentleman
The Would-Be Gentleman
270
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