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Goodreads: Best Books of the 17th Century

Goodreads users' selection of the best books of the seventeenth century. Some major authors are surprisingly far down the list - check out Shakespeare at 287!
I've tried to find English translations, but not everything has a translation. I've also tried to eliminate duplicates and overlapping works, but I'm sure some slipped through.
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
1
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
2
William Shakespeare
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
3
Miguel De Cervantes
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
4
John Milton
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
5
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
6
William Shakespeare
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
7
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
8
William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
9
William Shakespeare
Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
Pilgrim's Progress
10
John Bunyan
King James Bible
King James Bible
11
Sonnets (Shakespeare)
Sonnets
12
Shakespeare
Tartuffe (Molière)
Tartuffe
13
Molière
Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Doctor Faustus
14
Christopher Marlowe
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
15
William Shakespeare
The Misanthrope (Molière)
The Misanthrope
16
Molière
The Imaginary Invalid (Molière)
The Imaginary Invalid
17
Molière
Discourse on Method and the Meditations (René Descartes)
Discourse on Method and the Meditations
18
René Descartes
Phedre (Jean Racine)
Phedre
19
Jean Racine
Fables (Jean De La Fontaine)
Fables
20
Jean De La Fontaine
Perrault's Fairy Tales (Charles Perrault)
Perrault's Fairy Tales
21
Charles Perrault
The Winter's Tale (Shakespeare - Signet)
The Winter's Tale
22
Shakespeare - Signet
Pensees (Blaise Pascal)
Pensees
23
Blaise Pascal
The Miser (Molière)
The Miser
24
Molière
Don Juan (Molière)
Don Juan
25
Molière
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan
26
Thomas Hobbes
Life Is a Dream (Pedro Calderon De La Barca)
Life Is a Dream
27
Pedro Calderon De La Barca
Ethics (Spinoza)
Ethics
28
Spinoza
Anthony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Anthony and Cleopatra
29
William Shakespeare
The Princess of Cleves (Madame De La Fayette)
The Princess of Cleves
30
Madame De La Fayette
John Donne's Poetry (John Donne)
John Donne's Poetry
31
John Donne
The Bourgeois Gentleman (Molière)
The Bourgeois Gentleman
32
Molière
Henry VIII (William Shakespeare)
Henry VIII
33
William Shakespeare
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (John Locke)
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
34
John Locke
Coriolanus (Shakespeare)
Coriolanus
35
Shakespeare
The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Isaac Newton)
The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
36
Isaac Newton
Fuenteovejuna (Lope De Vega)
Fuenteovejuna
37
Lope De Vega
Second Treatise of Government (John Locke)
Second Treatise of Government
38
John Locke
Andromache (Jean Racine)
Andromache
39
Jean Racine
Maxims (François De La Rochefoucauld)
Maxims
40
François De La Rochefoucauld
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