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Goodreads: Best Books of the 17th Century - Page 3

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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The Nine Cloud Dream (Kim Man-Jung)
The Nine Cloud Dream
81
Kim Man-Jung
Tractatus Theologico-Politicus (Baruch Spinoza & Samuel Shirley)
Tractatus Theologico-Politicus
82
Baruch Spinoza & Samuel Shirley
The Revenger's Tragedy (Anonymous)
The Revenger's Tragedy
83
Anonymous
The Compleat Angler (Izaak Walton)
The Compleat Angler
84
Izaak Walton
Every Man in His Humour (Jonson, Ben)
Every Man in His Humour
85
Jonson, Ben
A Letter Concerning Toleration (John Locke)
A Letter Concerning Toleration
86
John Locke
Urne-Burial (Thomas Browne)
Urne-Burial
87
Thomas Browne
The Alchemist (Ben Jonson)
The Alchemist
88
Ben Jonson
Religio Medici (Thomas Browne)
Religio Medici
89
Thomas Browne
Exemplary Stories (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
Exemplary Stories
90
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
Plum and the Golden Vase Volume Two (Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng)
Plum and the Golden Vase Volume Two
91
Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
The Plum and the Golden Vase Volume Three (Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng)
The Plum and the Golden Vase Volume Three
92
Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
Cinna (Pierre Corneille)
Cinna
93
Pierre Corneille
The Witch of Edmonton (John Ford, Thomas Dekker, William Rowley)
The Witch of Edmonton
94
John Ford, Thomas Dekker, William Rowley
The Douay-Rheims Bible (Various Catholic Translators)
The Douay-Rheims Bible
95
Various Catholic Translators
L'astree (Honore D'urfe)
L'astree
96
Honore D'urfe
Paradise Regained (John Milton)
Paradise Regained
97
John Milton
A Mad World, My Masters (Thomas Middleton)
A Mad World, My Masters
98
Thomas Middleton
On the Citizen (Thomas Hobbes)
On the Citizen
99
Thomas Hobbes
Sejanus His Fall (Ben Jonson)
Sejanus His Fall
100
Ben Jonson
The Blazing World (Margaret Cavendish)
The Blazing World
101
Margaret Cavendish
Erotokritos (Vikentios Kornaros)
Erotokritos
102
Vikentios Kornaros
The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'ing Mei (Anonymous)
The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'ing Mei
103
Anonymous
The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'ing Mei: Volume Five: The Dissolution (Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng)
The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'ing Mei: Volume Five: The Dissolution
104
Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
All Things for Good (Thomas Watson)
All Things for Good
105
Thomas Watson
L'illusion Comique (The Theatrical Illusion) (Pierre Corneille)
L'illusion Comique (The Theatrical Illusion)
106
Pierre Corneille
Siderius Nuncius (Galileo Galilei)
Siderius Nuncius
107
Galileo Galilei
The Tale of Tales (Giambattista Basile)
The Tale of Tales
108
Giambattista Basile
Indwelling Sin in Believers (John Owen)
Indwelling Sin in Believers
109
John Owen
Peribáñez Y El Comendador De Ocaña (Lope De Vega)
Peribáñez Y El Comendador De Ocaña
110
Lope De Vega
The Bruised Reed (Richard Sibbes)
The Bruised Reed
111
Richard Sibbes
Characters (La Bruyere)
Characters
112
La Bruyere
A Tower for the Summer Heat (Li Yu)
A Tower for the Summer Heat
113
Li Yu
Rules for the Direction of the Mind (René Descartes)
Rules for the Direction of the Mind
114
René Descartes
The Holy Spirit (John Owen)
The Holy Spirit
115
John Owen
The Roaring Girl (Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker)
The Roaring Girl
116
Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker
The Buccaneers of America (A.O. Exquemelin)
The Buccaneers of America
117
A.O. Exquemelin
The Mortification of Sin (John Owen)
The Mortification of Sin
118
John Owen
The Glory of Christ (Owen)
The Glory of Christ
119
Owen
The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence (Baltasar Gracián)
The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence
120
Baltasar Gracián
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