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Goodreads "Best Books of the 18th Century"

"The best books published during the 18th century (January 1st, 1701 through December 31st 1800) (Goodreads)
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Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
1
Voltaire
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
2
Jonathan Swift
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
3
Daniel Defoe
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
4
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Choderlos De Laclos, Trans. Douglas Parmée)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
5
Choderlos De Laclos, Trans. Douglas Parmée
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
6
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Constitution of the United States (Various)
The Constitution of the United States
7
Various
Songs of Innocence and Experience (William Blake)
Songs of Innocence and Experience
8
William Blake
Critique of Pure Reason (Immanuel Kant)
Critique of Pure Reason
9
Immanuel Kant
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (Henry Fielding)
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
10
Henry Fielding
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
11
Mary Wollstonecraft
Confessions (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
Confessions
12
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
13
Laurence Sterne
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
14
Daniel Defoe
Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
Jacques the Fatalist
15
Denis Diderot
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edward Gibbon)
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
16
Edward Gibbon
The Constitution of the United States of America With the Declaration of Independence (Various Authors)
The Constitution of the United States of America With the Declaration of Independence
17
Various Authors
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
18
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Common Sense, the Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
Common Sense, the Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
19
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (William Blake)
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
20
William Blake
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
21
Benjamin Franklin
A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works (Jonathan Swift)
A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works
22
Jonathan Swift
Zadig, and Other Stories (Voltaire)
Zadig, and Other Stories
23
Voltaire
Hyperion (Friedrich Hölderlin)
Hyperion
24
Friedrich Hölderlin
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
25
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Reveries of the Solitary Walker (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
Reveries of the Solitary Walker
26
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
27
Adam Smith
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
28
Matthew Lewis
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
29
Horace Walpole
Critique of Judgment (Immanuel Kant)
Critique of Judgment
30
Immanuel Kant
The Social Contract (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
The Social Contract
31
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Evelina (Frances Burney)
Evelina
32
Frances Burney
Critique of Practical Reason (Immanuel Kant)
Critique of Practical Reason
33
Immanuel Kant
Persian Letters (Charles De Montesquieu)
Persian Letters
34
Charles De Montesquieu
Hymns to the Night (Novalis)
Hymns to the Night
35
Novalis
The Rape of the Lock (Alexander Pope)
The Rape of the Lock
36
Alexander Pope
The Robbers (Friedrich Schiller)
The Robbers
37
Friedrich Schiller
Clarissa, Or, the History of a Young Lady (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa, Or, the History of a Young Lady
38
Samuel Richardson
New Science (Giambattista Vico)
New Science
39
Giambattista Vico
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)
The Mysteries of Udolpho
40
Ann Radcliffe
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