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Important Books From Sixteenth Century Europe

I've tried to be fairly comprehensive while also prioritizing books that people still read. The list will of course reflect my own biases and interests. Authors are limited to three appearances, although I could've picked many more for people like Shakespeare and Machiavelli.
I also want to say that Listchallenges search function does not always seem to search the author's name category, and this is extremely annoying, particularly for foreign authors whose works might appear under a variety of names.
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A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies (Casas, Bartolome De Las)
A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies
1
Casas, Bartolome De Las
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2
William Shakespeare
Amadis of Gaul (Garci Rodriguez De Montalvo)
Amadis of Gaul
3
Garci Rodriguez De Montalvo
An Apology for Poetry (Sir Philip Sidney)
An Apology for Poetry
4
Sir Philip Sidney
Autobiography of Benevenuto Cellini (Benevenuto Cellini)
Autobiography of Benevenuto Cellini
5
Benevenuto Cellini
Beware the Cat (William Baldwin)
Beware the Cat
6
William Baldwin
Bovo-Bukh (Elia Levita)
Bovo-Bukh
7
Elia Levita
Cabeza De Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America (Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca)
Cabeza De Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America
8
Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
Commentaries (Pius II)
Commentaries
9
Pius II
Copernicus Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
Copernicus Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
10
Daemonologie (King James I)
Daemonologie
11
King James I
De Humani Corporis Fabrica by Andreas Vesalius
De Humani Corporis Fabrica by Andreas Vesalius
12
Discourses on Livy (Machiavelli)
Discourses on Livy
13
Machiavelli
Dismissal of the Greek Envoys (Jan Kochanowski)
Dismissal of the Greek Envoys
14
Jan Kochanowski
Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Doctor Faustus
15
Christopher Marlowe
Dundo Maroje (Uncle Maroje) (Marin Držić)
Dundo Maroje (Uncle Maroje)
16
Marin Držić
Eight Sermons Before the Sejm (Jesuit Piotr Skarga)
Eight Sermons Before the Sejm
17
Jesuit Piotr Skarga
Every Man in His Humour (Ben Jonson)
Every Man in His Humour
18
Ben Jonson
Five Books of Commentaries on the Improvement of Commonwealth (Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski)
Five Books of Commentaries on the Improvement of Commonwealth
19
Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski
Floridoro (Moderata Fonte)
Floridoro
20
Moderata Fonte
Four Treatises of Theophrastus Von Hohenheim Called Paracelsus (Paracelsus)
Four Treatises of Theophrastus Von Hohenheim Called Paracelsus
21
Paracelsus
Foxe's Book of Martyrs (John Foxe)
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
22
John Foxe
Freydal (Maximilian I)
Freydal
23
Maximilian I
Gargantua (François Rabelais)
Gargantua
24
François Rabelais
General History of the Indies (Francisco López De Gómara)
General History of the Indies
25
Francisco López De Gómara
Handbook of a Christian Knight (Desiderius Erasmus)
Handbook of a Christian Knight
26
Desiderius Erasmus
Holinshed's Chronicles (Raphael Holinshed)
Holinshed's Chronicles
27
Raphael Holinshed
Huldrych Zwingli: Writings (Trans. E.J. Furcha)
Huldrych Zwingli: Writings
28
Trans. E.J. Furcha
Institutes of the Christian Religion (John Calvin)
Institutes of the Christian Religion
29
John Calvin
Interior Castle (St. Teresa of Avila)
Interior Castle
30
St. Teresa of Avila
Jerusalem Delivered (Torquato Tasso)
Jerusalem Delivered
31
Torquato Tasso
John Dee's Five Books of Mystery
John Dee's Five Books of Mystery
32
John Knox's History of the Reformation in Scotland V1 (John Knox)
John Knox's History of the Reformation in Scotland V1
33
John Knox
Judita (Marko Marulić)
Judita
34
Marko Marulić
Laments (Jan Kochanowski)
Laments
35
Jan Kochanowski
Leonardo Da Vinci--Notebooks
Leonardo Da Vinci--Notebooks
36
Letters From Mexico (Hernán Cortés)
Letters From Mexico
37
Hernán Cortés
Martin Luther Ninety Five Theses
Martin Luther Ninety Five Theses
38
Notes on Muscovite Affairs (Sigismund Von Herberstein)
Notes on Muscovite Affairs
39
Sigismund Von Herberstein
On Christian Liberty (Martin Luther)
On Christian Liberty
40
Martin Luther
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