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50 Greatest Books of All Time

A list of the 50 greatest books of all time as determined by a panel of secret judges for The Globe and Mail. The books are not ranked.
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Iliad (Homer)
Iliad
1
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
2
Homer
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
3
Sophocles
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
4
Sophocles
The Histories
The Histories
5
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus
6
Sophocles
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
7
Plato
Mahabharata (Anonymous; Trans. John D. Smith)
Mahabharata
8
Anonymous; Trans. John D. Smith
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
9
Saint Augustine
Quran
Quran
10
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
11
Murasaki Shikibu
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
12
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
13
Dante Alighieri
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
14
Niccolò Machiavelli
Essays
Essays
15
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
16
Miguel De Cervantes
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
17
William Shakespeare
The King James Bible
The King James Bible
18
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
19
The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy by Isaac
The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy by Isaac
20
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
21
Jonathan Swift
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (David Hume)
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
22
David Hume
Encyclopedie
Encyclopedie
23
The Social Contract
The Social Contract
24
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
25
Adam Smith
Critique of Pure Reason (Immanuel Kant)
Critique of Pure Reason
26
Immanuel Kant
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
27
Mary Wollstonecraft
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
28
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
29
Jane Austen
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
30
Herman Melville
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
31
Gustave Flaubert
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
32
Charles Darwin
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
33
Lewis Carroll
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
34
Charles Dickens
Das Kapital (Karl Marx)
Das Kapital
35
Karl Marx
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
36
Leo Tolstoy
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
37
George Eliot
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
38
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
39
Henry James
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
40
Mark Twain
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