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Top 500 Books Per Greatestbooks.Org - Page 2

Here is a top 500 list as determined by proprietary algorithm at thegreatestbooks.org. It includes all genres across all time periods. Their calculation was done by pulling together and ranking the titles from 300 or so reputable lists (by writers, critics, editors, vox populi, etc).
Since much of these books are worth reading anyway, I sorted them by publication year instead of "popularity" for enhanced historical context and a sense of continuity.
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King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
41
William Shakespeare
The Sonnets (William Shakespeare)
The Sonnets
42
William Shakespeare
First Folio
First Folio
43
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
44
William Shakespeare
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan
45
Thomas Hobbes
Tartuffe (Molière)
Tartuffe
46
Molière
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
47
John Milton
Pensees (Blaise Pascal)
Pensees
48
Blaise Pascal
Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
Pilgrim's Progress
49
John Bunyan
The Princess of Cleves (Madame De La Fayette)
The Princess of Cleves
50
Madame De La Fayette
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
51
Daniel Defoe
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
52
Daniel Defoe
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
53
Jonathan Swift
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
54
Samuel Richardson
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
55
Henry Fielding
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
56
Laurence Sterne
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
57
Voltaire
The Vicar of Wakefield (Oliver Goldsmith)
The Vicar of Wakefield
58
Oliver Goldsmith
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
59
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1-3 (Edward Gibbon)
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1-3
60
Edward Gibbon
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
61
Adam Smith
Critique of Pure Reason (Immanuel Kant)
Critique of Pure Reason
62
Immanuel Kant
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
63
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
The Confessions (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
The Confessions
64
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
65
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
The Life of Samuel Johnson
The Life of Samuel Johnson
66
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
67
Mary Wollstonecraft
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
68
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Household Tales (Grimm, Brothers)
Household Tales
69
Grimm, Brothers
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
70
Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
71
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
72
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
73
Mary Shelley
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
74
Sir Walter Scott
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (James Hogg)
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
75
James Hogg
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
76
James Fenimore Cooper
The Betrothed (Allesandro Manzoni)
The Betrothed
77
Allesandro Manzoni
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
78
Stendhal
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
79
Victor Hugo
Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
80
Aleksandr Pushkin
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