List Challenges
Movies Books Travel Food Other
Trending
New
Popular
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

Western Culture's Top 50 Books

This list "offers a Western Culture reading list, one that will stretch your mind, equip you for intellectual combat in the world, and even strengthen your faith." (World Magazine)
I am not familiar with World magazine down here in the Southern Hemisphere. Any opinions about their list?
Read More
1,180 users · 4,240 views
 
from world.wng.org · made by Markd9528
avg. score: 8 of 50 (16%)
required scores: 1, 3, 5, 8, 12 
type to search

How many have you read?

Page 1 of 2
The Bible (Various Authors)
The Bible
1
Various Authors
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
2
John Milton
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
3
William Shakespeare
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress
4
John Bunyan
The Temple (George Herbert)
The Temple
5
George Herbert
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
6
Homer
Gorgias (Plato)
Gorgias
7
Plato
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
8
Sophocles
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
9
Virgil
Sayings of the Fathers (Tr. Joseph H. Hertz)
Sayings of the Fathers
10
Tr. Joseph H. Hertz
Confessions (St. Augustine)
Confessions
11
St. Augustine
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
12
Dante Alighieri
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
13
Geoffrey Chaucer
Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
14
Thomas Malory
Summa Theologica (Thomas Aquinas)
Summa Theologica
15
Thomas Aquinas
Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Doctor Faustus
16
Christopher Marlowe
The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser)
The Faerie Queene
17
Edmund Spenser
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
Don Quixote
18
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
19
Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe
Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe
20
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions
21
Pensees (Blaise Pascal)
Pensees
22
Blaise Pascal
Two Treatises of Government (John Locke)
Two Treatises of Government
23
John Locke
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
24
Jonathan Swift
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
25
Daniel Defoe
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
26
Laurence Sterne
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
27
Adam Smith
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
28
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Reflections on the Revolution in France (Edmund Burke)
Reflections on the Revolution in France
29
Edmund Burke
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
30
Jane Austen
Lyrical Ballads (William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Lyrical Ballads
31
William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America
32
Alexis De Tocqueville
Economic Harmonies (Frédéric Bastiat)
Economic Harmonies
33
Frédéric Bastiat
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
34
Charles Dickens
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
35
Herman Melville
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
36
Walt Whitman
The Innocents Abroad (Mark Twain)
The Innocents Abroad
37
Mark Twain
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
38
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Master and Man (Leo Tolstoy)
Master and Man
39
Leo Tolstoy
Ash Wednesday (T.S. Eliot)
Ash Wednesday
40
T.S. Eliot
Page 1 of 2
Click books you've read
Lists Similar to 'Western Culture's Top 50 Books'
The Best Western Novels of the 20th Century From the Western Writers of America
The Best Western Novels of the 20th Century From the Western Writers of America
293
18
Big Si's Top 10 Western Novels
Big Si's Top 10 Western Novels
156
10
100 Essential Books of Western Literature, a List Created by Scott Tyler
100 Essential Books of Western Literature, a List Created by Scott Tyler
5,626
100
Bloom's Western Canon + Guardian 1000 + 1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Bloom's Western Canon + Guardian 1000 + 1001 Books to Read Before You Die
2,350
3340
TJ's 100 Great Books of the Western World
TJ's 100 Great Books of the Western World
2,243
100
200+ Great Books of the Western World According to Ranker
200+ Great Books of the Western World According to Ranker
1,950
270
Great Books of the Western World
Great Books of the Western World
1,147
326
The Western World's Greatest Books More Than 500 Classics
The Western World's Greatest Books More Than 500 Classics
962
545
Western World Mythology Books From Egypt to Iceland
Western World Mythology Books From Egypt to Iceland
246
13
25 Western Books Everyone Needs to Read
25 Western Books Everyone Needs to Read
181
25
Western Books
Western Books
130
144
Books Set in Western Australia
Books Set in Western Australia
98
10
The Great Ideas Program (Great Books of the Western World Supplement)
The Great Ideas Program (Great Books of the Western World Supplement)
62
10
Culture Café's 500 Best Books
Culture Café's 500 Best Books
3,026
500
All the Books a Culture Editor Read in 2019
All the Books a Culture Editor Read in 2019
906
116
Culture Editor/Professor's 2020 Books Read
Culture Editor/Professor's 2020 Books Read
542
122
Culture Editor's Best Books Read in Decade, 2010-2020
Culture Editor's Best Books Read in Decade, 2010-2020
534
89
The Culture Trip's 12 Difficult Books You May Be Assigned Freshman Year
The Culture Trip's 12 Difficult Books You May Be Assigned Freshman Year
428
12
Books I've Read Written by People of a Different Culture to Myself
Books I've Read Written by People of a Different Culture to Myself
407
113
Books a Culture Editor Read in 2018
Books a Culture Editor Read in 2018
345
102
1969 Best Selling Books and Notable Literature According to Pop-Culture.Us
1969 Best Selling Books and Notable Literature According to Pop-Culture.Us
270
46
Different Culture Books
Different Culture Books
216
50
Culture Editor's 5-Star Books of 2019
Culture Editor's 5-Star Books of 2019
185
22
15 Books You'll Enjoy If You're Interested in Jewish Culture
15 Books You'll Enjoy If You're Interested in Jewish Culture
162
15
Books About Internet Culture
Books About Internet Culture
139
80
Harold Bloom's the Western Canon
Harold Bloom's the Western Canon
4,526
1531
Classics of the Western Canon
Classics of the Western Canon
2,592
50
The Best of Western Literature
The Best of Western Literature
1,526
104
The English Literary Canon According to Trinity Western University
The English Literary Canon According to Trinity Western University
1,392
97
Baylor University's Great Texts of the Western Tradition
Baylor University's Great Texts of the Western Tradition
1,172
136
All Similar Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2025 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN