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Book NameBook AuthorOriginal LanguageApproximate Year PublishedCategory
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Parallel LivesPlutarchAncient Greek120Biography/Memoir
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The Twelve CaesarsSuetoniusLatin121Biography/Memoir
4
ConfessionsJean-Jacques RousseauFrench1782Biography/Memoir
5
Gandhi: An Autobiography – The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Mahatma GandhiGujarati1927Biography/Memoir
6
The HistoriesHerodotusGreek-430History
7
The History of the Peloponnesian War
ThucydidesGreek-400History
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The Gallic WarsJulius CaesarLatin-50History
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The AnnalsTacitusLatin116History
10
The MuqaddimahIbn KhaldunArabic1377History
11
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edward GibbonEnglish1788History
12
The Divine ComedyDante AlighieriItalian1320Literary Fiction
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The Canterbury TalesGeoffrey ChaucerMiddle English1400Literary Fiction
14
UtopiaThomas MoreLatin1516Literary Fiction
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Don QuixoteMiguel de CervantesSpanish1615Literary Fiction
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First FolioWilliam ShakespeareEnglish1623Literary Fiction
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CandideVoltaireFrench1759Literary Fiction
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The Scarlet LetterNathaniel HawthorneEnglish1850Literary Fiction
19
Moby-DickHerman MelvilleEnglish1851Literary Fiction
20
Crime and PunishmentFyodor DostoevskyRussian1866Literary Fiction
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War and PeaceLeo TolstoyRussian1869Literary Fiction
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Anna KareninaLeo TolstoyRussian1877Literary Fiction
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The Brothers KaramazovFyodor DostoevskyRussian1880Literary Fiction
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UlyssesJames JoyceEnglish1922Literary Fiction
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The TrialFranz KafkaGerman1925Literary Fiction
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The RepublicPlatoGreek-375Philosophy
27
MetaphysicsAristotleAncient Greek-350Philosophy
28
Nicomachean EthicsAristotleGreek-350Philosophy
29
PoliticsAristotleGreek-350Philosophy
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De Rerum NaturaLucretiusLatin-50Philosophy
31
MeditationsMarcus AureliusGreek180Philosophy
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The EnneadsPlotinusAncient Greek250Philosophy
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Summa TheologicaThomas AquinasLatin1274Philosophy
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EssaysMichel de MontaigneFrench1580Philosophy
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Novum OrganumFrancis BaconLatin1620Philosophy
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Discourse on MethodRené DescartesFrench1637Philosophy
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PenséesBlaise PascalFrench1670Philosophy
38
EthicsBaruch SpinozaLatin1677Philosophy
39
Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John LockeEnglish1689Philosophy
40
The Principles of Human Knowledge
George BerkeleyEnglish1710Philosophy
41
A Treatise on Human Nature
David HumeEnglish1740Philosophy
42
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
David HumeEnglish1779Philosophy
43
Critique of Pure ReasonImmanuel KantGerman1781Philosophy
44
The Critique of Practical Reason
Immanuel KantGerman1788Philosophy
45
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary WollstonecraftEnglish1792Philosophy
46
The Phenomenology of Spirit
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
German1807Philosophy
47
The World as Will and Representation
Arthur SchopenhauerGerman1818Philosophy
48
The Course of Positive Philosophy
Auguste ComteFrench1842Philosophy
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Fear and TremblingSøren KierkegaardDanish1843Philosophy
50
Gray's AnatomyHenry GrayEnglish1858Philosophy
51
Thus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich NietzscheGerman1885Philosophy
52
Beyond Good and EvilFriedrich NietzscheGerman1886Philosophy
53
On the Genealogy of Morals
Friedrich NietzscheGerman1887Philosophy
54
The Interpretation of Dreams
Sigmund FreudGerman1899Philosophy
55
The Varieties of Religious Experience
William JamesEnglish1902Philosophy
56
PragmatismWilliam JamesEnglish1907Philosophy
57
Course in General Linguistics
Ferdinand de SaussureFrench1916Philosophy
58
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Ludwig WittgensteinGerman1921Philosophy
59
Being and TimeMartin HeideggerGerman1927Philosophy
60
The Epic of GilgameshAkkadian-2100Religion/Mythology
61
The I ChingClassical Chinese-750Religion/Mythology
62
The IliadHomerAncient Greek-700Religion/Mythology
63
The OdysseyHomerAncient Greek-700Religion/Mythology
64
Tao Te ChingLaoziClassical Chinese-500Religion/Mythology
65
The AnalectsConfuciusClassical Chinese-500Religion/Mythology
66
The RamayanaValmikiSanskrit-500Religion/Mythology
67
The UpanishadsSanskrit-500Religion/Mythology
68
The VedasSanskrit-500Religion/Mythology
69
The TorahHebrew-400Religion/Mythology
70
The DhammapadaGautama BuddhaPali-200Religion/Mythology
71
The AeneidVirgilLatin-19Religion/Mythology
72
The MetamorphosesOvidLatin8Religion/Mythology
73
The Bible
Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek
100Religion/Mythology
74
The MahabharataVyasaSanskrit200Religion/Mythology
75
The Bhagavad GitaVyasaSanskrit200Religion/Mythology
76
The ConfessionsAugustine of HippoLatin400Religion/Mythology
77
City of GodAugustine of HippoLatin426Religion/Mythology
78
The QuranMuhammadArabic632Religion/Mythology
79
The KojikiŌ no YasumaroClassical Japanese712Religion/Mythology
80
ElementsEuclidGreek-300Science/Math
81
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
Nicolaus CopernicusLatin1543Science/Math
82
Dialogue Concerning Two New Chief World Systems
Galileo GalileiItalian1632Science/Math
83
Principia MathematicaIsaac NewtonLatin1687Science/Math
84
OpticksIsaac NewtonLatin1704Science/Math
85
The Origin of SpeciesCharles DarwinEnglish1859Science/Math
86
Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
James Clerk MaxwellEnglish1873Science/Math
87
Relativity: The Special and General Theory
Albert EinsteinGerman1916Science/Math
88
The Meaning of RelativityAlbert EinsteinGerman1922Science/Math
89
The Art of WarSun TzuClassical Chinese-400Social Sciences
90
The PrinceNiccolò MachiavelliItalian1532Social Sciences
91
On the Law of War and Peace
Hugo GrotiusLatin1625Social Sciences
92
LeviathanThomas HobbesEnglish1651Social Sciences
93
Two Treatises of Government
John LockeEnglish1689Social Sciences
94
The Spirit of the LawsMontesquieuFrench1748Social Sciences
95
Discourse on the Origins of Inequality
Jean-Jacques RousseauFrench1755Social Sciences
96
The Social ContractJean-Jacques RousseauFrench1762Social Sciences
97
The Wealth of NationsAdam SmithEnglish1776Social Sciences
98
Common SenseThomas PaineEnglish1776Social Sciences
99
The Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
English1788Social Sciences
100
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Edmund BurkeEnglish1790Social Sciences