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Book NameBook AuthorOriginal LanguageApproximate Year PublishedCategoryNote
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Parallel LivesPlutarchAncient Greek120Biography/Memoir
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The Twelve CaesarsSuetoniusLatin121Biography/Memoir
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ConfessionsJean-Jacques RousseauFrench1782Biography/Memoir
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Gandhi: An Autobiography – The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Mahatma GandhiGujarati1927Biography/Memoir
6
The HistoriesHerodotusGreek-430History
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The History of the Peloponnesian War
ThucydidesGreek-400History
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The Gallic WarsJulius CaesarLatin-50History
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The AnnalsTacitusLatin116History
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The MuqaddimahIbn KhaldunArabic1377History
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edward GibbonEnglish1788History
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The Divine ComedyDante AlighieriItalian1320Literary Fiction
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The Canterbury TalesGeoffrey ChaucerMiddle English1400Literary Fiction
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Journey to the WestWu Cheng'enChinese1500Literary FictionChinese folk novel know as English translation "Monkey"
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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
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Moby-DickHerman MelvilleEnglish1851Literary Fiction
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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
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MetaphysicsAristotleAncient Greek-350Philosophy
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Nicomachean EthicsAristotleGreek-350Philosophy
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PoliticsAristotleGreek-350Philosophy
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De Rerum NaturaLucretiusLatin-50Philosophy
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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
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EthicsBaruch SpinozaLatin1677Philosophy
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Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John LockeEnglish1689Philosophy
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The Principles of Human Knowledge
George BerkeleyEnglish1710Philosophy
42
A Treatise on Human Nature
David HumeEnglish1740Philosophy
43
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
David HumeEnglish1779Philosophy
44
Critique of Pure ReasonImmanuel KantGerman1781Philosophy
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The Critique of Practical Reason
Immanuel KantGerman1788Philosophy
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary WollstonecraftEnglish1792Philosophy
47
The Phenomenology of Spirit
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
German1807Philosophy
48
The World as Will and Representation
Arthur SchopenhauerGerman1818Philosophy
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The Course of Positive Philosophy
Auguste ComteFrench1842Philosophy
50
Fear and TremblingSøren KierkegaardDanish1843Philosophy
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Gray's AnatomyHenry GrayEnglish1858Philosophy
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Thus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich NietzscheGerman1885Philosophy
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Beyond Good and EvilFriedrich NietzscheGerman1886Philosophy
54
On the Genealogy of Morals
Friedrich NietzscheGerman1887Philosophy
55
The Interpretation of Dreams
Sigmund FreudGerman1899Philosophy
56
The Varieties of Religious Experience
William JamesEnglish1902Philosophy
57
PragmatismWilliam JamesEnglish1907Philosophy
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Course in General Linguistics
Ferdinand de SaussureFrench1916Philosophy
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Ludwig WittgensteinGerman1921Philosophy
60
Being and TimeMartin HeideggerGerman1927Philosophy
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The Epic of GilgameshAkkadian-2100Religion/Mythology
62
The I ChingClassical Chinese-750Religion/Mythology
63
The IliadHomerAncient Greek-700Religion/Mythology
64
The OdysseyHomerAncient Greek-700Religion/Mythology
65
Tao Te ChingLaoziClassical Chinese-500Religion/Mythology
66
The AnalectsConfuciusClassical Chinese-500Religion/Mythology
67
The RamayanaValmikiSanskrit-500Religion/Mythology
68
The UpanishadsSanskrit-500Religion/Mythology
69
The VedasSanskrit-500Religion/Mythology
70
The TorahHebrew-400Religion/Mythology
71
The DhammapadaGautama BuddhaPali-200Religion/Mythology
72
The AeneidVirgilLatin-19Religion/Mythology
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The MetamorphosesOvidLatin8Religion/Mythology
74
The Bible
Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek
100Religion/Mythology
75
The MahabharataVyasaSanskrit200Religion/Mythology
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The Bhagavad GitaVyasaSanskrit200Religion/Mythology
77
The ConfessionsAugustine of HippoLatin400Religion/Mythology
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City of GodAugustine of HippoLatin426Religion/Mythology
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The QuranMuhammadArabic632Religion/Mythology
80
The KojikiŌ no YasumaroClassical Japanese712Religion/Mythology
81
ElementsEuclidGreek-300Science/Math
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On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
Nicolaus CopernicusLatin1543Science/Math
83
Dialogue Concerning Two New Chief World Systems
Galileo GalileiItalian1632Science/Math
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Principia MathematicaIsaac NewtonLatin1687Science/Math
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OpticksIsaac NewtonLatin1704Science/Math
86
The Origin of SpeciesCharles DarwinEnglish1859Science/Math
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Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
James Clerk MaxwellEnglish1873Science/Math
88
Relativity: The Special and General Theory
Albert EinsteinGerman1916Science/Math
89
The Meaning of RelativityAlbert EinsteinGerman1922Science/Math
90
The Art of WarSun TzuClassical Chinese-400Social Sciences
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The PrinceNiccolò MachiavelliItalian1532Social Sciences
92
On the Law of War and Peace
Hugo GrotiusLatin1625Social Sciences
93
LeviathanThomas HobbesEnglish1651Social Sciences
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Two Treatises of Government
John LockeEnglish1689Social Sciences
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The Spirit of the LawsMontesquieuFrench1748Social Sciences
96
Discourse on the Origins of Inequality
Jean-Jacques RousseauFrench1755Social Sciences
97
The Social ContractJean-Jacques RousseauFrench1762Social Sciences
98
The Wealth of NationsAdam SmithEnglish1776Social Sciences
99
Common SenseThomas PaineEnglish1776Social Sciences
100
The Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
English1788Social Sciences