The books people recommended

2018-05-26 · 412 points · 71 comments · 18 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

72Harvard Classics
Harvard Classics
Charles W. Eliot
72 here · 28 all-time · #209 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 308 ratings on Amazon
2
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
2 here · 165 all-time · #10 overall
Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 21,552 ratings on Amazon
2
The Iliad
Homer
2 here · 28 all-time · #201 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 5,214 ratings on Amazon
2The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
2 here · 17 all-time · #366 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 11,110 ratings on Amazon
2History of the Peloponnesian War
History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides
2 here · 8 all-time · #818 overall
2The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
2 here · 7 all-time · #996 overall
1
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
1 here · 51 all-time · #82 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 16,756 ratings on Amazon
1
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1 here · 50 all-time · #85 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 5,186 ratings on Amazon
1
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
1 here · 33 all-time · #161 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,758 ratings on Amazon
1
The Republic
Plato
1 here · 32 all-time · #174 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 1,034 ratings on Amazon
1Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
1 here · 14 all-time · #447 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 39,261 ratings on Amazon
1The Confessions
The Confessions
Augustine of Hippo
1 here · 13 all-time · #484 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 2,059 ratings on Amazon
1The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
1 here · 10 all-time · #637 overall
1The Aeneid
The Aeneid
Virgil
1 here · 8 all-time · #802 overall
1The Consolation of Philosophy
The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius
1 here · 7 all-time · #1032 overall
1The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
1 here · 5 all-time · #1450 overall
1David Copperfield
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
1 here · 4 all-time · #1703 overall
1The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1 here · 4 all-time · #1718 overall