100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (That Are Older Than 200 Years)

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Ilias

von Homer

39,881 Mitglieder

386 Rezensionen

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Globaler Rang 1

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Erklärungen: Veilleur_de_nuit: Parce que ce long poème dit les horreurs de la guerre et les douceurs de l'amour, et parce qu'il a façonné l'imaginaire occidental.
Mapguy314: Means I have it in my library, not necessarily that I have read it, although I have read some of them

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Die Odyssee

von Homer

52,971 Mitglieder

472 Rezensionen

4

Globaler Rang 2

86 Members: timspalding, Edward, lorax, szarka, swhitco, anglemark, john257hopper, henkl, SaintSunniva, LShelby, TCBard, marfita, benjfrank, longway, benmartin79, MTL, yarb, janimar, xenophon, varielle, thorold, souci, southernbooklady, aulsmith, hvanloon, brookeott, gneoflavio, Cecrow, Nicole_VanK, PhileasHannay, andejons, MusicalKnitter, amanda4242, WMGOATGRUFF, merrystar, madpoet, cemanuel, Betelgeuse, toview, Myyst, Matke, PietWester, ukh, thecoroner, anthonywillard, BuiltByBooks, Veilleur_de_nuit, marsap, Dilara86, MaskedMumbler, hannodavel, bw94612, LadyoftheLodge, HxBuff, BlueSkies305, Roberto823, dontcallmeleslie, TrulyAragorn, ShaneTierney, drmom62, gypsysmom, Cynfelyn, pgleduc, writeslikeagirl, al.vick, stunes, WriterWarrior, raperper, Turambar, Dr.Vickie, cjmills, MarionCrombie, PyrrhicVctry, Tom_Huckstep, Eka-Belle, DelightedLibrarian, mspixieears, phdjrc, JohnMB, skylerboodie, Mapguy314, jaysonwm, DanielSTJ, Nicolebigelow3, puffintopia, ErykaSosa91,-pilgrim-
Erklärungen: -pilgrim- : There is another version on page 1 of list

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Der Staat

von Plato

21,899 Mitglieder

141 Rezensionen

3.9

Globaler Rang 21

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Das verlorene Paradies

von John Milton

13,878 Mitglieder

112 Rezensionen

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5

Historien

von Herodotus

10,068 Mitglieder

85 Rezensionen

4.1

Globaler Rang 25

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Lieder der Unschuld und Erfahrung

von William Blake

4,041 Mitglieder

38 Rezensionen

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Globaler Rang 35

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Der Peloponnesische Krieg

von Thucydides

7,863 Mitglieder

59 Rezensionen

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Globaler Rang 30

46 Members: timspalding, henkl, SaintSunniva, LShelby, TCBard, marfita, benjfrank, longway, yarb, janimar, xenophon, southernbooklady, MusicalKnitter, WMGOATGRUFF, madpoet, cemanuel, Betelgeuse, toview, anthonywillard, BuiltByBooks, perpender, alex68, HxBuff, BlueSkies305, Roberto823, JoLynnsbooks, ShaneTierney, drmom62, Cynfelyn, pgleduc, al.vick, mattries37315, WriterWarrior, Turambar, kingratt82, 21277008869595, PyrrhicVctry, Tom_Huckstep, dberndtd, lfriedla, JohnMB, skylerboodie, Mapguy314, Newton_Books, Nicolebigelow3, marcelacaav
Erklärungen: Mapguy314: I read this many years ago.

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Autobiographie

von Benjamin Franklin

7,318 Mitglieder

111 Rezensionen

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Globaler Rang 43

38 Members: swhitco, JBD1, JeanLittleLibrary, benjfrank, smcwl, xenophon, southernbooklady, aulsmith, MusicalKnitter, WMGOATGRUFF, madpoet, Betelgeuse, toview, JCBest, th.lrnr, 2wonderY, anthonywillard, MaskedMumbler, LadyoftheLodge, BlueSkies305, Roberto823, dontcallmeleslie, TrulyAragorn, drmom62, pgleduc, writeslikeagirl, WriterWarrior, Turambar, susan01, cjmills, 21277008869595, PyrrhicVctry, Tom_Huckstep, dberndtd, JohnMB, Mapguy314, Newton_Books, Nicolebigelow3,TCBard , ,jaysonwm
Erklärungen: aulsmith: Silverbooks is correct, but I found it engaging. Of course, I was only 12 and never reread it, so I'm not sure how it would come off now.
: mostly propaganda
Turambar: True, Franklin does a good deal of propagandizing, but the book is a sparkling example of Enlightenment Plain Style as well as being one of our earliest examples of American Exceptionalism and a sort of Pragmatism. It doesn't matter if you agree with his views or not; it's undeniably significant.

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Der Kaufmann von Venedig

von William Shakespeare

11,388 Mitglieder

112 Rezensionen

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Globaler Rang 33

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Das Dekameron

von Giovanni Boccaccio

9,979 Mitglieder

120 Rezensionen

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Die Kunst des Krieges

von Sun Tzu

23,066 Mitglieder

252 Rezensionen

3.8

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Erklärungen: : We need a little LESS war, please! Even though it's not old enough for this list, THE POLITICS OF NONVIOLENCE by Gene Sharp should be on everyone's must-read list.

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Tao te king

von Lao Tzu

18,487 Mitglieder

217 Rezensionen

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Globaler Rang 39

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Medea

von Euripides

2,904 Mitglieder

48 Rezensionen

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Globaler Rang 44

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Das Gastmahl.

von Plato

6,504 Mitglieder

70 Rezensionen

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Der Untergang Roms

von Edward Gibbon

3,223 Mitglieder

41 Rezensionen

½ 4.3

Globaler Rang 36

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Erklärungen: camainc : One only needs to read Augustine's City of God to know that Gibbon was so very wrong about the reasons for Rome's "decline and fall."
Turambar: Whether Gibbon was wrong or not is irrelevant to whether The Decline and Fall ought to be read. We don't read Herodotus because he was right. We read him because he helped shape how a civilization thought, as did Gibbon in his own, later way.
JacobKirckman: Gibbon's not 'on my list', as I have it (just not catalogued on LT yet)! Commenting purely to counter Camainc's claim that Gibbon was wrong. I'd take an historian (even an 18th century one) over a Bible-Basher any day...