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

Beschreibung
Amazon just released their "100 books to read in a lifetime." The oldest of which was published in 1813. That's a crying shame. Let's compile and vote on a list of the rest.
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On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
von Nicolaus Copernicus
445 Mitglieder
7 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Globaler Rang 108
16 Members
timspalding, benjfrank, Helcura, smcwl, xenophon, southernbooklady, MusicalKnitter, madpoet, Betelgeuse, PietWester, dontcallmeleslie, al.vick, stunes, WriterWarrior, PyrrhicVctry, dberndtd,Edward ,lorax
Erklärungen
lorax : I really don't think everyone needs to read a book that's been called "the book nobody read" (see http://www.librarything.com/work/16335 ). I have a PhD in astronomy and even I never read this; it's important to know about it, and why it was important, but actually reading it? Reading the old, old primary sources isn't important in science the way it is in history.
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Die Sonette
von William Shakespeare
8,633 Mitglieder
68 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 37
41 Members
szarka, monica67, swhitco, hipdeep, anglemark, jillmwo, JeanLittleLibrary, TCBard, rarm, xenophon, thorold, souci, southernbooklady, hvanloon, Nicole_VanK, andejons, MusicalKnitter, WMGOATGRUFF, madpoet, toview, PietWester, BlueSkies305, Roberto823, dontcallmeleslie, TrulyAragorn, Andrew_Lear, drmom62, ahef1963, WriterWarrior, Dr.Vickie, Lucy_Skywalker, cjmills, ENjogu, PyrrhicVctry, Tom_Huckstep, mspixieears, lfriedla, skylerboodie, Mapguy314, ManWithAnAgenda, marcelacaav,aulsmith ,
Erklärungen
aulsmith : I just read through them all and a lot of them are boring, repetitive and some of them are clearly drafts. Go with the ones that are anthologized.
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Die Kunst des Krieges
von Sun Tzu
23,092 Mitglieder
253 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 32
45 Members
timspalding, szarka, karenb, henkl, SaintSunniva, TCBard, benjfrank, xenophon, hvanloon, andejons, MusicalKnitter, WMGOATGRUFF, madpoet, cemanuel, Betelgeuse, toview, PietWester, thecoroner, MaskedMumbler, alex68, HxBuff, Roberto823, dontcallmeleslie, rubyman, humblemummble, drmom62, writeslikeagirl, al.vick, ahef1963, mattries37315, WriterWarrior, raperper, rancocas, Turambar, PyrrhicVctry, Tom_Huckstep, dberndtd, JohnMB, skylerboodie, Mapguy314, Newton_Books, Nicolebigelow3, puffintopia, NinaHer, itstheblob, ,jaysonwm
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.