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.
Roberto823's Liste89LibraryThing413
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Die Sonette
von William Shakespeare
8,635 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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Autobiographie
von Benjamin Franklin
7,327 Mitglieder
111 Rezensionen
3.8
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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Die Kunst des Krieges
von Sun Tzu
23,094 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.
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Der Untergang Roms
von Edward Gibbon
3,228 Mitglieder
41 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 36
39 Members
timspalding, swhitco, henkl, benjfrank, yarb, smcwl, xenophon, southernbooklady, hvanloon, andejons, MusicalKnitter, WMGOATGRUFF, madpoet, Betelgeuse, toview, th.lrnr, MaskedMumbler, bw94612, BlueSkies305, Roberto823, dontcallmeleslie, ShaneTierney, drmom62, pgleduc, mattries37315, WriterWarrior, Turambar, 21277008869595, PyrrhicVctry, Tom_Huckstep, dberndtd, Mapguy314, Newton_Books, Nicolebigelow3, chas69, JacobKirckman, NinaHer, marcelacaav, praveen.jay80,camainc ,
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...
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Der goldene Esel
von Apuleius
4,775 Mitglieder
75 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 78
22 Members
timspalding, Edward, swhitco, henkl, xenophon, southernbooklady, MusicalKnitter, madpoet, cemanuel, toview, thecoroner, BuiltByBooks, perpender, alex68, CGlanovsky, Roberto823, Luisali, WriterWarrior, PyrrhicVctry, mspixieears, lfriedla, ManWithAnAgenda
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Gedichte
von Catullus
2,890 Mitglieder
31 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 87
21 Members
timspalding, Edward, henkl, rarm, xenophon, thorold, southernbooklady, hvanloon, andejons, MusicalKnitter, WMGOATGRUFF, toview, BuiltByBooks, Roberto823, ShaneTierney, drmom62, stunes, WriterWarrior, PyrrhicVctry, skylerboodie, MusesPublisher,
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Lyrical Ballads
von William Wordsworth
1,138 Mitglieder
9 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 99
17 Members
yarb, smcwl, xenophon, southernbooklady, hvanloon, WMGOATGRUFF, madpoet, Betelgeuse, toview, Roberto823, dontcallmeleslie, drmom62, ahef1963, Dr.Vickie, walthoff, PyrrhicVctry, dberndtd
78
Njals Saga (Classics)
von Anonymous
2,393 Mitglieder
22 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 97
18 Members
anglemark, henkl, marfita, xenophon, southernbooklady, Nicole_VanK, andejons, MusicalKnitter, madpoet, toview, anthonywillard, perpender, Roberto823, drmom62, al.vick, WriterWarrior, cjmills, PyrrhicVctry,yarb
79
The Campaigns of Alexander
von Arrian
1,422 Mitglieder
12 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 94
22 Members
timspalding, xenophon, southernbooklady, andejons, MusicalKnitter, WMGOATGRUFF, cemanuel, Betelgeuse, toview, thecoroner, BuiltByBooks, perpender, alex68, BlueSkies305, Roberto823, ShaneTierney, drmom62, WriterWarrior, 21277008869595, PyrrhicVctry, skylerboodie, Nicolebigelow3,
Erklärungen
: more glorification of war? nah
80
Die tragische Historie vom Doktor Faustus
von Christopher Marlowe
5,069 Mitglieder
72 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Globaler Rang 70
26 Members
karenb, hipdeep, henkl, MTL, yarb, xenophon, southernbooklady, aulsmith, hvanloon, andejons, MusicalKnitter, madpoet, toview, Myyst, MaskedMumbler, Roberto823, dontcallmeleslie, drmom62, ahef1963, WriterWarrior, cjmills, PyrrhicVctry, dberndtd, Newton_Books, -pilgrim-, ErykaSosa91
Erklärungen
karenb: Original version please! (No, really, the right one this time ;)
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Satiren
von Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
1,778 Mitglieder
14 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 105
17 Members
timspalding, henkl, marfita, xenophon, southernbooklady, MusicalKnitter, WMGOATGRUFF, madpoet, cemanuel, toview, Matke, thecoroner, BuiltByBooks, Roberto823, WriterWarrior, Turambar, PyrrhicVctry,Edward ,
86
Phaedo
von Plato
1,644 Mitglieder
18 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 91
18 Members
marfita, xenophon, southernbooklady, hvanloon, WMGOATGRUFF, cemanuel, toview, Matke, anthonywillard, BlueSkies305, Roberto823, drmom62, pgleduc, WriterWarrior, jeffza, PyrrhicVctry, skylerboodie, ErykaSosa91
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The Complete English Poems
von John Donne
1,740 Mitglieder
9 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 85
23 Members
szarka, hipdeep, henkl, yarb, janimar, smcwl, xenophon, hvanloon, WMGOATGRUFF, toview, Matke, anthonywillard, perpender, Roberto823, dontcallmeleslie, drmom62, ahef1963, WriterWarrior, Dr.Vickie, jeffza, PyrrhicVctry, jaysonwm, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
Erklärungen
aulsmith : Not the whole thing. I took a seminar on Donne, and we didn't even read them all.
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Anabasis
von Xenophon
2,371 Mitglieder
50 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 98
20 Members
timspalding, xenophon, southernbooklady, Nicole_VanK, MusicalKnitter, WMGOATGRUFF, madpoet, cemanuel, Betelgeuse, thecoroner, perpender, alex68, HxBuff, Roberto823, JoLynnsbooks, ShaneTierney, WriterWarrior, PyrrhicVctry, skylerboodie, Nicolebigelow3,