Title Oedipus the King Author Sophocles Series The Theban Plays #1 Ranking ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre Drama Links Goodreads Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex has never been surpassed for the raw and terrible power with which its hero struggles to answer the eternal question,…
Title Hamlet Author William Shakespeare Series NA Ranking ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre Drama Links Goodreads “Hamlet: A Tale of Tragic Intrigue and Vengeance” Embark on an unforgettable literary odyssey with the Bard’s timeless masterpiece, “Hamlet,” as Shakespeare weaves a dark and intricate…
Title A Midsummer Night’s Dream Author William Shakespeare Series NA Ranking ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre Comedy Links Goodreads Shakespeare’s intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start–Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for Lysander. Bad…
Title The Devil’s Dictionary Author Ambrose Bierce Series NA Ranking ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre Philosophy Links Goodreads f we could only put aside our civil pose and say what we really thought, the world would be a lot like the one alluded…
Title The Inferno Author Dante Alighieri Series The Divine Comedy #1 Ranking ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre Fantasy Links Goodreads he Divine Comedy begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in the year 1300. It proceeds on a journey that, in its…
Title The Fall of House Usher Author Edgar Allan Poe Series NA Ranking ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre Drama Links Goodreads ake the plunge. Dive into this classic from the singular mind of Edgar Allan Poe, who is widely regarded as the short…
Title The Hobbit Author J. R. R. Tolkein Series Lord of the Rings #1 Ranking ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre Fantasy Links Goodreads In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends…
Title The Iliad Author Homer Series Chronicles of the Greek-Trojan War Ranking ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre Fantasy, Poetry Links Goodreads One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer’s Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the Trojan War. At…
Title Nicomachian Ethics Author Aristotle Series NA Ranking ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre Philosophy Links Goodreads ‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and…
Title The Odyssey Author Homer Series Chronicles of the Greek-Trojan War Ranking ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre Fantasy, Poetry Links Goodreads If the Iliad is the world’s greatest war epic, then the Odyssey is literature’s grandest evocation of every man’s journey though life.…
