'''Classics''''''[[File:1270061661552.jpg|thumb|Classics and Modern Classics]]'''
'''Classics[[File:1270061661552.jpg|thumb|Classics and Modern Classics]]'''
*Miguel de Cervantes - ''Don Quixote''
*Miguel de Cervantes - ''Don Quixote''
*Jane Austen - ''Pride and prejudice ''
*Jane Austen - ''Pride and prejudice ''
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*P.G. Wodehouse - ''Life with Jeeves''
*P.G. Wodehouse - ''Life with Jeeves''
*Kurt Vonnegut - ''Slaughterhouse five''
*Kurt Vonnegut - ''Slaughterhouse five''
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'''Theater/drama[[File:Playrecs.jpg|thumb]]'''
Classical through medieval:
*Sophocles - ''The three Theban plays''
*Aeschylus - ''The Oresteia''
*Euripides - ''Electra and other plays''
*Menander - ''Plays and fragments''
*Plautus - ''The pot of gold and other plays''
*Seneca - ''Four tragedies and Octavia''
*Terence - ''The comedies''
*Kalidasa - ''The loom of time''
*Hrotsvitha - ''The plays of Hrotswitha of Gandersheim''
*Various - ''Japanese nô dramas ''(translated by Royall Tyler)
*Various - ''Chûshingura'' (translated by Donald Keene)
*Anonymous - ''Everyman and other miracle and morality plays''
*Various - ''York mystery plays''
Renaissance
*William Shakespeare - ''Complete works''
*Thomas Kyd - ''The Spanish tragedy''
*Christopher Marlowe - ''The complete plays''
*Ben Jonson - ''Volpone and other plays''
*John Webster - ''The duchess of Malfi and other plays''
*Lope de Vega - ''Three major plays''
*Pedro Calderón de la Barca - ''Life is a dream''
*Molière - ''The misanthrope, Tartuffe and other plays''
*Pierre Corneille - ''Le Cid''
*Jean Racine - ''Phèdre''
Restoration, romanticism and realism
*John Wilmot - ''The farce of Sodom or The quintessence of debauchery''
*William Wycherley - ''The country wife''
*William Congreve - ''The way of the world and other plays''
*Aphra Behn - ''The rover and other plays''
*John Gay - ''The beggar's opera''
*Beaumarchais - ''The Figaro trilogy''
*Carlo Goldoni - ''A servant to two masters''
*Richard Brinsley Sheridan '' The school for scandal''
*Friedrich Schiller - ''The robbers and Wallenstein''
*Büchner - ''The complete plays''
*Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - ''Faust''
*Shelley - ''The Cenci''
*Lord Byron - ''Six plays''
*Feydeau - ''Plays: one ''and ''Plays: two''
*Sir W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan - ''The complete annotated Gilbert & Sullivan''
*Oscar Wilde - ''The importance of being earnest and other plays''
*George Bernard Shaw - ''Plays by George Bernard Shaw''
*G.B. Shaw - ''Pygmalion''
*J.M.Synge - ''The playboy of the western world''
*Henrik Ibsen - ''Four major plays''
*August Strindberg - ''Five major plays''
*W.B.Yeats - ''The collected works of W.B. Yeats''
*Edmond Rosland - ''Cyrano de Bergerac ''
20th century:
*Eugene O'neill - ''Long day's journey into tonight''
*Anton Chekhov - ''The plays of Anton Chekhov''
*Luigi Pirandello - ''Six characters in search of an author and other plays''
*Maurice Maeterlinck - ''The blue bird: a fairy play in five acts''
*Arthur Schnitzler - ''Four major plays''
*J.M. Barrie - ''Peter pan and other plays''
*Thornton Wilder - Three plays: Our town, The skin of our teeth and ''The matchmaker.''
*Bertolt Brecht - ''The threepenny opera, Mother courage and her children ''and'' Life of Galileo''
*Federico Garcia Lorca - ''Blood Wedding, Yerma ''and'' The house of Bernarda Alba''
*Sean O'Casey - ''Plays''
*Nöel Coward - ''The vortex''
*Sophie Treadwell - ''Machinal''
*R.C. Sheriff - ''Journey's end''
*Tennessee Williams - ''A streetcar named desire ''and ''The glass menagerie''
*Samuel Beckett - ''The complete dramatic works''
*Peter Weiss - ''The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade''
*Jean Anouilh - ''Five plays''
*Jean Giraudoux - ''The madwoman of Chaillot''
*Harold Pinter - ''The homecoming, The birthday party ''and'' The room''
*Jean-Paul Sartre - ''No exit and three other plays''
*Friedrich Dürrenmatt - ''The visit''
*Joe Orton - ''The complete plays''
*Arthur Miller - ''The portable Arthur Miller''
*Edward Albee - ''WHo's afraid of Virginia Woolf?''
*Edward Albee - ''The american dream ''and'' The zoo story''
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The complete Sherlock Holmes
Voltaire - Candide
Emile Zola - L'assommoir ( the dram shop
Rudyard Kipling - The jungle book
John Milton - Paradise Lost
Modern Classics
Herman Hesse - Steppenwolf
Joseph Heller - Catch 22
William S. Burroughs - Naked Lunch
Albert Camus - The stranger
John Fowles - The magus
Hunter S. Thompson - Fear and loathing in Las Vegas
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich
John Steinbeck - The grapes of wrath
George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-four (1984)
Virginia Woolf - To the lighthouse
Yukio Mishima - The temple of the golden pavillion
Vladimir Nabokov - Lolita
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - One hundred years of solitude
Ian Fleming - Casino Royale
Jack Kerouac - On the road
Jean Paul Sartre - Nausea
Jose Saramago - Blindness
Thomas Mann - The magic mountain
Toni Morrison - Beloved
John Updike - Brazil
Milan Kundera - The unbearable lightness of being
Aldous Huxley - Brave new world
James Joyce - Ulysses
David Herbert Richards Lawrence - Sons and lovers
Francis Scott Fitzgerald - The great Gatsby
André Gide - The immoralist
P.G. Wodehouse - Life with Jeeves
Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse five
Theater/drama
Classical through medieval:
Sophocles - The three Theban plays
Aeschylus - The Oresteia
Euripides - Electra and other plays
Menander - Plays and fragments
Plautus - The pot of gold and other plays
Seneca - Four tragedies and Octavia
Terence - The comedies
Kalidasa - The loom of time
Hrotsvitha - The plays of Hrotswitha of Gandersheim
Various - Japanese nô dramas (translated by Royall Tyler)
Various - Chûshingura (translated by Donald Keene)
Anonymous - Everyman and other miracle and morality plays
Various - York mystery plays
Renaissance
William Shakespeare - Complete works
Thomas Kyd - The Spanish tragedy
Christopher Marlowe - The complete plays
Ben Jonson - Volpone and other plays
John Webster - The duchess of Malfi and other plays
Lope de Vega - Three major plays
Pedro Calderón de la Barca - Life is a dream
Molière - The misanthrope, Tartuffe and other plays
Pierre Corneille - Le Cid
Jean Racine - Phèdre
Restoration, romanticism and realism
John Wilmot - The farce of Sodom or The quintessence of debauchery
William Wycherley - The country wife
William Congreve - The way of the world and other plays
Aphra Behn - The rover and other plays
John Gay - The beggar's opera
Beaumarchais - The Figaro trilogy
Carlo Goldoni - A servant to two masters
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The school for scandal
Friedrich Schiller - The robbers and Wallenstein
Büchner - The complete plays
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust
Shelley - The Cenci
Lord Byron - Six plays
Feydeau - Plays: one and Plays: two
Sir W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan - The complete annotated Gilbert & Sullivan
Oscar Wilde - The importance of being earnest and other plays
George Bernard Shaw - Plays by George Bernard Shaw
G.B. Shaw - Pygmalion
J.M.Synge - The playboy of the western world
Henrik Ibsen - Four major plays
August Strindberg - Five major plays
W.B.Yeats - The collected works of W.B. Yeats
Edmond Rosland - Cyrano de Bergerac
20th century:
Eugene O'neill - Long day's journey into tonight
Anton Chekhov - The plays of Anton Chekhov
Luigi Pirandello - Six characters in search of an author and other plays
Maurice Maeterlinck - The blue bird: a fairy play in five acts
Arthur Schnitzler - Four major plays
J.M. Barrie - Peter pan and other plays
Thornton Wilder - Three plays: Our town, The skin of our teeth and The matchmaker.
Bertolt Brecht - The threepenny opera, Mother courage and her children and Life of Galileo
Federico Garcia Lorca - Blood Wedding, Yerma and The house of Bernarda Alba
Sean O'Casey - Plays
Nöel Coward - The vortex
Sophie Treadwell - Machinal
R.C. Sheriff - Journey's end
Tennessee Williams - A streetcar named desire and The glass menagerie
Samuel Beckett - The complete dramatic works
Peter Weiss - The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
Jean Anouilh - Five plays
Jean Giraudoux - The madwoman of Chaillot
Harold Pinter - The homecoming, The birthday party and The room
Jean-Paul Sartre - No exit and three other plays
Friedrich Dürrenmatt - The visit
Joe Orton - The complete plays
Arthur Miller - The portable Arthur Miller
Edward Albee - WHo's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albee - The american dream and The zoo story
Jean Genet - The balcony
Wole Soyinka - Death and the king's horseman
Lorraine Hansberry - A raisin in the sun
Sam Shepard - Seven plays
David Mamet - Oleanna, Speed-the-plow and Glengarry Glen Ross
Tony Kushner - Angels in America
August Wilson - Three plays
Tom Stoppard - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead and Arcadia
(Note made by Isabelle: later translations are usually more accessible. I AM not a fan of Jowett. Since she composed this list I thought it necessary to add this)
Early Works:
Apology
Crito
Euthyphro (holiness, the Euthyphro dilemma)
Ion
Laches (courage)
Protagoras (the teachability of virtue)
Gorgias (rethoric vs. philosophy)
Meno (virtue, Meno's paradox)
Middle Works
Parmenides - Forms
Phaedo (the death of socrates, the afterlife)
Phaedrus (love and rethoric)
Republic (politics, the state and the soul)
Symposium (true love, the 'Ladder of Love')
Theaetetus (knowledge)
Later Works
Critias (Atlantis)
Sophist (more on Forms)
Timaeus (the purpose of the universe)
On Aristotle
David M.Balme - Aristotle on Nature and Living Things: Philosophical and Historical Studies
Cristopher Shields - Aristotle
David Furley - From Aristotle to Augustine
By Aristotle
(Another note by Isabelle: Oxford translations are best)
The Nicomachean Ethics (virtue ethics, leads into Politics)
Rethoric
Metaphysics
Poetics
Politics
Cynicism
Farrand Sayre - Diogenes of Sinope: A study of Greek cynicism
R. Bracht Branham, Marie-Odile Goulet-Cazé -The Cynics: The Cynic Movement in Antiquity and Its Legacy
Epicureanism
James Warren - The Cambridge's companion to Epicureanism
Eugene O'connor - The essential Epicurus
Lucretius - The nature of things
Stoicism
(Isabella specified Penguin Classics)
Seneca - Letters from a stoic
Epictetus - Discourses and selected writings
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations
Skepticism
Norman Maccoll - The Greek Sceptics: From Pyrrho to Sextus
Classics
Theater/Drama part 1
Theater/Drama part 2
Female writers
Humor
Depressing Literature
Essential Doorstoppers (Unfinished)
Dystopia & Utopia (Unfinished)
Essential Poetry Guide
A collection of 'must read' lists.
Drug Books
Short Story Collections
Flash Fiction and Short Short Stories
Short Story Collections - 19th Century and Earlier
100 Novellas
Novellas
100 Contemporary Novellas
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Guide to Journey to the West translations
Guide to Romance of the Three Kingdoms translations
100 Works of Japanese Literature
Russian lit
Maksim Gorky - Mother
Sci Fi 1
Sci Fi 3
NPR's Top 100 Sci-fi and Fantasy
Christian and Medieval
Modern
Modern Part 2
Scientific Revolution
German Idealism
Existentialism
Analytic Part 1
Analytic Part 2
Postmodernism
Feminism/Queer Theory
