Great Books

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Anthony O'Hear, 22 Books

A short list of essential works of the Western Canon, as selected scholar Anthony O'Hear.

This list was originally published in 2013 and was added to this site over 11 years ago.

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Cover of 'The Iliad' by Homer

The Iliad

Cover of 'The Odyssey' by Homer

The Odyssey

Cover of 'Oresteia' by Aeschylus

Oresteia

Cover of 'Antigone' by Sophocles

Antigone

Cover of 'The Bacchae' by Euripides

The Bacchae

Cover of 'Euthyphro' by Plato

Euthyphro

Cover of 'Apology' by Plato

Apology

Cover of 'Crito' by Plato

Crito

Cover of 'Phaedo' by Plato

Phaedo

Cover of 'The Aeneid' by Virgil

The Aeneid

Cover of 'Metamorphoses' by Ovid

Metamorphoses

Cover of 'Confessions' by Augustine

Confessions

Cover of 'The Divine Comedy' by Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri

Cover of 'The Canterbury Tales' by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

Cover of 'Henry V' by William Shakespeare

Henry V

William Shakespeare

Cover of 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare

Hamlet

William Shakespeare

Cover of 'The Tempest' by William Shakespeare

The Tempest

William Shakespeare

Cover of 'Don Quixote' by Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes

Cover of 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton

Paradise Lost

Cover of 'Pensées' by Blaise Pascal

Pensées

Cover of 'Phèdre' by Jean Racine

Phèdre

Cover of 'Faust' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faust

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe