James Baldwin, The Book Lover: A Guide to the Best Reading (1910)

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The Book Lover: A Guide To The Best Reading is a literary guidebook written by James Baldwin and first published in 1885. The book is a comprehensive guide to the best books and authors of the time, providing readers with an extensive list of recommended reading. Baldwin covers a wide range of genres, including poetry, fiction, drama, and essays, and offers insightful commentary on each work.

This list was originally published in 1910 and was added to this site about 2 years ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
9840 Saint Ronan's Well Sir Walter Scott 1824 Scottish English
3606 Redgauntlet Sir Walter Scott 1824 Scottish English
9840 The Betrothed Sir Walter Scott 1825 Scottish English
6928 The Talisman Sir Walter Scott 1825 Scottish English
7019 Woodstock Sir Walter Scott 1826 British English
7557 The Fair Maid Of Perth Sir Walter Scott 1828 Scottish English
9840 Count Robert Of Paris Sir Walter Scott 1832 British English
9840 Castle Dangerous Sir Walter Scott 1831 Scottish English
129 First Folio William Shakespeare 1623 British English
342 The Sonnets William Shakespeare 1609 British English
2011 The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley 1810 British English
105 Oedipus the King Sophocles -429 Greek Ancient greek
383 Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles -401 Greek Ancient greek
124 Antigone Sophocles -441 Greek Ancient greek
1125 Women of Trachis Sophocles -450 Greek Ancient greek
985 Electra Sophocles -409 Greek Ancient greek
1124 Philoctetes Sophocles -409 Greek Ancient greek
1123 Ajax Sophocles -440 Greek Ancient greek
1284 The Faerie Queene Edmund Spenser 1590 British English
5382 Jerusalem Delivered Torquato Tasso 1581 Italian Italian
707 Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson 1830 British English
104 Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray 1847 British English
977 The History Of Henry Esmond William Makepeace Thackeray 1852 British English
9566 The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1855 British English
7971 The History Of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1849 British English
14296 Theocritus, Bion And Moschus Andrew Lang 1889 Scottish English
70 The Aeneid Virgil -19 Roman Latin
1324 The Compleat Angler Izaak Walton 1653 British English
13327 The Great Speeches And Orations Of Daniel Webster Daniel Webster 1851 American English
2151 The Poetical Works Of William Wordsworth William Wordsworth 1807 British English