Works
The great works of philosophy, literature and psychology: what they are about, when they were written and why they matter.
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Best-known works
The IliadHomerHarry PotterJ. K. Rowling · 1997MahabharataVyasaThe OdysseyHomerThe Little PrinceAntoine de Saint-Exupéry · 1943The Lord of the RingsJ. R. R. Tolkien · 1954Don QuixoteMiguel de Cervantes · 1605HamletWilliam Shakespeare · 1602The Communist ManifestoKarl Marx · 1848Romeo and JulietWilliam ShakespeareRamayanaValmikiNineteen Eighty-FourGeorge Orwell · 1949Bhagavad GitaVyasaShahnamehFerdowsiThe Divine ComedyDante AlighieriThe Art of WarSun TzuAlice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carroll · 1865Animal FarmGeorge Orwell · 1945Dream of the Red ChamberCao Xueqin · 1792The HobbitJ. R. R. Tolkien · 1937The Tale of GenjiMurasaki ShikibuThe AeneidVirgilCrime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoyevsky · 1866Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy · 1877MacbethWilliam Shakespeare · 1623The Little MermaidHans Christian Andersen · 1837Guinness World RecordsJonas Deichmann · 1955Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneJ. K. Rowling · 1997The RepublicPlato · 1963One Hundred Years of SolitudeGabriel García Márquez · 1967Kama SutraVātsyāyanaThe PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli · 1532Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen · 1813Robinson CrusoeDaniel Defoe · 1719The Adventures of TintinHergéHarry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsJ. K. Rowling · 1998War and PeaceLeo Tolstoy · 1869Tao Te ChingLaoziOthello, the Moor of VeniceWilliam Shakespeare · 1622King LearWilliam Shakespeare · 1608Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixJ. K. Rowling · 2003Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanJ. K. Rowling · 1999The AlchemistPaulo Coelho · 1988The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway · 1952The Brothers KaramazovFyodor Dostoyevsky · 1880Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceJ. K. Rowling · 2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireJ. K. Rowling · 2000Moby-DickHerman Melville · 1851