Classical Literature


The Odyssey
The Iliad
Pride and Prejudice
The Aeneid
Jane Eyre
1984
Wuthering Heights
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Crime and Punishment
Metamorphoses
The Great Gatsby
To Kill a Mockingbird
Romeo and Juliet
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Animal Farm
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Thug Notes
42 books — 6 voters
The Iliad by HomerThe Odyssey by HomerThe Aeneid by VirgilThe Republic by PlatoThe Histories by Herodotus
Classical World Reading List
115 books — 70 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The best classical books of all time
68 books — 6 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeStone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfMaurice by E.M. Forster
LGBTQ+ Classics
48 books — 31 voters

Most artists wish to receive acclaim for a body of work that will withstand the test of time. Ancient Greece culture produced many works of fiction, history, mythology, drama, and philosophy that scholars consider timeless classics. The classics of Ancient Greece greatly influenced the development of Western Civilization.
Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

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