Literary Cannon

December 28, 2022
163 Books
Stats

Position	Details	Rating
#105	Richard II William Shakespeare	3.88
#106	The hero with a thousand faces Joseph Campbell	3.95
#107	All the King's Men Robert Penn Warren	4.03
#108	Coriolanus William Shakespeare	4
#109	The War That Killed Achilles Caroline Alexander	4
#110	Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen	4.19
#111	Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman	3.98
#112	The Arabian Nights Husain Haddawy (Translator) Anonymous	3.74
#113	The War against Cliché: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000 Martin Amis	0
#114	The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition Fernando Pessoa Margaret Jull Costa (Translator)	4.47
#115	The Confidence Man: His Masquerade Herman Melville	2.5
#116	Complete Collected Essays V.S. Pritchett	0
#117	The Spirit of the Age William Hazlitt	0
#118	Characters of Shakespeare's Plays Characters of Shakespeare's Plays William Hazlitt	3
#119	Tyrant Stephen Greenblatt	3
#120	The Tiger in the Smoke Margery Allingham	4
#121	How the Classics Made Shakespeare Jonathan Bate	0
#122	The Best Poems of the English Language Harold Bloom	5
#123	Possessed by Memory Harold Bloom	0
#124	God Jack Miles	4.5
#125	Macbeth Jo Nesbø	3.13
#126	Selling the Story Jonathan Paine	0
#127	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Agatha Christie	4.19
#128	Classical Mythology in Shakespeare Classical Mythology in Shakespeare Robert K 1877-1950 Root	0
#129	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Saddleback Educational Publishing	3.61
#130	Henry IV, Part 1 et al. David Bevington	3.91
#131	Henry IV, Part 2 William Shakespeare	3.7
#132	Henry V William Shakespeare	3.88
#133	Humboldt's Gift Saul Bellow	4.5
#134	The Echo Maker Richard Powers	4
#135	Galatea 2.2 Richard Powers	3.4
#136	Breakfast of Champions Kurt Vonnegut	3.85
#137	Essays One Lydia Davis	5
#138	The Crack Up F. Scott Fitzgerald	3.67
#139	Motherless Brooklyn Jonathan Lethem	3.85
#140	Grendel John Gardner	3.77
#141	September 1, 1939: A Biography of a Poem Ian Sansom	0
#142	A Thousand Ships Natalie Haynes	4.06
#143	Agent Running in the Field John Le Carre	3.67
#144	Fine Structure Sam Hughes qntm	4.21
#145	Solar Lottery Philip K. Dick	3.2
#146	The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick	3.46
#147	Exhalation Ted Chiang	4.24
#148	Bowie's Books John O'Connell	3
#149	Größenwahn Lee Child Marie Rahn (Translator)	3.67
#150	An Outpost of Progress Joseph Conrad	3
#151	Borges On Writing Jorge Luis Borges	4.5
#152	Roseanna Maj Sjöwall Per Wahlöö Bodil Engen (Translator)	4.22
#153	How to Read a Book Mortimer J. Adler Charles Van Doren	3.83
#154	King Henry VI. Part 1 William Shakespeare	4
#155	Henry VI, Part 2 William Shakespeare	3.67
#156	Henry VI, Part 3 William Shakespeare	3.67
#157	Richard III William Shakespeare	3.9
#158	Tales of Land and Sea Joseph Conrad	4
#159	Billy Budd Herman Melville	3.06
#160	The Iliad Homer	4.06
#161	The Odyssey Homer Robert Fagles (Translator)	3.81
#162	David David J. Wolpe	0
#163	Fortune Favors the Dead Stephen Spotswood	3.75
#164	The Beatles : all these years Mark Lewisohn	4.2
#165	Dune Frank Herbert	4.28
#166	The Ministry for the Future Kim Stanley Robinson	3.88
#167	Benito Cereno Herman Melville	4.33

Position	Details	Rating
#105	Richard II William Shakespeare	3.88
#106	The hero with a thousand faces Joseph Campbell	3.95
#107	All the King's Men Robert Penn Warren	4.03
#108	Coriolanus William Shakespeare	4
#109	The War That Killed Achilles Caroline Alexander	4
#110	Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen	4.19
#111	Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman	3.98
#112	The Arabian Nights Husain Haddawy (Translator) Anonymous	3.74
#113	The War against Cliché: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000 Martin Amis	0
#114	The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition Fernando Pessoa Margaret Jull Costa (Translator)	4.47
#115	The Confidence Man: His Masquerade Herman Melville	2.5
#116	Complete Collected Essays V.S. Pritchett	0
#117	The Spirit of the Age William Hazlitt	0
#118	Characters of Shakespeare's Plays Characters of Shakespeare's Plays William Hazlitt	3
#119	Tyrant Stephen Greenblatt	3
#120	The Tiger in the Smoke Margery Allingham	4
#121	How the Classics Made Shakespeare Jonathan Bate	0
#122	The Best Poems of the English Language Harold Bloom	5
#123	Possessed by Memory Harold Bloom	0
#124	God Jack Miles	4.5
#125	Macbeth Jo Nesbø	3.13
#126	Selling the Story Jonathan Paine	0
#127	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Agatha Christie	4.19
#128	Classical Mythology in Shakespeare Classical Mythology in Shakespeare Robert K 1877-1950 Root	0
#129	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Saddleback Educational Publishing	3.61
#130	Henry IV, Part 1 et al. David Bevington	3.91
#131	Henry IV, Part 2 William Shakespeare	3.7
#132	Henry V William Shakespeare	3.88
#133	Humboldt's Gift Saul Bellow	4.5
#134	The Echo Maker Richard Powers	4
#135	Galatea 2.2 Richard Powers	3.4
#136	Breakfast of Champions Kurt Vonnegut	3.85
#137	Essays One Lydia Davis	5
#138	The Crack Up F. Scott Fitzgerald	3.67
#139	Motherless Brooklyn Jonathan Lethem	3.85
#140	Grendel John Gardner	3.77
#141	September 1, 1939: A Biography of a Poem Ian Sansom	0
#142	A Thousand Ships Natalie Haynes	4.06
#143	Agent Running in the Field John Le Carre	3.67
#144	Fine Structure Sam Hughes qntm	4.21
#145	Solar Lottery Philip K. Dick	3.2
#146	The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick	3.46
#147	Exhalation Ted Chiang	4.24
#148	Bowie's Books John O'Connell	3
#149	Größenwahn Lee Child Marie Rahn (Translator)	3.67
#150	An Outpost of Progress Joseph Conrad	3
#151	Borges On Writing Jorge Luis Borges	4.5
#152	Roseanna Maj Sjöwall Per Wahlöö Bodil Engen (Translator)	4.22
#153	How to Read a Book Mortimer J. Adler Charles Van Doren	3.83
#154	King Henry VI. Part 1 William Shakespeare	4
#155	Henry VI, Part 2 William Shakespeare	3.67
#156	Henry VI, Part 3 William Shakespeare	3.67
#157	Richard III William Shakespeare	3.9
#158	Tales of Land and Sea Joseph Conrad	4
#159	Billy Budd Herman Melville	3.06
#160	The Iliad Homer	4.06
#161	The Odyssey Homer Robert Fagles (Translator)	3.81
#162	David David J. Wolpe	0
#163	Fortune Favors the Dead Stephen Spotswood	3.75
#164	The Beatles : all these years Mark Lewisohn	4.2
#165	Dune Frank Herbert	4.28
#166	The Ministry for the Future Kim Stanley Robinson	3.88
#167	Benito Cereno Herman Melville	4.33

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