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November 18, 2007  • 
Reference

The World’s Greatest Books

(See also List of Public Domain Books for some notable books, from surveys by various publications. These lists are for ideas of Public Domain works that deserve great Standard Ebooks. Also The Harvard Classics)

See also Encyclopaedia Britannica‘s Great Books of the Western World on SE.

The following is a list of the 560+ books mentioned in the table(s) of contents of the twenty volume The World’s Greatest Books, compiled by the encyclopedists John Alexander Hammerton and Arthur Henry Mee and published in 1910:

“The notion of finality, or of an utter inclusiveness, for such a work as The World’s Greatest Books may be readily disclaimed. To set it up even would seem ridiculous to any one acquainted with the enormous range of the subject.”

Because all of the books on the list were published before the end of 1922, most of them should be available somewhere as public domain books. (Some may not have English translations available before 1922.)

Legend. Bold means the book is in the other lists of top novels, etc. or in production or in the SE Wanted list. Strike-through means the book is done and available as a Standard Ebook.

Fiction

Fiction

Fiction

Fiction

Fiction

Fiction

Lives and Letters

Lives and Letters

History

History of Ancient Egypt

History of the Jewish People

History of Ancient Greece

History of Ancient Rome

History of the Holy Roman Empire

History of Medieval Europe

History of Medieval Egypt

History of Medieval England

Modern History of America

History

Modern History of England

Modern History of France

Modern History of Germany

Modern History of Greece

Modern History of Netherlands

Modern History of India

Modern History of Russia

Modern History of Spain

Modern History of Sweden

Modern History of the Papacy

Religion

Economics

Philosophy

Science

Drama

Poetry

Travel and Adventure

Miscellaneous Literature

Harvard Classics (bold means it is already found in H/M WGB lists above)

Harvard Classics cont'd 1

Harvard Classics cont'd 2

Harvard Classics cont'd 3

Harvard Classics cont'd 4

Harvard Classics cont'd 5