r/classicliterature best of each time

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12 participants (43 books)

Overview

Based on u/DataWhiskers posts getting votes for each top classical work during each time period.

Challenge Books

25

Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table by Thomas Malory

Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table

Thomas Malory

26

Monkey King: Journey to the West by Wu Ch'eng-En

Monkey King: Journey to the West

Wu Ch'eng-En

27

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Hamlet

William Shakespeare

28

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes

29

Paradise Lost by John Milton

Paradise Lost

John Milton

30

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift

31

Candide by Voltaire

Candide

Voltaire

32

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

33

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

34

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

35

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

36

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

Thomas Mann