Works

Browse 293 works in the Western literary canon — from ancient epics to modern novels.

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Anonymous·2000 BCE

epic poemmoderateAncient Near East
7.0/10 influence5.5/10 popularity
3h

Theogony and Works and Days

Hesiod·800 BCE

didactic poemmoderateAncient Greece
6.5/10 influence4.0/10 popularity
3h

The Odyssey

Homer·c. 800 BCE

epic poemmoderateAncient Greece
10.0/10 influence8.5/10 popularity
18h

Amos

Amos·c. 760 BCE

prophecymoderateBible
7.5/10 influence6.0/10 popularity
1h

Hosea

Hosea·c. 750 BCE

prophecymoderateBible
6.5/10 influence5.0/10 popularity
1h

The Iliad

Homer·c. 750 BCE

epic poemchallengingAncient Greece
10.0/10 influence8.5/10 popularity
22h

Isaiah

Isaiah·c. 740 BCE

prophecychallengingBible
9.5/10 influence8.0/10 popularity
10h

Micah

Micah·c. 735 BCE

prophecymoderateBible
6.5/10 influence5.5/10 popularity
1h

Proverbs

Solomon·c. 700 BCE

wisdom literatureaccessibleBible
8.0/10 influence8.0/10 popularity
4h

Nahum

Nahum·c. 650 BCE

prophecymoderateBible
3.5/10 influence2.5/10 popularity
0.3h

Zephaniah

Zephaniah·c. 630 BCE

prophecymoderateBible
4.5/10 influence3.0/10 popularity
0.5h

Deuteronomy

Moses·c. 621 BCE

religious lawmoderateBible
8.5/10 influence5.5/10 popularity
7h

Habakkuk

Habakkuk·c. 610 BCE

prophecymoderateBible
6.0/10 influence4.0/10 popularity
0.3h

Joshua

Joshua·c. 600 BCE

narrativemoderateBible
6.0/10 influence5.0/10 popularity
5h

Jeremiah

Jeremiah·c. 600 BCE

prophecychallengingBible
7.5/10 influence5.5/10 popularity
12h

Obadiah

Obadiah·c. 586 BCE

prophecymoderateBible
3.0/10 influence2.0/10 popularity
0.3h

Lamentations

Jeremiah·c. 586 BCE

elegymoderateBible
6.5/10 influence5.0/10 popularity
1h

Ezekiel

Ezekiel·c. 580 BCE

prophecychallengingBible
7.5/10 influence6.0/10 popularity
9h

Aesop’s Fables

Aesop·560 BCE

fable collectionaccessibleAncient Greece
6.5/10 influence7.5/10 popularity
3h

1 Samuel

Samuel·c. 550 BCE

narrativemoderateBible
7.5/10 influence7.5/10 popularity
7h

Genesis

Moses·c. 550 BCE

narrativemoderateBible
9.8/10 influence9.5/10 popularity
12h

1 Kings

Jeremiah·c. 550 BCE

narrativemoderateBible
7.0/10 influence6.0/10 popularity
6h

2 Samuel

Samuel·c. 550 BCE

narrativemoderateBible
7.0/10 influence6.5/10 popularity
6h

Judges

Samuel·c. 550 BCE

narrativemoderateBible
6.5/10 influence6.0/10 popularity
5h

The Complete Poems of Sappho

Sappho·550 BCE

lyric poetryaccessibleAncient Greece
6.5/10 influence5.0/10 popularity
1.5h

Exodus

Moses·c. 550 BCE

narrativemoderateBible
9.5/10 influence9.0/10 popularity
10h

2 Kings

Jeremiah·c. 550 BCE

narrativemoderateBible
6.0/10 influence5.0/10 popularity
6h

Numbers

Moses·c. 550 BCE

narrativechallengingBible
5.5/10 influence3.5/10 popularity
9h

Zechariah

Zechariah·c. 520 BCE

prophecychallengingBible
7.0/10 influence4.5/10 popularity
1.5h

Haggai

Haggai·c. 520 BCE

prophecyaccessibleBible
3.5/10 influence2.5/10 popularity
0.3h

The Art of War

Sun Tzu·500 BCE

military treatiseaccessibleAncient World
5.5/10 influence8.5/10 popularity
2h

Ruth

Samuel·c. 500 BCE

narrativeaccessibleBible
7.0/10 influence7.5/10 popularity
0.5h

Leviticus

Moses·c. 500 BCE

religious lawchallengingBible
7.0/10 influence4.0/10 popularity
6h

Psalms

David·c. 500 BCE

devotional poetrymoderateBible
9.8/10 influence9.5/10 popularity
12h

Job

Unknown·c. 500 BCE

wisdom literaturechallengingBible
9.0/10 influence7.5/10 popularity
5h

Prometheus Bound

Aeschylus·480 BCE

tragedymoderateAncient Greece
7.0/10 influence5.5/10 popularity
1.5h

The Analects

Confucius·475 BCE

philosophical dialoguemoderateAncient World
5.5/10 influence6.0/10 popularity
5h

The Persians

Aeschylus·472 BCE

tragedymoderateAncient Greece
5.5/10 influence3.0/10 popularity
1.5h

The Seven Against Thebes

Aeschylus·467 BCE

tragedymoderateAncient Greece
4.5/10 influence2.5/10 popularity
1.5h

The Suppliants

Aeschylus·463 BCE

tragedymoderateAncient Greece
4.0/10 influence2.0/10 popularity
1.5h

The Oresteia

Aeschylus·458 BCE

tragedychallengingAncient Greece
8.0/10 influence5.5/10 popularity
5h

Women of Trachis

Sophocles·450 BCE

tragedymoderateAncient Greece
4.5/10 influence3.0/10 popularity
1.5h

Antigone

Sophocles·441 BCE

tragedyaccessibleAncient Greece
7.0/10 influence7.0/10 popularity
2h

Ajax

Sophocles·440 BCE

tragedymoderateAncient Greece
4.5/10 influence3.5/10 popularity
1.5h

Alcestis

Euripides·438 BCE

tragedymoderateAncient Greece
4.0/10 influence3.0/10 popularity
1.5h

Medea

Euripides·431 BCE

tragedyaccessibleAncient Greece
6.5/10 influence6.5/10 popularity
2h

The Histories

Herodotus·430 BCE

historychallengingAncient Greece
7.5/10 influence5.0/10 popularity
40h

Malachi

Malachi·c. 430 BCE

prophecymoderateBible
5.5/10 influence4.5/10 popularity
0.5h

Oedipus Rex

Sophocles·c. 429 BCE

tragedyaccessibleAncient Greece
9.0/10 influence7.5/10 popularity
2h

The Acharnians

Aristophanes·425 BCE

comedymoderateAncient Greece
4.0/10 influence2.5/10 popularity
1.5h
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