Great Books: Author-Title Index: Authors D to F
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- Dahl, Robert, American, 1915- .
- Who Governs? Democracy and Power in an American City.
Recommended by: TLS
- Dalí, Salvador, Spanish, 1904-1989.
- Secret Life of Salvador Dalí. Recommended by: Ward
- Dalton, John, English, 1766-1844.
- Proportion of Gases in the Atmosphere. Recommended by: Aquinas
- Daly, Mary, American, 1928- .
- Gyn/Ecology. Recommended by: Utne
- Dana, Richard Henry, American, 1815-1882.
- Two Years Before the Mast. Recommended by: Bloom
- Dangerfield, George, English, 1904-1986.
- The Strange Death of Liberal England. Recommended by: ML
Nonfiction
- Daniel, Samuel, English, 1563-1619.
- Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- A Defence of Ryme. Recommended by: Bloom
- D'Annunzio, Gabriele, Italian, 1863-1938.
- Maia: In Praise of Life. Recommended by: Bloom
- Dante Alighieri, Italian, 1265-1321.
- Dário, Rubén, Nicaraguan, 1867-1916.
- Selected Poetry. Recommended by: Bloom
- Darley, George, Irish, 1795-1846.
- Nepenthe. Recommended by: Bloom
- Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Darwin, Charles, English, 1809-1882.
- Darwish, Mahmud, Palestinian (Arabic), 1942?-.
- The Music of Human Flesh. Recommended by: Bloom
- Daumal, René, French, 1908-1944.
- Mount Analogue. Recommended by: Bloom
- Davenport, Guy, American, 1927- .
- Tatlin!. Recommended by: Bloom
- Davidson, John, Scottish, 1857-1909.
- Ballads and Songs. Recommended by: Bloom
- Davie, Donald, English, 1922- .
- Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Davies, Robertson, Canadian, 1913-1995.
- The Deptford Trilogy. Recommended by: Bloom
- The Rebel Angels. Recommended by: Bloom Burgess
- Davis, Mike, American, 1946- .
- Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster.
Recommended by: Harvard
- De la Mare, Walter, English, 1873-1956.
- Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Memoirs of a Midget. Recommended by: Bloom
- De Quincey, Thomas, English, 1785-1859.
- Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
- Selected Prose. Recommended by: Bloom
- Debord, Guy, French, 1931-1994.
- Society of the Spectacle. Recommended by: Harvard
- Dedekind, Richard, German, 1831-1916.
- Essay on the Theory of Numbers. Recommended by: Aquinas SJC
- Defoe, Daniel, English, 1660-1731.
- Deighton, Len, English, 1929- .
- Delany, Samuel R., American, 1942- .
- Deledda, Grazia, Italian, 1871-1936. Nobel Laureate
- DeLillo, Don, American, 1936- .
- Deloria, Vine, Jr., Native American, 1933- .
- Custer Died for Your Sins. Recommended by: HMR
- Demosthenes, Greek, ca. 384-322 BCE.
- Philippics, Olynthiacs, and Minor Public Orations. Recommended
by: Ward
- Denby, Edwin, American, 1903-1983.
- Dennis, Nigel, English, 1912-1989.
- Cards of Identity. Recommended by: Bloom
- Desai, Anita, Indian writing in English, 1937- .
- Fire on the Mountain. Recommended by: MW Asian
- Games at Twilight. Recommended by: MW Asian
- Descartes, René, French, 1596-1650.
- Various Authors, Indians writing in Hindi, 15th-17th C.
- Dewey, John, American, 1859-1952.
- Philosophy and Civilization. Recommended by: ML
Nonfiction
- The School and the Child. Recommended by: Boston
PL
- How We Think. Recommended by: Adler
- Democracy and Education. Recommended by: Adler
- Experience and Nature. Recommended by: Adler
- Logic, the Theory of Inquiry. Recommended by: Adler
- Human Nature and Conduct. Recommended by: Fadiman 3
- Experience and Education. Recommended by: GBWW
- Sayings of Gautama Buddha, Indian writing in Pali, ca. 300 BCE.
- Anonymous, Indian writing in Sanskrit, 1st C CE (translated into Chinese
ca. 400).
- Diamond Sutra. Recommended by: StJE
- Dickens, Charles, English, 1812-1870.
- Dickey, James, American, 1923-1997.
- The Early Motion. Recommended by: Bloom
- The Central Motion. Recommended by: Bloom
- Deliverance. Recommended by: ML
Novels
- Dickinson, Emily, American, 1830-1886.
- Diderot, Denis, French, 1713-1784.
- Memoirs of a Nun. Recommended by: Ward
- Dialogues. Recommended by: Ward
- Rameau's Nephew. Recommended by: Bloom GBWW Ward
- Jacques the Fatalist and His Master. Recommended by: Meaningful
Ward
- The Encyclopedia (Ed. by Diderot). Recommended by: Seymour-Smith
- Didion, Joan, American, 1934- .
- Slouching Toward Bethlehem. Recommended by: HMR LAT
- Dillard, Annie, American, 1945- .
- Dinesen, Isak, Danish writing in English, 1885-1962.
- Winter's Tales. Recommended by: Bloom
- Seven Gothic Tales. Recommended by: Bloom
- Out of Africa. Recommended by: ML
Nonfiction
- Disch, Thomas M., American, 1940- .
- On Wings of Song. Recommended by: Bloom
- Djilas, Milovan, Yugoslavian, 1911-1995.
- The New Class: An Analysis of the Communist System. Recommended
by: TLS
- Dobie, J. Frank, American, 1888-1964.
- The Mustangs. Recommended by: LAT
- Döblin, Alfred, German, 1878-1957.
- Dobzhansky, Theodosius, Russian-American writing in English, 1900-1975.
- Genetics and the Origin of Species. Recommended by: Boston
PL GBWW
- Doctorow, E. L., American, 1931- .
- The Book of Daniel. Recommended by: Bloom
- World's Fair. Recommended by: Bloom
- Ragtime. Recommended by: BOMC ML
Novels
- Dogen, Japanese, 1200-1253.
- Shobo-Genzo (Sermons). Recommended by: StJE
- Donleavy, J. P., Irish, 1926- .
- Donne, John, English, 1573-1631.
- Donoso, José, Chilean, 1924- .
- The Obscene Bird of Night. Recommended by: Bloom
- Doolittle, Hilda, See H. D.
- Dos Passos, John, American, 1896-1970.
- Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich, Russian, 1821-1881.
- Douglas (Brown), George, Scottish, 1869-1902.
- The House with the Green Shutters. Recommended by: Bloom
- Douglas, Keith, English, 1920-1944.
- The Complete Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Douglas, Mary, English, 1921- .
- Purity and Danger. Recommended by: TLS
- Douglas, Norman, English, 1868-1952.
- South Wind. Recommended by: Bloom
- Douglas, Stephen, See Lincoln,
Abraham and Stephen Douglas
- Douglass, Frederick, American, ca. 1817-1895 .
- Selected Essays. Recommended by: SJC
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Recommended by: Bloom Rexmo
- The Constitution and Slavery. Recommended by: SJC
- Dove, Rita, American, 1952- .
- Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Dowson, Ernest, English, 1867-1900.
- Complete Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Drayton, Michael, English, 1563-1631.
- Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Dreiser, Theodore, American, 1871-1945.
- Drucker, Peter F., American, 1909- .
- The New Society: The Anatomy of the Industrial Order.
Recommended by: LAT
- Drummond de Andrade, Carlos, Brazilian, 1902-1987.
- Travelling in the Family. Recommended by: Bloom
- Dryden, John, English, 1631-1700.
- Poetry and Plays. Recommended by: Bloom
- Critical Essays. Recommended by: Bloom
- Du Bellay, Joachim, French, 1522-1560.
- The Regrets. Recommended by: Bloom
- Du Bois, W. E. B., American, 1868-1963.
- Du Fu (Tu Fu), Chinese, 712-770.
- Du Maurier, Daphne, English, 1907-1989.
- Dumas, Alexandre, French, 1802-1870.
- The Count of Monte Cristo. Recommended by: Harvard
- Dunbar, William, Scottish, ca. 1456-ca. 1513 .
- Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Duncan, Robert, American, 1919-1988.
- Bending the Bow. Recommended by: Bloom
- Durant, Will and Ariel, American, 1885-1981 and 1898-1981.
- The Story of Civilization. Recommended by: Fadiman 3
- Duras, Marguerite, French, 1914-1996.
- The Lover. Recommended by: Bloom NYPL
- Four Novels. Recommended by: Bloom
- Durkheim, Emile, French, 1858-1917.
- Suicide: A Study in Sociology. Recommended by: NYPL
- Durrell, Lawrence, English, 1912-1990.
- Dürrenmatt, Friedrich, Swiss writing in German, 1921- .
- The Visit. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
- The Physicists. Recommended by: Ward
- Dworkin, Ronald, American, 1931- .
- Taking Rights Seriously. Recommended by: TLS
- Various Authors, Irish (Celtic), 8th C.
- Early Irish Epic (including the Ulster Cycle). Recommended by: Rexmo
- Various Authors, German, 20th C.
- East German Poetry: An Anthology. Recommended by: Ward
- Eberhart, Richard, American, 1904- .
- Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Eça de Queiróz, José María, Portuguese, 1843-1900.
- The Sin of Father Amaro. Recommended by: Ward
- Dragon's Teeth. Recommended by: Ward
- The Maias. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
- Echegary, José, Spanish, 1832-1916. Nobel Laureate
- Eddas, See Poetic
Edda, Snorri Sturluson
- Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley, English, 1882-1944.
- Th Expanding Universe. Recommended by: GBWW
- Edel, Leon, American, 1907-1997.
- Henry James (5 vols.). Recommended by: LAT
- Edgeworth, Maria, Irish, 1768-1849.
- Castle Rackrent. Recommended by: Bloom
- Edwards, G. B., English, 1899-1976.
- The Book of Ebenezer Le Page. Recommended by: Bloom
- Egan, Jennifer, American, 1962- .
- Look at Me. Recommended by: Smiley
- Eich, Günter, Austrian, 1907-1972.
- Moles. Recommended by: Bloom
- Eichendorff, Joseph, Freiherr von, German, 1788-1857.
- Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing. Recommended by: Ward
- Various Authors, Indians writing in Tamil, 1st C BCE-3rd C CE.
- Einstein, Albert, German-Swiss-American, 1879-1955.
- Ideas and Opinions. Recommended by: ML
Nonfiction
- The Meaning of Relativity. Recommended by: Adler NYPL
- On the Meaning of Theoretical Physics. Recommended by: Adler
- Evolution of Physics. Recommended by: Adler
- Relativity: The Special and the General Theory. Recommended by:
Aquinas Boston
PL GBWW Seymour-Smith
- Selected Papers. Recommended by: SJC
- Eisler, Riane, Austrian-American writing in English, 1931- .
- The Chalice and the Blade. Recommended by: Utne
- Ekelöf, Gunnar, Swedish, 1907-1968.
- Guide to the Underworld. Recommended by: Bloom
- Poems. Recommended by: Ward
- Elder Edda, See Poetic
Edda
- Eliade, Mircea, Romanian-French, 1907-1986.
- Images and Symbols. Recommended by: TLS
- Elias, Norbert, German, 1897-1990.
- The Civilizing Process. Recommended by: TLS
- Eliot, George, English, 1819-1880.
- Eliot, T. S., English, 1888-1965. Nobel Laureate
- Elkin, Stanley, American, 1930-1995.
- The Living End. Recommended by: Bloom
- Ellis, Havelock, English, 1859-1939.
- Studies in the Psychology of Sex. Recommended by: NYPL
- Ellison, Ralph, American, 1914-1994.
- Ellmann, Richard, American, 1918-1987.
- Elytis, Odysseas, Greek, 1911-1996. Nobel Laureate
- What I Love: Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Emecheta, Buchi, Nigerian writing in English, 1944- .
- The Bride Price. Recommended by: NYPL
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, American, 1803-1882.
- Empedocles, See Pre-Socratic
Philosophers
- Empson, William, English, 1906-1984.
- Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Milton's God. Recommended by: Bloom
- Some Versions of Pastoral. Recommended by: Bloom
- Enchi Fumiko, Japanese, 1905-1986.
- Various authors, Various writing in English, Pub. 1910.
- Enclopćdia Britannica, 11th ed.. Recommended by: Utne
- Engels, Friedrich, German, 1820-1895.
(See also Marx, Karl and
Friedrich Engels)
- "Quantity and Quality". Recommended by: Aquinas
- "Negation of the Negation". Recommended by: Aquinas
- Various Authors, English and Scottish, 15th-16th C.
- English and Scottish Popular Ballad. Recommended by: Rexmo
- Enzensberger, Hans Magnus, German, 1929- .
- Poems for People Who Don't Read Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Poems. Recommended by: Ward
- Epictetus, Greek, ca. 55-135 CE .
- Epicurus, Greek, 341-270 BCE.
- Writings. Recommended by: Ward
- Letter to Herodotus. Recommended by: Adler
- Letter to Menoeceus. Recommended by: Adler
- Erasmus, Desiderius, Dutch writing in Latin, ca. 1469-1536 .
- Erdrich, Louise, American, 1954- .
- Love Medicine. Recommended by: HMR
- Erikson, Erik, German-American writing in English, 1902-1994.
- Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History.
Recommended by: TLS
- Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence.
Recommended by: TLS
- Espríu, Salvador, Catalan, 1913-1985.
- La Pell de Brau: Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Etherege, Sir George, English, ca. 1634-1691.
- The Man of the Mode. Recommended by: Bloom
- Eucken, Rudolf, German, 1846-1926. Nobel Laureate
- Euclid, Greek, fl. ca. 300 BCE.
- Euripides, Greek, 484-406 BCE.
- Evliya Celebi, Turkish, ca. 1611-ca. 1684.
- Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa. Recommended
by: Ward
- Ewart, Gavin, English, 1916- .
- Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Exley, Frederick, American, 1929-1992.
- A Fan's Note. Recommended by: BOMC
- Fabre, Jean-Henri, French, 1823-1915.
- Souvenirs Entomologiques. Recommended by: Aquinas
- Faiz, Faiz Ahmad, Pakistani writing in Urdu, 1911-1984.
- Poems. Recommended by: Ward
- Fanon, Frantz, Martinican, 1925-1961.
- Faraday, Michael, English, 1791-1867.
- Chemical History of a Candle. Recommended by: Adler
- Experimental Researches in Electricity. Recommended by: Adler GBWW
- Farquhar, George, Irish, 1678-1707.
- Beaux' Strategem. Recommended by: Bloom
- Recruiting Officer. Recommended by: Bloom
- Farrell, J. G., English, 1935-1979.
- The Siege of Krishnapur. Recommended by: Bloom
- Farrell, James T., American, 1904-1979.
- Faulkner, William, American, 1897-1962. Nobel Laureate
- Febvre, Lucien, French, 1878-1956.
- The Struggle for History. Recommended by: TLS
- Feinman, Alvin, American, 1929- .
- Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Feldman, Irving, American, 1928- .
- New and Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Various Authors, American, 20th C.
- Feminist Frameworks (Ed. by Alison Jaggar and Paula
Rothenberg). Recommended by: Colcc91
- Ferreira, Antňnio, Portuguese, 1528-1569.
- Poetry. Recommended by: Bloom
- Feuerbach, Ludwig, German, 1802-1874.
- Essence of Christianity. Recommended by: Aquinas
- Feynman, Richard, American, 1918-1988.
- Fielding, Henry, English, 1707-1754.
- Firbank, Ronald, English, 1886-1926.
- Five Novels. Recommended by: Bloom
- Firdausi, Abolqasim Mansur bin Hasan, Persian, ca. 940-1020.
- Fisher, M. F. K., American, 1908-1992.
- The Art of Eating. Recommended by: HMR
- FitzGerald, Edward, English, 1809-1883.
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott, American, 1896-1940.
- Fitzgerald, Robert, American, 1910-1985.
- Spring Shade: Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Various Authors, German, 18th-19th C.
- Five German Tragedies. Recommended by: Ward
- Flaubert, Gustave, French, 1821-1880.
- Fleming, Ian, English, 1908-1964.
- Goldfinger. Recommended by: Burgess
- Fletcher, John, See Francis Beaumont
- Fo, Dario, Italian, 1926- . Nobel Laureate
- Works.
- Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Recommended by: Utne
- Foix, J. V., Catalan, 1894-1987.
- Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Traditional, Hungarian.
- Folktales of Hungary. Recommended by: Ward
- Follain, Jean, French, 1903-1971.
- Transparence of the World: Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Fontane, Theodor, German, 1819-1898.
- Foote, Shelby, American, 1916- .
- Ford, Ford Madox, English, 1873-1939.
- Ford, John, English, 1586-after 1639.
- 'Tis Pity She's a Whore. Recommended by: Bloom
- Forster, E. M., English, 1879-1970.
- Foscolo, Ugo, Italian, 1778-1827.
- On Sepulchres. Recommended by: Bloom
- Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis. Recommended by: Bloom
- Odes and The Graces. Recommended by: Bloom
- Foucault, Michel, French, 1926-1984.
- Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of
Reason. Recommended by: TLS
- Discipline and Punish. Recommended by: Colcc91
- Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph, French, 1768-1830.
- Analytical Theory of Heat. Recommended by: Adler
- Fowles, John, English, 1926- .
- France, Anatole, French, 1844-1924. Nobel Laureate
- Penguin Island. Recommended by: Bloom
- Thaďs. Recommended by: Bloom
- Frank, Anne, Dutch, 1929-1945.
- Frankl, Victor, Austrian, 1905-1997.
- Man's Search for Meaning. Recommended by: Boston
PL
- Franklin, Miles (Stella), Australian, 1879-1954.
- My Brilliant Career. Recommended by: Bloom
- Frayn, Michael, English, 1933- .
- Sweet Dreams. Recommended by: Burgess
- Frazer, Sir James George, Scottish, 1854-1941.
- Frederic, Harold, American, 1856-1898.
- The Damnation of Theron Ware. Recommended by: Bloom
- Freire, Paulo and Myles Horton, Brazilian and American writing in English,
1921-1997 and 1905-1990.
- We Make the Road by Walking. Recommended by: Utne
- Freud, Sigmund, Austrian, 1856-1939.
- Freyre, Gilberto, Brazilian, 1900-1987.
- The Masters and the Slaves. Recommended by: Boston
PL Ward
- The Mansions and the Shanties. Recommended by: Ward
- Order and Progress. Recommended by: Ward
- Friedan, Betty, American, 1921- .
- Friedman, Milton, American, 1912- .
- Capitalism and Freedom. Recommended by: TLS
- Tax Limitation, Inflation and the Role of Government.
Recommended by: LAT
- A Theory of the Consumption Function. Recommended by: NYPL
- Frisch, Max, Swiss writing in German, 1911-1991.
- Man in the Holocene. Recommended by: Bloom
- Andorra. Recommended by: Ward
- I'm Not Stiller. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
- Froissart, Jean, French, ca. 1337-ca. 1410.
- Chronicles. Recommended by: Bloom
- Fromm, Erich, German-American writing in German, 1900-1980.
- Fear of Freedom (Also known as Escape from Freedom).
Recommended by: TLS
- Frost, Robert, American, 1874-1963.
- Frye, Northrop, Canadian, 1912-1991.
- Fables of Identity. Recommended by: Bloom
- Fuentes, Carlos, Mexican, 1928- .
- A Change of Skin. Recommended by: Bloom
- Terra Nostra. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
- Fugard, Athol, South African, 1932- .
- A Lesson from Aloes. Recommended by: Bloom
- Fuller, R. Buckminster, American, 1895-1983.
- Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth. Recommended by: LAT
- Fuller, Roy, English, 1912-1991.
- Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Fussell, Paul, American, 1924- .
- Fuzuli, Mehmet bin Süleyman, Turkish, ca. 1490-ca. 1556.
- Leyla and Mejnun. Recommended by: Ward
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