Great Books: Author-Title Index: Authors I to L

This page tells you which authors and titles are included on which great books lists. For more information, see my Great Books page

A | B | C-D | E-F | G-H | I-L | M | N-P | Q-R | S | T-V | W-Z |

• Anonymous, Chinese, 12th C BCE?.
  • I Ching (Yijing; Book of Changes). Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans Seymour-Smith StJE
• Ibn Batuta, Muhammad bin 'Abdullah, Arab, 1304-1369.
  • Travels in Asia and Africa. Recommended by: Ward
• Ibn Hazm, 'Ali Ahmad, Arab in Islamic Spain, 994-1064.
  • Ring of the Dove. Recommended by: Oriental Ward
• Ibn Khaldun, 'Abd Ar-Rahman bin Muhammad, Arab, 1332-1406.
  • Prolegomena (Muqaddimah). Recommended by: App Oriental Ward
• Ibsen, Henrik, Norwegian, 1828-1906.
  • Plays. Recommended by: Adler (Selections) Good Reading
  • Selected Plays. Recommended by: Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4
  • Brand. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
  • Peer Gynt. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
  • Emperor and Galilean. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Pillars of Society. Recommended by: Ward
  • Doll's House. Recommended by: Aquinas GBWW Meaningful Ward
  • The Wild Duck. Recommended by: GBWW
  • Hedda Gabler. Recommended by: Bloom GBWW
  • The Master Builder. Recommended by: Bloom GBWW
  • Lady from the Sea. Recommended by: Bloom
  • When We Dead Awaken. Recommended by: Bloom
• Ilango Adigal, Indian writing in Tamil, 2nd C CE.
  • Shilappadikaram (The Ankle Bracelet). Recommended by: Ward
• Illich, Ivan, Austrian-American writing in English, 1926-2002.
  • Tools for Conviviality. Recommended by: Utne
  • Deschooling Society. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• Inca and others, Peru, Pre-Columbian, 12th-15th C.
  • . Recommended by: Ward
• Various Authors, Indian.
  • Indian Devotional Poetry. Recommended by: Oriental
• Various Authors, Indian.
  • Indo-Islamic Poetry. Recommended by: Oriental
• Innis, Harold A., Canadian, 1894-1952.
  • The Fur Trade in Canada: An Introduction to Canadian Economic History. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• Ionesco, Eugène, Romanian-French, 1912-1994.
  • The Bald Soprano. Recommended by: Bloom
  • The Chairs. Recommended by: Bloom
  • The Lesson. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Amédée. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Victims of Duty. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Rhinoceros. Recommended by: Bloom
• Irigaray, Luce, French, 1930- .
  • This Sex Which is not One. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Irving, John, American, 1942- .
  • The World According to Garp. Recommended by: BOMC LAT Radcliffe
• Irving, Washington, American, 1783-1859.
  • The Sketch Book. Recommended by: Bloom
• Isherwood, Christopher, English, 1904-1986.
  • The Berlin Stories. Recommended by: Bloom Time
  • A Single Man. Recommended by: Burgess
• Ishiguro, Kazuo, English, 1954- . Nobel Laureate
  • Never Let Me Go. Recommended by: Time
• Isvarakrsna, Indian writing in Sanskrit, 4th C.
  • Samkhyakarika. Recommended by: StJE
• Itoh, Teiji, Japanese, 1922-2010.
  • The Gardens of Japan. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Jabès, Edmond, French, 1912-1991.
  • The Book of Questions. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Jacob, Max, French, 1876-1944.
  • Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Jacobs, Jane, American, 1916-2006.
  • The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Recommended by: National Review NYPL TLS Utne
  • The Economy of Cities. Recommended by: National Review
• Jacobus de Varagine, Italian writing in Latin, ca. 1227-1298.
  • Golden Legend. Recommended by: Ward
• Jacottet, Philippe, French, 1925- .
  • Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Jahiz, al-, Arab, ca. 780-ca. 868.
  • The Life and Works of Jahiz. Recommended by: Ward
• James, C. L. R., Trinidadian, 1901-1989.
  • The Black Jacobins. Recommended by: Bloom Counterpunch NF
  • The Future in the Present. Recommended by: Bloom
• James, Henry, American, 1843-1916.
  • American Novels and Stories. Recommended by: Ward
  • Portrait of a Lady. Recommended by: Bloom Radcliffe Smiley Telegraph Ward
  • The Bostonians. Recommended by: Bloom Radcliffe
  • Prince Casamassima. Recommended by: Bloom
  • The Awkward Age. Recommended by: Bloom Smiley
  • Short Novels and Tales. Recommended by: Bloom Good Reading
  • The Ambassadors. Recommended by: Adler Bloom Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 Good Reading ML Novels
  • Wings of the Dove. Recommended by: Bloom Hungry Mind ML Novels Radcliffe
  • Golden Bowl. Recommended by: Bloom Good Reading ML Novels
  • The American. Recommended by: Adler
  • The Beast in the Jungle. Recommended by: GBWW
  • The Turn of the Screw. Recommended by: NYPL
• James, William, American, 1842-1910.
  • The Principles of Psychology. Recommended by: Adler Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 GBWW
  • Psychology, Briefer Course. Recommended by: SJC
  • Pragmatism. Recommended by: Adler Bloom Boston PL Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 GBWW Seymour-Smith
  • Four Essays from The Meaning of Truth. Recommended by: Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4
  • The Varieties of Religious Experience. Recommended by: Adler Bloom Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 ML Nonfiction NYPL
  • Essays in Radical Empiricism. Recommended by: Adler
• Jami, Nur ad-Din 'Abd Ar-Rahman, Afghan writing in Persian, 1414-1492.
  • Baharistan. Recommended by: Ward
• Various Artists, Japanese.
  • Japanese Landscape Painting. Recommended by: StJE
• Various Authors, Japanese, 12th-13th C.
  • [Japanese] Literature. Recommended by: Oriental
• Various Authors, Japanese, 9th-11th C.
  • [Japanese] Poetry, Fiction, and Diaries. Recommended by: Oriental
• Jarrell, Randall, American, 1914-1965.
  • Complete Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Poetry and the Age. Recommended by: National Review
• Jarry, Alfred, French, 1873-1907.
  • Selected Works. Recommended by: Bloom
• Jaspers, Karl, German, 1883-1969.
  • The Perennial Scope of Philosophy. Recommended by: TLS
• Jayadeva, Indian writing in Sanskrit, 12th C.
  • Gitagovinda. Recommended by: MW Asian Oriental StJE Ward
• Jaynes, Julian, American, 1923-1997.
  • The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Recommended by: LAT
• Jeffers, Robinson, American, 1887-1962.
  • Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Jefferson, Thomas, and others, American, 18th C and following.
  • American State Papers (Including: Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Constitution of the United States). (See also Federalist Papers, United States Supreme Court, Pentagon Papers, Presidential Transcripts) Recommended by: Adler Aquinas GBWW SJC
  • Selected Other Documents (Basic Documents in American History, ed. by Richard B. Morris, or other selection) . Recommended by: Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4
• Jekyll, Gertrude, English, 1843-1932.
  • Home and Garden. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• Jelinek, Elfriede, Austrian, 1946- . Nobel Laureate
  • Works.
• Jennings, Elizabeth, English, 1926-2001.
  • Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Jensen, Johannes V., Danish, 1873-1950. Nobel Laureate
  • Works.
• Jewett, Sarah Orne, American, 1849-1909.
  • The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories. Recommended by: Bloom NYPL
• Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, Indian writing in English, 1927-2013.
  • Heat and Dust. Recommended by: Bloom
• Jiménez, Juan Ramón, Spanish, 1881-1958. Nobel Laureate
  • Platero and I. Recommended by: NYPL
  • Invisible Reality: Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Anonymous, Chinese, 1618.
  • Jinpingmei (Chin P'ing Mei (Ch'in Ping Mei; also known as Golden Lotus; Plum in the Golden Vase). Recommended by: Fadiman 4 Oriental Ward
• John Damascene, St., Syrian Greek, ca. 675-ca. 749.
  • An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith. Recommended by: Aquinas
• John of the Cross, St. (Juan de la Cruz), Spanish, 1542-1591.
  • Complete Poetry. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
• John Paul II (Pope), Latin, 1920-2005.
  • On the hundredth anniversary of Rerum novarum: encyclical letter Centesimus annus. Recommended by: National Review
• John XXIII (Pope), Italian writing in Latin, 1881-1963.
  (See also Vatican II)
  • Encyclicals of Pope John XXIII. Recommended by: Boston PL
• Johnson, Denis, American, 1949- .
  • Angels. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Fiskadoro. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Jesus' Son. Recommended by: Bloom
• Johnson, Eyvind, Swedish, 1900-1976. Nobel Laureate
  • Works.
• Johnson, Lionel, English, 1867-1902.
  • Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Johnson, Pamela Hansford, English, 1912-1981.
  • An Error of Judgement. Recommended by: Burgess
• Johnson, Paul, English, 1928- .
  • Modern Times. Recommended by: National Review
• Johnson, Samuel, English, 1709-1784.
  • Works. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Vanity of Human Wishes. Recommended by: Adler
  • Dictionary. Recommended by: Adler Seymour-Smith
  • Rasselas. Recommended by: Adler
  • Lives of the Poets. Recommended by: Adler (Selections)
  • Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler Essays. Recommended by: Utne
• Johnson, Virginia E., See Masters, William H
• Jonas, Hans, German-American writing in German, 1903-1993.
  • The Gnostic Religion. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Jones, David, Welsh, 1895-1974.
  • In Parenthesis. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
  • Anathemata. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
• Jones, Ernest, Welsh, 1879-1958.
  • The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• Jones, James, American, 1921-1977.
  • From Here to Eternity. Recommended by: BOMC ML Novels
• Jones, LeRoi (Amiri Baraka), American, 1934-2014.
  • Blues People: Negro Music in White America. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF Hungry Mind
• Jong, Erica, American, 1942- .
  • How to Save Your Own Life. Recommended by: Burgess
• Jonson, Ben, English, 1573-1637.
  • Plays. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
  • Volpone. Recommended by: Rex
  • Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Masques. Recommended by: Bloom
• Jouve, Pierre-Jean, French, 1887-1976.
  • Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Joyce, James, Irish, 1882-1941.
  • Dubliners. Recommended by: Bloom Harvard
  • The Dead (from Dubliners). Recommended by: Adler SJC
  • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Recommended by: Adler Bloom GBWW ML Novels Radcliffe
  • Ulysses. Recommended by: Adler Bloom Boston PL Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 Good Reading Harvard Meaningful ML Novels NYPL Radcliffe Smiley Telegraph Ward
  • Finnegans Wake. Recommended by: Bloom Burgess ML Novels Radcliffe Ward
• József, Attila, Hungarian, 1905-1937.
  • Perched on Nothing's Branch. Recommended by: Bloom
• Juana Ines de la Cruz, Sister, Mexican, ca. 1651-1695.
  • Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Juhasz, Ferenc, Hungarian, 1928-2015.
  • Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Julius Caesar, Roman, 102-44 BCE.
  • War in Gaul. Recommended by: Rex
• Jung, Carl Gustav, Swiss writing in German, 1875-1961.
  • Memories, Dreams, Reflections. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans TLS
  • Psychological Types. Recommended by: Seymour-Smith
  • Psychology of the Unconscious. Recommended by: Boston PL
  • Analytical Psychology. Recommended by: Aquinas
• Justice, Donald, American, 1925-2004.
  • Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Juvenal, Roman, ca. 60-ca. 140 CE.
  • Satires. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
• Various Authors, Jews in Provence, Spain, and Palestine writing in Hebrew and Aramaic, 12th-16th C.
  • Kabbalah (Includes the Zohar and many other books). (See also Zohar) Recommended by: Seymour-Smith
• Kabir, Indian writing in Hindi, ca. 1430-ca. 1518 .
  • Poems. (See also Devotional Poetry of North India) Recommended by: Ward
• Kael, Pauline, American, 1919-2001.
  • For Keeps. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• Kafka, Franz, Czech writing in German, 1883-1924.
  • Collected Works. Recommended by: Ward
  • The Trial. Recommended by: Adler Bloom Boston PL Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 Meaningful Rexmo Seymour-Smith Smiley
  • The Castle. Recommended by: Adler Bloom Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 Meaningful TLS
  • Metamorphosis. Recommended by: GBWW NYPL SJC
  • Penal Colony. Recommended by: SJC
  • Short Stories. Recommended by: Bloom Fadiman 3 (Selections) Fadiman 4 (Selections) Meaningful
  • Amerika. Recommended by: Bloom
  • The Blue Octavo Notebook. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Diaries. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Parables, Fragments, Aphorisms. Recommended by: Bloom
• Kalevala, See Lönnrot
• Kalidasa, Indian writing in Sanskrit, ca. 400 .
  • The Cloud Messenger. Recommended by: Fadiman 4 MW Asian
  • Sakuntala. Recommended by: App Fadiman 4 Lubbock Meaningful MW Asian Oriental StJE
  • Birth of the War God. Recommended by: StJE
• Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani, Hawaiian, 1815-1876.
  • The Works of the People of Old. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Kamo Chomei, Japanese, 1153-1216.
  • Account of My Hut. Recommended by: App MW Asian Oriental Ward
• Kanada, Indian writing in Sanskrit, 2nd C BCE.
  • Vaisheshika-Sutra. Recommended by: StJE
• Kaniuk, Yoram, Israeli, 1930-2013.
  • His Daughter. Recommended by: Bloom
• Kant, Immanuel, German, 1724-1804.
  • Critique of Pure Reason. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas GBWW Good Reading Seymour-Smith SJC (Selections) Ward
  • Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas Colcc91 SJC
  • Critique of Practical Reason. Recommended by: Adler GBWW
  • Science of Right. Recommended by: Adler
  • Critique of Judgment. Recommended by: Adler GBWW SJC
  • Perpetual Peace. Recommended by: Adler
  • "What is Enlightenment?". Recommended by: Colcc91
  • Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics. Recommended by: Aquinas
• Kanze Kojiro Nobumitsu, Japanese, 1435-1516.
  • Ataka. (See also No [Noh] Theatre) Recommended by: MW Asian
• Kapuscinski, Ryszard, Polish, 1932- .
  • The Emperor. Recommended by: NYPL
• Karlfeldt, Erik Axel, Swedish, 1864-1931. Nobel Laureate
  • Works.
• Karp, Walter, American, 1934-1989.
  • The Politics of War. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• Kautilya, Indian writing in Sanskrit, ca. late 4th C.
  • Artha Shastra. Recommended by: StJE Ward
• Kawabata Yasunari, Japanese, 1899-1972. Nobel Laureate
  • The Sound of the Mountain. Recommended by: Meaningful
  • Beauty and Sadness. Recommended by: Fadiman 4
  • Snow Country. Recommended by: MW Asian Ward
  • Thousand Cranes. Recommended by: Ward
• Kazantzakis, Nikos, Greek, 1883-1957.
  • The Greek Passion. Recommended by: Bloom
  • The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Zorba the Greek. Recommended by: Meaningful
• Keats, Ezra Jack, American, 1916-1983.
  • The Snowy Day. Recommended by: NYPL
• Keats, John, English, 1795-1821.
  • Poems. Recommended by: Bloom Good Reading Ward
  • Letters. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Odes. Recommended by: Telegraph
• Keble, John, English, 1792-1866.
  • The Christian Year. Recommended by: Lubbock
• Keegan, John, English, 1934- .
  • The Face of Battle. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction
  • The Second World War. Recommended by: National Review
• Kees, Weldon, American, 1914-1955?.
  • Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Keillor, Garrison, American, 1942- .
  • WLT: A Radio Romance. Recommended by: Smiley
• Keller, Gottfried, Swiss writing in German, 1819-1890.
  • Green Henry. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Tales. Recommended by: Bloom
• Keller, Helen, American, 1880-1968.
  • The Story of My Life. Recommended by: NYPL
• Keneally, Thomas, Australian, 1935- .
  • The Playmaker. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Schindler's List. Recommended by: Bloom Radcliffe
• Kenko Yoshida, Japanese, 1283-1350.
  • Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa). Recommended by: App Oriental Ward
• Kennedy, John F., American, 1917-1963.
  • Profiles in Courage. Recommended by: LAT
• Kennedy, Paul, English, 1945- .
  • The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. Recommended by: TLS
• Kennedy, William, American, 1928- .
  • Ironweed. Recommended by: Bloom ML Novels
  • The Albany Cycle. Recommended by: Bloom
• Kepler, Johannes, German writing in Latin, 1571-1630.
  • Astronomia Nova. Recommended by: Aquinas
  • Epitome of Copernican Astronomy. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas GBWW SJC (Selections)
  • Concerning the Harmonies of the World. Recommended by: Adler GBWW Seymour-Smith
• Kermode, Frank, English, 1919-2010.
  • The Sense of an Ending. Recommended by: Bloom
• Kerouac, Jack, American, 1922-1969.
  • On the Road. Recommended by: Boston PL Harvard Hungry Mind LAT ML Novels NYPL Radcliffe Time
• Kertész, Imre, Hungarian, 1929-2016. Nobel Laureate
  • Works.
• Kesey, Ken, American, 1935-2001.
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Recommended by: Hungry Mind LAT NYPL Radcliffe Time
• Keynes, Maynard, English, 1883-1946.
  • The Economic Consequences of the Peace. Recommended by: TLS
  • General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. Recommended by: Boston PL Counterpunch NF GBWW ML Nonfiction National Review NYPL Seymour-Smith TLS
• Khayyam, Omar, See Omar Khayyam
• Khlebnikov, Velimir, Russian, 1885-1922.
  • The King of Time. Recommended by: Bloom
• Khushhal, Khan Khatak, Afghan writing in Pashto, 1613-1689.
  • Divan. Recommended by: Ward
• Kierkegaard, Søren, Danish, 1813-1855.
  • Either/Or. Recommended by: Seymour-Smith Ward
  • Stages on Life's Way. Recommended by: Ward
  • Philosophical Fragments. Recommended by: Aquinas SJC
  • Fear and Trembling. Recommended by: Aquinas GBWW SJC
• Kincaid, Jamaica, American, 1949- .
  • Annie John. Recommended by: Hungry Mind Smiley
  • A Small Place. Recommended by: Utne
• King, Martin Luther, Jr., American, 1929-1968.
  • Why We Can't Wait. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction
• King, Stephen, American, 1947- .
  • Carrie. Recommended by: NYPL
• Kingsley, Charles, English, 1819-1875.
  • Westward Ho!. Recommended by: Lubbock
• Kingston, Maxine Hong, American, 1940- .
  • Woman Warrior. Recommended by: Hungry Mind
• Kinnell, Galway, American, 1927-2014.
  • Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Kinsella, Thomas, Irish, 1928- .
  • Peppercanister Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Kinsey, Alfred C., American, 1894-1956.
  • Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. Recommended by: Boston PL
  • The Kinsey Reports on Human Sexual Behavior (Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female). Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• Kipling, Rudyard, Anglo-Indian, 1865-1936. Nobel Laureate
  • Kim. Recommended by: Bloom ML Novels NYPL Radcliffe
  • Collected Stories. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Puck of Pook's Hill. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Complete Verse. Recommended by: Bloom
• Kirk, Russell, American, 1918-1994.
  • The Conservative Mind. Recommended by: National Review
• Kis, Danilo, Serbian, 1935-1989.
  • A Tomb for Boris Davidovich. Recommended by: Bloom
• Klee, Paul, Swiss writing in German, 1879-1940.
  • The Thinking Eye. Recommended by: Ward
  • The Nature of Nature. Recommended by: Ward
• Klein, Naomi, Canadian, 1970- .
  • No Logo. Recommended by: Harvard
• Kleist, Heinrich von, German, 1777-1811.
  • Writings. Recommended by: Ward
  • Five Plays. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Stories. Recommended by: Bloom
• Klossowski, Pierre, French, 1905-2001.
  • The Laws of Hospitality. Recommended by: Bloom
  • The Baphomet. Recommended by: Bloom
• Knight, George Wilson, English, 1897-1985.
  • The Wheel of Fire. Recommended by: Bloom
  • The Burning Oracle. Recommended by: Bloom
• Knowles, John, American, 1926-2001.
  • A Separate Peace. Recommended by: Radcliffe
• Koch, Kenneth, American, 1925-2002.
  • Seasons on Earth. Recommended by: Bloom
• Koestler, Arthur, English, 1905-1983.
  • Darkness at Noon. See also The God That Failed Recommended by: Boston PL ML Novels NYPL TLS
• Kofsky, Frank, American, 1935-1997.
  • Harry Truman and the War Scare of 1948. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• Various Authors, Japanese, 8th-10th C.
  • Kokinshu. Recommended by: MW Asian Oriental
• Kolakowski, Leszek, Polish, 1927-2009.
  • Main Currents of Marxism. Recommended by: TLS
• Koninck, Charles de, Canadian, 1906-1965.
  • "The Lifeless World of Biology". Recommended by: Aquinas
• Kopkind, Andrew, American, 1935-1994.
  • The Thirty Years' War: Dispatches and Diversions from a Radical Journalist. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• Koran, See Qur'an
• Kosinski, Jerzy, American, 1933-1991.
  • The Painted Bird (Revised ed.). Recommended by: Hungry Mind LAT Time
• Kotlowitz, Alex, American, 1955- .
  • There Are No Children Here. Recommended by: NYPL
• Kott, Jan, Polish, 1914-2001.
  • Shakespeare Our Contemporary. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Krafft-Ebing, Richard von, German, 1840-1902.
  • Psychopathia Sexualis. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Krauss, Karl, Austrian, 1874-1936.
  • The Last Days of Mankind. Recommended by: Bloom
• Krol, Ed, American, 1937?- .
  • The Whole Internet: User's Guide and Catalog. Recommended by: NYPL
• Kropotkin, Peter, Russian, 1842-1921.
  • The Conquest of Bread. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth, Swiss-American writing in English, 1926-2004.
  • On Death and Dying. Recommended by: NYPL
• Kuhn, Thomas, American, 1922-1996.
  • The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Recommended by: Boston PL Fadiman 4 ML Nonfiction National Review Seymour-Smith TLS Utne
• Kukai, Japanese, 774-835.
  • Kukai and His Major Works. Recommended by: Oriental Ward
• Kundera, Milan, Czech, 1929- .
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Recommended by: Bloom Smiley
  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting. Recommended by: TLS
• Küng, Hans, Swiss writing in German, 1928- .
  • On Being a Christian. Recommended by: TLS
• Kunze, Reiner, East German, 1933- .
  • Poems. Recommended by: Ward
  • Stories. Recommended by: Ward
  • The Lovely Years. Recommended by: Ward
• Kuprin, Alexander Ivanovich, Russian, 1870-1938.
  • Garnet Bracelet. Recommended by: Ward
• Various Authors, Indians writing in Tamil, 1st-3rd C CE.
  • Kuruntokai (Interior Landscape: Love Poems from a Classical Tamil Anthology). (See also Eight Anthologies and Ten Long Poems) Recommended by: Ward
• Kushner, Tony, American, 1956- .
  • Angels in America. Recommended by: Bloom Utne
• Kuzmin, Mikhail, Russian, 1872-1936.
  • Alexandrian Songs. Recommended by: Bloom
• Kyd, Thomas, English, 1558-1594.
  • The Spanish Tragedy. Recommended by: Bloom
• La Barre, Weston, American, 1911-1996.
  • The Ghost Dance: Origins of Religion. Recommended by: LAT
• La Fayette, Madame de, French, 1634-1693.
  • Princess of Clèves. Recommended by: Bloom Smiley
• La Fontaine, Jean de, French, 1621-1695.
  • Selected Fables Set in Verse. Recommended by: Bloom SJC (Selections) Ward
• La Place, Viana, American, 1951- .
  • Verdura: Vegetables Italian Style. Recommended by: Utne
• La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de, French, 1613-1680.
  • Maxims. Recommended by: Bloom SJC (Selections) Ward
• Laclos, Pierre Choderlos de, French, 1741-1803.
  • Dangerous Liaisons. Recommended by: Bloom Rexmo Smiley Telegraph
• Laforgue, Jules, French, 1860-1887.
  • Selected Writings. Recommended by: Bloom
• Lagerkvist, Pär, Swedish, 1891-1974. Nobel Laureate
  • Evening Land. Recommended by: Ward
  • Barabbas. Recommended by: Bloom
• Lagerlöf, Selma, Swedish, 1858-1940. Nobel Laureate
  • Works.
• Laing, R. D., Scottish, 1927-1989.
  • The Divided Self. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• Lamartine, Alphonse de, French, 1790-1869.
  • Meditations. Recommended by: Bloom
• Lamb, Charles, English, 1775-1834.
  • Essays. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Essays of Elia. Recommended by: Ward
  • Last Essays of Elia. Recommended by: Ward
• Lame Deer (John Fire), Native American, 1903?-1976.
  • Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions (With Richard Erdoes). Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• Lamott, Anne, American, 1954- .
  • Operating Instructions. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction
• Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi, prince of, Italian, 1896-1957.
  • The Leopard. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
• Landolfi, Tommaso, Italian, 1908-1979.
  • Gogol's Wife and Other Stories. Recommended by: Bloom
• Landor, Walter Savage, English, 1775-1864.
  • Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Imaginary Conversations. Recommended by: Bloom
• Lanier, Sidney, American, 1842-1881.
  • Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Various Authors, Indians writing in Sanskrit, 5th C (Chinese translation).
  • Lankavatara Sutra. Recommended by: Oriental
• Lao She, Chinese, 1899-1966.
  • Camel Xiangzi (Rickshaw). Recommended by: MW Asian
• Lao-tzu (Laozi), Chinese, ca. 604-ca. 531 BCE.
  • Tao te Ching (Daodejing). (See also Texts of Taoism) Recommended by: App Good Reading Oriental Rexmo Seymour-Smith StJE Utne
• Larkin, Philip, English, 1922-1985.
  • Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Lasch, Christopher, American, 1932-1994.
  • The Culture of Narcissism. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF LAT
• Various Authors, American.
  • The Last Whole Earth Catalog (Ed. By Stewart Brand). Recommended by: LAT
• Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, French, 1743-1794.
  • Elements of Chemistry. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas GBWW SJC (Selections)
• Lawrence, D. H., English, 1885-1930.
  • Etruscan Places. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
  • Complete Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Studies in Classic American Literature. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Complete Short Stories. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Sons and Lovers. Recommended by: Bloom Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 Good Reading Meaningful ML Novels Radcliffe Ward
  • The Rainbow. Recommended by: Bloom ML Novels
  • Women in Love. Recommended by: Bloom Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 Good Reading ML Novels Radcliffe
  • The Prussian Officer. Recommended by: GBWW
  • Lady Chatterley's Lover. Recommended by: Boston PL Radcliffe Smiley
• Lawrence, T. E., English, 1888-1935.
  • Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Recommended by: Telegraph
• Anonymous, Icelandic, fl. 1245.
  • Laxdæla Saga (Saga of the People of Laxardal). Recommended by: Smiley
• Laxness, Halldór, See Halldór Laxness
• Anonymous, Spanish, 1554.
  • Lazarillo de Tormes. Recommended by: Bloom Smiley
• Le Carre, John, English, 1931- .
  • The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Recommended by: Time
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Recommended by: Telegraph
• Le Clèzio, Jean-Marie Gustave, French, 1940- . Nobel Laureate
  • Works.
• Le Corbusier, French, 1887-1965.
  • Towards a New Architecture. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel, French, 1929- .
  • Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
  • The Peasants of Languedoc. Recommended by: TLS
• Le Sueur, Meridel, American, 1900-1996.
  • North Star Country. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• Leach, Bernard, English, 1887-1979.
  • A Potter's Book. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• Lear, Edward, English, 1812-1888.
  • Complete Nonsense. Recommended by: Bloom
• Leary, Timothy, American, 1920-1996.
  • The Politics of Ecstasy. Recommended by: NYPL
• Leavis, F. R., English, 1895-1978.
  • Scrutiny. Recommended by: National Review
• Leavitt, Helen, American, 1932- .
  • Superhighway-Super Hoax. Recommended by: NYPL
• Leblanc, Adrian Nicole, American, 1964- .
  • Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx. Recommended by: Harvard
• Lee, Harper, American, 1926-2016.
  • To Kill a Mockingbird. Recommended by: BOMC Hungry Mind NYPL Radcliffe Smiley Time
• Lee, Chang-rae, American, 1965- .
  • A Gesture Life. Recommended by: Smiley
• Lee, Li-Young, American, 1957- .
  • The Winged Seed. Recommended by: Hungry Mind
• Lefebvre, Georges, French, 1874-1959.
  • The Coming of the French Revolution. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Lefebvre, Henri, French, 1901-1991.
  • Critique of Everyday Life. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Anonymous, Hawaiian, First pub. 1891.
  • A Legendary Tradition of Kamapua'a: The Hawaiian Pig-God (Ed. and trans. by Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa). Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• LeGuin, Ursula K., American, 1929-2018.
  • The Left Hand of Darkness. Recommended by: Bloom
  • The Earthsea Trilogy. Recommended by: Harvard
  • The Dispossessed. Recommended by: Utne
• Lehman, Godfrey, American, 1916?-2010.
  • We the Jury: The Impact of Jurors on Our Basic Freedoms. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• Leib, Mani, Ukrainian-American writing in Yiddish, 1883-1953.
  • Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von, German, 1646-1716.
  • Works. Recommended by: Seymour-Smith
  • Discourse on Metaphysics. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas SJC
  • New Essays Concerning Human Understanding. Recommended by: Adler
  • Monadology. Recommended by: Adler SJC
  • What is Nature?. Recommended by: SJC
  • Essay on Dynamics. Recommended by: SJC
• Leino, Eino, Finnish, German, 1878-1926.
  • Helkavirsiä (Whitsongs). Recommended by: Ward
• Leiris, Michel, French, 1901-1990.
  • Manhood. Recommended by: Bloom
• Leivick, H. (Leivick Halpern), Russian-American writing in Yiddish, 1888-1962.
  • Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Lem, Stanislaw, Polish, 1921-2006.
  • The Investigation. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Solaris. Recommended by: Bloom Good Reading
• L'Engle, Madeleine, American, 1918-2007.
  • A Wrinkle in Time. Recommended by: Harvard
• Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich, Russian, 1870-1924.
  • Selected Works. Recommended by: Ward
  • The State and Revolution. Recommended by: Adler Colcc91 Counterpunch Trans
  • What is to be Done?. Recommended by: Ward
  • Imperialism. Recommended by: Colcc91
• Lennox, Charlotte, English, 1729?-1804.
  • The Female Quixote. Recommended by: Smiley
• Leo XIII (Pope), Italian writing in Latin, 1810-1903.
  • Aeterni Patris. Recommended by: Aquinas
  • Rerum Novarum. Recommended by: Aquinas
• Leon, Fray Luis de, Spanish, ca. 1528-1591 .
  • Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Leonard, Elmore, American, 1925-2013.
  • Killshot. Recommended by: Telegraph
• Leonardo da Vinci, Italian, 1452-1519.
  • Notebooks. Recommended by: Adler Bloom Ward
• Leopardi, Giacomo, Italian, 1798-1837.
  • Poems. Recommended by: Bloom Meaningful Ward
  • Essays and Dialogues. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Moral Essays . Recommended by: Bloom
• Leopold, Aldo, American, 1913-1983.
  • A Sand County Almanac. Recommended by: NYPL
• Lermontov, Mikhail, Russian, 1814-1841.
  • Narrative Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
  • A Hero of Our Time. Recommended by: Bloom Smiley
• Leskov, Nikolai Semyonovich, Russian, 1831-1895.
  • Tales. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
• Lessing, Doris, English (childhood in Rhodesia), 1919-2013. Nobel Laureate
  • The Golden Notebook. Recommended by: Bloom Boston PL Burgess Good Reading Meaningful NYPL Time
• Lessing, Gotthold, German, 1729-1781.
  • Laocoön. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Nathan the Wise. Recommended by: Bloom
• Letham, Jonathan, American, 1964- .
  • Girl in Landscape. Recommended by: Harvard
• Levi, Carlo, Italian, 1902-1975.
  • Christ Stopped at Eboli. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Levi, Primo, Italian, 1919-1987.
  • If Not Now, When?. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
  • The Periodic Table. Recommended by: Bloom Counterpunch Trans
  • If this is a Man. Recommended by: Telegraph TLS
  • The Drowned and the Saved. Recommended by: TLS
• Levine, Philip, American, 1928-2015.
  • Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Lévi-Strauss, Claude, French, 1908-2009.
  • The Raw and the Cooked. Recommended by: Boston PL
  • Tristes Tropiques ((A World on the Wane)). Recommended by: Bloom Counterpunch Trans TLS
  • Structural Anthropology. Recommended by: GBWW (Selections)
  • The Savage Mind. Recommended by: TLS
• Lewes, George Henry, English, 1817-1878.
  • The History of Philosophy. Recommended by: Lubbock
• Lewis, C. S., English, 1898-1963.
  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Recommended by: NYPL Telegraph Time
  • The Abolition of Man. Recommended by: National Review
  • Mere Christianity. Recommended by: National Review
• Lewis, Sinclair, American, 1885-1951. Nobel Laureate
  • Babbitt. Recommended by: Bloom Boston PL Hungry Mind Radcliffe
  • It Can't Happen Here. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Main Street. Recommended by: ML Novels Radcliffe Smiley
• Lezama Lima, José, Cuban, 1912-1976.
  • Paradiso. Recommended by: Bloom
• Li Bai (Li Po), Chinese, 701-762.
  • Poems. Recommended by: Ward
• Li He (Li Ho), Chinese, 791-817.
  • Poems. Recommended by: Ward
• Li Yu, Chinese, 1125-1210.
  • Poems. Recommended by: Ward
• Liebling, A. J., American, 1904-1963.
  • The Sweet Science. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction
• Various Authors, Byelorussian, 19th-20th C.
  • Like Water, Like Fire: An Anthology of Byelorussian Poetry from 1828 to the Present. Recommended by: Ward
• Lin Yutang, Chinese, 1895-1976.
  • The Importance of Living. Recommended by: Ward
• Lincoln, Abraham, American, 1809-1865.
  (See also Lincoln, Abraham and Stephen Douglas)
  • Selected Speeches. Recommended by: SJC
• Lincoln, Abraham and Stephen Douglas, American, 1809-1865 and 1813-1861.
  (See also Lincoln, Abraham)
  • Debates. Recommended by: Aquinas
• Lindgren, Astrid, Swedish, 1907-2002.
  • Pippi Longstocking. Recommended by: Meaningful
• Lindsay, David, English, 1876-1945.
  • A Voyage to Arcturus. Recommended by: Bloom
• Lindsay, Vachel, American, 1879-1931.
  • Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Linebaugh, Peter, American, 1942- .
  • The London Hanged: Crime and Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• Linji Yixuan, Chinese, d. 867.
  • Record of Linji. Recommended by: Oriental
• Linnaeus, Carolus, Swedish writing in Latin, 1707-1778.
  • Systema Naturae. Recommended by: Aquinas
• Lippmann, Walter, American, 1889-1974.
  • A Preface to Morals. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction
  • The Good Society. Recommended by: National Review
• Lispector, Clarice, Brazilian, 1925-1977.
  • The Hour of the Star. Recommended by: Utne
• Lissitzky, El, Russian writing in German, 1890-1941.
  • Russia: An Architecture for World Revolution. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Various Authors, Japanese, 1868-1912.
  • Literature of the Meiji Period. Recommended by: Oriental
• Liu E, Chinese, 1857-1909.
  • Travels of Lao Can. Recommended by: MW Asian
• Livy, Roman, 59 BCE-17 CE .
  • History of Rome. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas Lubbock
  • Early Rome. Recommended by: Rex
• Lobachevsky, Nikolai Ivanovich, Russian, 1792-1856.
  • Geometrical Researches on the Theory of Parallels. Recommended by: Aquinas SJC
• Locke, John, English, 1632-1688.
  • Of the Conduct of the Understanding. Recommended by: Lubbock
  • Second Treatise on Government. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas Colcc91 Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 GBWW SJC
  • Letter Concerning Toleration. Recommended by: Adler GBWW
  • Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas GBWW Good Reading Seymour-Smith
  • Thoughts Concerning Education. Recommended by: Adler
• Lodge, David, English, 1935- .
  • How Far Can You Go?. Recommended by: Burgess Smiley
• London, Jack, American, 1876-1916.
  • The Call of the Wild. Recommended by: ML Novels Radcliffe
• Lonergan, Bernard, Canadian, 1904-1984.
  • Insight: A Study of Human Understanding. Recommended by: National Review
• Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, American, 1807-1882.
  • Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Longinus, Greek, 1st C CE.
  • On the Sublime (in Classical Literary Criticism). Recommended by: Bloom Ward
• Lönnrot, Elias, Finnish, 1802-1884.
  • Kalevala. Recommended by: Rex Ward
• Loos, Adolf, Austrian, 1870-1933.
  • Ornament and Crime. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Lord, Albert Bates, American, 1912-1991.
  • The Singer of Tales. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• Lorenz, Konrad, Austrian, 1903-1989.
  • On Aggression. Recommended by: Boston PL TLS
  • King Solomon's Ring: New Light on Animal Ways. Recommended by: NYPL
  • Man Meets Dog. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Anonymous, Indian writing in Sanskrit, ca. 255.
  • Lotus Sutra (Saddharma-Pundarika Sutra, also known as Sutra of the Lotus of the True Law). Recommended by: App Oriental Ward
• Lovelace, Richard, English, 1618-1657.
  • Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Lowell, Robert, American, 1917-1977.
  • Poems. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
  • Life Studies. Recommended by: LAT
• Lowry, Malcolm, English, 1909-1957.
  • Under the Volcano. Recommended by: Bloom Burgess ML Novels Time
• Lu Xun (Lu Hsün), Chinese, 1881-1936.
  • Diary of a Madman and Other Stories. Recommended by: Meaningful
  • Collected Short Stories. Recommended by: Fadiman 4 MW Asian Ward
• Lucan, Roman, 39-65 CE.
  • Pharsalia. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
• Lucian, Syrian Greek, ca. 115-ca. 180 .
  • Works. Recommended by: Adler (Selections) Ward
  • Satires. Recommended by: Bloom
• Lucretius, Roman, ca. 100-ca. 50 BCE.
  • Of the Nature of Things. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas Bloom Col37 Col61 Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 GBWW Good Reading Rex Seymour-Smith SJC Ward
• Luis de León, Fray, Spanish, ca. 1528-1591.
  • Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Lukács, Georg, Hungarian writing in German, 1885-1971.
  • History and Class Consciousness. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Lumumba, Patrice, Congolese, 1925-1961.
  • Lumumba Speaks. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Luo Guanzhong (Luo Kuan-chung), Chinese, ca. 1330-1400.
  • The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Recommended by: Fadiman 4
• Lustig, Arnost, Czech, 1926-2011.
  • Lovely Green Eyes. Recommended by: Smiley
• Luther, Martin, German, 1483-1546.
  • Table Talk. Recommended by: Adler
  • Three Treatises. Recommended by: Adler
  • Freedom of a Christian. Recommended by: SJC
  • Secular Authority. Recommended by: SJC
  • Commentary on Galatians. Recommended by: SJC (Selections)
  • Sincere Admonition. Recommended by: SJC
  • On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church. Recommended by: Seymour-Smith
• Luxemburg, Rosa, German, 1870-1919.
  • Rosa Luxemburg Speaks. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Lyell, Charles, English, 1797-1875.
  • Principles of Geology. Recommended by: Adler
• Lynton, Norbert, English, 1927-2007.
  • Story of Modern Art. Recommended by: Ward
• Lysohorsky, Ondra, Czech writing in Lachian, 1905-1989.
  • Selected Poems. Recommended by: Ward

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