Great Books: Author-Title Index: Authors O to R

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-F | G-I | J-L | M-N | O-R | S | T-V | W-Z |

Oates, Joyce Carol, American, 1938- .
- Them. Recommended by: Bloom BOMC
O'Brien, Edna, Irish, 1932- .
- A Fanatic Heart. Recommended by: Bloom
O'Brien, Flann, Irish, 1911-1966.
- The Dalkey Archive. Recommended by: Bloom
- The Third Policeman. Recommended by: Bloom
- At Swim-Two-Birds. Recommended by: Burgess
O'Casey, Sean, Irish, 1884-1964.
- Juno and the Paycock. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
- The Shadow of a Gunman. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
- The Plough and the Stars. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
O'Connor, Edwin, American, 1918-1968.
- The Last Hurrah. Recommended by: BOMC
O'Connor, Flannery, American, 1925-1964.
- Everything That Rises Must Converge. Recommended by: SJC
- The Complete Stories. Recommended by: Bloom Harvard
- The Violent Bear It Away. Recommended by: Bloom
- Wise Blood. Recommended by: Bloom Burgess
- A Good Man is Hard to Find. Recommended by: Aquinas HMR Radcliffe
- The Enduring Chill. Recommended by: Aquinas
O'Connor, Frank, Irish, 1903-1966.
- Collected Stories. Recommended by: Bloom
Oe, Kenzaburo, Japanese, 1935- . Nobel Laureate
- Works.
O'Hara, Frank, American, 1926-1966.
- Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
O'Hara, John, American, 1905-1970.
- Collected Stories. Recommended by: Bloom
- Appointment in Samarra. Recommended by: Bloom BOMC ML Novels
- The Lockwood Concern. Recommended by: Burgess
Okada, John, American, 1923-1971.
- No-No Boy. Recommended by: HMR
Anonymous, Japanese, ca. 1200.
- Okagami. Recommended by: Ward
Okara, Gabriel, Nigerian writing in English, 1931- .
- The Fisherman's Invocation. Recommended by: Bloom
Okigbo, Christopher, Nigerian writing in English, 1932- .
- Labyrinths, with Path of Thunder. Recommended by: Bloom
Olds, Sharon, American, 1942- .
- The Dead and the Living. Recommended by: Utne
Olesha, Yury, Russian, 1899-1960.
- Envy. Recommended by: Bloom
Oliver, Mary, American, 1935- .
- New and Selected Poems. Recommended by: Utne
Olsen, Tillie, American, 1912- .
- Tell Me a Riddle. Recommended by: HMR
Olson, Charles, American, 1910-1970.
- The Maximus Poems. Recommended by: Bloom LAT
- Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Call Me Ishmael. Recommended by: HMR
O'Neill, Eugene, American, 1888-1953. Nobel Laureate
- Mourning Becomes Electra. Recommended by: Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 GBWW
- The Iceman Cometh. Recommended by: Bloom Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4
- Long Day's Journey into Night. Recommended by: Bloom Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 Ward
- Lazarus Laughed. Recommended by: Bloom
Ortega y Gasset, José, Spanish, 1883-1955.
- Invertebrate Spain. Recommended by: Ward
- Revolt of the Masses. Recommended by: TLS Ward
Orton, Joe, English, 1933-1967.
- The Complete Plays. Recommended by: Bloom
Orwell, George, English, 1903-1950.
- Animal Farm. Recommended by: Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 GBWW ML Novels Radcliffe TLS
- Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984). Recommended by: Bloom Boston PL Burgess Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 Harvard Meaningful ML Novels NYPL Radcliffe Seymour-Smith TLS
- Burmese Days. Recommended by: Fadiman 4
- Collected Essays. Recommended by: Bloom
- Homage to Catalonia. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction
Ostrovsky, Alexander Nikolayevich, Russian, 1823-1886.
- The Thunderstorm. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
Otero, Blas de, Spanish, 1916-1979.
- Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Otway, Thomas, English, 1652-1685.
- Venice Preserv'd. Recommended by: Bloom
Ovid, Roman, 43 BCE-17 CE .
- Works. Recommended by: Adler (Selections)
- Metamorphoses. Recommended by: Bloom Meaningful Ward
- Ars Amatoria (Art of Love). Recommended by: Bloom Ward
- Heroides. Recommended by: Bloom
Owen, Wilfred, English, 1893-1918.
- Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Oz, Amos, Israeli, 1939- .
- A Perfect Peace. Recommended by: Bloom
Ozick, Cynthia, American, 1928- .
- Envy, or Yiddish in America. Recommended by: Bloom
- The Messiah of Stockholm. Recommended by: Bloom
Pagels, Elaine, American, 1943- .
- The Gnostic Gospels. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction Utne
Pagis, Dan, Israeli, 1930- .
- Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Paine, Thomas, English, 1737-1809.
- Rights of Man. Recommended by: Ward
- Common Sense. Recommended by: Seymour-Smith
Paley, Grace, American, 1922- .
- The Little Disturbances of Man. Recommended by: Bloom
- Enormous Changes at the Last Minute: Stories. Recommended by: Harvard LAT
- Collected Stories. Recommended by: HMR
Various Authors, Indians writing in Sanskrit, 5th C.
- Panchatantra. Recommended by: Oriental Ward
Panofsky, Erwin, German-American writing in English, 1892-1968.
- Studies in Iconology. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction
Pareto, Vilfredo, Italian, 1848-1923.
- The Mind and Society. Recommended by: Seymour-Smith
Parkman, Francis, American, 1823-1893.
- France and England in North America. Recommended by: Bloom Rexmo
- The California and Oregon Trail. Recommended by: Bloom
Pascal, Blaise, French, 1623-1662.
- Pensées (Thoughts). Recommended by: Adler Aquinas Bloom Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 GBWW Seymour-Smith SJC (Selections) Ward
- Provincial Letters. Recommended by: Adler GBWW Ward
- Generation of Conic Sections. Recommended by: Aquinas SJC
- Scientific Treatises. Recommended by: Adler GBWW
- On the Equilibrium of Liquids. Recommended by: Aquinas
- Treatise on the Weight of the Mass of Air. Recommended by: Aquinas
Pasolini, Pier Paolo, Italian, 1922-1975.
- Poems. Recommended by: Bloom Utne
Pasternak, Boris, Russian, 1890-1960. Nobel Laureate
- Doctor Zhivago. Recommended by: Bloom TLS Ward
- Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Patañjali, Indian writing in Sanskrit, ca. 300 CE.
- Yogasutra. Recommended by: Oriental StJE Ward
Pater, Walter, English, 1839-1894.
- Studies in the History of the Renaissance. Recommended by: Bloom
- Appreciations. Recommended by: Bloom
- Imaginary Portraits. Recommended by: Bloom
- Marius the Epicurean. Recommended by: Bloom
Patmore, Coventry, English, 1823-1896.
- Odes. Recommended by: Bloom
Paton, Alan, South African, 1903-1988.
- Cry, the Beloved Country. Recommended by: Harvard NYPL
Paul VI (Pope), See Vatican II
Pausanias, Greek, ca. 120-180.
- Description of Greece. Recommended by: Ward
Paustovsky, Konstantin, Russian, 1892-1968.
- The Story of a Life. Recommended by: Ward
Pavese, Cesare, Italian, 1908-1950.
- Hard Labor: Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Dialogues with Leucò. Recommended by: Bloom
Pavlov, Ivan, Russian, 1849-1936.
- Conditioned Reflexes. Recommended by: Boston PL
Paz, Octavio, Mexican, 1914-1998. Nobel Laureate
- Labyrinth of Solitude. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
- Configurations. Recommended by: Ward
- The Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Peacock, Thomas Love, English, 1785-1866.
- Nightmare Abbey. Recommended by: Bloom
- Gryll Grange. Recommended by: Bloom
Peake, Mervyn, English, 1911-1968.
- The Gormenghast Trilogy. Recommended by: Bloom
- Titus Groan. Recommended by: Burgess
Péguy, Charles, French, 1873-1914.
- The Mystery of the Charity of Joan of Arc. Recommended by: Bloom
Pekar, Harvey, American, 1939- .
- New American Splendor Anthology. Recommended by: Utne
Various Authors, French, 11th to 20th C.
- Penguin Book of French Verse. Recommended by: Ward
Various Authors, German, 9th to 20th C.
- Penguin Book of German Verse. Recommended by: Ward
Various Authors, Greek, 8th C BCEto 20th C.
- Penguin Book of Greek Verse. Recommended by: Ward
Various Authors, Japanese, 3rd to 20th C.
- Penguin Book of Japanese Verse. Recommended by: Ward
Various Authors writing in Latin, Latin, 3rd C BCE-20th C.
- Penguin Book of Latin Verse. Recommended by: Ward
Various Authors writing in Spanish and Portuguese, Spanish and Portuguese, 19th-20th C.
- Penguin Book of Latin American Verse. Recommended by: Ward
Various Authors, Russian, 12th-20th C.
- Penguin Book of Russian Verse. Recommended by: Ward
Various Authors writing in Spanish, Spanish, 12th-20th C.
- Penguin Book of Spanish Verse. Recommended by: Ward
Penrose, Roger, English, 1931- .
- The Emperor's New Mind: Concering Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics. Recommended by: TLS
New York Times (publisher), American, Pub. 1971.
- The Pentagon Papers (Investigative reporting by Neil Sheehan et al.). Recommended by: LAT
Pepys, Samuel, English, 1633-1703.
- Diary. Recommended by: Ward
Percy, Walker, American, 1916-1990.
- The Moviegoer. Recommended by: Bloom BOMC HMR ML Novels
- The Last Gentleman. Recommended by: Burgess
Péret, Benjamin, French, 1899-1959.
- Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Peretz, I. L., Pole writing in Yiddish, 1851-1915.
- Selected Stories. Recommended by: Bloom
Pérez Galdós, Benito, Spanish, 1843-1920.
- Nazarín. Recommended by: Ward
- Halma. Recommended by: Ward
- Misericordia. Recommended by: Ward
- Fortunata y Jacinta. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
Perse, St.-John, French, 1887-1975. Nobel Laureate
- Poems. Recommended by: Ward
- Anabasis. Recommended by: Bloom
- Birds. Recommended by: Bloom
- Exile and Other Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Persius, Roman, 34-62 CE.
- Satires. Recommended by: Bloom
Perucho, Joan, Catalan, 1920- .
- Natural History. Recommended by: Bloom
Pessoa, Fernando, Portuguese, 1888-1935.
- The Keeper of Sheep. Recommended by: Bloom
- Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
- Always Astonished: Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- The Book of Disquiet. Recommended by: Bloom Meaningful
Peterson, Roger Tory, American, 1908-1996.
- A Field Guide to the Birds. Recommended by: NYPL
Petöfi, Sandor, Hungarian, 1823-1849.
- Poems. Recommended by: Ward
Petrarch, Italian writing in Italian and Latin, 1304-1374.
- Poems. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
- Triumphs. Recommended by: Ward
- Latin Poetry. Recommended by: Ward
- Prose. Recommended by: Ward
- Letters from Petrarch. Recommended by: Ward
Petronius, Roman, d. 65 CE.
- Satyricon. Recommended by: Bloom Rex Ward
Philo Judaeus of Alexandria, Alexandrian Greek, ca. 20 BCE-ca. 50 CE.
- Allegorial Expositions of the Holy Laws. Recommended by: Seymour-Smith
Pi Yen Lu, See Hekigan Roku
Piaget, Jean, Swiss writing in French, 1896-1980.
- Judgement and Reasoning in the Child. Recommended by: Boston PL
Pindar, Greek, ca. 518-ca. 438 BCE.
- Odes. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
Pinget, Robert, French, 1920- .
- Fable. Recommended by: Bloom
- The Libera Me Domine. Recommended by: Bloom
- That Voice. Recommended by: Bloom
Pinter, Harold, English, 1930- . Nobel Laureate
- The Caretaker. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
- The Room. Recommended by: Ward
- The Dumb Waiter. Recommended by: Ward
- The Homecoming. Recommended by: Bloom
Pirandello, Luigi, Italian, 1867-1936. Nobel Laureate
- Naked Masks: Five Plays. Recommended by: Bloom
- The Late Mattia Pascal. Recommended by: Ward
- Six Characters in Search of an Author. Recommended by: Boston PL GBWW NYPL Ward
Pires, José Cardoso, Portuguese, 1925- .
- Ballad of Dogs' Beach. Recommended by: Bloom
Pirsig, Robert, American, 1928- .
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Recommended by: LAT
Pius X, St. (Pope), Italian writing in Latin, 1835-1914.
- Pascendi Dominici Gregis. Recommended by: Aquinas
Pius XI (Pope), Italian writing in Latin, 1857-1939.
- Quadragesimo Anno. Recommended by: Aquinas
Pius XII (Pope), Italian writing in Latin, 1876-1958.
- Humani Generis. Recommended by: Aquinas
Pizan, Christine de, See Christine de Pizan
Planck, Max, German, 1858-1947.
- Origin and Development of Quantum Theory. Recommended by: Adler
- Where is Science Going?. Recommended by: Adler
- Scientific Autobiography. Recommended by: Adler GBWW
- Other Papers. Recommended by: GBWW
Plath, Sylvia, American, 1932-1963.
- Ariel. Recommended by: Harvard LAT
- Poems. Recommended by: Ward
- The Bell Jar. Recommended by: BOMC Harvard Ward
Plato, Greek, 428-348 BCE.
- Dialogues. Recommended by: Adler (Selections) Bloom GBWW
- Selected Works. Recommended by: Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4
- Ion. Recommended by: Aquinas Col37 Col61
- Euthyphro. Recommended by: Rex
- Apology. Recommended by: Aquinas Col37 Col61 Collh91 Rex SJC Ward
- Crito. Recommended by: Aquinas Rex SJC Ward
- Phaedo. Recommended by: Aquinas Col61 Rex SJC Ward
- Symposium. Recommended by: Aquinas Col61 Collh91 SJC
- Republic. Recommended by: Aquinas Col37 Col61 Colcc91 Collh91 Harvard Rex Seymour-Smith SJC Ward
- Meno. Recommended by: Aquinas SJC
- Gorgias. Recommended by: Aquinas SJC
- Parmenides. Recommended by: SJC
- Theatetus. Recommended by: SJC
- Sophist. Recommended by: SJC
- Timaeus. Recommended by: Aquinas SJC
- Phaedrus. Recommended by: Aquinas SJC
- Seventh Letter. Recommended by: GBWW
- Protagoras. Recommended by: Aquinas
Platonov, Andrei, Russian, 1899-1951.
- The Foundation Pit. Recommended by: Bloom
Plautus, Roman, ca. 254-184 BCE.
- Comedies. Recommended by: Ward
- Pseudolus. Recommended by: Bloom
- Braggart Soldier. Recommended by: Bloom
- The Rope. Recommended by: Bloom
- Amphitryon. Recommended by: Bloom
Pliny the Younger, Roman, ca. 62-ca. 113 CE.
- Letters. Recommended by: Ward
Plotinus, Greek, ca. 205-ca. 262.
- Enneads. Recommended by: Adler GBWW Seymour-Smith SJC (Selections) Ward
Plunkett, James, Irish, 1920- .
- Farewell Companions. Recommended by: Burgess
Plutarch, Greek, ca. 46-ca.120 CE .
- Parallel Lives. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas (Selections) Bloom GBWW Rex Seymour-Smith SJC (Selections) Ward
- Moralia. Recommended by: Adler Bloom
Po Chü-I, See Bai Juyi
Poe, Edgar Allan, American, 1809-1849.
- Complete Tales. Recommended by: Meaningful
- Stories and Poems. Recommended by: Bloom Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 Harvard Ward
- Essays and Reviews. Recommended by: Bloom
- Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. Recommended by: Bloom
- Eureka. Recommended by: Bloom
Various Authors, Various Nations, Various.
- Poem Into Poem: World Poetry in Modern Verse Translation. Recommended by: Ward
Various Authors, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and German, 19th-20th C.
- The Poem Itself. Recommended by: Ward
Various Authors, Indians writing in Sanskrit, 4th-10th C.
- Poems from the Sanskrit. Recommended by: Ward
Various Authors, Africans writing in various languages, Africans (various languages), 20th C.
- Poems of Black Africa. Recommended by: Ward
Various Authors, Icelandic, 9th-12th C.
- Poetic Edda (also known as the Elder Edda). Recommended by: Bloom
Various Authors, Dutch, 12th-20th C.
- Poetry of the Netherlands in its European Context, 1170-1930. Recommended by: Ward
Various Authors, British and American, Medieval to 20th C.
- Poets of the English Language (Ed. by W. H. Auden and Norman Holmes Pearson). Recommended by: Fadiman 3
Poincaré, Jules Henri, French, 1854-1912.
- Science and Hypothesis. Recommended by: Adler GBWW
- Science and Method. Recommended by: Adler
Polanyi, Karl, Austrian-American writing in English, 1886-1964.
- The Great Transformation. Recommended by: TLS
Various Authors, Polish, 20th C.
- Polish Post-War Poetry. Recommended by: Ward
Polo, Marco, Italian, ca. 1254-1324.
- Travels of Marco Polo. Recommended by: Rex Ward
Ponge, Francis, French, 1899-1988.
- Things: Selected Writings. Recommended by: Bloom
Pontopiddan, Henrik, Danish, 1857-1943. Nobel Laureate
- Works.
Popa, Vasko, Serbian, 1922-1991.
- Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Pope, Alexander, English, 1688-1744.
- Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Essay on Criticism. Recommended by: Adler
- Rape of the Lock. Recommended by: Adler
- Essay on Man. Recommended by: Adler
Popper, Karl, Austrian-English writing in English, 1902-1994.
- The Open Society and Its Enemies. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction TLS
- The Logic of Scientific Discovery. Recommended by: Seymour-Smith TLS
Porphyry, Greek, 233-ca. 301.
- On the Predicaments. Recommended by: Aquinas
Porta, Antonio, Italian, 1935- .
- Kisses from Another Dream: Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Porter, Katherine Anne, American, 1890-1980.
- Collected Stories. Recommended by: Bloom
- Flowering Judas and Other Stories. Recommended by: HMR
Various Authors, Portuguese, 16th-17th C.
- Portuguese Voyages (1498-1663). Recommended by: Ward
Post, Emily, American, 1873-1960.
- Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home. Recommended by: NYPL
Various Authors, Russian, 20th C.
- Post-War Russian Poetry. Recommended by: Ward
Potter, Beatrix, English, 1866-1943.
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Recommended by: NYPL
Pound, Ezra, American, 1885-1972.
- Cantos. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
- Personae: Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Powell, Anthony, English, 1905-2000.
- Dance to the Music of Time (Series of 12 novels in four "movements"). Recommended by: Burgess ML Novels
Powell, Dawn, American, 1896-1965.
- The Wicked Pavilion. Recommended by: Harvard
Powys, John Cowper, English, 1872-1963.
- Wolf Solent. Recommended by: Bloom
- A Glastonbury Romance. Recommended by: Bloom
Various Authors, Indians writing in Sanskrit, 1st C CE (translated into Chinese from 179).
- Prajnaparamita. Recommended by: Oriental
Premchand, Indian writing in Urdu and Hindi, 1880-1936.
- Gift of a Cow. Recommended by: Ward
- Short Stories. Recommended by: MW Asian Ward
Washington Post (publisher), American, Pub. 1974.
- The Presidential Transcripts (Ed. By Carl Bernstein, et al.). Recommended by: LAT
Various Authors, Greek, 6th-5th C BCE.
- Presocratic Philosophers. Recommended by: Aquinas Bloom Ward
Prévert, Jacques, French, 1900-1977.
- Paroles. Recommended by: Bloom
Prévost, Antoine-Francois, l'Abbé, French, 1697-1763.
- Manon Lescaut. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
Priestley, J. B., English, 1894-1984.
- The Image Men. Recommended by: Burgess
Prince, F. T., English, 1912- .
- Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Pritchett, V. S., English, 1900-1997.
- Collected Stories. Recommended by: Harvard
Procopius, Byzantine Greek, ca. 498-ca. 560 .
- Works. Recommended by: Ward
Propertius, Roman, ca. 50-ca. 16 BCE.
- Poems. Recommended by: Ward
Prose, Francine, American, 1947- .
- Guided Tours of Hell. Recommended by: Smiley
Various Authors, Various, 16th C.
- Protestant Reformation (Ed. by Hans J. Hillerbrand). Recommended by: Colcc91
Proust, Marcel, French, 1871-1922.
- Remembrance of Things Past (À la Recherche du Temps Perdu). Recommended by: Adler Bloom Boston PL Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 Meaningful NYPL Smiley Utne Ward
- Swann in Love. Recommended by: GBWW
Prudhomme, Sully, See Sully Prudhomme
Ptolemy, Alexandrian Greek, ca. 100-170.
- Almagest. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas GBWW SJC (Selections)
Pu Songling (P'u Sung-Ling), Chinese, 1640-1715.
- Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Recommended by: Ward
Purdy, James, American, 1923- .
- Malcolm. Recommended by: LAT
Pushkin, Alexanader Sergeyevich, Russian, 1799-1837.
- Complete Prose Tales. Recommended by: Bloom
- Complete Poetry. Recommended by: Bloom
- Eugene Onegin. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
- Narrative Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Boris Godunov. Recommended by: Bloom
- Captain's Daughter and Other Stories. Recommended by: Ward
Pynchon, Thomas, American, 1937- .
- V.. Recommended by: Bloom
- The Crying of Lot 49. Recommended by: Bloom Harvard
- Gravity's Rainbow. Recommended by: Bloom Burgess HMR LAT
Qu Yuan, See Chu Ci
Quasimodo, Salvatore, Italian, 1901-1968. Nobel Laureate
- Selected Writings: Poems and Discourse on Poetry. Recommended by: Bloom
Anonymous, French, ca. 1225.
- Queste del Saint Graal. Recommended by: Ward
Quevedo y Villegas, Francisco Gómez, Spanish, 1580-1645.
- Sueños (Dreams). Recommended by: Bloom Ward
- Historia de la Vida del Buscón (Life and Adventures of Don Pablos the Sharper). Recommended by: Ward
- Satirical Letter of Censure. Recommended by: Bloom
Revealed to Muhammad, Arab, ca. 610-632.
- Qur'an. Recommended by: App Bloom Fadiman 4 Oriental Seymour-Smith Ward
Rabe, David, American, 1940- .
- Streamers. Recommended by: Bloom
Rabelais, François, French, 1483-1553.
- Gargantua and Pantagruel. Recommended by: Adler Bloom Col37 Col61 Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 GBWW Meaningful Rex Seymour-Smith SJC (Selections) Utne Ward
Racine, French, 1639-1699.
- Tragedies. Recommended by: Adler (Selections)
- Phèdre. Recommended by: Aquinas Bloom Rexmo SJC
- Berenice. Recommended by: GBWW
- Andromache. Recommended by: Bloom
- Britannicus. Recommended by: Bloom
- Athaliah. Recommended by: Bloom
Radiguet, Raymond, French, 1903-1923.
- Count d'Orgel's Ball. Recommended by: Bloom
Raleigh, Sir Walter, English, ca. 1554-1618 .
- Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Ramayana, See Valmiki
Rand, Ayn, American, 1905-1982.
- The Fountainhead. Recommended by: Radcliffe
- Atlas Shrugged. Recommended by: Boston PL Harvard NYPL Radcliffe
Ransom, John Crowe, American, 1888-1974.
- Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Ravikovitch, Dalia, Israeli, 1936- .
- A Dress of Fire. Recommended by: Bloom
Rawls, John, American, 1921-2002.
- A Theory of Justice. Recommended by: Colcc91 LAT ML Nonfiction TLS
Read, Herbert, English, 1893-1968.
- The Green Child. Recommended by: Rexmo Ward
- The Contrary Experience: Autobiographies. Recommended by: Ward
Rechy, John, American, 1934- .
- City of Night. Recommended by: LAT
Redol, Alves, Portuguese, 1911-1969.
- The Man with Seven Names. Recommended by: Ward
Reed, Ishmael, American, 1938- .
- Mumbo Jumbo. Recommended by: Bloom
Reed, John, American, 1887-1920.
- Ten Days That Shook the World. Recommended by: Boston PL NYPL
Reich, Wilhelm, Austrian, 1897-1957.
- The Function of the Orgasm. Recommended by: Boston PL
Reisner, Marc, American, 1948-2000.
- Cadillac Desert. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction
Remarque, Erich Maria, German, 1898-1970.
- All Quiet on the Western Front. Recommended by: Boston PL NYPL
Rembrandt van Rijn, See Rosenberg
Restif de la Bretonne, Nicolas, French, 1734-1806.
- Monsieur Nicolas. Recommended by: Rex
Reverdy, Pierre, French, 1889-1960.
- Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Rexroth, Kenneth, American, 1905-1982.
- An Autobiographical Novel. Recommended by: Utne
Rey, H. A., American, 1898-1977.
- Curious George Learns the Alphabet. Recommended by: Harvard
Reymont, Wladyslaw, Polish, 1867-1925. Nobel Laureate
- Works.
Rhodes, Richard, American, 1937- .
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction
Rhys, Jean, English, 1894-1979.
- Wide Sargasso Sea. Recommended by: ML Novels NYPL Radcliffe Smiley
Ribá, Carles, Catalan, 1893-1959.
- Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Rich, Adrienne, American, 1929- .
- On Lies, Secrets and Silence. Recommended by: HMR
Richardson, Samuel, English, 1689-1761.
- Clarissa. Recommended by: Bloom
- Pamela. Recommended by: Bloom Smiley
- Sir Charles Grandison. Recommended by: Bloom
Richler, Mordecai, Canadian, 1931-2001.
- Cocksure. Recommended by: Burgess
Richter, Conrad, American, 1890-1968.
- The Trees/The Fields/The Town (Trilogy). Recommended by: BOMC
Riesman, David, American, 1909-2002.
- The Lonely Crowd. Recommended by: LAT TLS
Various Authors, Indians writing in Sanskrit, 12th-8th C BCE.
- Rig Veda. (See also Vedas) Recommended by: StJE
Riis, Jacob, American, 1849-1914.
- The Battle with the Slum. Recommended by: NYPL
- How the Other Half Lives. Recommended by: Boston PL
Rilke, Rainer Maria, German, 1875-1926.
- Duino Elegies. Recommended by: Utne
- Works. Recommended by: Ward
- Selected Poetry. Recommended by: Bloom
- Sonnets to Orpheus. Recommended by: Bloom
- Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. Recommended by: Bloom
- New Poems: First Part and Other Part. Recommended by: Bloom
Rimbaud, Arthur, French, 1854-1891.
- Poems. Recommended by: Bloom Rex SJC Ward
Ritsos, Yannis, Greek, 1909-1990.
- Exile and Return. Recommended by: Bloom
Robbe-Grillet, Alain, French, 1922- .
- The Voyeur. Recommended by: Bloom
- Jealousy. Recommended by: Bloom
- In the Labyrinth. Recommended by: Bloom
- The Erasers. Recommended by: Bloom
- Project for a Revolution in New York. Recommended by: Bloom
- For a New Novel. Recommended by: Bloom
Roberts, Keith, English, 1935-2000.
- Pavane. Recommended by: Burgess
Robinson, Edwin Arlington, American, 1869-1935.
- Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, English, 1647-1680.
- Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Rodoreda, Merce, Catalan, 1908-1983.
- The Time of the Doves. Recommended by: Bloom
Roethke, Theodore, American, 1908-1963.
- Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
- Straw for the Fire. Recommended by: Bloom
Rogers, Carl R., American, 1902-1987.
- On Becoming a Person. Recommended by: LAT
Rojas, Fernando de, Spanish, ca. 1465-1541.
- Celestina. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
Rolland, Romain, French, 1866-1944. Nobel Laureate
- Works.
Various Authors, Romanian, 19th-20th C.
- Romanian Poems: A Bilingual Anthology. Recommended by: Ward
Rombauer, Irma, American, 1877-1962.
- The Joy of Cooking. Recommended by: NYPL
Ronsard, Pierre de, French, ca. 1524-1585.
- Odes, Elegies, Sonnets. Recommended by: Bloom
Rorty, Richard, American, 1931- .
- Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature. Recommended by: TLS
Rosa, João Guimarães, Brazilian, 1908-1967.
- Sagarana. Recommended by: Ward
- The Devil to Pay in the Backlands. Recommended by: Meaningful Ward
Rosenbaum, Jonathan, American, 1943- .
- Movie Wars. Recommended by: Harvard
Rosenberg, Isaac, English, 1890-1918.
- Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Rosenberg, Jakob, American, 1893-1980.
- Rembrandt: Life and Work. Recommended by: Ward
Rossetti, Christina, English, 1830-1894.
- Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, English, 1828-1882.
- Poems and Translations. Recommended by: Bloom
Roth, Henry, American, 1906-1995.
- Call It Sleep. Recommended by: Bloom
Roth, Joseph, Austrian, 1894-1939.
- The Radetzky March. Recommended by: Bloom
Roth, Philip, American, 1933- .
- Portnoy's Complaint. Recommended by: Bloom Burgess HMR LAT ML Novels NYPL
- My Life as a Man. Recommended by: Bloom
- Zuckerman Bound: A Trilogy and Epilogue. Recommended by: Bloom
- The Counterlife. Recommended by: Bloom
- Patrimony. Recommended by: Bloom
- Operation Shylock. Recommended by: Bloom
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, French, 1712-1778.
- Confessions. Recommended by: Bloom Col37 Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 Seymour-Smith Ward
- On the Origin of Inequality. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas Colcc91 GBWW SJC
- On the Political Economy. Recommended by: Adler GBWW
- Émile. Recommended by: Adler Bloom
- Social Contract. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas Colcc91 GBWW SJC
- La Nouvelle Héloïse. Recommended by: Bloom
Roussel, Raymond, French, 1877-1933.
- Locus Solus. Recommended by: Bloom
Rowley, William, See Thomas Middleton
Ruiz, Juan (Archpriest of Hita), Spanish, ca. 1283-ca. 1350.
- Book of Good Love. Recommended by: Ward
Rukeyser, Muriel, American, 1913-1980.
- A Muriel Rukeyser Reader. Recommended by: Utne
Rulfo, Juan, Mexican, 1918-1986.
- Pedro Paramo. Recommended by: Meaningful
Rumi, Jalal ad-Din, Persian, 1207-1273.
- The Divan of Shams-i-Tabriz. Recommended by: Utne
- Mathnawi. Recommended by: Meaningful Oriental Ward
- Discourses. Recommended by: Ward
Rushdie, Salman, Indian writing in English, 1947- .
- Midnight's Children. Recommended by: Bloom Meaningful ML Novels MW Asian Radcliffe
- The Satanic Verses. Recommended by: Harvard Radcliffe
Ruskin, John, English, 1819-1900.
- Praeterita. Recommended by: Ward
- Modern Painters. Recommended by: Bloom
- Stones of Venice. Recommended by: Bloom
- Unto This Last. Recommended by: Bloom
- Queen of the Air. Recommended by: Bloom
Russell, Bertrand, English, 1872-1970. Nobel Laureate
(See also Whitehead, Alfred North and Bertrand Russell)
- Why I Am Not a Christian. Recommended by: NYPL
- History of Western Philosophy. Recommended by: Ward
- The Problems of Philosophy. Recommended by: Adler GBWW
- The Analysis of Mind. Recommended by: Adler
- An Inquiry Into Meaning and Truth. Recommended by: Adler
- Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits. Recommended by: Adler
Russo, Richard, American, 1949- .
- Empire Falls. Recommended by: Harvard
Rustaveli, Shota, Georgian, fl. 1200.
- The Man in the Panther's Skin. Recommended by: Ward

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