C.D. Warner, et al., comp. The Library of the World’s Best Literature.
An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.
The Reader’s Digest of Books
900 B.C. to 1799
| 900 B.C. | The Iliad by Homer (fl. 850 B.C.) |
| 850 B.C. | The Odyssey by Homer (fl. 850 B.C.) |
| 560? B.C. | Fables by Æsop (c. 620–560 B.C.) |
| 456 B.C. | Prometheus Bound by Æschylus (c. 525–456 B.C.) |
| Agamemnon by Æschylus (c. 525–456 B.C.) | |
| 431 B.C. | Medea by Euripides (c. 480–406 B.C.) |
| 429 B.C. | Œdipus the King by Sophocles (c. 496–406 B.C.) |
| 423 B.C. | The Clouds by Aristophanes (c. 448–c. 388 B.C.) |
| 414 B.C. | The Birds by Aristophanes (c. 448–c. 388 B.C.) |
| 407 B.C. | Iphigenia by Euripides (c. 480–406 B.C.) |
| 406 B.C. | Œdipus at Colonus by Sophocles (c. 496–406 B.C.) |
| Ion by Euripides (c. 480–406 B.C.) | |
| Antigone by Sophocles (c. 496–406 B.C.) | |
| Andromache by Euripides (c. 480–406 B.C.) | |
| Alcestis by Euripides (c. 480–406 B.C.) | |
| Ajax by Sophocles (c. 496–406 B.C.) | |
| 405 B.C. | The Frogs by Aristophanes (c. 448–c. 388 B.C.) |
| 401–399 B.C. | The Anabasis by Xenophon (c. 430–c. 350 B.C.) |
| 360?–347 B.C. | The Laws by Plato (429–347 B.C.) |
| 350 B.C. | The Memorabilia by Xenophon (c. 430–c. 350 B.C.) |
| The Banquet by Xenophon (c. 430–c. 350 B.C.) | |
| 347 B.C. | The Republic by Plato (429–347 B.C.) |
| Dialogues by Plato (429–347 B.C.) | |
| The Banquet by Plato (429–347 B.C.) | |
| 338 B.C. | The Apodosis by Isocrates (436–338 B.C.) |
| 322 B.C. | Aristotle’s Works by Aristotle (384–322 B.C.) |
| The Analytica by Aristotle (384–322 B.C.) | |
| 200 B.C. | Conquest of the Golden Fleece by Apollonius of Rhodes (fl. Third Century B.C.) |
| Alexandra by Lycophron of Chalcis (fl. Third Century B.C.) | |
| 184 B.C. | Aulularia by Plautus (c. 254–184 B.C.) |
| Menæchmi by Plautus (c. 254–184 B.C.) | |
| 170? B.C. | Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (121–180) |
| 51 B.C. | Commentaries by Julius Cæsar (100–44 B.C.) |
| 43 B.C. | On the Reply of the Aruspices by Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.) |
| Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero by William Forsyth (1812–1899) | |
| Brutus; or, Dialogue concerning Illustrious Orators by Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.) | |
| 27 B.C. | Agriculture by Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 B.C.) |
| 19 B.C. | The Æneid by Virgil (70–19 B.C.) |
| The Georgics by Virgil (70–19 B.C.) | |
| 8 B.C. | The Art of Poetry by Horace (65–8 B.C.) |
| 7 B.C. | A Geography by Strabo (c. 64 B.C.–c. 23 A.D.) |
| 60 A.D. | The Morals of Epictetus by Epictetus (c. 50–c. 138) |
| 65. | The Morals by Seneca (c. 4 B.C.–65 A.D.) |
| 70. | Agriculture by Columella (4–70) |
| 77. | Natural History by Pliny the Elder (23–79 A.D.) |
| 95. | Institutes by Quintilian (c. 35–c. 95 A.D.) |
| 97–109. | Letters of Pliny by Pliny the Younger (61/2–c. 113 A.D.) |
| 99. | Germany by Tacitus (56–c. 120 A.D.) |
| 100. | Anthia and Habrocomus, or The Ephesiaca by Xenophon of Ephesus (Second Century?) |
| Daphnis and Chloe by Longus (Second Century?) | |
| Hermetic Books—Author Unknown | |
| History of the Jews by Josephus (37–100) | |
| 120. | Lives by Plutarch (c. 45–120 A.D.) |
| 130. | The Lives of the First Twelve Cæsars by Suetonius (c. 69–c. 122 A.D.) |
| 150. | The Almagest by Ptolemy (c. 90–c. 168) |
| 197. | The Golden Ass by Apuleius (c. 125–c. 180) |
| 200. | Æthiopica by Heliodorus of Emesa (Third Century) |
| Physiologus—Author Unknown | |
| 250? | Dialogues of the Dead by Lucian (c. 125–after 180) |
| 300. | Codex Argenteus–Various Authors |
| 397. | The Confessions of Saint Augustine by Saint Augustine (354–430) |
| 426. | The City of God by Saint Augustine (354–430) |
| 524. | The Consolations of Philosophy by Boethius (d. 524) |
| 530–3. | The Pandects of Justinian–Various Authors |
| 650. | Beowulf—Author Unknown |
| 680. | Saint Cædmon by Cædmon (d. c. 680) |
| Cædmon’s Writings by Cædmon (d. c. 680) | |
| 735. | Ecclesiastical History of Britain by Saint Bede the Venerable (673–735) |
| 1000. | Barlaam and Josaphat—Author Unknown |
| 1099. | El Cid (c. 1043–1099)—Author Unknown |
| 1100. | Adam—Author Unknown |
| Agriculture by Ibn al-’Awwam (fl. 12th Century) | |
| Aucassin and Nicolette—Author Unknown | |
| Chanson de Roland—Author Unknown | |
| The Land of Cokaine—Author Unknown | |
| 1131. | Rubáiyát by Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) |
| 1148. | The Alexiad by Anna Comnena (1083–1153) |
| 1154. | Historia Britonum by Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1100–1154) |
| 1170. | Reynard the Fox—Author Unknown |
| 1175. | Roman de Brut by Wace (c. 1110–c. 1175) |
| 1190. | The Æneid by Heinrich von Veldeke (c. 1140–50–c. 1190) |
| 1200? | Guy of Warwick—Author Unknown |
| The Nibelungenlied—Author Unknown | |
| The Brut by Layamon (Twelfth/Thirteenth Century) | |
| Gulistan, or Rose Garden by Sa’dī (c. 1213–1291) | |
| The Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson (1179?–1241) | |
| Ogier the Dane—Author Unknown | |
| 1230. | The Romance of the Rose by Guillaume de Lorris (fl. 1230) and Jean de Meun (c. 1240–c. 1305) |
| 1267. | Opus Majus, of Roger Bacon by Roger Bacon (1214?–1294) |
| 1280. | Havelock the Dane—Author Unknown |
| 1298. | Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo (1254–1324) |
| 1300? | Amadis of Gaul—Author Unknown |
| Arabian Nights—Author Unknown | |
| Pearl—Author Unknown | |
| 1321. | The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) |
| 1345. | Philobiblon by Richard de Bury (1287–1345) |
| 1349? | Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) |
| 1371? | The Travels of Sir John Mandeville—Anonymous |
| 1380. | Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) |
| 1392. | The Coventry Plays—Author Unknown |
| 1400. | Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) |
| The Chronicles of Froissart by Jean Froissart (c. 1337–1410?) | |
| The Vision of Piers Plowman by William Langland (1332?–1400?) | |
| 1417–21. | The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471) |
| 1444. | Elegantiæ Latinæ Sermonis by Lorenzo Valla (1407–1457) |
| 1464. | The Commentaries of Pius II. by Pius II. (1405–1464) |
| 1470–72. | Heldenbuch—Author Unknown |
| 1470. | Morte D’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory (d. c. 1470) |
| 1483. | Till Eulenspiegel—Author Unknown |
| 1486. | Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles—Author Unknown |
| 1498. | Treatise on Painting by Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) |
| 1511. | Palmerin de Oliva—Author Unknown |
| 1512–32. | Orlando Furioso by Lodovico Ariosto (1474–1533) |
| 1513. | Translations and Adaptations of the Æneid by Virgil (70–19 B.C.) |
| 1516–17. | Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum by Crotus Rubianus (c. 1480–1539) |
| 1521. | The Colloquies by Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1467–1536) |
| 1525. | The History of Florence by Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) |
| 1527–61. | General History of the Indies by Bartolomé de las Casas (1474–1566) |
| 1528. | The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione (1478–1529) |
| 1529. | Colin Clout by John Skelton (1460?–1529) |
| 1532–64. | Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais (c. 1490–1553) |
| 1532. | The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) |
| 1535. | The Bible–Various Authors |
| Coverdale’s Bible by Myles Coverdale, trans. (c. 1488–1569) | |
| 1536. | Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin (1509–1564) |
| 1541. | Ralph Roister Doister by Nicholas Udall (1505–1556) |
| 1547. | Palmerin of England—Author Unknown |
| 1550, 1568. | Lives of the Painters by Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574) |
| 1553. | Lazarillo de Tormes—Anonymous |
| 1554. | The Book of Martyrs by John Foxe (1516–1587) |
| 1555–1620. | The Mirror for Magistrates–Various Authors |
| 1557. | Tottel’s Miscellany–Various Authors |
| 1558. | The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1500–1571) |
| 1566. | The Palace of Pleasure by William Painter (1540?–1594) |
| 1575. | Gammer Gurton’s Needle—Author Unknown |
| Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso (1544–1595) | |
| 1576–1606. | The Paradyse of Daynty Devises–Various Authors |
| 1578, 1580. | Euphues, The Anatomy of Wit, and Euphues and His England by John Lyly (1555?–1606) |
| 1580–95. | Essays by Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) |
| 1582–83. | The Anatomie of Abuses by Philip Stubbs (fl. 1581–1593) |
| 1585. | Il Pastor Fido by Battista Guarini (1538–1612) |
| 1586. | Albion’s England by William Warner (1558?–1609) |
| 1589. | Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) |
| 1590–92. | Henry VI. by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| 1590. | Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586) |
| The Faery Queen by Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599) | |
| 1591–92. | Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| 1591. | The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | |
| 1592? | Edward II. by Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) |
| 1592. | A Groats-worth of Wit Bought with a Million of Repentance by Robert Greene (1558–1592) |
| 1593–94. | Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| 1593–97. | The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity by Richard Hooker (1554–1600) |
| 1593. | King John by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| Richard III. by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | |
| 1594–95. | A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | |
| 1595–96. | The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| 1595. | Richard II. by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| 1596–97. | The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| 1597. | King Henry IV., Part i. by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| The Seven Champions of Christendom by Richard Johnson (1573–c. 1659) | |
| Twelfth Night, or What You Will by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | |
| 1598. | Every Man in His Humour by Ben Jonson (1572–1637) |
| King Henry IV., Part ii. by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | |
| 1599–1600. | As You Like It by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| 1599–1605. | Guzmán de Alfarache by Mateo Alemán (1547–1614?) |
| 1599. | King Henry V. by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| Julius Cæsar by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | |
| Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | |
| 1600. | The Shoemaker’s Holiday by Thomas Dekker (c. 1570–1632) |
| 1601–2. | Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| 1602–3. | Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| 1602. | All’s Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| History of Antonio and Mellida and Antonio’s Revenge by John Marston (1575?–1634) | |
| Satiromastix by Thomas Dekker (c. 1570–1632) | |
| 1603. | Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| A Woman Killed with Kindness by Thomas Heywood (c. 1570–1641) | |
| 1604. | Othello by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| 1605, 1615. | The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616) |
| 1605–6. | King Lear by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| 1605. | The Advancement of Learning by Francis Bacon (1561–1626) |
| Akbarnama by Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1551–1602) | |
| All Fools by George Chapman (1559?–1634) | |
| Volpone; or, The Fox by Ben Jonson (1572–1637) | |
| 1606. | Macbeth by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| 1607–8. | Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| Pericles, Prince of Tyre by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | |
| 1607. | Bussy d’Ambois by George Chapman (1559?–1634) |
| The Knight of the Burning Pestle by Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) and John Fletcher (1579–1625) | |
| Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | |
| 1608. | A Trick to Catch the Old One by Thomas Middleton (1580–1627) |
| The True Relation by Captain John Smith (1580–1631) | |
| 1609–27. | Astrea by Honoré d’Urfé (1567–1625) |
| 1609. | Coriolanus by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| Epicene; or The Silent Woman by Ben Jonson (1572–1637) | |
| 1610? | The Maid’s Tragedy by Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) and John Fletcher (1579–1625) |
| Philaster by Francis Beaumont (1584–1616) and John Fletcher (1579–1625) | |
| Cymbeline by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | |
| 1611. | The Tempest by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| A Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) | |
| 1612–13. | Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| 1612. | Henry VIII. by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| The White Devil; or, Vittoria Corombona by John Webster (c. 1580–1634) | |
| 1613. | Polyolbion by Michael Drayton (1563–1631) |
| 1614. | A History of the World by Sir Walter Raleigh (1554?–1618) |
| 1615. | Utopia by Sir Thomas More (1478–1535) |
| 1616. | The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster (c. 1580–1634) |
| 1619. | Purchas his Pilgrimes by Samuel Purchas (1577?–1626) |
| 1620. | The Glasse of Time in the First Age by Thomas Peyton (1595–1626) |
| The Novum Organum by Francis Bacon (1561–1626) | |
| 1621. | The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton (1577–1640) |
| 1624. | New Essays: Observations, Divine and Moral by John Robinson (1575?–1625) |
| 1625. | A New Way to Pay Old Debts by Philip Massinger (1583–1640) |
| Rights of War and Peace by Hugo Grotius (1583–1645) | |
| 1633. | The Purple Island by Phineas Fletcher (1582–1650) |
| 1634. | Perkin Warbeck by John Ford (1586–c. 1640) |
| 1635. | Emblems by Francis Quarles (1592–1644) |
| 1636. | The Cid by Pierre Corneille (1606–1684) |
| 1637. | The Wonderful Magician by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681) |
| 1642–48. | The Holy State and The Profane State by Thomas Fuller (1608–1661) |
| 1644. | Tractate on Education by John Milton (1608–1674) |
| 1645. | Good Thoughts in Bad Times by Thomas Fuller (1608–1661) |
| 1649. | Eikōn Basilikē by John Gauden (1605–1662) |
| 1650. | Holy Living and Dying by Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) |
| 1651. | Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) |
| 1653. | The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton (1593–1683) |
| 1654–60. | Clélie by Madeleine de Scudéry (1607–1701) |
| 1659. | Les Précieuses Ridicules by Molière (1622–1673) |
| 1661. | The Indian Bible by John Eliot (1604–1690) |
| 1662–78. | Hudibras by Samuel Butler (1612–1680) |
| 1662. | The Day of Doom by Michael Wigglesworth (1631–1705) |
| L’École des Femmes by Molière (1622–1673) | |
| 1665. | Maxims by François, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680) |
| 1666. | Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners by John Bunyan (1628–1688) |
| 1667. | Andromache by Jean Racine (1639–1699) |
| Paradise Lost by John Milton (1608–1674) | |
| 1668. | L’Avare by Molière (1622–1673) |
| 1669. | Tartuffe by Molière (1622–1673) |
| 1670. | Pensées by Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) |
| 1671. | Paradise Regained by John Milton (1608–1674) |
| 1672. | Learned Ladies by Molière (1622–1673) |
| 1673. | Le Malade Imaginaire by Molière (1622–1673) |
| Mithridate by Jean Racine (1639–1699) | |
| 1674. | The Art of Poetry by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711) |
| The Plain Dealer by William Wycherley (1640–1716) | |
| 1678. | All for Love by John Dryden (1631–1700) |
| The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan (1628–1688) | |
| 1679–1714. | History of the Reformation of the Church of England and History of His Own Time by Gilbert Burnet (1643–1715) |
| 1681. | Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden (1631–1700) |
| 1684. | Remarkable Providences by Increase Mather (1639–1723) |
| 1687. | The Hind and the Panther by John Dryden (1631–1700) |
| Principia by Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727) | |
| 1688. | Caractères ou Mœurs de ce Siècle by Jean de La Bruyère (1645–1696) |
| 1690. | An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1632–1704) |
| 1691. | Athalie by Jean Racine (1639–1699) |
| 1693. | Some Thoughts Concerning Education by John Locke (1632–1704) |
| 1694. | Journal by George Fox (1624–1691) |
| 1695? | The Adventures of Finette by Charles Perrault (1628–1703) |
| 1697–1702. | Bayle’s Dictionary, Historical and Critical by Pierre Bayle (1647–1706) |
| 1697. | The Mourning Bride by William Congreve (1670–1729) |
| 1699. | Dissertation on the Epistles of Phalaris by Richard Bentley (1662–1742) |
| Adventures of Telemachus by François Fénelon (1651–1715) | |
| 1700. | The Way of the World by William Congreve (1670–1729) |
| 1701. | Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson by Lucy Hutchinson (1620–1681) |
| 1702. | Magnalia Christi Americana by Cotton Mather (1663–1728) |
| 1704. | The Battle of the Books by Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) |
| Memoirs of Count Grammont by Anthony Hamilton (1645?–1719) | |
| A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) | |
| 1707. | Asmodeus, The Lame Devil by Alain René Lesage (1688–1747) |
| The Beaux’ Stratagem by George Farquhar (1677?–1707) | |
| 1708. | Formosa by George Psalmanazar (1679?–1763) |
| 1709–11. | The Tatler by Joseph Addison (1672–1719) and Sir Richard Steele, et al. (1672–1729) |
| 1713. | Cato of Utica by Joseph Addison (1672–1719) |
| Characteristics by Lord Shaftesbury (1671–1713) | |
| 1715–35. | The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane by Alain René Lesage (1688–1747) |
| 1719. | Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1661?–1731) |
| 1721. | Persian Letters by Montesquieu (1689–1755) |
| 1724. | The Drapier Letters by Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) |
| 1727. | The Dunciad by Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) | |
| The New England Primer—Authors Unknown | |
| 1728–1897. | Works of Reference–Various Authors |
| 1728. | The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay (1685–1732) |
| 1731. | History of Charles XII. by Voltaire (1694–1778) |
| 1733. | Letters Concerning the English Nation by Voltaire (1694–1778) |
| 1734–54. | Letters by Madame de Sévigné (1626–1696) |
| 1734. | Considerations on the Greatness and Decay of the Romans by Montesquieu (1689–1755) |
| 1736. | Alzire by Voltaire (1694–1778) |
| The Analogy of Religion by Joseph Butler (1692–1752) | |
| 1738–91. | An Extract of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley’s Journal by John Wesley (1703–1791) |
| 1740. | Apology for his Life by Colley Cibber (1671–1757) |
| Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson (1689–1761) | |
| 1742. | Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding (1707–1754) |
| 1743. | The History of Jonathan Wild the Great by Henry Fielding (1707–1754) |
| 1746. | Pensées Philosophiques by Denis Diderot (1713–1784) |
| 1748. | Roderick Random by Tobias George Smollett (1721–1771) |
| The Spirit of Laws by Montesquieu (1689–1755) | |
| 1749–1804. | Natural History by Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707–1788) |
| 1749. | Tom Jones by Henry Fielding (1707–1754) |
| 1751–80. | The Encyclopèdie by Denis Diderot, ed. (1713–1784) |
| 1751. | Amelia by Henry Fielding (1707–1754) |
| Clarissa Harlowe by Samuel Richardson (1689–1761) | |
| 1753. | The Analysis of Beauty by William Hogarth (1697–1764) |
| Manon Lescaut by Antoine-François, Abbé Prévost d’Exiles (1697–1763) | |
| 1754. | On the Freedom of the Will by Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) |
| Sir Charles Grandison by Samuel Richardson (1689–1761) | |
| Thoughts Concerning the Interpretation of Nature by Denis Diderot (1713–1784) | |
| 1755. | The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon by Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675–1755) |
| 1759. | Candide by Voltaire (1694–1778) |
| 1760–65. | Chrysal; or, The Adventures of a Guinea by Charles Johnstone (1719?–1800?) |
| 1760–77. | The Fool of Quality by Henry Brooke (1703?–1783) |
| 1760–67. | Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne (1713–1768) |
| 1760. | Chinese Letters by Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774) |
| Dialogues of the Dead by George, Lord Lyttelton (1709–1773) | |
| Mother Goose’s Melodies by John Newbery, ed. (1713–1767) | |
| 1762. | Émile by Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) |
| Fingal by James Macpherson (1736–1796) | |
| The Social Contract by Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) | |
| 1764. | The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford (1717–1797) |
| An Autobiography of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury by Lord Herbert of Cherbury (1583–1648) | |
| 1765–68. | Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone (1723–1780) |
| 1766. | Laokoon by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781) |
| The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774) | |
| 1768–72. | The Junius Letters—Anonymous |
| 1769–91. | Discourses Delivered in the Royal Academy by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) |
| 1771. | The Encyclopædia Britannica–Various Authors |
| Humphry Clinker by Tobias George Smollett (1721–1771) | |
| A Man of Feeling by Henry Mackenzie (1745–1831) | |
| 1773–84. | Cook’s Voyages–Various Authors |
| 1773. | She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774) |
| 1774–82. | Agriculture by Pierre-Fulcrand de Rosset (1708–1788) |
| 1774. | Letters to His Son by Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) |
| A Journal of the Life, Gospel, Labours, and Christian Experiences of John Woolman by John Woolman (1720–1772) | |
| 1775–78. | Physiognomy by Johann Caspar Lavater (1741–1801) |
| 1775. | The Barber of Seville by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732–1799) |
| Speech on Conciliation with the American Colonies by Edmund Burke (1729–1797) | |
| The Letters of Thomas Gray by Thomas Gray (1716–1771) | |
| The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) | |
| 1776–87. | The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) |
| 1776. | The American Crisis by Thomas Paine (1737–1809) |
| Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith (1723–1790) | |
| 1777. | The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) |
| 1778. | Evelina by Frances (Fanny) Burney (Madame d’Arblay) (1752–1840) |
| 1779–81. | Lives of the Poets by Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) |
| 1779. | The Critic by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) |
| Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781) | |
| The Pilgrimage of Anacharsis the Younger by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716–1795) | |
| 1780? | Sandford and Merton by Thomas Day (1748–1789) |
| An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) | |
| 1781–89. | The Botanic Garden by Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802) |
| 1781. | Confessions by Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) |
| The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) | |
| 1782. | Cecilia by Frances (Fanny) Burney (Madame d’Arblay) (1752–1840) |
| McFingal by John Trumbull (1750–1831) | |
| 1784. | The Marriage of Figaro by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732–1799) |
| 1785. | The Task by William Cowper (1731–1800) |
| The Travels and Adventures of Baron Münchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736–1794) | |
| 1786–1829. | The Diversions of Purley by John Horne Tooke (1736–1812) |
| 1786. | Vathek, The History of the Caliph by William Beckford (1760–1844) |
| 1787–88. | The Federalist by Alexander Hamilton (1757–1804), James Madison (1751–1836), and John Jay (1745–1829) |
| 1787–1823. | Paston Letters–Various Authors |
| 1787. | Life of Baron Frederic Trenck by Baron Friedrich von der Trenck (1726–1794) |
| 1788. | Paul and Virginia by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814) |
| 1789–91. | The Acts of the Apostles by Jean-Gabriel Peltier (1760–1825), et al. |
| 1789. | His Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) |
| The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne by Gilbert White (1720–1793) | |
| 1790–1831. | Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) |
| 1790. | Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke (1729–1797) |
| 1791. | Charlotte Temple by Susanna Haswell Rowson (1762–1824) |
| Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1766–1848) | |
| Life of Johnson by James Boswell (1740–1795) | |
| Ruins by Constantin-François Volney (1757–1820) | |
| A Simple Story by Elizabeth Inchbald (1753–1821) | |
| 1792–95. | The Mæviad and The Baviad by William Gifford (1756–1826) |
| 1792. | Travels in France by Arthur Young (1741–1820) |
| A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) | |
| 1794. | Adventures of Caleb Williams by William Godwin (1756–1836) |
| 1795. | The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine (1737–1809) |
| The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis (“Monk Lewis”) (1775–1818) | |
| The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann (Ward) Radcliffe (1764–1823) | |
| 1796–97. | Fruit, Flower, and Thorn Pieces by Jean Paul (J. P. F. Richter) (1763–1825) |
| 1796. | The Children of the Abbey by Regina Maria Roche (1764?–1845) |
| The Autobiography of Edward Gibbon by Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) | |
| Speed the Plough by Thomas Morton (1764–1838) | |
| Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) | |
| 1797. | Hermann and Dorothea by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) |
| 1798–1800. | Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth (1770–1850) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) |
| 1798. | Letters of Horace Walpole by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford (1717–1797) |
| The Loves of the Triangles by George Canning (1770–1827) | |
| The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) | |
| 1799–1825. | The Mechanism of the Heavens by Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749–1827) |
| 1799. | The Jolly Beggars by Robert Burns (1759–1796) |
| Wallenstein by Friedrich von Schiller (1759–1805) | |