Great Books: Author-Title Index: Authors N to P

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 |

• Nabokov, Vladimir, Russian-American writing in English, 1899-1977.
  • Lolita. Recommended by: Bloom BOMC Boston PL Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 Good Reading Harvard Hungry Mind LAT Meaningful ML Novels NYPL Radcliffe Smiley Time
  • Pale Fire. Recommended by: Bloom Burgess Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 ML Novels Time
  • Speak, Memory. Recommended by: Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 ML Nonfiction National Review
  • Ada or Ardor. Recommended by: Ward
  • The Defence. Recommended by: Burgess
• Næss, Arne, Norwegian, 1912-2009.
  • Ecology, Community and Lifestyle: Outline of an Ecosophy. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Nagai Kafu, Japanese, 1879-1959.
  • Kafu the Scribbler. Recommended by: Ward
• Nagarjuna, Indian writing in Sanskrit, 2nd-3rd C.
  • Vigrahavyvartani. Recommended by: StJE
• Naipaul, V. S., Trinidadian, 1932-2018. Nobel Laureate
  • A Bend in the River. Recommended by: Bloom Burgess ML Novels
  • A House for Mr. Biswas. Recommended by: Bloom ML Novels Time
  • Guerrillas. Recommended by: NYPL
• Nakanoin Masatada no musume, Japanese, b. 1258.
  • Confessions of Lady Nijo. Recommended by: MW Asian
• Namier, Lewis, English, 1888-1960.
  • The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III. Recommended by: TLS
• Narayan, R. K., Indian writing in English, 1906-2001.
  • The Guide. Recommended by: Bloom
  • The English Teacher. Recommended by: Fadiman 4
  • The Vendor of Sweets. Recommended by: Burgess Fadiman 4
  • The Financial Expert. Recommended by: MW Asian
• Nash, Roderick, American, 1939- .
  • Wilderness and the American Mind. Recommended by: LAT
• Nashe, Thomas, English, 1567-1601.
  • The Unfortunate Traveller. Recommended by: Bloom
• Natsume Soseki, Japanese, 1867-1916.
  • Kokoro. Recommended by: Fadiman 4 MW Asian Oriental Ward
• Naylor, Gloria, American, 1950- .
  • The Women of Brewster Place. Recommended by: Bloom
• Needham, Joseph, English, 1900-1995.
  • Science and Civilization in China. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction
• Neihardt, William G., See Black Elk
• Németh, Laszlo, Hungarian, 1901-1975.
  • Guilt. Recommended by: Bloom
• Neruda, Pablo, Chilean, 1904-1973. Nobel Laureate
  • Canto General. Recommended by: Bloom Utne Ward
  • Residence on Earth. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Fully Empowered. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Nerval, Gérard de, French, 1808-1855.
  • The Chimeras. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Sylvie. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Aurelia. Recommended by: Bloom
• Nesbit, E., English, 1858-1924.
  • The Railway Children. Recommended by: Telegraph
• Neumann, Franz, German-American writing in German, 1900-1954.
  • Behemoth: The Structure and Practice of National Socialism. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans TLS
• Various Authors, American, 17th-20th C.
  • New Oxford Book of American Verse. Recommended by: Ward
• Various Authors, Various, 20th C.
  • The New Palgrave: The World of Economics (Ed. By John Eatwell, Murray Milgate, and Peter Newman). Recommended by: TLS
• Various Authors, Christians writing in Greek, 2nd C.
  • New Testament Apocrypha. Gospel of Truth (Survives in Coptic translation). Recommended by: Seymour-Smith
• Various Authors, Yugoslavian, 20th C.
  • New Writing from Yugoslavia. Recommended by: Ward
• Newman, John Henry, English, 1801-1890.
  • Apologia pro Vita Sua. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Grammar of Assent. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Idea of a University. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine. Recommended by: Aquinas
• Newton, Sir Isaac, English writing in English and Latin, 1642-1727.
  • Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Prinicipia Mathematica). Recommended by: Adler Aquinas GBWW Seymour-Smith SJC
  • Optics. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas GBWW
• Nexø, Martin Andersen, See Andersen Nexø, Martin
• Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Kenyan writing in English, 1938- .
  • A Grain of Wheat. Recommended by: Bloom
• Anonymous, German, ca. 12th C.
  • Nibelungenlied. Recommended by: Adler Bloom Lubbock
• Nicomachus of Gerasa, Greek, fl. ca. 100 CE.
  • Introduction to Arithmetic. Recommended by: Adler GBWW SJC (Selections)
• Niebuhr, Reinhold, American, 1892-1971.
  • The Nature and Destiny of Man. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction
• Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, German, 1844-1900.
  • Use and Abuse of History. Recommended by: Aquinas
  • Thus Spake Zarathustra. Recommended by: Adler Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 Seymour-Smith SJC (Selections) Ward
  • The Birth of Tragedy. Recommended by: Bloom
  • The Genealogy of Morals. Recommended by: Adler Bloom Colcc91 Fadiman 4
  • Beyond Good and Evil. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas Bloom Fadiman 4 GBWW SJC (Selections)
  • The Will to Power. Recommended by: Adler Bloom Good Reading
  • Other Works. Recommended by: Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4
• Nijo, Lady, See Nakanoin
• Nin, Anaïs, American, 1903-1977.
  • Diary of Anaïs Nin (7 vols.). Recommended by: LAT
  • Delta of Venus. Recommended by: Harvard Utne
• Nirala, Suryakant Tripathi, Indian writing in Hindi, 1898-1961.
  • A Season on the Earth. Recommended by: Ward
• Nisargadatta, Maharaj, Indian writing in Marathi, 1897-1981.
  • I Am That. Recommended by: Utne
• Nisbet, Robert, American, 1913-1996.
  • The Quest for Community. Recommended by: National Review
• Nixon, Richard, American, 1913-1994.
  • The Real War. Recommended by: LAT
• Nizam al-Mulk, Hasan ibn Tusi, Persian, 1018-1092.
  • The Book of Government, or Rules for Kings. Recommended by: Ward
• Anonymous, Icelandic, ca. 1280.
  • Njal's Saga (also known as Saga of Burnt Njal). Recommended by: Adler Meaningful Rex Ward
• Various Authors, Japanese, 14th C.
  • No (Noh) Theatre (selection such as Twenty Plays of the Noh Theatre). (See also Kanze, Zeami) Recommended by: Oriental StJE Ward
• Norris, Frank, American, 1870-1902.
  • The Octopus. Recommended by: Bloom
• Various Authors, British and American, 20th C.
  • Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry (Ed. by Richard Ellman and Robert O'Clair). Recommended by: Fadiman 3 Good Reading
• Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenburg), German, 1772-1801.
  • Hymns to the Night. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Aphorisms. Recommended by: Bloom
• Nozick, Robert, American, 1938-2002.
  • Anarchy, State and Utopia. Recommended by: TLS
• Nye, Robert, English, 1939- .
  • Falstaff. Recommended by: Burgess
• Oakeshott, Michael, English, 1901-1990.
  • Rationalism in Politics. Recommended by: National Review
• Oates, Joyce Carol, American, 1938- .
  • Them. Recommended by: Bloom BOMC
• O'Brian, Patrick, English, 1914-2000.
  • Master and Commander series. Recommended by: Telegraph
• 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 Time
• 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 Hungry Mind Radcliffe
  • The Enduring Chill. Recommended by: Aquinas
• O'Connor, Frank, Irish, 1903-1966.
  • Collected Stories. Recommended by: Bloom
• Oe, Kenzaburo, Japanese, 1935- . Nobel Laureate
  • Hiroshima Notes. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• 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 Time
  • The Lockwood Concern. Recommended by: Burgess
• Okada, John, American, 1923-1971.
  • No-No Boy. Recommended by: Hungry Mind
• Anonymous, Japanese, ca. 1200.
  • Okagami. Recommended by: Ward
• Okara, Gabriel, Nigerian writing in English, 1921- .
  • 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
• Oliver, Paul, English, 1927-2017.
  • Blues Fell This Morning. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• Olsen, Tillie, American, 1912-2007.
  • Tell Me a Riddle. Recommended by: Hungry Mind
• Olson, Charles, American, 1910-1970.
  • The Maximus Poems. Recommended by: Bloom LAT
  • Collected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Call Me Ishmael. Recommended by: Hungry Mind
• Omar Khayyam, Persian, 1048-1123?.
  • The Rubaiyat. (See also FitzGerald, Edward) Recommended by: Fadiman 4 Good Reading Oriental
• O'Neill, Eugene, American, 1888-1953. Nobel Laureate
  • Plays. Recommended by: Good Reading
  • 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: National Review 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 Time TLS
  • Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984). Recommended by: Bloom Boston PL Burgess Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 Harvard Meaningful ML Novels NYPL Radcliffe Seymour-Smith Telegraph Time TLS
  • Burmese Days. Recommended by: Fadiman 4
  • Collected Essays. Recommended by: Bloom National Review
  • Homage to Catalonia. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction National Review
• 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
• Various authors, Various writing in English, First ed. pub. 1884-1928.
  • The Oxford English Dictionary (Edited by James A. H. Murray). Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• 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
• Padma Sambhava, Tibetan, c.717-c.762.
  • Tibetan Book of the Dead. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Pagels, Elaine, American, 1943- .
  • The Gnostic Gospels. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction Utne
• Pagis, Dan, Israeli, 1930-1986.
  • Selected Poems. Recommended by: Bloom
• Paine, Thomas, English, 1737-1809.
  • Rights of Man. Recommended by: Good Reading Telegraph Ward
  • Common Sense. Recommended by: Seymour-Smith
• Paley, Grace, American, 1922-2007.
  • The Little Disturbances of Man. Recommended by: Bloom
  • Enormous Changes at the Last Minute: Stories. Recommended by: Harvard LAT
  • Collected Stories. Recommended by: Hungry Mind
• Palmer, Robert, American, 1945-1997.
  • Deep Blues. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• Pamuk, Orhan, Turkish, 1952- . Nobel Laureate
  • Works.
• Various Authors, Indians writing in Sanskrit, 5th C.
  • Panchatantra. Recommended by: Oriental Ward
• Pannenberg, Wolfhart, German, 1928-2014.
  • Systematic Theology. Recommended by: National Review
• Panofsky, Erwin, German-American writing in German and English, 1892-1968.
  • Studies in Iconology: Humanistic Themes in the Art of the Renaissance. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction
  • Perspective as Symbolic Form. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Pareto, Vilfredo, Italian, 1848-1923.
  • The Mind and Society. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans 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
• Parrington, Vernon Louis, American, 1871-1929.
  • Main Currents in American Thought: An Interpretation of American Literature from the Beginnings to 1920. Recommended by: National Review
• Parry, Milman, American, 1902-1935.
  • The Making of Homeric Verse. Recommended by: National Review
• Pascal, Blaise, French, 1623-1662.
  • Pensées (Thoughts). Recommended by: Adler Aquinas Bloom Fadiman 3 Fadiman 4 GBWW Lubbock 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 Telegraph 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, 1939-2010.
  • New American Splendor Anthology. Recommended by: Utne
• Pelé, Brazilian, 1940- .
  • My Life and the Beautiful Game. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Pelikan, Jaroslav, American, 1923-2006.
  • The Christian Tradition. Recommended by: National Review
• Pelzer, Dave, American, 1960- .
  • A Child Called "It". Recommended by: Telegraph
• 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 Hungry Mind ML Novels Time
  • 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, 1920-2003.
  • 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: Counterpunch NF 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
• Philby, Kim, English, 1912-1988.
  • My Silent War. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF
• 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, 1920-1997.
  • Fable. Recommended by: Bloom
  • The Libera Me Domine. Recommended by: Bloom
  • That Voice. Recommended by: Bloom
• Pinter, Harold, English, 1930-2008. Nobel Laureate
  • The Caretaker. Recommended by: Bloom Ward
  • The Room. Recommended by: Ward
  • The Dumb Waiter. Recommended by: Ward
  • The Homecoming. Recommended by: Bloom
• Pipes, Richard, American, 1923- .
  • The Russian Revolution. Recommended by: National Review
• 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, 1925-1998.
  • Ballad of Dogs' Beach. Recommended by: Bloom
• Pirsig, Robert, American, 1928-2017.
  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Recommended by: LAT Telegraph
• 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
• Plaidy, Jean, English, 1906-1993.
  • Plantagenet Saga (series). Recommended by: Telegraph
• 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 Lubbock (Selections)
  • 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 Good Reading Rex SJC Ward
  • Symposium. Recommended by: Aquinas Col61 Collh91 Good Reading SJC
  • Republic. Recommended by: Aquinas Col37 Col61 Colcc91 Collh91 Good Reading 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, 1920-2003.
  • Farewell Companions. Recommended by: Burgess
• Plutarch, Greek, ca. 46-ca.120 CE .
  • Parallel Lives. Recommended by: Adler Aquinas (Selections) Bloom GBWW Good Reading Lubbock Rex Seymour-Smith SJC (Selections) Ward
  • Moralia. Recommended by: Adler Bloom
• Po Chü-I, See Bai Juyi
• Pobedonostsev, Konstantin, Russian, 1827-1907.
  • Reflections of a Russian Statesman. Recommended by: National Review
• Poe, Edgar Allan, American, 1809-1849.
  • Muders in the Rue Morgue. Recommended by: Telegraph
  • Complete Tales. Recommended by: Good Reading 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, Japanese, 9th-13th C.
  • Poetic Diaries and Poem Tales. Recommended by: Oriental
• Various Authors, Icelandic, 9th-12th C.
  • Poetic Edda (also known as the Elder Edda). Recommended by: Bloom
• Various Authors, British and American, 8th-20th C.
  • Poetry in English: An Anthology (Ed. By M. L. Rosenthal, et al.). Recommended by: Good Reading
• 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: Counterpunch NF 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 Lubbock
  • Rape of the Lock. Recommended by: Adler Lubbock
  • Essay on Man. Recommended by: Adler Lubbock
• Anonymous, Maya (Mexico and Central America), 1519 ff..
  • Popol Vuh. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• Popper, Karl, Austrian-English writing in English, 1902-1994.
  • The Open Society and Its Enemies. Recommended by: ML Nonfiction National Review 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: Hungry Mind
• 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.
  • ABC of Reading. Recommended by: Counterpunch NF National Review
  • 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 Time
• 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
  • The Good Companions. Recommended by: Good Reading
• Prince, F. T., English, 1912-2003.
  • 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
• Propp, V. I., Russian, 1895-1970.
  • Morphology of the Folktale. Recommended by: Counterpunch Trans
• 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 Good Reading Meaningful NYPL Smiley Telegraph 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
• Pullman, Philip, English, 1946- .
  • His Dark Materials. Recommended by: Telegraph
• Purdy, James, American, 1914-2009.
  • 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 Time
  • Gravity's Rainbow. Recommended by: Bloom Burgess Hungry Mind LAT Time

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