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1859
On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
Project Gutenberg #1228
B2-C2
Science
Natural History
1776
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
Project Gutenberg #3300
B2-C2+
Economics
Political Economy
1813
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Project Gutenberg #1342
B1-C1
Novel
Romance
1818
Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Project Gutenberg #84
B2-C2
Novel
Sci-Fi
Gothic
1912
The Problems of Philosophy
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #5827
B2-C2
Philosophy
1917
Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #25447
B2-C2
Philosophy
Science
Essay
1925
The A B C of Relativity
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #67104
B2-C1
Science
Physics
1919
Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #41654
C1-C2
Philosophy
Mathematics
1914
Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #37090
C1-C2
Philosophy
Science
1921
The Analysis of Mind
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #2529
C1-C2
Philosophy
Psychology
1927
The Analysis of Matter
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #77427
C1-C2
Philosophy
Science
Physics
1917
Political Ideals
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #4776
B2-C1
Politics
Philosophy
1918
Proposed Roads to Freedom
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #690
B2-C1
Politics
Political Economy
1839
The Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwin
Project Gutenberg #944
B2-C1
Science
Travel
Natural History
1871
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
Charles Darwin
Project Gutenberg #2300
C1-C2
Science
Natural History
1872
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
Charles Darwin
Project Gutenberg #1227
C1-C2
Science
Psychology
1859
On Liberty
John Stuart Mill
Project Gutenberg #34901
B2-C1
Philosophy
Politics
1863
Utilitarianism
John Stuart Mill
Project Gutenberg #11224
B2-C1
Philosophy
Ethics
1739
A Treatise of Human Nature
David Hume
Project Gutenberg #4705
C1-C2
Philosophy
Psychology
375 BCE
The Republic
Plato
Project Gutenberg #1497
C1-C2
Classic
Philosophy
Politics
1532
The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli
Project Gutenberg #1232
B2-C1
Politics
Philosophy
1854
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau
Project Gutenberg #205
B1-C1
Essay
Nature
Philosophy
1861
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
Project Gutenberg #1400
B1-C1
Novel
1851
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Herman Melville
Project Gutenberg #15
C1-C2
Novel
Adventure
1865
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Project Gutenberg #11
B1-C1
Novel
Fantasy
1884
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
Project Gutenberg #76
B2-C2
Novel
Adventure
1859
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
Project Gutenberg #98
B2-C2
Novel
Historical Fiction
1892
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
Project Gutenberg #1661
B2-C1
Mystery
Short Stories
1847
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
Project Gutenberg #1260
C1-C2
Novel
Gothic
Romance
1847
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
Project Gutenberg #768
C1-C2
Novel
Gothic
Romance
1897
Dracula
Bram Stoker
Project Gutenberg #345
B2-C1
Novel
Gothic
Horror
1890
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
Project Gutenberg #174
C1-C2
Novel
Philosophy
Gothic
1886
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
Project Gutenberg #43
B2-C1
Novel
Gothic
Horror
1895
The Time Machine
H. G. Wells
Project Gutenberg #35
B2-C1
Sci-Fi
Novel
1898
The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells
Project Gutenberg #36
B2-C1
Sci-Fi
Novel
1903
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
Project Gutenberg #215
B2-C1
Novel
Adventure
1921
Crome Yellow
Aldous Huxley
Project Gutenberg #1999
B2-C1
Novel
Satire
1923
Antic Hay
Aldous Huxley
Project Gutenberg #60483
B2-C1
Novel
Satire
1920
Limbo
Aldous Huxley
Project Gutenberg #54895
B2-C1
Short Stories
Satire
1921
Mortal Coils
Aldous Huxley
Project Gutenberg #39378
B2-C1
Short Stories
Satire
1897
The Invisible Man
H. G. Wells
Project Gutenberg #5230
B2-C1
Sci-Fi
Novel
1896
The Island of Doctor Moreau
H. G. Wells
Project Gutenberg #159
B2-C1
Sci-Fi
Novel
1912
A Princess of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Project Gutenberg #62
B2-C1
Sci-Fi
Adventure
Novel
1912
The Lost World
Arthur Conan Doyle
Project Gutenberg #139
B2-C1
Sci-Fi
Adventure
Novel
1884
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Edwin A. Abbott
Project Gutenberg #201
B2-C1
Mathematics
Sci-Fi
Satire
1928
The Skylark of Space
E. E. Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby
Project Gutenberg #20869
B2-C1
Sci-Fi
Adventure
Novel
1895
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
Project Gutenberg #844
B2-C1
Drama
Comedy
Satire
350 BCE
Politics: A Treatise on Government
Aristotle
Project Gutenberg #6762
C1-C2
Classic
Philosophy
Politics
340 BCE
The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle
Aristotle
Project Gutenberg #8438
C1-C2
Classic
Philosophy
Ethics
1940
The Magnificent Possession
Isaac Asimov
Project Gutenberg #76871
B2-C1
Sci-Fi
Short Stories
1958
Silly Asses
Isaac Asimov
Project Gutenberg #78751
B2-C1
Sci-Fi
Short Stories
Satire
1952
Youth
Isaac Asimov
Project Gutenberg #31547
B1-C1
Sci-Fi
Short Stories
1957
Let's Get Together
Isaac Asimov
Project Gutenberg #68377
B2-C1
Sci-Fi
Short Stories
1972
Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volume 1
Isaac Asimov
Project Gutenberg #49819
B2-C1
Science
Physics
Nonfiction
1972
Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volume 2
Isaac Asimov
Project Gutenberg #49820
B2-C1
Science
Physics
Nonfiction
1972
Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volume 3
Isaac Asimov
Project Gutenberg #49821
B2-C1
Science
Physics
Nonfiction
1953
Everest
Isaac Asimov
Project Gutenberg #77254
B2-C1
Sci-Fi
Short Stories
1966
The Genetic Effects of Radiation
Isaac Asimov and Theodosius Dobzhansky
Project Gutenberg #55738
B2-C1
Science
Biology
Nonfiction
1901
The First Men in the Moon
H. G. Wells
Project Gutenberg #1013
B1-C1
Sci-Fi
Novel
Space
1930
Last and First Men
Olaf Stapledon
Project Gutenberg #79003
C1-C2
Sci-Fi
Novel
Future History
1864
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Jules Verne
Project Gutenberg #18857
B1-C1
Sci-Fi
Adventure
Novel
1870
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
Jules Verne
Project Gutenberg #164
B1-C1
Sci-Fi
Adventure
Novel
1874
The Mysterious Island
Jules Verne
Project Gutenberg #1268
B1-C1
Sci-Fi
Adventure
Novel
1914
The World Set Free
H. G. Wells
Project Gutenberg #1059
B2-C1
Sci-Fi
Novel
Nuclear
1899
When the Sleeper Wakes
H. G. Wells
Project Gutenberg #775
B2-C1
Sci-Fi
Dystopia
Novel
1861
The Chemical History of a Candle
Michael Faraday
Project Gutenberg #14474
B1-C1
Science
Chemistry
Nonfiction
1885
The Story of the Heavens
Robert S. Ball
Project Gutenberg #27378
C1-C2
Science
Astronomy
Nonfiction
1904
Astronomy for Amateurs
Camille Flammarion
Project Gutenberg #25267
B2-C1
Science
Astronomy
Nonfiction
1922
The Outline of Science, Volume 1
J. Arthur Thomson
Project Gutenberg #20417
C1-C2
Science
Popular Science
Nonfiction
1899
The Story of the Living Machine
H. W. Conn
Project Gutenberg #16487
C1-C2
Science
Biology
Nonfiction
1921
The Evolution of Modern Medicine
William Osler
Project Gutenberg #1566
C1-C2
Science
Medicine
Nonfiction
1894
The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla
Thomas Commerford Martin
Project Gutenberg #39272
C1-C2
Technology
Electricity
Nonfiction
1902
The Story of Electricity
John Munro
Project Gutenberg #4710
B2-C1
Technology
Electricity
Nonfiction
1864
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Charles Babbage
Project Gutenberg #57532
B2-C1
Technology
Computing
Biography
1832
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures
Charles Babbage
Project Gutenberg #4238
C1-C2
Technology
Manufacturing
Economics
1900
Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century
Robert Routledge
Project Gutenberg #54475
B2-C1
Technology
Inventions
Nonfiction
1888
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
Project Gutenberg #5000
C1-C2
Technology
Science
Art
1843
Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage
Luigi Federico Menabrea and Ada Lovelace
Project Gutenberg #75107
C2+
Technology
Computing
Mathematics
1915
The Art of Public Speaking
J. Berg Esenwein and Dale Carnegie
Project Gutenberg #16317
B2-C1
Rhetoric
Public Speaking
Nonfiction
1916
Talks on Talking
Grenville Kleiser
Project Gutenberg #17476
B2-C1
Rhetoric
Conversation
Public Speaking
1912
The Making of Arguments
J. H. Gardiner
Project Gutenberg #13089
C1-C2
Rhetoric
Argumentation
Nonfiction
1791
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Project Gutenberg #20203
C1-C2
Autobiography
History
Nonfiction
1930
The Conquest of Happiness
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #77894
B2-C1
Philosophy
Psychology
Essay
1925
What I Believe
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #73782
B2-C1
Philosophy
Ethics
Essay
1926
Education and the Good Life
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #70302
B2-C1
Philosophy
Education
Nonfiction
1927
Philosophy
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #72981
C1-C2
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
1923
The A B C of Atoms
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #72875
B2-C1
Science
Physics
1924
Icarus, or The Future of Science
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #66225
B2-C1
Science
Politics
Essay
1916
Why Men Fight
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #55610
B2-C1
Politics
Philosophy
1920
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #17350
B2-C1
Politics
History
1922
The Problem of China
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #13940
B2-C1
Politics
History
1922
Free Thought and Official Propaganda
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #44932
B2-C1
Politics
Philosophy
Essay
1897
An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry
Bertrand Russell
Project Gutenberg #52091
C2+
Philosophy
Mathematics
350 BCE
Rhetoric
Aristotle
The Internet Classics Archive (MIT)
C1-C2
Classic
Rhetoric
Philosophy
335 BCE
The Poetics of Aristotle
Aristotle
Project Gutenberg #1974
C1-C2
Classic
Philosophy
Literary Criticism
380 BCE
Gorgias
Plato
Project Gutenberg #1672
C1-C2
Classic
Rhetoric
Philosophy
370 BCE
Phaedrus
Plato
Project Gutenberg #1636
C1-C2
Classic
Rhetoric
Philosophy
390 BCE
Apology
Plato
Project Gutenberg #1656
B2-C1
Classic
Philosophy
Rhetoric
50
On the Sublime
Longinus
Project Gutenberg #17957
C1-C2
Classic
Rhetoric
Literary Criticism
341 BCE
The Olynthiacs and the Philippics of Demosthenes
Demosthenes
Project Gutenberg #6878
C1-C2
Classic
Rhetoric
Politics
46 BCE
Cicero's Brutus, or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Project Gutenberg #9776
C1-C2
Classic
Rhetoric
History
44 BCE
Treatises on Friendship and Old Age
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Project Gutenberg #2808
B2-C1
Classic
Philosophy
Ethics
180
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
Project Gutenberg #2680
B2-C1
Classic
Philosophy
Stoicism
125
The Enchiridion
Epictetus
Project Gutenberg #45109
B2-C1
Classic
Philosophy
Stoicism