Below you’ll find the very best of Classics Considered. I’ve been writing reviews for well over a decade, so there are many more on this site (use the Search feature if you’re curious about those!). These are just the reviews I’m most fond of and/or which cover important works. And unless otherwise noted, I try to keep all my reviews free of major spoilers!
Legend:
🌹 Fiction
📜 History or Nonfiction
▶️ YouTube video
📓 Multi-part / in-depth review (may contain spoilers)
The categorizations are based on what I’ve seen online and my own personal opinions, not intended to be taken as perfect, objective, or exclusive.
Work in Progress:
- Ancient History & Wisdom
- Christianity
- The Renaissance
- 19th Century: Romanticism
- 19th Century: Christian Existentialism
- 19th Century: Realism & Naturalism
- 20th Century
- Contemporary
Ancient History & Wisdom
Sun Tzu
📜 The Art of WarCicero
📜 How to Be a FriendMarcus Aurelius
📜 MeditationsSeneca
📜 Letters from a StoicChristianity
The Holy Bible
📜 The Trial of Jesus – Reflections on the Four Gospels
📜 Thoughts on Christian Suffering – ConclusionThe Renaissance
Dante Alighieri
🌹📓 The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso19th Century: Romanticism
Alexander Pushkin
🌹 Eugene OneginNathaniel Hawthorne
🌹 The Marble Faun
🌹 Twice-Told TalesHerman Melville
🌹 Moby-Dick19th Century: Christian Existentialism
Fyodor Dostoyesky
🌹📓 The Brothers KaramazovSøren Kierkegaard
📜 Fear and Trembling
📜 Works of Love19th Century: Realism & Naturalism
Stephen Crane
🌹 The Red Badge of CourageJack London
🌹 The Sea WolfThomas Hardy
🌹 Far From the Madding CrowdÉmile Zola
🌹 The Ladies’ Paradise
🌹 The Kill (43%, DNF)20th Century
Edith Wharton
🌹 The House of MirthErnest Shackleton
📜 SouthT.E. Lawrence
📜📓 Seven Pillars of WisdomF. Scott Fitzgerald
🌹 This Side of Paradise
🌹 The Great Gatsby
🌹 The Love of the Last TycoonOsamu Dazai
🌹The Setting SunKazuo Ishiguro
🌹A Pale View of HillsContemporary
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