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Bible — King James Version (KJV)
Multiple biblical authors; KJV translators
Early Modern Era (1500–1800 CE)
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Across traditions. Through the ages. A collection for the curious.
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Bible — New International Version (NIV)
Multiple biblical authors; Committee on Bible Translation
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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Bible — English Standard Version (ESV)
Multiple biblical authors; ESV Translation Oversight Committee
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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Bible — New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVue)
Multiple biblical authors; National Council of Churches / Society of Biblical Literature
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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The Qur'an — Abdel Haleem translation
Qur'anic text; M. A. S. Abdel Haleem (translator)
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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The Meaning of the Glorious Koran
Qur'anic text; Marmaduke Pickthall (translator)
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary
Qur'anic text; Abdullah Yusuf Ali (translator)
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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Religious History & Theology
A New English Translation of the Septuagint (NETS)
Albert Pietersma; Benjamin G. Wright (editors)
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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Tanakh — JPS 1985 translation
Multiple biblical authors; Jewish Publication Society translators
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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Torah — JPS translation
Multiple authors; traditionally attributed to Moses; JPS translators
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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The Bhagavad Gita — Easwaran translation
Traditionally attributed to Vyasa; Eknath Easwaran (translator)
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is
Traditionally attributed to Vyasa; A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (translator/commentator)
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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Sahih al-Bukhari
Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari (compiler)
Medieval Era (500–1500 CE)
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Sahih Muslim
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (compiler)
Medieval Era (500–1500 CE)
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Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadith
Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi (compiler)
Medieval Era (500–1500 CE)
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The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch)
Anonymous authors; attributed to Enoch; R. H. Charles (translator)
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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The Secrets of Enoch (2 Enoch)
Anonymous; attributed to Enoch
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The Hebrew Book of Enoch "3 Enoch"
Anonymous; attributed to Rabbi Ishmael
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The Nag Hammadi Library in English
James M. Robinson (general editor)
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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The Nag Hammadi Scriptures
Marvin Meyer (editor)
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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Religious History & Theology
The Gnostic Gospels
Elaine Pagels
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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The Gospel of Thomas
Anonymous; attributed to Thomas
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The Gospel of Mary
Anonymous; associated with Mary Magdalene
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Ancient History & Archaeology
The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead
Anonymous Egyptian scribes; R. O. Faulkner (translator)
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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Philosophy
The I Ching or Book of Changes
Anonymous compilers; Richard Wilhelm and Cary F. Baynes (translators)
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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Psychology & Consciousness
The Interpretation of Dreams
Sigmund Freud
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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Psychology & Consciousness
Civilization and Its Discontents
Sigmund Freud
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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Psychology & Consciousness
The Future of an Illusion
Sigmund Freud
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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Psychology & Consciousness
The Psychopathology of Everyday Life
Sigmund Freud
Modern Era (1800 CE–Present)
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Fiction & Literature
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Anonymous Mesopotamian authors; standard version traditionally linked to Sin-leqi-unninni
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Philosophy
Critique of Pure Reason
Immanuel Kant
Early Modern Era (1500–1800 CE)
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Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Immanuel Kant
Early Modern Era (1500–1800 CE)
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Philosophy
Critique of Practical Reason
Immanuel Kant
Early Modern Era (1500–1800 CE)
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Mythology & Epic
The Iliad
Traditionally attributed to Homer
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Mythology & Epic
The Odyssey
Traditionally attributed to Homer
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Fiction & Literature
Paradise Regained
John Milton
Early Modern Era (1500–1800 CE)
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