Othello
1603★ 9.0
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
1776★ 8.8
The Prince
1532★ 8.5
The Leopard
1958★ 8.4
Romeo and Juliet
1597★ 8.1
A Farewell to Arms
1929★ 8.0
The Name of the Rose
1980★ 7.7
The Annals
117★ 7.6
The Odes of Horace
23 BC★ 7.5
The City of God
426★ 7.5
The Decameron
1353★ 7.5
The Poems of Catullus
54 BC★ 7.4
On Duties (De Officiis)
44 BC★ 7.4
The Lives of the Artists
1550★ 7.3
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
1860★ 7.3
The Betrothed
1827★ 7.2
The Merchant of Venice
1598★ 7.2
The History of Rome
25 BC★ 7.2
Much Ado About Nothing
1599★ 7.2
The Twelve Caesars
121★ 7.2
The Charterhouse of Parma
1839★ 7.0
A Room with a View
1908★ 7.0
The Satires
100★ 7.0
On Friendship
44 BC★ 7.0
I, Claudius
1934★ 7.0
Four Comedies
200 BC★ 7.0
The Baron In The Trees
1957★ 6.8
The Cheese and the Worms
1976★ 6.8
Julius Caesar
1599★ 6.8
Augustus
1972★ 6.8
My Brilliant Friend
2011★ 6.7
SPQR
2015★ 6.7
Zeno's Conscience
1923★ 6.6
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1945★ 6.5
The Day of the Owl
1961★ 6.5
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1955★ 6.3
Rubicon
2003★ 6.0
Foucault's Pendulum
1988★ 5.5
Call Me By Your Name
2007★ 5.4
The Gallery
1947★ 5.2