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The Public Works Book Club

Since 35,000 BCE

We read texts from the public domain. This site serves as a formal archive of our proceedings and a resource for those seeking to deepen their appreciation of classic literature.

Readings

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* = selections of work
Order Title Author Period Year Arc
1 Meditations Marcus Aurelius Roman imperial period 2022 Theogony 1
2 The Tempest Shakespeare Jacobean Era 2023 Theogony 1
3 Antigone Sophocles 5th c. BCE 2023 Theogony 1
4 Arabian Nights* Anonymous Islamic Golden Age 2023 Theogony 2
5 The Federalist Papers* Publius et al. 18th c. CE 2023 Theogony 2
6 Zhuangzi* Zhuangzi 2nd c. BCE 2023 Theogony 2
7 History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 5th c. BCE 2023 Anabasis 1
8 Hellenica* Xenophon 4th c. BCE 2023 Anabasis 1
9 Republic Plato 4th c. BCE 2024 Anabasis 2
10 Herakles Euripides 5th c. BCE 2024 Anabasis 2
12 Odyssey Homer heroic age 2024 Nostoi 1
12 Seventh Letter Plato 4th c. BCE 2024 Anabasis 2
13 Laws Plato Classical Greece 2025 Memorabilia 1
14 The Persians Aeschylus Classical Greece 2025 Anabasis 3
16 Second Tetralogy Antiphon Classical Greece 2025 Anabasis 3
17 Against Simon Lysias Classical Greece 2025 Anabasis 3
18 Against Conon Demosthenes Classical Greece 2025 Anabasis 3
19 Philoctetes Sophocles Classical Greece 2025 Anabasis 3
19 Categories* Aristotle Classical Greece 2025 Anabasis 3
20 De Interpretatione* Aristotle Classical Greece 2025 Anabasis 3
... See full list of readings

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Contact

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