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  1. Ordinatio or Opus Oxoniense -> work by duns Scotus. Commentary on peter Lombard's Sentences.

Short Stories and essays

  1. Why I Live At the P.O. short story by Eudora Welty
  2. the Sacred Wood, The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism by T.S. Eliot
  3. Studies In Logic - Charles Sanders Pierce hammered out the ethical and practical forms of pragmatism as a definition of meaning in sensu strictu in this 1883 collection of essays that also extended the title subject to mathematics via pragmatism. [1]
  4. Droll Stories, Les Cent Contes drolatiques, Les Contes drolatiques, Les contes drolatiques colligez ez abbayes de Touraine et mis en lumière par le sieur de Balzac, Contes drolatiques < collected tales by Honoré de Balzac
  5. The Fixation of Belief by Charles Sanders Peirce
  6. How to Catch a Lion in the Sahara Desert < Objective written by H. Pétard
  7. Pragmatism: A New Name For Some Old Ways of Thinking < William James treatise
  8. the Man Who Lived Underground < Richard Wright short story
  9. the Furnished Room or Furnished Room < O. Henry work
  10. How to Make Our Ideas Clear by Charles Sanders Peirce
  11. Flying Home and Other Short Stories < Ralph Ellison collection
  12. The Address to the People of Great Britain < work by John Jay
  13. Letter to Washington by Thomas Paine
  14. The Social Destiny of Man, The Theory of the Four Movements, The social destiny of man: or, Theory of the four movements, Theorie des Quatre Mouvements et des Destinees Generales < Charles Fourier work
  15. The Baseball encyclopedia Macmillan Publishing, also versions by ESPN and others
  16. The Biglow Papers < work by James Russell Lowell
  17. Blazing Icicles < notable Benjamin Whorf article
  18. An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision < work by George Berkeley
  19. An Essay on the Intellectual Powers of Man < work by Thomas Reid
  20. the Lightning-Rod Man -> story by Herman Melville
  21. Masculine Protest, der Männliche Protest, Männliche Protest, Männlicher Protest, Verdrangung und Mannlicher Protest Verdrangung < 1911 article/concept by Alfred Adler
  22. Lecture Upon the Shadow < 1635 work by John Donne
  23. Letter to Washington -> publishing by Thomas Paine
  24. Laocoon: On the Limits of Painting and Poetry < work by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
  25. Laokoon oder Über die Grenzen der Malerei und Poesie < work by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
  26. Hymns to the Night, Hymnen an die Nacht -> German work by Novalis (Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg)
  27. Eatonville Anthology -> work by Zora Neale Hurston
  28. Dialogues Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican -> 1630 work by Gallileo
  29. the Theory of Sound -> 2 volume work by Lord Rayleigh, the cornerstone of modern acoustics
  30. the One-Eyed Porter The One-Eyed Porter The Blind Porter The One-eyed Street Porter Le Crocheteur borgne < 1774 story by Voltaire, written 1715
  31. Pragmatism: a New Name For Old Ways of Thinking < William James treatise
  32. An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision < George Berkeley treatise
  33. Doctor Brodie's Report < Jorge Luis Borges short collection
  34. Defense et Illustration de la Langue Francaise, Defense And Illustration of the French Language, Joachim du Bellay -> "La Pleiade asserted themselves with the publication of this treatise by du Bellay that argued for a poetic interpretation of the mother tongue infused by the influence of Greek and Roman writers."
  35. Totemism and Exogamy < anthropology treatise by Sir James George Frazer
  36. the Lightning-Rod Man < Herman Melville work
  37. the Discouragers of Hesitancy < Frank R. Stockton story
  38. Leutnant Gustl, Lieutenant Gustl, Lt. Gustl, None but the Brave (1900) < Arthur Schnitzler short story
  39. Unfashionable Observations < unpublished Friedrich Nietzsche works
  40. the Two Drovers < Sir Walter Scott short story
  41. Our America, Nuestra America < disambig, José Martí essay
  42. On the Concept of Truth in Formal Languages < Alfred Tarski treatise
  43. Country Full of Swedes -> "Possibly Erskine Caldwell’s best known story, the narrator Stan describes the devastation on Jim Frost’s farm that occurs when hard times drive workers from the sawmill towns of Maine into the countryside."
  44. Uber Die Weiber, On Women, of Women -> 1851 essay by Arthur Schopenhauer
  45. Structure of Social Action -> Collection of papers on conversational analysis. See here
  46. Ward Number Six -> Short Story by Anton Chekhov
  47. Palata No 6 -> Short story by Anton Chekhov
  48. Story of the Lute, Lute story, Papa Jin -> Gao Ming epic from the Ming Dynasty based loosely on Chinese scholar Cai Yong (named "Cai Boxie" in the stories).
  49. Spain in My Heart -> collection published by Pablo Neruda in 1937
  50. Foundations of Instrumentation -> treatise by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov published post-humously in 1913
  51. Interpretation of Cultures -> 1977 compilation of essays by Clifford Geertz
  52. Death Constant Beyond Love -> short story by Gabriel García Márquez
  53. the Petrified Man -> Short story featured in Eudora Welty's collection "A Curtain of Green"
  54. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation -> 1789 publication by Jeremy Bentham
  55. A Fragment on Government -> 1776 publication by Jeremy Bentham
  56. Anarchical Fallacies -> 1816 publication by Jeremy Bentham
  57. A Mother of Five -- short story by Bret Harte
  58. Modern Rural Sports -> by O. Henry
  59. On the Concept of Number, Uber Den Begriff Der Zahl -> 1887 work by Edmund Husserl
  60. On the Methods and Studies of Our Time -> philosophical work by Giambattista Vico
  61. Maximes, maxims -> work by François de La Rochefoucauld
  62. Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision -> essay by George Berkeley. Currently in wikisource
  63. Thao Hung Thao Cheuang Epic -> national epic of Laos

Books and Novels

  1. Powers of Mind -> book by George Goodman
  2. Four Meetings -> book by Henry James
  3. The Zen Doctrine of No-Thought, The Zen Doctrine of No-Mind -> work by D. T. Suzuki
  4. My Own Life -> posthumously published autobiography of David Hume
  5. Men of the Last Frontier -> first book published by Archie Belaney under the name "Grey Owl"
  6. Sajo and Her Beaver People -> book by Grey Owl
  7. The Life of Jonathan Wild the Great, The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great -> book by Henry Fielding
  8. Lyrics of Lowly Life by Paul Laurence Dunbar
  9. The End of the Tether -> 1902 novel by Joseph Conrad
  10. In the Mecca -> book by Gwendolyn Brooks
  11. Age of Roosevelt -> three volume biography of Franklin Roosevelt by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Volumes include
  1. To Renew America -> 1996 book written by Newt Gingrich
  2. the Colonel and Little Missie -> 2005 work by Larry McMurtry
  3. Blinding Light -> 2006 novel by Paul Theroux
  4. Black Profiles in Courage: A Legacy of African-American -> book written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  5. The Woman from Andros -> Either a novel by Thornton Wilder or a Roman comedy named Andria
  6. Mon Coeur Mis à Nu -> 1897 work by Charles Baudelaire
  7. Ping Yao Zhuan or "the Sorcerers Revolt" -> Work by Feng Menglong
  8. Where Three Roads Meet by John Barth
  9. the Dolliver Romance -> book by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  10. Jagua Nana -> novel by Cyprian Ekwensi
  11. Love and Garbage -> 1986 novel by Ivan Klima
  12. A Portrait of Bascom Hawke -> work by Thomas Wolfe
  13. Elementary Structures of Kinship -> book by Claude Levi Strauss
  14. In the Clap Shack -> book by William Styron
  15. Praeterita -> autobiography of John Ruskin
  16. the Structure of American Industry -> book by James Brock
  17. How I Grew -> Novel by Mary McCarthy
  18. Cannibals and Missionaries -> Novel by Mary McCarthy
  19. the Company She Keeps -> Mary McCarthy's first novel
  20. Elemental Structures of Kinship -> Book by Claude Lévi-Strauss
  21. the Gull's Hornbook -> Book by Thomas Dekker
  22. the Crime of Sylvester Bonnard -> book by Anatole France
  23. Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision -> book by George Berkeley
  24. In Darkest England and the Way Out -> 1890 work by William Booth
  25. Espana en el Corazon -> book by Pablo Neruda
  26. Lawd Today -> 1963 work by Richard Wright
  27. Moral Equivalent of War -> 1906 work by William James. See here
  28. DragonCrown War -> series of books by Michael A. Stackpole
  29. Fortress Draconis -> book by Michael A. Stackpole
  30. Thoughts on Death and Immortality, Gedanken Uber Tod Und Unsterblichkeit, Gedanken uber Tod und Unsterblichkeit < Ludwig Feuerbach
  31. the World and the Individual < Josiah Royce book
  32. Fragment on Government < Jeremy Bentham work
  33. Chrestomathia, Chrestomathia Aethiopica < Jeremy Bentham work
  34. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation < Jeremy Bentham work
  35. a Fool's Errand -> work by Albion Tourgee
  36. the Fruit of the Tree < Edith Wharton novel
  37. Old Creole Days < George Washington Cable book (redirects to author)
  38. Families of Fortune < Alexis Gregory book
  39. a Short History of Financial Euphoria < John Kenneth Galbraith book
  40. Klosterheim, Klosterheim; Or, The Masque Klosterheim, Or, The Masque < Thomas De Quincey book
  41. Veranilda -> novel by George Gissing
  42. the Ancient Child < N. Scott Momaday novel
  43. Go Tell Eddie < JD Salinger work
  44. the Golden Apples < Eudora Welty book
  45. the Good Society: the Humane Agenda < John Kenneth Galbraith book
  46. Delta Wedding -> work by Eudora Welty
  47. Battles in the Desert, Las Batallas en el Desierto -> Battles in the desert & other stories by José Emilio Pacheco. Spanish Wikipedia
  48. Thrones Dominions -> novel by Lord Peter Wimsey, finished by Jill Paton Walsh in 1998
  49. George and Arthur -> novel by Julian Barnes
  50. The Narrative Of The Captivity And Release Of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson < 1692 book by Mary Rowlandson
  51. Uber den nervosen Charakter, Über den nervösen Charakter, The Neurotic Constitution, About Nervous Temprament, The Neurotic Character < 1912 work by Alfred Adler
  52. the Social Meanings of Suicide < work by Jack Douglas (sociologist) - both could use articles
  53. A Thing of State A Novel A Thing of State: A Novel < Allen Drury
  54. Point and Line to Plane -> 1926 book by Wassily Kandinsky
  55. Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher who won't Eat Meat -> book by Howard Lyman
  56. Elvis Shrugged - This 1991 parody, with art by Dave Webber, imagines a future in which only one record company exists. Chased by the floating head of Col. Parker, artists led by (*) Madonna break with the stifling monopoly and join forces with Elvis, who faked his own death, and others in exile to innovate. The plot and dialogue are hilariously true to the original, featuring the catch-question “"Is Elvis alive?”" For 10 points -- For 10 points--name this Revolutionary Comics spoof of Ayn Rand’'s best-known novel. [2]
  57. Dave Barry's Complete Guide To Guys -> book by columnist Dave Barry
  58. Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need -> book by columnist Dave Barry
  59. the Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War by Jimmy Carter
  60. What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question, What Should I Do with My Life?, What Should I Do with My Life -> book by Po Bronson
  61. Comedy: American Style; Comedy, American Style < novel by Jessie Redmon Fauset
  62. Mtv's Beavis and Butthead: This Book Sucks, This Book Sucks -> book about Beavis and Butthead by Mike Judge
  63. Torquemada en la hoguera -> (1889) novel by Benito Pérez Galdós
  64. Torquemada en la Cruz -> (1893) novel by Benito Pérez Galdós
  65. Torquemada en el purgatorio (1894) novel by Benito Pérez Galdós
  66. Torquemada y San Pedro (1895) novel by Benito Pérez Galdós
  67. Virgin Soil Upturned < work by Mikhail Sholokhov
  68. What Do People Do All Day -> book about division of labor by Richard Scarry
  69. Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie < Rølvaag novel
  70. Audessus de la Melee -> Au-dessus de la Mêlée, novel by Romain Rolland
  71. Border music -> novel by James Waller
  72. Bombing To Win - currently a redirect. Should be its own article?
  73. The Transposed Heads by Thomas Mann
  74. How to Travel With a Salmon - Umberto Eco book
  75. the Nausea - “Something has happened to me, I can’t doubt it anymore. It came as an illness does, not like an ordinary certainty, not like anything evident.” The last sentence is an entry of Antoine Roquentin’s journal, the first time he describes the feeling which is also the title of this 1938 novel. For ten points, name this work by Jean-Paul Sartre which introduces in fiction form his conception of existentialism.
  76. How I Play Golf - Book by Tiger Woods
  77. Channel firing - book by Thomas Hardy
  78. People of the Lake - by Richard Leakey
  79. Windy Mcpherson's Son - novel by Sherwood Anderson
  80. the Infinite Plan - novel by Isabel Allende
  81. Her Privates We by Frederic Manning
  82. New Orleans Sketches - William Faulkner collection
  83. Delta Wedding - novel by Eudora Welty
  84. Why I Live at the P.O. - novel by Eudora Welty
  85. On Argentina - book by Jorge Luis Borges
  86. the Ginger Tree < Oswald Wynd novel
  87. Mechanism of Mendelian heredity, The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity -> Thomas Hunt Morgan book
  88. Frames of Mind - book by Howard Gardner, currently redirect to author
  89. Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter - book by Simone De Beauvoir
  90. Las Cosmicomicas - work by Italo Calvino
  91. Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax, Cabbages and Kings and Aspirin As Needed -> book by George Conklin
  92. A Duel < Guy de Maupassant short story
  93. Headbirths, Headbirths: or the Germans are Dying Out, Kopfgeburten, Kopfgeburten oder Die Deutschen sterben aus < Günter Grass work
  94. Flowering Judas -> short story by Katherine Anne Porter
  95. the Practice and theory of Individual Psychology < Alfred Adler book; see Individual Psychology
  96. Isle of Joy - novel by Don Winslow
  97. Jean Santeuil < posthumous Marcel Proust novel
  98. Une Vie (Accept A Woman's Life < Guy de Maupassant work
  99. the Fire and the Sun < Iris Murdoch book
  100. the Cloud Chamber by Joyce Maynard
  101. Jonah's Gourd Vine < novel by Zora Neale Hurston
  102. Jonah's Gourd Vine < Zora Neale Hurston novel
  103. Stillwatch -> Mary Higgins Clark novel
  104. While My Pretty One Sleeps -> Mary Higgins Clark novel
  105. the Prince of India The Prince of India; or, Why Constantinople Fell < work by Lew Wallace
  106. I Ain't Got Time to Bleed by Jesse Ventura
  107. A Fragment on Government < work Jeremy Bentham
  108. El Arco y la Lira < Octavio Paz work
  109. Las Peras del Olmo < Octavio Paz work
  110. Subliminal Seduction -> book by Wilson Bryan key
  111. Die Anweisungzum Seligen Leben Oder Auch Die Religionslehre or The Way Towards The Blessed Life Die Anweisung zum seligen Leben oder auch die Religionslehre < work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte (see german wikipedia)
  112. More Now Again: A Memoir Of Addiction < memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel
  113. Children of Violence -> series of books by Doris Lessing, including Martha Quest, A Proper Marriage, A Ripple From The Storm, Landlocked (novel), and The Four-Gated City