The great books are those books that are believed to constitute an essential foundation in the literature of Western culture. Specified sets of great books usually number in the range of roughly 50 to 100.
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“And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.”
—Bible: New Testament Revelation 20:12.
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