Kerstans Kanon is an attempt to create a common collection of knowledge that may be considered "cultural canon". This collection is limited by a very germano-centric perspective, however, others may find this collection interesting nonetheless or specifically therefore.
Kerstan divides his canon into three literary categories:
- History and Philosophy (https://hardcover.app/@Freule/lists/kerstans-kanon-philosophie-geschichte)
- Language and Communication (https://hardcover.app/@Freule/lists/kerstans-kanon-sprache-kommunikation)
- History and Philosophy (https://hardcover.app/@Freule/lists/kerstans-kanon-mathematik-naturwissenschaft)
Beneath the article where this canon was published, a lively discussion developed, where many more works were suggested to be added. I have collected many here: https://hardcover.app/@Freule/lists/kerstans-kanon-leserempfehlungen
The original article (in german) can be found here:
https://fd.phwa.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Kerstan-Kanon.pdf
As published in Zeit:
https://www.zeit.de/2018/34/allgemeinwissen-kanon-globalisierung-digitalisierung-jugend-bildung
2018 • 1 Reader • 104 pages
2004 • 1 Reader • 153 pages
2021 • 1 Reader • 496 pages
1946 • 1 Reader • 333 pages
-400 • 125 Readers • 160 pages • 3.8
2015 • 679 Readers • 166 pages • 4.5
2001 • 295 Readers • 448 pages • 3.9
1981 • 13 Readers • 437 pages • 5
2015 • 118 Readers • 432 pages • 4.3
1996 • 734 Readers • 1,079 pages • 4.2
1989 • 115 Readers • 236 pages • 4.6
1847 • 1,606 Readers • 580 pages • 4
1966 • 233 Readers • 189 pages • 3.4
1895 • 3 Readers • 203 pages • 2
1957 • 62 Readers • 160 pages • 4.2
#1 of 4 in L'amica geniale
2011 • 542 Readers • 331 pages • 4.1
1960 • 19 Readers • 496 pages • 3
#1 of 3 in Pippi Långstrump
1945 • 145 Readers • 124 pages • 3.9
1964 • 70 Readers • 304 pages • 3.4
632 • 20 Readers • 456 pages • 1.4
1937 • 10 Readers • 194 pages • 2.6
1947 • 31 Readers • 593 pages • 4.5
1928 • 705 Readers • 295 pages • 4.1
1920 • 2,662 Readers • 180 pages • 3.7
1960 • 2,983 Readers • 309 pages • 4.1
#1 of 3 in La Divina Commedia
1320 • 419 Readers • 241 pages • 4.1
1997 • 459 Readers • 344 pages • 3.9
1963 • 3 Readers • 238 pages • 3.5
1953 • 2 Readers • 62 pages
1939 • 1,018 Readers • 496 pages • 3.8
181 • 2,134 Readers • 353 pages • 3.9
1965 • 1 Reader
2017 • 3 Readers • 272 pages
332 Readers • 4
1963 • 103 Readers • 312 pages • 4.3
#2 of 2 in Nazi Germany and the Jews
2007 • 1 Reader • 532 pages
2013 • 18 Readers • 318 pages • 3.9
2009 • 16 Readers • 263 pages • 3.5
2013 • 552 Readers • 608 pages • 4.2
#1 of 1 in Out of the Hitler Time
1971 • 17 Readers • 190 pages • 4.2
1890 • 1,652 Readers • 260 pages • 4.1
1971 • 1 Reader • 96 pages
2011 • 1,694 Readers • 443 pages • 4.2
1999 • 1,372 Readers • 222 pages • 4.1
1941 • 26 Readers • 46 pages • 3.4
1981 • 9 Readers • 180 pages • 3
1956 • 41 Readers • 112 pages • 3.5
#1-3 of 1 in A History of Western Philosophy
1945 • 156 Readers • 895 pages • 4.1
1930 • 2,456 Readers • 332 pages • 3.9
1988 • 526 Readers • 301 pages • 4.2
-411 • 3 Readers • 656 pages
-400 • 598 Readers • 193 pages • 3.7
1979 • 379 Readers • 445 pages • 4.1
1973 • 105 Readers • 275 pages • 4.3
2 Readers • 4
#1 of 1 in Capital
1867 • 121 Readers • 1,166 pages • 3.9
1781 • 155 Readers • 792 pages • 3.3
1999 • 7 Readers • 237 pages • 4
1992 • 1 Reader • 204 pages