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What major works did Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz write?

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Engraved portrait of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz with long curly hair, wearing a buttoned coat and cravat, facing forward. — Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, engraving, c. 1701.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a prolific polymath whose extensive body of work spans philosophy, mathematics, science, history, and jurisprudence. His major writings include:1

Meditations on Knowledge, Truth, and Ideas1
Discourse on Metaphysics1
Correspondence with Arnauld1
New Essays on Human Understanding1
Theodicy1
Monadology (or Monadologia)12
Correspondence with Clarke1
De Arte Combinatoria ("On the Art of Combination")3
Hypothesis Physica Nova ("New Physical Hypothesis")3
Principes de la nature et de la grâce fondés en raison ("Principles of Nature and of Grace Founded in Reason")4

In addition to these philosophical texts, Leibniz authored numerous influential works in mathematics, where he is recognized for independently inventing the infinitesimal calculus, as well as significant contributions to science, history, and jurisprudence.14