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100 Books for Aspiring Writers and Thinkers to Read

This list includes fiction, poetry, and philosophy spanning thousands of years and I think these books would be useful additions to your bookshelves. Let me know how many you have seen!
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The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
1
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
2
Homer
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
3
Plato
Holy Bible (Anonymous)
Holy Bible
4
Anonymous
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
5
Thomas More
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
6
William Shakespeare
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
7
Miguel De Cervantes
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
8
John Milton
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
9
Daniel Defoe
A Treatise of Human Nature (David Hume)
A Treatise of Human Nature
10
David Hume
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
11
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Adam Smith)
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
12
Adam Smith
Common Sense (Thomas Paine)
Common Sense
13
Thomas Paine
The Limits of State Action (Wilhelm Von Humboldt; J. W. Burrow)
The Limits of State Action
14
Wilhelm Von Humboldt; J. W. Burrow
Complete Poetry and Prose
Complete Poetry and Prose
15
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
16
Jane Austen
Percy Bysshe Shelley: Selected Poems (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
Percy Bysshe Shelley: Selected Poems
17
Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
18
Stendhal
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
19
Victor Hugo
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
20
Victor Hugo
Eugenie Grandet (Honore De Balzac)
Eugenie Grandet
21
Honore De Balzac
Old Goriot (Honoré De Balzac)
Old Goriot
22
Honoré De Balzac
Complete Works Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
Complete Works Edgar Allen Poe
23
Edgar Allen Poe
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
24
Nikolai Gogol
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
25
Emily Brontë
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
26
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
27
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
28
Charles Dickens
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
29
Gustave Flaubert
Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
Sentimental Education
30
Gustave Flaubert
On Liberty (John Stuart Mill)
On Liberty
31
John Stuart Mill
Das Kapital (Karl Marx)
Das Kapital
32
Karl Marx
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
33
Ivan Turgenev
Notes From Underground & the Double (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From Underground & the Double
34
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Crime and Punishment
35
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
36
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
37
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy, Trans. Anthony Briggs)
War and Peace
38
Leo Tolstoy, Trans. Anthony Briggs
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
39
Leo Tolstoy
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
40
Leo Tolstoy
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