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A College Professor's "Essential Reading" List

A college professor shared with me the titles they would consider "essential reading." How many have you read? Do you agree with the list? (Yes, when it came to "In Search of Lost Time," "Tales of the Arabian Nights" and "The Story of the Stone" they only chose a few specific volumes! Lol)
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
1
Anonymous
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
2
Murasaki Shikibu
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
3
Sei Shonagon
The Story of the Stone (Cao Xueqin)
The Story of the Stone
4
Cao Xueqin
The Story of the Stone V2 (Coa Xueqin)
The Story of the Stone V2
5
Coa Xueqin
The Story of the Stone V3 (Cao Xueqin)
The Story of the Stone V3
6
Cao Xueqin
Daodejing (Laozi)
Daodejing
7
Laozi
The Bhagavad Gita (Anonymous)
The Bhagavad Gita
8
Anonymous
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong)
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
9
Luo Guanzhong
The Art of War (Sun-Tzu)
The Art of War
10
Sun-Tzu
The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor (Zahirud-Din Muhammad Babur)
The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor
11
Zahirud-Din Muhammad Babur
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 3 (Malcolm C. Lyons (Translator), Ursula Lyons (Tran)
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 3
12
Malcolm C. Lyons (Translator), Ursula Lyons (Tran
Hojoki: Visions of a Torn World (Kamo No Chōmei)
Hojoki: Visions of a Torn World
13
Kamo No Chōmei
Essays in Idleness (Yoshida Kenko)
Essays in Idleness
14
Yoshida Kenko
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
15
Henry David Thoreau
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet
16
Rainer Maria Rilke
Symposium (Plato)
Symposium
17
Plato
Fragments (Heraclitus)
Fragments
18
Heraclitus
Ovid – Metamorphoses
Ovid – Metamorphoses
19
Daphnis and Chloe (Longus)
Daphnis and Chloe
20
Longus
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
21
Sophocles
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus
22
Sophocles
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
23
Sophocles
Orlando King (Isabel Colegate)
Orlando King
24
Isabel Colegate
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
25
Euripides
Jason and the Argonauts (Penguin Classics) (Apollonius of Rhodes)
Jason and the Argonauts (Penguin Classics)
26
Apollonius of Rhodes
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
27
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
28
Homer
Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus)
Prometheus Bound
29
Aeschylus
The Libation Bearers (Aeschylus)
The Libation Bearers
30
Aeschylus
Agamemnon (Aeschylus)
Agamemnon
31
Aeschylus
The Seven Against Thebes (Aeschylus)
The Seven Against Thebes
32
Aeschylus
Oresteia (Aeschylus)
Oresteia
33
Aeschylus
Electra (Euripides)
Electra
34
Euripides
The Trojan Women (Euripides)
The Trojan Women
35
Euripides
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
36
Aristophanes
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
37
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
38
William Shakespeare
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
39
John Milton
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
40
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