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A Lifetime Reading Plan

This outstanding list of classic works is derived from "The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classic Guide to World Literature, Revised and Expanded." Also, I have posted (at the link) a companion challenge based on the "Going Further" section of this book; it features recommended works for 100 additional 20th-century authors.
On this list Plato's works are in the reading order recommended in the source book, as an aid for those who, like me, are unsure of an appropriate pattern.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
1
Anonymous
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
2
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
3
Homer
The Analects (Confucius)
The Analects
4
Confucius
Oresteia (Aeschylus)
Oresteia
5
Aeschylus
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
6
Sophocles
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus
7
Sophocles
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
8
Sophocles
Alcestis (Euripides)
Alcestis
9
Euripides
Electra (Euripides)
Electra
10
Euripides
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
11
Euripides
Hippolytus (Euripides)
Hippolytus
12
Euripides
The Trojan Women (Euripides)
The Trojan Women
13
Euripides
Bacchae (Euripides)
Bacchae
14
Euripides
The Histories (Herodotus)
The Histories
15
Herodotus
The Peloponnesian War (Thucydides)
The Peloponnesian War
16
Thucydides
The Art of War (Sun-Tzu)
The Art of War
17
Sun-Tzu
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
18
Aristophanes
Clouds (Aristophanes)
Clouds
19
Aristophanes
Birds (Aristophanes)
Birds
20
Aristophanes
The Apology of Socrates (Plato)
The Apology of Socrates
21
Plato
Crito (Plato)
Crito
22
Plato
Meno (Plato)
Meno
23
Plato
Symposium (Plato)
Symposium
24
Plato
Phaedo (Plato)
Phaedo
25
Plato
Republic (Plato)
Republic
26
Plato
The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
The Nicomachean Ethics
27
Aristotle
Politics (Aristotle)
Politics
28
Aristotle
Poetics (Aristotle)
Poetics
29
Aristotle
Mengzi (Mencius)
Mengzi
30
Mencius
The Ramayana (Valmiki)
The Ramayana
31
Valmiki
The Mahabharata (Vyasa)
The Mahabharata
32
Vyasa
The Bhagavad Gita (Anonymous)
The Bhagavad Gita
33
Anonymous
Records of the Grand Historian (Sima Qian)
Records of the Grand Historian
34
Sima Qian
The Nature of Things (Lucretius)
The Nature of Things
35
Lucretius
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
36
Virgil
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
37
Marcus Aurelius
The Confessions (St. Augustine)
The Confessions
38
St. Augustine
The Recognition of Sakuntala (Kālidāsa)
The Recognition of Sakuntala
39
Kālidāsa
The Cloud Messenger (Kālidāsa)
The Cloud Messenger
40
Kālidāsa
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