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A Lifetime's Reading: Years 11-15

This is the 3rd of 10 instalments for the literati. Follow the link to go to the 1st instalment which gives a full description of the challenge. The list is sourced from "A Lifetime's Reading: Five Hundred Great Books to be Enjoyed over 50 Years" by Philip Ward.
The layout is as follows:
Year 11: 1-23
Year 12: 24-35
Year 13: 36-51
Year 14: 52-66
Year 15: 67-80
Note that Ward considers Pearl Buck's translation "All Men are Brothers" to be a "travesty".
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Five Plays (Lope De Vega, Tr. Jill Booty)
Five Plays (Lope De Vega, Tr. Jill Booty)
2
Lun-Heng: Philosophical Essays (Wang Ch'ung)
Lun-Heng: Philosophical Essays (Wang Ch'ung)
3
The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross (San Juan De La Cruz)
The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross (San Juan De La Cruz)
4
The Comedy of Errors (William Shakespeare)
The Comedy of Errors (William Shakespeare)
5
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare)
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare)
6
Love's Labour's Lost (William Shakespeare)
Love's Labour's Lost (William Shakespeare)
7
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
8
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (William Shakespeare)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (William Shakespeare)
9
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
10
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
11
The Merry Wives of Windsor (William Shakespeare)
The Merry Wives of Windsor (William Shakespeare)
12
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
13
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
14
All's Well That Ends Well (William Shakespeare)
All's Well That Ends Well (William Shakespeare)
15
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
16
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
17
Herodotus -- The Histories
Herodotus -- The Histories
18
The Penguin Book of Spanish Verse (Ed. J.M. Cohen)
The Penguin Book of Spanish Verse (Ed. J.M. Cohen)
19
Panchatantra (Anonymous)
Panchatantra (Anonymous)
20
Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
21
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
22
The Aleph and Other Stories (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Aleph and Other Stories (Jorge Luis Borges)
23
Letters From a Stoic (Seneca)
Letters From a Stoic (Seneca)
24
Four Plays (Gil Vicente)
Four Plays (Gil Vicente)
25
The Makioka Sisters (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker)
The Makioka Sisters (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker)
26
The Lusiads (Luïs Vaz De Camoes)
The Lusiads (Luïs Vaz De Camoes)
27
The Story of a Life (Konstantin Paustovsky)
The Story of a Life (Konstantin Paustovsky)
28
The Crime of Father Amaro (Eça De Queirós, Trans. Margaret Jull Costa)
The Crime of Father Amaro (Eça De Queirós, Trans. Margaret Jull Costa)
29
Dragon's Teeth (Eça De Queirós)
Dragon's Teeth (Eça De Queirós)
30
The Maias (Eca De Queiros)
The Maias (Eca De Queiros)
31
A Season on the Earth: Selected Poems of Nirala (Tr. David Rubin)
A Season on the Earth: Selected Poems of Nirala (Tr. David Rubin)
32
The Man With Seven Names (Alves Redol)
The Man With Seven Names (Alves Redol)
33
Classical Literary Criticism (Aristotle, Horace)
Classical Literary Criticism (Aristotle, Horace)
34
Poems (Fernando Pessoa)
Poems (Fernando Pessoa)
35
Gargantua and Pantagruel (Francois Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel (Francois Rabelais)
36
The Penguin Book of German Verse (Ed. Leonard Forster)
The Penguin Book of German Verse (Ed. Leonard Forster)
37
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
38
The Caretaker (Harold Pinter)
The Caretaker (Harold Pinter)
39
The Room (Harold Pinter)
The Room (Harold Pinter)
40
The Dumb Waiter (Harold Pinter)
The Dumb Waiter (Harold Pinter)
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