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Book Smart: Your Essential Reading List for Becoming a Literary Genius in 365 Days

A list from Jane Mallison's 2007 work. One topic per month with 10 classics per topic (indexed below), giving The Book Smart 120. Also 150+ recommended reads.
Towering Works to Read in Translation (1-27)
1 4-7 12 17-18 22 27
Some Notable Biographies (28-54)
28 32 37 38 41 44 46 50-52
Young Men on a Quest (55-68)
55 57-61 64 66-68
Strong Women, Admirably So and Otherwise (69-90)
69 70 75-80 82-84
Crimes of Various Sorts (91-109)
91-93 96 100 101 105-107 109
Books with Varied Venues (110-131)
110 111 113-115 120 123 125 128 131
Unaccustomed Places, Real and Fancied (132-153)
132 135 138 140 143 144 147-150
Smiles at the Human Condition (154-176)
154 159 162 163 165-168 171 176
Some Great 18th Century Works (177-202)
177 183-185 188-191 194 200
The Pains and the Pleasures (206-227)
203 206 207 211 212 215 216 220 224 225
On the Battlefield and Back Home (228-247)
228 232-234 236 237 239 243 244 247
Winners of Major Awards (248-273)
248 251 255 257 260 264 265 268 271 272
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Beowulf (Tr. Seamus Heaney)
Beowulf
1
Tr. Seamus Heaney
Eaters of the Dead (Michael Crichton)
Eaters of the Dead
2
Michael Crichton
Grendel (John Gardner)
Grendel
3
John Gardner
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
4
Miguel De Cervantes
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
5
Geoffrey Chaucer
Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
Inferno
6
Dante Alighieri
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
7
Homer
'Ithaka' (C.P. Cavafy)
'Ithaka'
8
C.P. Cavafy
Omeros (Derek Walcott)
Omeros
9
Derek Walcott
The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood)
The Penelopiad
10
Margaret Atwood
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
11
James Joyce
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
12
Franz Kafka
In the Penal Colony (Franz Kafka)
In the Penal Colony
13
Franz Kafka
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
14
Franz Kafka
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
15
Franz Kafka
The Breast (Philip Roth)
The Breast
16
Philip Roth
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
17
Murasaki Shikibu
Tales From Ovid (Ted Hughes)
Tales From Ovid
18
Ted Hughes
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
19
Ovid
After Ovid (Michael Hoffman)
After Ovid
20
Michael Hoffman
The Love-Artist (Jane Alison)
The Love-Artist
21
Jane Alison
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
22
Sophocles
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus
23
Sophocles
Poetics (Aristotle)
Poetics
24
Aristotle
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
25
Thomas Pynchon
Oedipus Rex (1967)
Oedipus Rex (1967)
26
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
27
Virgil
Flaubert's Parrot (Julian Barnes)
Flaubert's Parrot
28
Julian Barnes
Flaubert: A Biography (Frederick Brown)
Flaubert: A Biography
29
Frederick Brown
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
30
Gustave Flaubert
England, England (Julian Barnes)
England, England
31
Julian Barnes
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power (Robert Caro)
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power
32
Robert Caro
The Power Broker (Robert A. Caro)
The Power Broker
33
Robert A. Caro
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent (Robert Caro)
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent
34
Robert Caro
The Years of Lyndon Johnson - Master of the Senate (Robert A. Caro)
The Years of Lyndon Johnson - Master of the Senate
35
Robert A. Caro
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power (Robert Caro)
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power
36
Robert Caro
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
37
Frederick Douglass
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
38
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Walter Isaacson)
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
39
Walter Isaacson
The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin (Gordon S. Wood)
The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
40
Gordon S. Wood
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