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Book Smart: Your Essential Reading List for Becoming a Literary Genius in 365 Days - Page 5

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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Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
162
The Satires (Juvenal)
The Satires (Juvenal)
163
Foreign Affairs (Alison Lurie)
Foreign Affairs (Alison Lurie)
164
The War Between the Tates (Alison Lurie)
The War Between the Tates (Alison Lurie)
165
Birds of America (Lorrie Moore)
Birds of America (Lorrie Moore)
166
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
167
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
168
Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
169
Santaland Diaries (David Sedaris)
Santaland Diaries (David Sedaris)
170
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (David Sedaris)
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (David Sedaris)
171
Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated (James Thurber)
Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated (James Thurber)
172
Further Fables of Our Time (James Thurber)
Further Fables of Our Time (James Thurber)
173
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (James Thurber)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (James Thurber)
174
The Thurber Carnival (James Thurber)
The Thurber Carnival (James Thurber)
175
Writings and Drawings (James Thurber)
Writings and Drawings (James Thurber)
176
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
177
The Life of Samuel Johnson (James Boswell)
The Life of Samuel Johnson (James Boswell)
178
London Journal (James Boswell)
London Journal (James Boswell)
179
The Impossible Friendship: Boswell and Mrs. Thrale (Mary Hyde)
The Impossible Friendship: Boswell and Mrs. Thrale (Mary Hyde)
180
Samuel Johnson (W. Jackson Bate)
Samuel Johnson (W. Jackson Bate)
181
Designing the Life of Johnson (Bruce Redford)
Designing the Life of Johnson (Bruce Redford)
182
The Treasures of Auchinleck: The Story of the Boswell Papers (David Buchanan)
The Treasures of Auchinleck: The Story of the Boswell Papers (David Buchanan)
183
Letters From an American Farmer (J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur)
Letters From an American Farmer (J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur)
184
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
185
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (Samuel Johnson)
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (Samuel Johnson)
186
Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary (Henry Hitchings)
Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary (Henry Hitchings)
187
The Making of Johnson's Dictionary (Allen Reddick)
The Making of Johnson's Dictionary (Allen Reddick)
188
The Female Quixote (Charlotte Lennox)
The Female Quixote (Charlotte Lennox)
189
The School for Scandal (Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
The School for Scandal (Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
190
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
191
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
192
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
193
Epitaph (Jonathan Swift)
Epitaph (Jonathan Swift)
194
Thraliana, the Diary of Mrs. Hester Lynch Thrale 1776-1809 (Hester Lynch Thrale)
Thraliana, the Diary of Mrs. Hester Lynch Thrale 1776-1809 (Hester Lynch Thrale)
195
Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His Life (Hester Thrale (Hesther Lynch Piozzi))
Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His Life (Hester Thrale (Hesther Lynch Piozzi))
196
The Thrales of Streatham Park (Mary Hyde)
The Thrales of Streatham Park (Mary Hyde)
197
Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs. Thrale) (James L. Clifford)
Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs. Thrale) (James L. Clifford)
198
Hesther Thrale Piozzi: Portrait of a Literary Woman (William McCarthy)
Hesther Thrale Piozzi: Portrait of a Literary Woman (William McCarthy)
199
According to Queeney (Beryl Bainbridge)
According to Queeney (Beryl Bainbridge)
200
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide (Voltaire)
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