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Books That Changed the World: Part C

I feel I've saved the best for last: the source work is as much a fascinating study of social, scientific and technological change over the centuries as it is a list of great works of literature.
This is the 3rd and final instalment of the series. It is sourced from "100 Books That Changed the World" (Scott Christianson, 2018).
I'll let you decide whether you have studied the thesaurus, dictionary etc intensively enough to deserve a point. BTW, there are 101 books on my list because I subdivided the Kinsey reports.
Works common to all 3 challenges are:
The Iliad (Homer)
The Republic (Plato)
The Bible: Authorized King James Version
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
Newton's Principia Mathematica
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Interpretation of Dreams (Sigmund Freud)
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
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I Ching
I Ching
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
2
Anonymous
Torah
Torah
3
The Iliad and the Odyssey (Homer)
The Iliad and the Odyssey
4
Homer
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
5
Aesop
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
6
Sun Tzu
The Analects (Confucius)
The Analects
7
Confucius
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
8
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
9
Plato
Elements of Geometry (Euclid)
Elements of Geometry
10
Euclid
De Architectura (Vitruvius)
De Architectura
11
Vitruvius
Natural History by Pliny the Elder
Natural History by Pliny the Elder
12
The Holy Qur'an
The Holy Qur'an
13
Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) (Anonymous)
Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights)
14
Anonymous
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
15
Murasaki Shikibu
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
16
Dante Alighieri
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
17
Geoffrey Chaucer
Gutenberg Bible (Various)
Gutenberg Bible
18
Various
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
19
Niccolò Machiavelli
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (Nicolaus Copernicus)
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
20
Nicolaus Copernicus
The Lives of the Artists (Giorgio Vasari)
The Lives of the Artists
21
Giorgio Vasari
The Prophecies (Nostradamus)
The Prophecies
22
Nostradamus
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
Don Quixote
23
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
The Holy Bible (King James Version) (Various)
The Holy Bible (King James Version)
24
Various
The First Folio (William Shakespeare)
The First Folio
25
William Shakespeare
Micrographia: Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Mady By
Micrographia: Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Mady By
26
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
27
John Milton
The Diaries of Samuel Pepys (Samuel Pepys)
The Diaries of Samuel Pepys
28
Samuel Pepys
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Isaac Newton)
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
29
Isaac Newton
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
30
Jonathan Swift
Species Plantarum (Carl Linnaeus)
Species Plantarum
31
Carl Linnaeus
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (Samuel Johnson)
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
32
Samuel Johnson
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
33
Horace Walpole
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (6 Books) (Edward Gibbon)
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (6 Books)
34
Edward Gibbon
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
35
Adam Smith
Rights of Man (Thomas Paine)
Rights of Man
36
Thomas Paine
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
37
Mary Wollstonecraft
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm)
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
38
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
39
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
40
Mary Shelley
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