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Books to Learn and Grow

These books are chosen because I haven't read them yet, but I hear they are essential. Many classics are not included, partly because I've read them already. Hopefully I can check them of at some point.
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War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
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Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
2
Leo Tolstoy
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
3
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
4
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
5
Aleksandr Pushkin
Politics (Aristotle)
Politics
6
Aristotle
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
7
Homer
The Oddessy (Homer)
The Oddessy
8
Homer
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
9
Dante Alighieri
Analects of Confucius
Analects of Confucius
10
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
11
Lao-Tzu
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
12
Marcus Aurelius
Either or (Soren Kierkegaard)
Either Or
13
Soren Kierkegaard
Julie, or the New Heloise
Julie, or the New Heloise
14
The Social Contract (Rosseau)
The Social Contract
15
Rosseau
Frida Kahlo (Hayden Herrera)
Frida Kahlo
16
Hayden Herrera
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
17
Simone De Beauvoir
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
18
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
19
Emily Bronte
Wild Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wild Sargasso Sea
20
Jean Rhys
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
21
Jane Austen
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1-3 (Edward Gibbon)
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1-3
22
Edward Gibbon
The Argumentative Indian (Amartya Sen)
The Argumentative Indian
23
Amartya Sen
When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt (Kara Cooney)
When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
24
Kara Cooney
Art Forms in Nature (Ernst Haeckel)
Art Forms in Nature
25
Ernst Haeckel
Leningrad (Anna Reid)
Leningrad
26
Anna Reid
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (Jack Weatherford)
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
27
Jack Weatherford
Precolonial Black Africa (Cheikh Anta Diop)
Precolonial Black Africa
28
Cheikh Anta Diop
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
29
Charles Darwin
The Silk Roads (Peter Frankopan)
The Silk Roads
30
Peter Frankopan
Open Veins of Latin America (Eduardo Galeono)
Open Veins of Latin America
31
Eduardo Galeono
Winter's Tales (Karen Blixen)
Winter's Tales
32
Karen Blixen
Women Who Run With the Wolves (Clarissa Pinkola)
Women Who Run With the Wolves
33
Clarissa Pinkola
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
34
Death in Venice - Thomas Mann (1912)
Death in Venice - Thomas Mann (1912)
35
Beyond Good and Evil (Nietzsche)
Beyond Good and Evil
36
Nietzsche
The Interpretation of Dreams (Sigmund Freud)
The Interpretation of Dreams
37
Sigmund Freud
Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
Wild Swans
38
Jung Chang
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
39
Thomas Hardy
Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
Winnie the Pooh
40
A.A. Milne
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