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DK's "Books That Changed History" - Non-Fiction & Fiction

This is a hardcore listchallenge. All the books listed in DK's "Books That Changed History."
The book's sections are:
3000 BC - 999 AD (No complaints, I'm old school!)
1000 - 1449
1450 - 1649
1650 - 1899
1900 onwards
Happy gathering of wisdom.
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Books That Changed History (DK Publishing)
Books That Changed History
1
DK Publishing
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Anonymous)
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
2
Anonymous
The I Ching, or Book of Changes
The I Ching, or Book of Changes
3
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
4
Sun Tzu
Mahabharata (Anonymous; Trans. John D. Smith)
Mahabharata
5
Anonymous; Trans. John D. Smith
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls (Anonymous)
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls
6
Anonymous
On Medical Matters (Pedanius Dioscorides)
On Medical Matters
7
Pedanius Dioscorides
The Book of Kells (Unk)
The Book of Kells
8
Unk
The Blue Quran (Unknown)
The Blue Quran
9
Unknown
Diamond Sutra (Buddhism)
Diamond Sutra
10
Buddhism
The Exeter Book (Unknown)
The Exeter Book
11
Unknown
Rigveda (Anonymous)
Rigveda
12
Anonymous
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
13
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
14
Homer
The Torah (Anonymous)
The Torah
15
Anonymous
The Analects (Confucius)
The Analects
16
Confucius
The Histories (Herodotus)
The Histories
17
Herodotus
Tao Te Ching (Lao Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
18
Lao Tzu
The Symposium (Plato)
The Symposium
19
Plato
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
20
Plato
Kama Sutra (Vatsyayana)
Kama Sutra
21
Vatsyayana
Dunhuang Manuscripts (Unknown)
Dunhuang Manuscripts
22
Unknown
The Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters (Ō No Yasumaro)
The Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters
23
Ō No Yasumaro
The Book of Fixed Stars (Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sufi)
The Book of Fixed Stars
24
Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sufi
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
25
Murasaki Shikibu
Canon of Medicine (Avicenna / Ibn Sina)
Canon of Medicine
26
Avicenna / Ibn Sina
The Domesday Book (Various)
The Domesday Book
27
Various
The Gospels of Henry the Lion (Monks of Helmarshausen)
The Gospels of Henry the Lion
28
Monks of Helmarshausen
The Tres Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry (Jean Longnon, Raymond Cazelles)
The Tres Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry
29
Jean Longnon, Raymond Cazelles
The Book of Healing (Avicenna / Ibn Sina)
The Book of Healing
30
Avicenna / Ibn Sina
The History of the Kings of Britain (Geoffrey of Monmouth)
The History of the Kings of Britain
31
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Brut (Layamon)
Brut
32
Layamon
On the Conquest of Constantinople (Geoffrey De Villehardouin)
On the Conquest of Constantinople
33
Geoffrey De Villehardouin
Summa Theologica (Thomas Aquinas)
Summa Theologica
34
Thomas Aquinas
The Travels of Ibn Battutah (Ibn Battutah)
The Travels of Ibn Battutah
35
Ibn Battutah
The Book of the City of Ladies (Christine De Pizan)
The Book of the City of Ladies
36
Christine De Pizan
The Book of Margery Kempe (Margery Kempe)
The Book of Margery Kempe
37
Margery Kempe
Gutenberg Bible (Various)
Gutenberg Bible
38
Various
Elements of Geometry (Euclid)
Elements of Geometry
39
Euclid
Nuremberg Chronicle (Hartmann Schedel)
Nuremberg Chronicle
40
Hartmann Schedel
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