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"How to Read a Book" Reading List

"How to Read a Book" is a 1940 book by Mortimer Adler.The book gives guidelines for critically reading good and great books of any tradition. At the conclusion of the book is provided the following recommended reading list.
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Iliad
Iliad
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Odyssey
Odyssey
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Old Testament
Old Testament
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Aeschylus
Aeschylus
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Sophocles
Sophocles
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Herodotus -- The Histories
Herodotus -- The Histories
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Euripides
Euripides
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The History of the Peloponnesian War
The History of the Peloponnesian War
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Medical Writings (Hippocrates)
Medical Writings
Hippocrates
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Aristophanes
Aristophanes
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PLATO Complete Works by Plato
PLATO Complete Works by Plato
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Aristotle Complete Works
Aristotle Complete Works
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The Essential Epicurus (Epicurus)
The Essential Epicurus
Epicurus
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Elements (Euclid)
Elements
Euclid
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Archimedes
Archimedes
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Treatise on Conic Sections (Apollonius of Perga)
Treatise on Conic Sections
Apollonius of Perga
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Works of Cicero (Cicero)
Works of Cicero
Cicero
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On the Nature of Things
On the Nature of Things
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History of Rome (Livy)
History of Rome
Livy
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Complete Works of Ovid (OVID NASO)
Complete Works of Ovid
OVID NASO
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Parallel Lives (Plutarch)
Parallel Lives
Plutarch
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Plutarch--Moralia
Plutarch--Moralia
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Histories (Tacitus)
Histories
Tacitus
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Annals
Annals
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The Agricola (Tacitus)
The Agricola
Tacitus
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Introduction to Arithmetic (Nicomachus of Gerasa)
Introduction to Arithmetic
Nicomachus of Gerasa
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Discourses (Epictetus)
Discourses
Epictetus
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Encheiridion (Epictetus)
Encheiridion
Epictetus
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Almagest (Ptolemy)
Almagest
Ptolemy
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Lucian--Satires
Lucian--Satires
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Meditations
Meditations
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Galen Natural Faculties
Galen Natural Faculties
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New Testament (Various Authors)
New Testament
Various Authors
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Plotinus' Enneads
Plotinus' Enneads
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Das Nibelungenlied
Das Nibelungenlied
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Njál's Saga
Njál's Saga
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Summa Theologica (Thomas Aquinas)
Summa Theologica
Thomas Aquinas
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The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy
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The New Life
The New Life
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Leonardo Da Vinci--Notebooks
Leonardo Da Vinci--Notebooks
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