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Official List of Classics to Read

Y'all should read these before you die. They're really influential throughout history, and are well worth your time. And yes, they are in alphabetical order by name of the author. It goes from the letters of Peter Abelard and Heloise to Anonymous Writings.
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Letters of Abelard & Heloise (Peter Abelard/Heloise)
Letters of Abelard & Heloise
1
Peter Abelard/Heloise
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
2
Chinua Achebe
Agamemnon (Aeschylus)
Agamemnon
3
Aeschylus
Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound
4
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
5
Aesop
Requiem (Anna Akhmatova)
Requiem
6
Anna Akhmatova
The Inheritance
The Inheritance
7
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
8
Louisa May Alcott
Little Men (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Men
9
Louisa May Alcott
Jo's Boys (Louisa May Alcott)
Jo's Boys
10
Louisa May Alcott
An Old-Fashioned Girl (Louisa May Alcott)
An Old-Fashioned Girl
11
Louisa May Alcott
Ragged Dick &Struggling Upward (Horatio Alger Jr.)
Ragged Dick &Struggling Upward
12
Horatio Alger Jr.
Inferno (Dante)
Inferno
13
Dante
Purgatorio (Dante)
Purgatorio
14
Dante
Paradiso (Dante)
Paradiso
15
Dante
Vita Nuova (Dante Alighieri)
Vita Nuova
16
Dante Alighieri
Andersen's Fairy Tales
Andersen's Fairy Tales
17
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
18
Maya Angelou
Argonautica (Apollonius of Rhodes)
Argonautica
19
Apollonius of Rhodes
The Golden Ass (Apuleius)
The Golden Ass
20
Apuleius
The Birds
The Birds
21
The Clouds (Aristophanes)
The Clouds
22
Aristophanes
The Frogs (Aristophanes)
The Frogs
23
Aristophanes
De Anima
De Anima
24
Metaphysics
Metaphysics
25
Aristotle--Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle--Nicomachean Ethics
26
Poetics
Poetics
27
Politics
Politics
28
Rhetoric
Rhetoric
29
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation
30
Iaac Asimov
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
31
Isaac Asimov
Pebble in the Sky (Isaac Asimov)
Pebble in the Sky
32
Isaac Asimov
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
33
Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
34
Margaret Atwood
City of God
City of God
35
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
36
Saint Augustine
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
37
Marcus Aurelius
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
38
Jane Austen
Lady Susan/The Watsons/Sanditon (Jane Austen)
Lady Susan/The Watsons/Sanditon
39
Jane Austen
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
40
Jane Austen
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