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Peter Kreeft: 26 Books Nobody Should Die Without Reading

Dr Peter Kreeft is a philosophy professor at Boston College. In one of his lectures, he provides a list of 26 books that everyone should read before dying. He also provides an additional 15 recommendations to those books.
Note: this is the list as taken from Brandon Vogt's website. In the lecture, one of Dr Kreeft's additional recommendations for history is "something by Christopher Dawson"; Vogt recommends "The Formation of Christendom" and "The Dividing of Christendom".
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The Confessions (St. Augustine of Hippo)
The Confessions (St. Augustine of Hippo)
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A Severe Mercy
A Severe Mercy
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The Seven Storey Mountain (Thomas Merton)
The Seven Storey Mountain (Thomas Merton)
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The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
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Till We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis)
Till We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis)
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A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
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A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)
A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)
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Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
9
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
10
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
11
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
12
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
13
The Great Divorce (C. S. Lewis)
The Great Divorce (C. S. Lewis)
14
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
15
Descent Into Hell (Charles Williams)
Descent Into Hell (Charles Williams)
16
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
17
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
18
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
19
The Practice of the Presence of God (Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection)
The Practice of the Presence of God (Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection)
20
Story of a Soul (St. Thérèse of Lisieux)
Story of a Soul (St. Thérèse of Lisieux)
21
Abandonment to Divine Providence (Jean-Pierre De Caussade)
Abandonment to Divine Providence (Jean-Pierre De Caussade)
22
Pensees (Blaise Pascal)
Pensees (Blaise Pascal)
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The Problem of Pain (C. S. Lewis)
The Problem of Pain (C. S. Lewis)
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Miracles (C. S. Lewis)
Miracles (C. S. Lewis)
25
Apology (Plato)
Apology (Plato)
26
The Consolation of Philosophy (Boethius)
The Consolation of Philosophy (Boethius)
27
St. Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox (G. K. Chesterton)
St. Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox (G. K. Chesterton)
28
The Everlasting Man (G.K.Chesterton)
The Everlasting Man (G.K.Chesterton)
29
Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Conquest of Darkness (Warren H. Carroll)
Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Conquest of Darkness (Warren H. Carroll)
30
Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)
Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)
31
Summa Theologica (Thomas Aquinas)
Summa Theologica (Thomas Aquinas)
32
Lepanto (G.K. Chesterton)
Lepanto (G.K. Chesterton)
33
The Wasteland (T.S. Eliot)
The Wasteland (T.S. Eliot)
34
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life (C.S. Lewis)
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life (C.S. Lewis)
35
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
36
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic (Plato)
37
Orthodoxy (G.K. Chesterton)
Orthodoxy (G.K. Chesterton)
38
The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
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City of God (St Augustine of Hippo)
City of God (St Augustine of Hippo)
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The Formation of Christendom (Christopher Dawson)
The Formation of Christendom (Christopher Dawson)
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