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Philip Ward's a Lifetime's Reading: The World's 500 Greatest Books

A fifty-year reading guide by a librarian to the world's greatest books, eastern and western, ancient and modern.
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The Complete Illustrated Works of Lewis Carroll
The Complete Illustrated Works of Lewis Carroll
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The Apology
The Apology
2
Crito
Crito
3
Phaedo
Phaedo
4
The Old Testament (Various)
The Old Testament
5
Various
The Garden Party (Vaclav Havel)
The Garden Party
6
Vaclav Havel
The Memorandum (Václav Havel)
The Memorandum
7
Václav Havel
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Trans. by Benjamin R. Foster)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
8
Trans. by Benjamin R. Foster
Tacitus Annals
Tacitus Annals
9
Histories (Tacitus)
Histories
10
Tacitus
Selected Poems (Ondra Lysohorsky)
Selected Poems
11
Ondra Lysohorsky
The Story of Art (Ernst Hans Gombrich)
The Story of Art
12
Ernst Hans Gombrich
Poem Into Poem (George Steiner)
Poem Into Poem
13
George Steiner
Letters of Abelard & Heloise (Peter Abelard/Heloise)
Letters of Abelard & Heloise
14
Peter Abelard/Heloise
Historia Calamitatum (Pierre Abélard)
Historia Calamitatum
15
Pierre Abélard
The New Testament (Various)
The New Testament
16
Various
The Twelve Caesars (Suetonius)
The Twelve Caesars
17
Suetonius
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
18
Murasaki Shikibu
The Tragedies (2 Vol.) (William Shakespeare)
The Tragedies (2 Vol.)
19
William Shakespeare
Complete Letters of Vincent Van Gogh (Vincent Van Gogh)
Complete Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
20
Vincent Van Gogh
The Lower Depths and Other Plays (Maxim Gorki)
The Lower Depths and Other Plays
21
Maxim Gorki
The Portable Coleridge (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Portable Coleridge
22
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Importance of Living (Lin Yutang)
The Importance of Living
23
Lin Yutang
Oresteia (Aeschylus)
Oresteia
24
Aeschylus
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
25
Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Huckleberry Finn
26
Mark Twain
Buddhist Scriptures (Anonymous)
Buddhist Scriptures
27
Anonymous
The Karamazovs (The Brothers Karamazov) (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Karamazovs (The Brothers Karamazov)
28
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Greguerias: Seleccion (Ramon Gomez De La Serna)
Greguerias: Seleccion
29
Ramon Gomez De La Serna
The Love Department (William Trevor)
The Love Department
30
William Trevor
The Children of Dynmouth (William Trevor)
The Children of Dynmouth
31
William Trevor
The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila (Teresa of Avila)
The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila
32
Teresa of Avila
Apuleius--The Golden Ass
Apuleius--The Golden Ass
33
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
34
Emily Dickinson
Anabasis (Arrian)
Anabasis
35
Arrian
Sherlock Holmes (Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes
36
Doyle
The Penguin Book of French Poetry 1820-1950 (Various)
The Penguin Book of French Poetry 1820-1950
37
Various
The Talmud
The Talmud
38
Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
Sentimental Education
39
Gustave Flaubert
Plath: Poems (Sylvia Plath)
Plath: Poems
40
Sylvia Plath
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