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The Ultimate Well-Rounded Reading List

A reading list of some of the most influential, important and greatest books of all time spanning thousands of years from ancient texts to modern classics and ranging from fictional plays, poems, short stories and novels to non-fictional topics covering philosophy, mathematics, economics, politics, film and much more.
The list and ordering of it is influenced a lot by the topics I enjoy in books that I have read or want to read, which accounts for some of the more unusual choices.
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
1
Albert Camus
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
2
Viktor Frankl
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
3
Marcel Proust
The Razors Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razors Edge
4
W. Somerset Maugham
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
5
Aldous Huxley
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
6
Roberto Bolano
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
7
George Orwell
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M. Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
8
Robert M. Pirsig
The Prince (Nicolo Machiavelli)
The Prince
9
Nicolo Machiavelli
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
10
Joseph Conrad
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
11
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
12
David Foster Wallace
Beyond Good & Evil (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Beyond Good & Evil
13
Friedrich Nietzsche
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
14
Voltaire
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
15
Arthur C. Clarke
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
16
Margaret Atwood
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
17
Marcus Aurelius
The World as Will and Representation (Arthur Schopenhauer)
The World as Will and Representation
18
Arthur Schopenhauer
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
19
Ovid
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
20
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
21
Ayn Rand
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
22
Anthony Burgess
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
23
Adam Smith
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
24
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
25
Leo Tolstoy
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
26
Franz Kafka
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
27
Jack Kerouac
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
28
Leo Tolstoy
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
29
Sun Tzu
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
30
Charles Darwin
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
31
Virginia Woolf
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
32
Walt Whitman
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
33
Franz Kafka
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
34
Salman Rushdie
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
35
Franz Kafka
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
36
Dante Alighieri
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
37
Simone De Beauvoir
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
38
Homer
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
39
Sylvia Plath
The Quran (Unknown)
The Quran
40
Unknown
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