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The Ultimate Well-Rounded Reading List - Page 3

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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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
81
Toni Morrison
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
82
Oscar Wilde
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
83
Plato
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
84
Mikhail Bulgakov
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
85
Philip K Dick
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
86
John Steinbeck
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
87
Virgil
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
88
J.D. Salinger
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
89
John Milton
Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
Decameron
90
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
91
Donna Tartt
Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi)
Zhuangzi
92
Zhuangzi
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
93
Stephen King
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
94
W. Somerset Maugham
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
95
Samuel Beckett
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
96
Arthur Miller
Das Kapital (Karl Marx)
Das Kapital
97
Karl Marx
Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell
Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell
98
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
99
The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus (Publius Syrus)
The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus
100
Publius Syrus
The Road to Wigan Pier (George Orwell)
The Road to Wigan Pier
101
George Orwell
Dead Souls (Gogol)
Dead Souls
102
Gogol
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
103
Friedrich Nietzsche
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
104
Thomas More
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
105
Thomas Pynchon
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
106
William Golding
Dispatches (Michael Herr)
Dispatches
107
Michael Herr
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edward Gibbon)
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
108
Edward Gibbon
Against Interpretation (Susan Sontag)
Against Interpretation
109
Susan Sontag
The Hedgehog and the Fox (Isaiah Berlin)
The Hedgehog and the Fox
110
Isaiah Berlin
Angels in America (Tony Kushner)
Angels in America
111
Tony Kushner
Ariel (Sylvia Plath)
Ariel
112
Sylvia Plath
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
113
Thomas Mann
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
114
Colson Whitehead
The Sea, the Sea (Irish Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
115
Irish Murdoch
The Conquest of Happiness (Bertrand Russell)
The Conquest of Happiness
116
Bertrand Russell
Capitalism and Freedom
Capitalism and Freedom
117
Ten Days That Shook the World (John Reed)
Ten Days That Shook the World
118
John Reed
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
119
John Steinbeck
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
120
S. E. Hinton
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