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Top 10 Favourites by Historical Period - Page 2

Do you like the same books as writers? The favourite 10 books of 125 writers were tallied (544 individual books were mentioned).
This challenge lists the overall 10 favourite books of the writers by historical period, in descending rank. See the list structure below.
01-10: 20th century
11-20: 19th century
21-30: 18th century
31-41: 16th & 17th century (tie for 10th place between Henry V and Othello)
42-51: 15th century & earlier
This list is derived from the book "The Top Ten: Writers Pick their Favorite Books" edited by J. Peder Zane.
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Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello (William Shakespeare)
42
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey (Homer)
43
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
44
The Bible: Authorized King James Version With Apocrypha (Various)
The Bible: Authorized King James Version With Apocrypha (Various)
45
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
46
The Orestia Trilogy (Aeschylus)
The Orestia Trilogy (Aeschylus)
47
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid (Virgil)
48
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad (Homer)
49
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
50
Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) (Anonymous)
Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) (Anonymous)
51
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
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