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Vintage Reading: From Plato to Bradbury

The source of this list is "Vintage Reading: From Plato to Bradbury: A Personal Tour of Some of the World's Best Books" (Robert Kanigel, 1998)
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Like the source book, this challenge is divided into some quite interesting thematic sections, as follows:
01-12: On Everyone's List of Literary Classics
13-19: Books on Many a List for Burning: Heretics, Subversives, Demagogues
20-30: Books That Shaped the Western World
31-40: Making Hard Work Easy: The Great Popularisers
41-46: Not Robinson Crusoe, Not Brave New World: Lesser Known Classics
45-55: Lighter Fare: Good Reads, Best Sellers
56-60: "But I Know What I Like": On Aesthetics and Style
61-69: One-of-a-Kinds
70-80: The Realm of the Spirit
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Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
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The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
3
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
4
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
5
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
6
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
7
Justine (Lawrence Durrell)
Justine (Lawrence Durrell)
8
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
9
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
10
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
11
My Ántonia (Willa Cather)
My Ántonia (Willa Cather)
12
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
13
Here Lies (Dorothy Parker)
Here Lies (Dorothy Parker)
14
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
15
The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
16
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
17
Nana (Émile Zola)
Nana (Émile Zola)
18
Ten Days That Shook the World (John Reed)
Ten Days That Shook the World (John Reed)
19
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son (Richard Wright)
20
Essays (Montaigne)
Essays (Montaigne)
21
Dialogues (Plato)
Dialogues (Plato)
22
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
23
An Essay on the Principle of Population (Thomas Malthus)
An Essay on the Principle of Population (Thomas Malthus)
24
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edward Gibbon)
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edward Gibbon)
25
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
26
The Histories (Herodotus)
The Histories (Herodotus)
27
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay)
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay)
28
The Annals (Tacitus)
The Annals (Tacitus)
29
The Peloponnesian War (Thucydides)
The Peloponnesian War (Thucydides)
30
Democracy in America by Alexis De Tocqueville
Democracy in America by Alexis De Tocqueville
31
Only Yesterday (Frederick Lewis Allen)
Only Yesterday (Frederick Lewis Allen)
32
Microbe Hunters (Paul De Kruif)
Microbe Hunters (Paul De Kruif)
33
Selected Works (Cicero)
Selected Works (Cicero)
34
Coming of Age in Samoa (Margaret Mead)
Coming of Age in Samoa (Margaret Mead)
35
The Outermost House (Henry Beston)
The Outermost House (Henry Beston)
36
The Amiable Baltimoreans (Francis Beirne)
The Amiable Baltimoreans (Francis Beirne)
37
What to Listen for in Music (Aaron Copland)
What to Listen for in Music (Aaron Copland)
38
Gods, Graves & Scholars: The Story of Archaeology (C.W. Ceram)
Gods, Graves & Scholars: The Story of Archaeology (C.W. Ceram)
39
The Stress of Life (Hans Selye)
The Stress of Life (Hans Selye)
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The Greek Way (Edith Hamilton)
The Greek Way (Edith Hamilton)
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