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Vintage Reading: From Plato to Bradbury - Page 2

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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A Journal of the Plague Year (Daniel Defoe)
A Journal of the Plague Year (Daniel Defoe)
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The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell (Aldous Huxley)
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell (Aldous Huxley)
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Elective Affinities (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Elective Affinities (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
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Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
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Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud)
Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud)
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Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
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Roughing It (Mark Twain)
Roughing It (Mark Twain)
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A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle)
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The Song of Hiawatha (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
The Song of Hiawatha (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
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The Rise of David Levinsky (Abraham Cahan)
The Rise of David Levinsky (Abraham Cahan)
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Java Head (Joseph Hergesheimer)
Java Head (Joseph Hergesheimer)
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Mr. Pottermack's Oversight (R. Austin Freeman)
Mr. Pottermack's Oversight (R. Austin Freeman)
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A Bell for Adano (John Hersey)
A Bell for Adano (John Hersey)
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The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
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Gentleman's Agreement (Laura Z. Hobson)
Gentleman's Agreement (Laura Z. Hobson)
56
The Ten Books on Architecture (Vitruvius Polio)
The Ten Books on Architecture (Vitruvius Polio)
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The Lives of the Artists (Giorgio Vasari)
The Lives of the Artists (Giorgio Vasari)
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The Seven Lamps of Architecture (John Ruskin)
The Seven Lamps of Architecture (John Ruskin)
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The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form (Kenneth Clark)
The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form (Kenneth Clark)
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The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr., Maira Kalman and E.B. White)
The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr., Maira Kalman and E.B. White)
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A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
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The American Language (H.L. Mencken)
The American Language (H.L. Mencken)
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The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
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The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Edwin A. Abbott)
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Edwin A. Abbott)
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Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
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A Mathematician's Apology (G.H. Hardy)
A Mathematician's Apology (G.H. Hardy)
68
My Life (Isadora Duncan)
My Life (Isadora Duncan)
69
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Thomas S. Kuhn)
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Thomas S. Kuhn)
70
The Epic of Gilgamesh (N.K. Sandars Translator)
The Epic of Gilgamesh (N.K. Sandars Translator)
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The Confessions (St. Augustine of Hippo)
The Confessions (St. Augustine of Hippo)
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The Golem (Gustav Meyrink)
The Golem (Gustav Meyrink)
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The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
74
The Seven Storey Mountain (Thomas Merton)
The Seven Storey Mountain (Thomas Merton)
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Death Be Not Proud (John Gunther)
Death Be Not Proud (John Gunther)
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Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes
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Lost Horizon (James Hilton)
Lost Horizon (James Hilton)
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The Bhagavad Gita (Anonymous)
The Bhagavad Gita (Anonymous)
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Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night (Elie Wiesel)
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The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
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