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Western Culture's Top 50 Books

This list "offers a Western Culture reading list, one that will stretch your mind, equip you for intellectual combat in the world, and even strengthen your faith." (World Magazine)
I am not familiar with World magazine down here in the Southern Hemisphere. Any opinions about their list?
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The Bible (Various Authors)
The Bible
Various Authors
2
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
John Milton
3
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
William Shakespeare
4
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress
John Bunyan
5
The Temple (George Herbert)
The Temple
George Herbert
6
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
Homer
7
Gorgias (Plato)
Gorgias
Plato
8
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
Sophocles
9
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
Virgil
10
Sayings of the Fathers (Tr. Joseph H. Hertz)
Sayings of the Fathers
Tr. Joseph H. Hertz
11
Confessions (St. Augustine)
Confessions
St. Augustine
12
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
13
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
14
Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
Thomas Malory
15
Summa Theologica (Thomas Aquinas)
Summa Theologica
Thomas Aquinas
16
Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Doctor Faustus
Christopher Marlowe
17
The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser)
The Faerie Queene
Edmund Spenser
18
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
Don Quixote
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
19
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
20
Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe
Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe
21
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions
22
Pensees (Blaise Pascal)
Pensees
Blaise Pascal
23
Two Treatises of Government (John Locke)
Two Treatises of Government
John Locke
24
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
25
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
26
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
Laurence Sterne
27
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
28
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
29
Reflections on the Revolution in France (Edmund Burke)
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Edmund Burke
30
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
31
Lyrical Ballads (William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Lyrical Ballads
William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
32
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America
Alexis De Tocqueville
33
Economic Harmonies (Frédéric Bastiat)
Economic Harmonies
Frédéric Bastiat
34
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
35
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
36
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
37
The Innocents Abroad (Mark Twain)
The Innocents Abroad
Mark Twain
38
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
39
Master and Man (Leo Tolstoy)
Master and Man
Leo Tolstoy
40
Ash Wednesday (T.S. Eliot)
Ash Wednesday
T.S. Eliot
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