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A College Professor's "Essential Reading" List

A college professor shared with me the titles they would consider "essential reading." How many have you read? Do you agree with the list? (Yes, when it came to "In Search of Lost Time," "Tales of the Arabian Nights" and "The Story of the Stone" they only chose a few specific volumes! Lol)
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
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The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
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The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
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The Story of the Stone (Cao Xueqin)
The Story of the Stone (Cao Xueqin)
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The Story of the Stone V2 (Coa Xueqin)
The Story of the Stone V2 (Coa Xueqin)
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The Story of the Stone V3 (Cao Xueqin)
The Story of the Stone V3 (Cao Xueqin)
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Daodejing (Laozi)
Daodejing (Laozi)
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The Bhagavad Gita (Anonymous)
The Bhagavad Gita (Anonymous)
9
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong)
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong)
10
The Art of War (Sun-Tzu)
The Art of War (Sun-Tzu)
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The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor (Zahirud-Din Muhammad Babur)
The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor (Zahirud-Din Muhammad Babur)
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The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 3 (Malcolm C. Lyons (Translator), Ursula Lyons (Tran)
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 3 (Malcolm C. Lyons (Translator), Ursula Lyons (Tran)
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Hojoki: Visions of a Torn World (Kamo No Chōmei)
Hojoki: Visions of a Torn World (Kamo No Chōmei)
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Essays in Idleness (Yoshida Kenko)
Essays in Idleness (Yoshida Kenko)
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Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
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Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
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Symposium (Plato)
Symposium (Plato)
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Fragments (Heraclitus)
Fragments (Heraclitus)
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Ovid – Metamorphoses
Ovid – Metamorphoses
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Daphnis and Chloe (Longus)
Daphnis and Chloe (Longus)
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Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex
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Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
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Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone (Sophocles)
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Orlando King (Isabel Colegate)
Orlando King (Isabel Colegate)
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Medea
Medea
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Jason and the Argonauts (Penguin Classics) (Apollonius of Rhodes)
Jason and the Argonauts (Penguin Classics) (Apollonius of Rhodes)
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The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad (Homer)
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The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey (Homer)
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Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus)
Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus)
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The Libation Bearers (Aeschylus)
The Libation Bearers (Aeschylus)
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Agamemnon (Aeschylus)
Agamemnon (Aeschylus)
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The Seven Against Thebes (Aeschylus)
The Seven Against Thebes (Aeschylus)
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Oresteia (Aeschylus)
Oresteia (Aeschylus)
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Electra (Euripides)
Electra (Euripides)
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The Trojan Women (Euripides)
The Trojan Women (Euripides)
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Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
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Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
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King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
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Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
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The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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