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A College Professor's "Essential Reading" List - Page 2

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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Either or (Soren Kierkegaard)
Either Or
41
Soren Kierkegaard
Fear and Trembling (Soren Kierkegaard)
Fear and Trembling
42
Soren Kierkegaard
Beyond Good and Evil (Nietzsche)
Beyond Good and Evil
43
Nietzsche
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
44
Anonymous
The Penguin Dictionary of Philosophy (Thomas Mautner)
The Penguin Dictionary of Philosophy
45
Thomas Mautner
Virtues of Thought (Aryeh Kosman)
Virtues of Thought
46
Aryeh Kosman
The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols (Alain Gheerbrant)
The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols
47
Alain Gheerbrant
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
48
Walt Whitman
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
49
Emily Brontë
The Princess of Cleves (Madame De La Fayette)
The Princess of Cleves
50
Madame De La Fayette
The Social Contract (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
The Social Contract
51
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx)
The Communist Manifesto
52
Karl Marx
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
53
Alexandre Dumas
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
54
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
55
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sons and Lovers (D. H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
56
D. H. Lawrence
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
57
Leo Tolstoy
Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D.H. Lawrence
Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D.H. Lawrence
58
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
59
Mary Wollstonecraft
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
60
Marcus Aurelius
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
61
Niccolò Machiavelli
Tales From the Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
Tales From the Decameron
62
Giovanni Boccaccio
The 120 Days of Sodom (The Marquis De Sade)
The 120 Days of Sodom
63
The Marquis De Sade
On the Shortness of Life (Seneca)
On the Shortness of Life
64
Seneca
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
65
Charles Darwin
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
66
Stephen Hawking
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
67
Mary Shelley
Allegory and Ideology (Fredric Jameson)
Allegory and Ideology
68
Fredric Jameson
Rob Roy (Walter Scott)
Rob Roy
69
Walter Scott
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
70
Charles Dickens
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke, Trans. Michel Hulse)
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
71
Rainer Maria Rilke, Trans. Michel Hulse
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
72
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Modern Man in Search of a Soul (C.G. Jung)
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
73
C.G. Jung
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
74
Hermann Hesse
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
75
Voltaire
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1: Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1: Swann's Way
76
Marcel Proust
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 2 (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 2
77
Marcel Proust
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 3: The Guermantes Way (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 3: The Guermantes Way
78
Marcel Proust
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 4: Sodom & Gomorrah (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 4: Sodom & Gomorrah
79
Marcel Proust
Being and Nothingness (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Being and Nothingness
80
Jean-Paul Sartre
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