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A Lifetime Reading Plan - Page 2

This outstanding list of classic works is derived from "The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classic Guide to World Literature, Revised and Expanded." Also, I have posted (at the link) a companion challenge based on the "Going Further" section of this book; it features recommended works for 100 additional 20th-century authors.
On this list Plato's works are in the reading order recommended in the source book, as an aid for those who, like me, are unsure of an appropriate pattern.
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The Holy Qur'an
The Holy Qur'an
41
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (Huìnéng)
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
42
Huìnéng
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings (Abolqasem Ferdowsi)
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
43
Abolqasem Ferdowsi
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
44
Sei Shonagon
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
45
Murasaki Shikibu
The Rubaiyat (Omar Khayyam)
The Rubaiyat
46
Omar Khayyam
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
47
Dante Alighieri
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong)
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
48
Luo Guanzhong
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
49
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
The Thousand and One Nights
50
Anonymous
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
51
Niccolò Machiavelli
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
52
François Rabelais
Monkey: A Journey to the West (Wu Cheng'en)
Monkey: A Journey to the West
53
Wu Cheng'en
The Essays: A Selection (Michel De Montaigne)
The Essays: A Selection
54
Michel De Montaigne
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
55
Miguel De Cervantes
The Complete Works (William Shakespeare)
The Complete Works
56
William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
57
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
58
William Shakespeare
Henry IV, Part 1 (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part 1
59
William Shakespeare
Henry IV, Part 2 (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part 2
60
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
61
William Shakespeare
Troilus and Cressida (William Shakespeare)
Troilus and Cressida
62
William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure (William Shakespeare)
Measure for Measure
63
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
64
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
65
William Shakespeare
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
66
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
67
William Shakespeare
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
68
William Shakespeare
Elegies and the Songs and Sonnets (John Donne)
Elegies and the Songs and Sonnets
69
John Donne
First and Second Anniversaries (John Donne)
First and Second Anniversaries
70
John Donne
Holy Sonnets (John Donne)
Holy Sonnets
71
John Donne
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions (John Donne)
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions
72
John Donne
Sermons (John Donne)
Sermons
73
John Donne
The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'ing Mei (Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng)
The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'ing Mei
74
Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Galileo)
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
75
Galileo
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan
76
Thomas Hobbes
Discourse on Method (René Descartes)
Discourse on Method
77
René Descartes
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
78
John Milton
Lycidas (John Milton)
Lycidas
79
John Milton
Sonnets (John Milton)
Sonnets
80
John Milton
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