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A Lifetime's Reading: Years 6-10

This is the 2nd of 10 instalments. Follow the link to go to the 1st instalment which gives a full description of the challenge. The list is sourced from "A Lifetime's Reading: Five Hundred Great Books to be Enjoyed over 50 Years" by Philip Ward. The layout is as follows:
Year 6: 1-13 (give yourself a point if you have already read 3 or more volumes of La Comedie Humaine.)
Year 7: 14-23
Year 8: 24-35
Year 9: 36-44
Year 10: 45-63 (The Histories can be spread over Year 10)
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The Poem Itself (Ed. Stanley Burnshaw)
The Poem Itself
1
Ed. Stanley Burnshaw
Andorra (Max Frisch)
Andorra
2
Max Frisch
I'm Not Stiller (Max Frisch)
I'm Not Stiller
3
Max Frisch
The Song of Roland (Anonymous)
The Song of Roland
4
Anonymous
The Visit (Friedrich Dürrenmatt)
The Visit
5
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
The Physicists (Friedrich Durrenmatt)
The Physicists
6
Friedrich Durrenmatt
Thérèse Raquin (Émile Zola)
Thérèse Raquin
7
Émile Zola
L'assommoir (Emile Zola)
L'assommoir
8
Emile Zola
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
9
Émile Zola
The Complete Stories and Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Complete Stories and Poems
10
Edgar Allan Poe
La Comedie Humaine. (Honoré De Balzac)
La Comedie Humaine.
11
Honoré De Balzac
The Thunderstorm (Alexander Ostrovsky)
The Thunderstorm
12
Alexander Ostrovsky
The Complete Father Brown Stories (G.K. Chesterton)
The Complete Father Brown Stories
13
G.K. Chesterton
The Penguin Book of Latin Verse (Ed. Frederick Brittain)
The Penguin Book of Latin Verse
14
Ed. Frederick Brittain
Kafu the Scribbler (Edward G. Seidensticker)
Kafu the Scribbler
15
Edward G. Seidensticker
Comedies (Plautus)
Comedies
16
Plautus
The Book of Good Love (Juan Ruiz)
The Book of Good Love
17
Juan Ruiz
Selected Works (Cicero)
Selected Works
18
Cicero
A Short History of Scientific Ideas to 1900 (Charles Singer)
A Short History of Scientific Ideas to 1900
19
Charles Singer
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
20
Emily Brontë
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
21
Virgil
Five German Tragedies (Goethe/Grillparzer/Kleist/Lessing//Schiller)
Five German Tragedies
22
Goethe/Grillparzer/Kleist/Lessing//Schiller
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (6 Books) (Edward Gibbon)
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (6 Books)
23
Edward Gibbon
Philosophy, Poetry, History: An Anthology of Essays (Benedetto Croce)
Philosophy, Poetry, History: An Anthology of Essays
24
Benedetto Croce
Three Comedies: Mine Hostess, the Boors, the Fan (Carlo Goldoni)
Three Comedies: Mine Hostess, the Boors, the Fan
25
Carlo Goldoni
Modem Arab Poets (Tr. Issa Boullata)
Modem Arab Poets
26
Tr. Issa Boullata
The Tartar Steppe (Dino Buzzati, Trans. Stuart Hood)
The Tartar Steppe
27
Dino Buzzati, Trans. Stuart Hood
The Lives of the Artists (Giorgio Vasari)
The Lives of the Artists
28
Giorgio Vasari
The Poems of Catullus (Catullus)
The Poems of Catullus
29
Catullus
The Late Mattia Pascal (Luigi Pirandello)
The Late Mattia Pascal
30
Luigi Pirandello
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello)
Six Characters in Search of an Author
31
Luigi Pirandello
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
32
Charles Darwin
Dante--The New Life
Dante--The New Life
33
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
34
Dante Alighieri
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
35
Stendhal
Monkey (Wu Cheng'en)
Monkey
36
Wu Cheng'en
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
37
The Sonnets, Songs and Poems of Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
The Sonnets, Songs and Poems of Shakespeare
38
William Shakespeare
The Non-Existent Knight (Italo Calvino)
The Non-Existent Knight
39
Italo Calvino
The Cloven Viscount (Italo Calvino)
The Cloven Viscount
40
Italo Calvino
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