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Aliteraryprincess' 100 Oldest Books Read

The 100 oldest works I've read in the approximate order they were written. We're using the term "book" very loosely here. There's fairy tales, pamphlets, and the General Prologue for The Canterbury Tales because I've read it so many times that it should count even though I haven't read the whole book.
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The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
1
Homer
Sappho (Mary Barnard, Trans.)
Sappho
2
Mary Barnard, Trans.
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
3
Sophocles
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
4
Euripides
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
5
Sophocles
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
6
Anonymous
Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
Inferno
7
Dante Alighieri
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
8
Geoffrey Chaucer
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
9
Anonymous
Everyman
Everyman
10
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
11
Thomas More
Magnificence (John Skelton)
Magnificence
12
John Skelton
Tamburlaine (Christopher Marlowe)
Tamburlaine
13
Christopher Marlowe
Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Doctor Faustus
14
Christopher Marlowe
The Spanish Tragedy (Thomas Kyd)
The Spanish Tragedy
15
Thomas Kyd
Henry VI Part 1 (William Shakespeare)
Henry VI Part 1
16
William Shakespeare
Henry VI Part 2 (William Shakespeare)
Henry VI Part 2
17
William Shakespeare
Henry VI Part 3 (William Shakespeare)
Henry VI Part 3
18
William Shakespeare
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
19
William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare)
The Taming of the Shrew
20
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
21
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Sonnets (William Shakespeare)
Shakespeare's Sonnets
22
William Shakespeare
Richard II (William Shakespeare)
Richard II
23
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
24
William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
25
William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
26
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
27
William Shakespeare
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
28
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
29
William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
30
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
31
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
32
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
33
William Shakespeare
Pericles (William Shakespeare)
Pericles
34
William Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale (William Shakespeare)
The Winter's Tale
35
William Shakespeare
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
36
William Shakespeare
The Wonderful Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster (Robert Poole)
The Wonderful Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster
37
Robert Poole
The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Francis Beaumont)
The Knight of the Burning Pestle
38
Francis Beaumont
The Tragedy of Mariam (Elizabeth Cary)
The Tragedy of Mariam
39
Elizabeth Cary
The Duchess of Malfi (John Webster)
The Duchess of Malfi
40
John Webster
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