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Bloom's Western Canon + Guardian 1000 + 1001 Books to Read Before You Die

Several attempts to define a literary canon, all lumped together. I'm aiming to get up to at least 10% here.
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Homer -- The Iliad
Homer -- The Iliad
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The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
2
Homer
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
3
Anonymous
Egyptian Book of the Dead (Translator: Faulkner)
Egyptian Book of the Dead
4
Translator: Faulkner
Mahabharata (Anonymous; Trans. John D. Smith)
Mahabharata
5
Anonymous; Trans. John D. Smith
Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita
6
Ramayana
Ramayana
7
Works and Days
Works and Days
8
Theogony
Theogony
9
Odes
Odes
10
Aeschylus -- The Oresteia
Aeschylus -- The Oresteia
11
Seven Against Thebes
Seven Against Thebes
12
Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound
13
Persians
Persians
14
Suppliant Women
Suppliant Women
15
Oedipus the King
Oedipus the King
16
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus
17
Sophocles
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
18
Sophocles
Electra (Euripides)
Electra
19
Euripides
Ajax (Sophocles)
Ajax
20
Sophocles
Women of Trachis
Women of Trachis
21
Philoctetes
Philoctetes
22
Cyclops
Cyclops
23
Heracles
Heracles
24
Alcestis
Alcestis
25
Hecuba
Hecuba
26
The Bacchae (Euripides)
The Bacchae
27
Euripides
Orestes
Orestes
28
Andromache
Andromache
29
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
30
Euripides
Ion (Plato)
Ion
31
Plato
Hippolytus
Hippolytus
32
Helen
Helen
33
Iphigenia at Aulis
Iphigenia at Aulis
34
The Birds
The Birds
35
The Clouds (Aristophanes)
The Clouds
36
Aristophanes
The Frogs
The Frogs
37
The Knights
The Knights
38
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
39
Aristophanes
The Wasps
The Wasps
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