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Erinm31's Literary Quest

Classics, literary fiction and nonfiction from around the world plus some fantasy and science fiction that I want to read, reread, or have read in the past few years. Books are listed in approximately chronological order, with books in a series kept together.
It started slowly with a desire to read classic science fiction and fantasy, then grew to include some of those classics I'd always wished I'd read, then expanded still further to encompass books old and new around the world. This is from my personal TBR list to help me track my progress — books I am particularly interested in and/or feel I simply must read to ever be "well-read."
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Unknown)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
1
Unknown
The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
2
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
3
Homer
The Book of Songs (Shijing)
The Book of Songs
4
Shijing
Poems of Sappho (Sappho)
Poems of Sappho
5
Sappho
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
6
Lao-Tzu
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
7
Sun Tzu
Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus)
Prometheus Bound
8
Aeschylus
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
9
Euripides
The Analects (Confucius)
The Analects
10
Confucius
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
11
Aristophanes
The Three Theban Plays (Sophocles)
The Three Theban Plays
12
Sophocles
Ramayana (Valmiki)
Ramayana
13
Valmiki
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
14
Ovid
The Songs of the South (Qu Yuan)
The Songs of the South
15
Qu Yuan
The Recognition of Śakuntalā (Kālidāsa)
The Recognition of Śakuntalā
16
Kālidāsa
Beowolf (Unknown)
Beowolf
17
Unknown
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
18
Sei Shonagon
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
19
Murasaki Shikibu
Vis and Ramin (Fakhraddin Gorgani)
Vis and Ramin
20
Fakhraddin Gorgani
As I Crossed the Bridge of Dreams (Lady Sarashina)
As I Crossed the Bridge of Dreams
21
Lady Sarashina
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
22
Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of Tang and Sung Dynasty Verse (Red Pine)
Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of Tang and Sung Dynasty Verse
23
Red Pine
The Tale of the Heike
The Tale of the Heike
24
The Bostan of Saadi
The Bostan of Saadi
25
Masnavi
Masnavi
26
The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights
27
Anonymous
Njal's Saga
Njal's Saga
28
The Divine Comedy (Dante)
The Divine Comedy
29
Dante
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
30
Giovanni Boccaccio
Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong)
Three Kingdoms
31
Luo Guanzhong
Water Margin: Outlaws of the Marsh (Shi Naian)
Water Margin: Outlaws of the Marsh
32
Shi Naian
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
33
Geoffrey Chaucer
Orlando Furioso (Ludovico Ariosto)
Orlando Furioso
34
Ludovico Ariosto
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
35
Niccolò Machiavelli
Gargantua and Pantagruel (Francois Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
36
Francois Rabelais
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
37
Thomas Mann
The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser)
The Faerie Queene
38
Edmund Spenser
Monkey (Wu Cheng'en)
Monkey
39
Wu Cheng'en
The Peony Pavilion (Tang Xianzu)
The Peony Pavilion
40
Tang Xianzu
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