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Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan

This list comes from "The Lifetime Reading Plan" by Clifton Fadiman. It's a type of introduction of works from the Western world though newer editions of the book have included works from China and India among other places. This list is taken from the 3rd edition of the book. The books were grouped as the beginning, the middle ages, plays, narratives, philosophy/psychology/politic/essays, poetry, history/biography/autobiography. Overall there are a lot of works by a variety of authors some you may have heard of and other you may not have. It's a pretty solid reading plan and I would encourage others to get the book as there were a few entries I couldn't get entered due to listchallenges not having them listed.
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The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
1
Homer
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
2
Homer
Herodotus -- The Histories (Herodotus)
Herodotus -- The Histories
3
Herodotus
The History of the Peloponnesian War
The History of the Peloponnesian War
4
Selected Works (Plato)
Selected Works
5
Plato
Ethics
Ethics
6
Politics
Politics
7
The Oresteia (Aeschylus)
The Oresteia
8
Aeschylus
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
9
Sophocles
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus
10
Sophocles
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
11
Sophocles
Alcestis (Euripides)
Alcestis
12
Euripides
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
13
Euripides
Hippolytus (Euripides)
Hippolytus
14
Euripides
Trojan Women (Euripides)
Trojan Women
15
Euripides
Electra (Euripides)
Electra
16
Euripides
Bacchae (Euripides)
Bacchae
17
Euripides
On the Nature of Things
On the Nature of Things
18
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
19
Virgil
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
20
Marcus Aurelius
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
21
Saint Augustine
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
22
Dante Alighieri
Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
Canterbury Tales
23
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
24
William Shakespeare
Plays by Moliere (Moliere)
Plays by Moliere
25
Moliere
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
26
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Six Plays by Henrik Ibsen (Henrik Ibsen)
Six Plays by Henrik Ibsen
27
Henrik Ibsen
Selected Plays and Prefaces of George Bernard Shaw
Selected Plays and Prefaces of George Bernard Shaw
28
Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekhov)
Uncle Vanya
29
Anton Chekhov
Three Sisters (Anton Chekhov)
Three Sisters
30
Anton Chekhov
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekov)
The Cherry Orchard
31
Anton Chekov
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra
32
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh
33
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
34
Eugene O'Neill
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
35
Samuel Beckett
Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
Endgame
36
Samuel Beckett
Krapp's Last Tape (Samuel Beckett)
Krapp's Last Tape
37
Samuel Beckett
Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen)
Hedda Gabler
38
Henrik Ibsen
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
39
Oscar Wilde
A Dream Play (August Strindberg)
A Dream Play
40
August Strindberg
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