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Gutenberg College's Great Books List

These are the books that are considered essential reading for a liberal arts education at Gutenberg College, OR.
Sometimes the list simply says the name of an author, so I put the author's collected works on the list.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
1
Anonymous
Enuma Elish
Enuma Elish
2
Genesis
Genesis
3
Exodus
Exodus
4
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy
5
The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
6
Homer
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
7
Homer
Works and Days
Works and Days
8
Herodotus -- The Histories (Herodotus)
Herodotus -- The Histories
9
Herodotus
The Clouds (Aristophanes)
The Clouds
10
Aristophanes
Agamemnon (Aeschylus)
Agamemnon
11
Aeschylus
Oedipus the King (Sophocles)
Oedipus the King
12
Sophocles
The History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides)
The History of the Peloponnesian War
13
Thucydides
PLATO Complete Works by Plato
PLATO Complete Works by Plato
14
Aristotle Complete Works
Aristotle Complete Works
15
Archimedes
Archimedes
16
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
17
Virgil
Works of Cicero (Cicero)
Works of Cicero
18
Cicero
Annals
Annals
19
Lucretius--On the Nature of Things
Lucretius--On the Nature of Things
20
Gospel of Matthew
Gospel of Matthew
21
1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians
22
Acts
Acts
23
Galatians
Galatians
24
Lives
Lives
25
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
26
Saint Augustine
City of God
City of God
27
Consolation of Philosophy
Consolation of Philosophy
28
Summa Theologica (Thomas Aquinas)
Summa Theologica
29
Thomas Aquinas
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
30
Dante Alighieri
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
31
Niccolò Machiavelli
Praise of Folly
Praise of Folly
32
On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres (On the Shoulders of Giants) By
On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres (On the Shoulders of Giants) By
33
Freedom of the Will (Luther)
Freedom of the Will
34
Luther
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
35
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
36
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
37
William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure (William Shakespeare)
Measure for Measure
38
William Shakespeare
Coriolanus
Coriolanus
39
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
40
William Shakespeare
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