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Joseph Brodsky's List of 83 Books You Should Read to Have an Intelligent Conversation - Page 2

The list actually adds up to 99 books! These books originate from a list that Brodsky gave to his class.
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Consolations of Philosophy (Boethius)
Consolations of Philosophy
41
Boethius
The Letters of Pliny the Younger (Pliny the Younger)
The Letters of Pliny the Younger
42
Pliny the Younger
Fragments
Fragments
43
Saint Augustine--Confessions
Saint Augustine--Confessions
44
Summa Theologica (Thomas Aquinas)
Summa Theologica
45
Thomas Aquinas
The Little Flowers of St Francis (Roger Hudleston)
The Little Flowers of St Francis
46
Roger Hudleston
Niccolò Machiavelli--The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli--The Prince
47
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
48
Dante Alighieri
Novelle (Franco Sacchetti)
Novelle
49
Franco Sacchetti
Icelandic Sagas
Icelandic Sagas
50
Anthony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Anthony and Cleopatra
51
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
52
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
53
William Shakespeare
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
54
William Shakespeare
The Works of Rabelais (Rabelais)
The Works of Rabelais
55
Rabelais
Francis Bacon (Essays)
Francis Bacon
56
Essays
Martin Luther: Selections From His Writings (Martin Luther)
Martin Luther: Selections From His Writings
57
Martin Luther
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
58
Essays of Michel De Montagne
Essays of Michel De Montagne
59
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
60
Miguel De Cervantes
Discourses (Descartes)
Discourses
61
Descartes
The Song of Roland (Anonymous)
The Song of Roland
62
Anonymous
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
63
Anonymous
Autobiography of Benevenuto Cellini (Benevenuto Cellini)
Autobiography of Benevenuto Cellini
64
Benevenuto Cellini
The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
65
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan
66
Thomas Hobbes
Pascal - Pensées
Pascal - Pensées
67
Milton Paradise Lost
Milton Paradise Lost
68
The Complete English Poems by John Donne
The Complete English Poems by John Donne
69
George Herbert – Church Monuments / Denial / the Collar / Love
George Herbert – Church Monuments / Denial / the Collar / Love
70
Spinoza Ethics
Spinoza Ethics
71
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
72
Stendhal
Red and Black (Stendhal)
Red and Black
73
Stendhal
The Life of Henry Brulard (Stendhal)
The Life of Henry Brulard
74
Stendhal
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
75
Jonathan Swift
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
76
Laurence Sterne
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Choderlos De Laclos)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
77
Choderlos De Laclos
Persian Letters (Montesquieu)
Persian Letters
78
Montesquieu
Second Treatise of Government
Second Treatise of Government
79
Adam Smith - The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith - The Wealth of Nations
80
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