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Peter Kreeft: 26 Books Nobody Should Die Without Reading

Dr Peter Kreeft is a philosophy professor at Boston College. In one of his lectures, he provides a list of 26 books that everyone should read before dying. He also provides an additional 15 recommendations to those books.
Note: this is the list as taken from Brandon Vogt's website. In the lecture, one of Dr Kreeft's additional recommendations for history is "something by Christopher Dawson"; Vogt recommends "The Formation of Christendom" and "The Dividing of Christendom".
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The Confessions (St. Augustine of Hippo)
The Confessions
1
St. Augustine of Hippo
A Severe Mercy
A Severe Mercy
2
The Seven Storey Mountain (Thomas Merton)
The Seven Storey Mountain
3
Thomas Merton
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
4
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Till We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis)
Till We Have Faces
5
C.S. Lewis
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
6
Charles Dickens
A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)
A Man for All Seasons
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Robert Bolt
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
8
Thornton Wilder
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
9
William Shakespeare
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
10
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
11
C.S. Lewis
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
12
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Great Divorce (C. S. Lewis)
The Great Divorce
13
C. S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
14
C.S. Lewis
Descent Into Hell (Charles Williams)
Descent Into Hell
15
Charles Williams
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
16
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
17
Aldous Huxley
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
18
Ray Bradbury
The Practice of the Presence of God (Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection)
The Practice of the Presence of God
19
Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection
Story of a Soul (St. Thérèse of Lisieux)
Story of a Soul
20
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Abandonment to Divine Providence (Jean-Pierre De Caussade)
Abandonment to Divine Providence
21
Jean-Pierre De Caussade
Pensees (Blaise Pascal)
Pensees
22
Blaise Pascal
The Problem of Pain (C. S. Lewis)
The Problem of Pain
23
C. S. Lewis
Miracles (C. S. Lewis)
Miracles
24
C. S. Lewis
Apology (Plato)
Apology
25
Plato
The Consolation of Philosophy (Boethius)
The Consolation of Philosophy
26
Boethius
St. Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox (G. K. Chesterton)
St. Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox
27
G. K. Chesterton
The Everlasting Man (G.K.Chesterton)
The Everlasting Man
28
G.K.Chesterton
Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Conquest of Darkness (Warren H. Carroll)
Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Conquest of Darkness
29
Warren H. Carroll
Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)
Mere Christianity
30
C.S. Lewis
Summa Theologica (Thomas Aquinas)
Summa Theologica
31
Thomas Aquinas
Lepanto (G.K. Chesterton)
Lepanto
32
G.K. Chesterton
The Wasteland (T.S. Eliot)
The Wasteland
33
T.S. Eliot
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life (C.S. Lewis)
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
34
C.S. Lewis
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
35
Charles Dickens
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
36
Plato
Orthodoxy (G.K. Chesterton)
Orthodoxy
37
G.K. Chesterton
The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
The Nicomachean Ethics
38
Aristotle
City of God (St Augustine of Hippo)
City of God
39
St Augustine of Hippo
The Formation of Christendom (Christopher Dawson)
The Formation of Christendom
40
Christopher Dawson
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