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Select 100: Education & Enlightenment - Page 2

This list was compiled by tabulating nominations by University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee faculty, staff and students. They were asked to state which books they had "found to be so useful and important that no one could consider himself/herself an educated or enlightened person without having read them".
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Future Shock (Alvin Toffler)
Future Shock
41
Alvin Toffler
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
42
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
43
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
44
John Steinbeck
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
45
Thomas Pynchon
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
46
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
47
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
48
Jonathan Swift
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
49
Margaret Atwood
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
50
John Hersey
The Holy Qur'an
The Holy Qur'an
51
How Democracies Perish (Jean François Revel)
How Democracies Perish
52
Jean François Revel
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
53
Homer
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
54
Ralph Ellison
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
55
Charlotte Brontë
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
56
Walt Whitman
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
57
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
58
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
59
J.R.R.Tolkien
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
60
Gustave Flaubert
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
61
Viktor Frankl
Mere Christianity (C. S. Lewis)
Mere Christianity
62
C. S. Lewis
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
63
Herman Melville
The Monkey Wrench Gang (Edward Abbey)
The Monkey Wrench Gang
64
Edward Abbey
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
65
Willa Cather
Nineteen Eighty Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty Four
66
George Orwell
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
67
Homer
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
68
W. Somerset Maugham
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
69
John Steinbeck
The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
70
Hemingway
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
71
Charles Darwin
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
72
Jack Kerouac
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
73
Gabriel García Márquez
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
74
John Milton
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
75
Albert Camus
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
76
Jane Austen
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
77
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
78
Plato
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William L. Shirer)
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
79
William L. Shirer
The Road Less Travelled (M. Scott Peck)
The Road Less Travelled
80
M. Scott Peck
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