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So You Want to Be Well Read...

This list is a wide breadth of world literature, history, philosophy, political thought, religion, and many other subjects. There are books of great historical significance (positive and negative); books that change our perspective; books that educate; books that broaden our understanding of different cultures, and of people from all walks of life; books that call for change; books that illuminate. This certainly isn't a definitive list for those that want to be well read. And I'll admit, some are over my head. But if you're looking for insight, all of these are a great start.
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
1
Chinua Achebe
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
2
Richard Adams
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
3
Aravind Adiga
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
4
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
5
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Rashomon (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
Rashomon
6
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
7
Sherman Alexie
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
8
Svetlana Alexievich,
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Svetlana Alexievich)
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
9
Svetlana Alexievich
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
10
Dante Alighieri
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
11
Isabel Allende
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
12
Sherwood Anderson
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
13
Maya Angelou
Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's Dream (Charlie Angus)
Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's Dream
14
Charlie Angus
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
15
Anonymous
One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
One Thousand and One Nights
16
Anonymous
Eichmann in Jerusalem (Hannah Arendt)
Eichmann in Jerusalem
17
Hannah Arendt
The Human Condition (Hannah Arendt)
The Human Condition
18
Hannah Arendt
Nichomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
Nichomachean Ethics
19
Aristotle
Summa Theologica (Thomas Aquinas)
Summa Theologica
20
Thomas Aquinas
Dom Casmurro (Machado De Assis)
Dom Casmurro
21
Machado De Assis
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
22
Margaret Atwood
The Confessions (St. Augustine of Hippo)
The Confessions
23
St. Augustine of Hippo
Advancement of Learning
Advancement of Learning
24
Armenian Golgotha
Armenian Golgotha
25
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
26
James Baldwin
Empire of the Sun (J.G. Ballard)
Empire of the Sun
27
J.G. Ballard
The Regeneration Trilogy
The Regeneration Trilogy
28
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
29
Djuna Barnes
The Voyage of the Narwhal (Andrea Barrett)
The Voyage of the Narwhal
30
Andrea Barrett
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor
31
John Barth
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
32
Simone De Beauvoir
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
33
Alison Bechdel
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
34
Samuel Beckett
Malloy, Malone Dies, the Unnamable: A Trilogy- Samuel Beckett
Malloy, Malone Dies, the Unnamable: A Trilogy- Samuel Beckett
35
Stalingrad (Antony Beevor)
Stalingrad
36
Antony Beevor
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
37
Saul Bellow
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
Henderson the Rain King
38
Saul Bellow
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
39
Saul Bellow
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein)
All the President's Men
40
Carl Bernstein
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