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Steve Donoghue's Western Canon Starter Kit

Veteran book reviewer Steve Donoghue created a youtube series that recommends a very lean Western Canon, meant to be readable in a year or so, for those looking to familiarize themselves with the tradition without having to go back to school.
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Holy Bible (Anonymous)
Holy Bible
1
Anonymous
Iliad (Homer)
Iliad
2
Homer
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
3
Homer
Agamemnon (Aeschylus)
Agamemnon
4
Aeschylus
The Libation Bearers (Aeschylus)
The Libation Bearers
5
Aeschylus
The Eumenides (Aeschylus)
The Eumenides
6
Aeschylus
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
7
Sophocles
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
8
Sophocles
Hippolytus
Hippolytus
9
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
10
Euripides
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
11
Aristophanes
Crito (Plato)
Crito
12
Plato
Euthyphro (Plato)
Euthyphro
13
Plato
Republic (Plato)
Republic
14
Plato
Symposium (Plato)
Symposium
15
Plato
Apology (Plato)
Apology
16
Plato
Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
Nicomachean Ethics
17
Aristotle
Poetics (Aristotle)
Poetics
18
Aristotle
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
19
Virgil
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
20
Ovid
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
21
Dante Alighieri
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
22
Giovanni Boccaccio
Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
Canterbury Tales
23
Geoffrey Chaucer
Le Morte Darthur (Sir Thomas Malory; E.D. R. M. Lumiansky)
Le Morte Darthur
24
Sir Thomas Malory; E.D. R. M. Lumiansky
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
25
Miguel De Cervantes
Essays of Michel De Montagne
Essays of Michel De Montagne
26
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
27
Niccolò Machiavelli
Praise of Folly
Praise of Folly
28
Shakespeare Complete Works
Shakespeare Complete Works
29
The Complete English Poems by John Donne
The Complete English Poems by John Donne
30
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
31
John Milton
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
32
Jonathan Swift
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
33
Daniel Defoe
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
34
Daniel Defoe
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
35
Emily Brontë
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
36
Charlotte Bronte
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
37
Anne Brontë
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
38
Charles Dickens
Bleak House (Dickens, Charles)
Bleak House
39
Dickens, Charles
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
40
William Makepeace Thackeray
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