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Steve Donoghue's Western Canon Starter Kit, Updated

Steve Donoghue, professional book critic and book tuber, has a series of videos recommending a core set of books to give a busy reader a grounding in the works that cast the longest shadows. Meant to be readable in a year, though your mileage may vary and you probably read slower than Donoghue does. He claims to read 150 words an hour.
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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 (Euripides)
Hippolytus
9
Euripides
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
10
Euripides
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
11
Aristophanes
Crito (Plato)
Crito
12
Plato
Euthyphro (Plato)
Euthyphro
13
Plato
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
14
Plato
Symposium (Plato)
Symposium
15
Plato
Apology (Plato)
Apology
16
Plato
The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
The Nicomachean Ethics
17
Aristotle
Poetics (Aristotle)
Poetics
18
Aristotle
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
19
Virgil
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
20
Ovid
Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
Inferno
21
Dante Alighieri
Purgatorio (Dante Alighieri)
Purgatorio
22
Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy: Paradiso (Dante)
The Divine Comedy: Paradiso
23
Dante
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
24
Giovanni Boccaccio
Canterbury Tales (Coghill Trans.)
Canterbury Tales
25
Coghill Trans.
Le Morte D'Arthur Volume I
Le Morte D'Arthur Volume I
26
Le Morte D'Arthur: Volume 2 (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur: Volume 2
27
Thomas Malory
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
28
Miguel De Cervantes
Selected Essays of Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Selected Essays of Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
29
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
30
Niccolò Machiavelli
Praise of Folly
Praise of Folly
31
Shakespeare's Sonnets (William Shakespeare)
Shakespeare's Sonnets
32
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
33
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
34
William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
35
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
36
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
37
William Shakespeare
The Tempest (Signet Shakespeare)
The Tempest
38
Signet Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
39
William Shakespeare
Richard II (William Shakespeare)
Richard II
40
William Shakespeare
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