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The 50 Oldest Books I've Read

These are the 50 oldest books that I've read so far. Some of these are plays, however, I included them.
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Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
1
Homer
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
2
Sun Tzu
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
3
Sophocles
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
4
Aristophanes
The Trojan Women
The Trojan Women
5
Frogs (Aristophanes)
Frogs
6
Aristophanes
Bacchae (Euripides)
Bacchae
7
Euripides
Birds (Aristophanes)
Birds
8
Aristophanes
Republic (Plato)
Republic
9
Plato
The Allegory of the Cave (Plato)
The Allegory of the Cave
10
Plato
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
11
Virgil
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
12
Niccolò Machiavelli
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
13
William Shakespeare
Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare)
Comedy of Errors
14
Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
15
William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
16
William Shakespeare
Midsummer Night's Dream (Oxford Shakespeare)
Midsummer Night's Dream
17
Oxford Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
18
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
19
William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
20
William Shakespeare
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
21
Daniel Defoe
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
22
Voltaire
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
23
Mary Wollstonecraft
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan
24
Thomas Hobbes
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
25
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
26
Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
27
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
28
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
29
Mary Shelley
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
30
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
31
Emily Brontë
Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey
32
Anne Brontë
The Communist Manifesto (Marx & Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
33
Marx & Engels
Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)
Twelve Years a Slave
34
Solomon Northup
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror (Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Mighall (Editor))
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
35
Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Mighall (Editor)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
36
Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest & Other Plays (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest & Other Plays
37
Oscar Wilde
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
38
H.G. Wells
The Book of Tea (Kakuzo Okakura)
The Book of Tea
39
Kakuzo Okakura
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
40
E.M. Forster
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