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The Ultimate Well-Rounded Reading List

A reading list of some of the most influential, important and greatest books of all time spanning thousands of years from ancient texts to modern classics and ranging from fictional plays, poems, short stories and novels to non-fictional topics covering philosophy, mathematics, economics, politics, film and much more.
The list and ordering of it is influenced a lot by the topics I enjoy in books that I have read or want to read, which accounts for some of the more unusual choices.
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
Albert Camus
2
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
3
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust
4
The Razors Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razors Edge
W. Somerset Maugham
5
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
6
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
Roberto Bolano
7
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
8
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M. Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig
9
The Prince (Nicolo Machiavelli)
The Prince
Nicolo Machiavelli
10
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
11
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
12
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
13
Beyond Good & Evil (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Beyond Good & Evil
Friedrich Nietzsche
14
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
Voltaire
15
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke
16
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
17
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
18
The World as Will and Representation (Arthur Schopenhauer)
The World as Will and Representation
Arthur Schopenhauer
19
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
Ovid
20
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
21
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
22
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
23
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
24
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
25
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
26
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
Franz Kafka
27
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
28
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
29
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
30
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
31
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
32
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
33
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
Franz Kafka
34
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
35
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
36
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
37
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
Simone De Beauvoir
38
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
Homer
39
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
40
The Quran (Unknown)
The Quran
Unknown
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