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TJ's 100 Great Books of the Western World

The entire catalog of Shakesphere could be added but only the more popular ones were included. This is one of the reading lists I have used and consider myself well-read.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1
Washington Irving
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
2
Adam Smith
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
3
Aesop
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America
4
Alexis De Tocqueville
The Siege of Berlin (Alphonse Daudet)
The Siege of Berlin
5
Alphonse Daudet
Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekhov)
Uncle Vanya
6
Anton Chekhov
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
7
Arthur Miller
His Autobiography (Benjamin Franklin)
His Autobiography
8
Benjamin Franklin
Children's and Household Tales (Brothers Grimm)
Children's and Household Tales
9
Brothers Grimm
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
10
Charles Darwin
The Voyage of the Beagle (Charles Darwin)
The Voyage of the Beagle
11
Charles Darwin
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
12
Charles Dickens
Dr. Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Dr. Faustus
13
Christopher Marlowe
The Prussian Officer (D. H. Lawrence)
The Prussian Officer
14
D. H. Lawrence
The Devine Comedy (Dante)
The Devine Comedy
15
Dante
Eleonora (Edgar Allan Poe)
Eleonora
16
Edgar Allan Poe
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
17
Edgar Allan Poe
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
18
Edgar Allan Poe
The Purloined Letter (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Purloined Letter
19
Edgar Allan Poe
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
20
Edith Wharton
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
21
Edith Wharton
The Man Without a Country (Edward Everett Hale)
The Man Without a Country
22
Edward Everett Hale
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1-3 (Edward Gibbon)
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1-3
23
Edward Gibbon
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
24
Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
25
Ernest Hemingway
The Short Happy Life of Frances Macomber (Ernest Hemingway)
The Short Happy Life of Frances Macomber
26
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
27
Ernest Hemingway
Mourning Becomes Electra (Eugene O'Neill)
Mourning Becomes Electra
28
Eugene O'Neill
William Tell (Friedrich Schiller)
William Tell
29
Friedrich Schiller
Saint Joan (George Bernard Shaw)
Saint Joan
30
George Bernard Shaw
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
31
George Eliot
Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
Tales
32
Hans Christian Andersen
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
33
Harriet Beecher Stowe
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
34
Henrik Ibsen
Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen)
Hedda Gabler
35
Henrik Ibsen
The Master Builder (Henrik Ibsen)
The Master Builder
36
Henrik Ibsen
The Wild Duck (Henrik Ibsen)
The Wild Duck
37
Henrik Ibsen
The History of Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
The History of Tom Jones
38
Henry Fielding
The Beast in the Jungle (Henry James)
The Beast in the Jungle
39
Henry James
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
40
Homer
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