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Top 50 Oldest Books I've Read

Ranges from ~800 BCE to 1965. Children's books are well-represented; I guess I used to read a lot more old books.
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Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
1
Homer
The Allegory of the Cave (Plato)
The Allegory of the Cave
2
Plato
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
3
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
4
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare – MacBeth
Shakespeare – MacBeth
5
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
6
Mary Shelley
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
7
Charles Dickens
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
8
Alexandre Dumas
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
9
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
10
Charles Dickens
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables
11
Victor Hugo
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
12
Louisa May Alcott
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
13
Jules Verne
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
14
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
15
Mark Twain
A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
16
Arthur Conan Doyle
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
17
H.G. Wells
The Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Wizard of Oz
18
L. Frank Baum
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
19
L.M. Montgomery
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
20
Franz Kafka
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane
21
Jean Toomer
Veinte Poemas De Amor Y Una Canción Desesperada (Pablo Neruda)
Veinte Poemas De Amor Y Una Canción Desesperada
22
Pablo Neruda
The Blacker the Berry (Wallace Thurman)
The Blacker the Berry
23
Wallace Thurman
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
24
Aldous Huxley
Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House in the Big Woods
25
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Mr Norris Changes Trains (Christopher Isherwood)
Mr Norris Changes Trains
26
Christopher Isherwood
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
27
J.R.R. Tolkien
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
28
John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
29
John Steinbeck
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
30
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
31
George Orwell
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S.Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
32
C.S.Lewis
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
33
J.D. Salinger
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
34
E.B. White
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
35
Ray Bradbury
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
36
William Golding
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
37
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
38
C.S. Lewis
Like One of the Family: Conversations From a Domestic's Life (Alice Childress)
Like One of the Family: Conversations From a Domestic's Life
39
Alice Childress
The Cricket in Times Square (George Selden)
The Cricket in Times Square
40
George Selden
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