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Top 500 Books Per Greatestbooks.Org

Here is a top 500 list as determined by proprietary algorithm at thegreatestbooks.org. It includes all genres across all time periods. Their calculation was done by pulling together and ranking the titles from 300 or so reputable lists (by writers, critics, editors, vox populi, etc).
Since much of these books are worth reading anyway, I sorted them by publication year instead of "popularity" for enhanced historical context and a sense of continuity.
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Anonymous -- The Epic of Gilgamesh
Anonymous -- The Epic of Gilgamesh
1
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
2
Anonymous
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
3
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
4
Homer
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
5
Sun Tzu
Analects
Analects
6
Oresteia (Aeschylus)
Oresteia
7
Aeschylus
Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus)
Prometheus Bound
8
Aeschylus
Herodotus -- The Histories (Herodotus)
Herodotus -- The Histories
9
Herodotus
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
10
Sophocles
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
11
Euripides
Oedipus the King (Sophocles)
Oedipus the King
12
Sophocles
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
13
Aristophanes
Electra (Sophocles)
Electra
14
Sophocles
Bacchae (Euripides)
Bacchae
15
Euripides
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus
16
Sophocles
Mahabharata (R. K. Narayan)
Mahabharata
17
R. K. Narayan
Plato: Complete Works (Plato)
Plato: Complete Works
18
Plato
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
19
Plato
The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
The Nicomachean Ethics
20
Aristotle
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
21
Ovid
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
22
Virgil
De Rerum Natura (Lecretius)
De Rerum Natura
23
Lecretius
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
24
Marcus Aurelius
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
25
Saint Augustine
The Koran
The Koran
26
One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
One Thousand and One Nights
27
Anonymous
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
28
Anonymous
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
29
Murasaki Shikibu
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
30
Dante Alighieri
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
31
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
32
Geoffrey Chaucer
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
33
Sir Thomas Malory
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
34
Niccolò Machiavelli
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
35
François Rabelais
Essays (Montaigne)
Essays
36
Montaigne
Journey to the West (Wu Cheng'en)
Journey to the West
37
Wu Cheng'en
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
38
William Shakespeare
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
39
Miguel De Cervantes
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
40
William Shakespeare
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