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Vintage Reading: From Plato to Bradbury

The source of this list is "Vintage Reading: From Plato to Bradbury: A Personal Tour of Some of the World's Best Books" (Robert Kanigel, 1998)
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Like the source book, this challenge is divided into some quite interesting thematic sections, as follows:
01-12: On Everyone's List of Literary Classics
13-19: Books on Many a List for Burning: Heretics, Subversives, Demagogues
20-30: Books That Shaped the Western World
31-40: Making Hard Work Easy: The Great Popularisers
41-46: Not Robinson Crusoe, Not Brave New World: Lesser Known Classics
45-55: Lighter Fare: Good Reads, Best Sellers
56-60: "But I Know What I Like": On Aesthetics and Style
61-69: One-of-a-Kinds
70-80: The Realm of the Spirit
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Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
1
Thomas Wolfe
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
2
Henry James
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
3
William Faulkner
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
4
Emily Brontë
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
5
Rudyard Kipling
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
6
Lewis Carroll
Justine (Lawrence Durrell)
Justine
7
Lawrence Durrell
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
8
Charles Dickens
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
9
Jane Austen
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
10
E.M. Forster
My Ántonia (Willa Cather)
My Ántonia
11
Willa Cather
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
12
Gustave Flaubert
Here Lies (Dorothy Parker)
Here Lies
13
Dorothy Parker
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
14
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
The Devil's Dictionary
15
Ambrose Bierce
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
16
Nana (Émile Zola)
Nana
17
Émile Zola
Ten Days That Shook the World (John Reed)
Ten Days That Shook the World
18
John Reed
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
19
Richard Wright
Essays (Montaigne)
Essays
20
Montaigne
Dialogues (Plato)
Dialogues
21
Plato
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
22
Adam Smith
An Essay on the Principle of Population (Thomas Malthus)
An Essay on the Principle of Population
23
Thomas Malthus
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edward Gibbon)
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
24
Edward Gibbon
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
25
Charles Darwin
The Histories (Herodotus)
The Histories
26
Herodotus
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
27
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
The Annals (Tacitus)
The Annals
28
Tacitus
The Peloponnesian War (Thucydides)
The Peloponnesian War
29
Thucydides
Democracy in America by Alexis De Tocqueville
Democracy in America by Alexis De Tocqueville
30
Only Yesterday (Frederick Lewis Allen)
Only Yesterday
31
Frederick Lewis Allen
Microbe Hunters (Paul De Kruif)
Microbe Hunters
32
Paul De Kruif
Selected Works (Cicero)
Selected Works
33
Cicero
Coming of Age in Samoa (Margaret Mead)
Coming of Age in Samoa
34
Margaret Mead
The Outermost House (Henry Beston)
The Outermost House
35
Henry Beston
The Amiable Baltimoreans (Francis Beirne)
The Amiable Baltimoreans
36
Francis Beirne
What to Listen for in Music (Aaron Copland)
What to Listen for in Music
37
Aaron Copland
Gods, Graves & Scholars: The Story of Archaeology (C.W. Ceram)
Gods, Graves & Scholars: The Story of Archaeology
38
C.W. Ceram
The Stress of Life (Hans Selye)
The Stress of Life
39
Hans Selye
The Greek Way (Edith Hamilton)
The Greek Way
40
Edith Hamilton
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