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Vintage Reading: From Plato to Bradbury - Page 2

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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A Journal of the Plague Year (Daniel Defoe)
A Journal of the Plague Year
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Daniel Defoe
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell (Aldous Huxley)
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
42
Aldous Huxley
Elective Affinities (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Elective Affinities
43
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
Homage to Catalonia
44
George Orwell
Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud)
Civilization and Its Discontents
45
Sigmund Freud
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith
46
Sinclair Lewis
Roughing It (Mark Twain)
Roughing It
47
Mark Twain
A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
48
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Song of Hiawatha (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
The Song of Hiawatha
49
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Rise of David Levinsky (Abraham Cahan)
The Rise of David Levinsky
50
Abraham Cahan
Java Head (Joseph Hergesheimer)
Java Head
51
Joseph Hergesheimer
Mr. Pottermack's Oversight (R. Austin Freeman)
Mr. Pottermack's Oversight
52
R. Austin Freeman
A Bell for Adano (John Hersey)
A Bell for Adano
53
John Hersey
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
54
Ray Bradbury
Gentleman's Agreement (Laura Z. Hobson)
Gentleman's Agreement
55
Laura Z. Hobson
The Ten Books on Architecture (Vitruvius Polio)
The Ten Books on Architecture
56
Vitruvius Polio
The Lives of the Artists (Giorgio Vasari)
The Lives of the Artists
57
Giorgio Vasari
The Seven Lamps of Architecture (John Ruskin)
The Seven Lamps of Architecture
58
John Ruskin
The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form (Kenneth Clark)
The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form
59
Kenneth Clark
The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr., Maira Kalman and E.B. White)
The Elements of Style
60
William Strunk Jr., Maira Kalman and E.B. White
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
61
Virginia Woolf
The American Language (H.L. Mencken)
The American Language
62
H.L. Mencken
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
63
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
64
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Edwin A. Abbott)
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
65
Edwin A. Abbott
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
66
Zora Neale Hurston
A Mathematician's Apology (G.H. Hardy)
A Mathematician's Apology
67
G.H. Hardy
My Life (Isadora Duncan)
My Life
68
Isadora Duncan
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Thomas S. Kuhn)
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
69
Thomas S. Kuhn
The Epic of Gilgamesh (N.K. Sandars Translator)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
70
N.K. Sandars Translator
The Confessions (St. Augustine of Hippo)
The Confessions
71
St. Augustine of Hippo
The Golem (Gustav Meyrink)
The Golem
72
Gustav Meyrink
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
73
W. Somerset Maugham
The Seven Storey Mountain (Thomas Merton)
The Seven Storey Mountain
74
Thomas Merton
Death Be Not Proud (John Gunther)
Death Be Not Proud
75
John Gunther
Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes
76
Lost Horizon (James Hilton)
Lost Horizon
77
James Hilton
The Bhagavad Gita (Anonymous)
The Bhagavad Gita
78
Anonymous
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
79
Elie Wiesel
The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
80
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