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Willow's 40 Oldest Books Read

I'm hopping on the bandwagon and making a list of the oldest titles I have read. I ended up with 40 books ranging from 1200 BCE to the 1920s. I have arranged them from oldest to newest.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
1
Anonymous
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
2
Homer
Poems of Sappho (Sappho)
Poems of Sappho
3
Sappho
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
4
Sophocles
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
5
Euripides
Plautus: Four Plays: Casina, Amphittyron, Captivi, and Pseudolus (Plautus)
Plautus: Four Plays: Casina, Amphittyron, Captivi, and Pseudolus
6
Plautus
The History of Rome (Livy)
The History of Rome
7
Livy
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
8
Virgil
Satyricon (Petronius)
Satyricon
9
Petronius
The Twelve Caesars (Suetonius)
The Twelve Caesars
10
Suetonius
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
11
Anonymous
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
12
Geoffrey Chaucer
Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
13
Thomas Malory
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
14
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
15
William Shakespeare
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
16
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
17
Mary Shelley
Rip Van Winkle (Washington Irving)
Rip Van Winkle
18
Washington Irving
The Spectre Bridegroom (Washington Irving)
The Spectre Bridegroom
19
Washington Irving
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
20
Washington Irving
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
21
Edgar Allan Poe
The Masque of the Red Death (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Masque of the Red Death
22
Edgar Allan Poe
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
23
Edgar Allan Poe
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
24
Charles Dickens
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
25
Edgar Allan Poe
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
26
Charles Dickens
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
27
Jules Verne
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass
28
Lewis Carroll
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
29
Anna Sewell
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
30
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Canterville Ghost (Oscar Wilde)
The Canterville Ghost
31
Oscar Wilde
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
32
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
33
H. G. Wells
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
34
Jack London
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
35
O. Henry
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
36
Edith Wharton
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
37
Frances Hodgson Burnett
O Pioneers (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers
38
Willa Cather
The Land That Time Forgot (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
The Land That Time Forgot
39
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
40
Agatha Christie
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