The New Lifetime Reading Plan

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A chronological list by Clifton Fadiman and John S. Major.

Note: They purposely omit The Bible, as they assume everyone has already read it. If you wanted to include this in your plan, simply place it between Aurelius’ Meditations and St Augustine’s Confessions.

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  1. 1.
    The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Classics)
    by Anonymous
  2. 2.
    The Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
    by Homer
  3. 3.
    The Odyssey
    by Homer
  4. 4.
    ?
    Analects of Confucius
    by Confucius
  6. 6.
    Oedipus Rex (Dover Thrift Editions)
    by Sophocles
  7. 7.
    ?
    SOPHOCLES I
    by David Grene
  11. 11.
    The Histories, Revised (Penguin Classics)
    by Herodotus
  13. 13.
    The Art of War (Shambhala Classics)
    by Sun Tzu
  15. 15.
    Plato: Complete Works
    by Plato
  16. 16.
  18. 18.
    Ramayana
    by William Buck
  19. 19.
    Mahabharata
    by William Buck
  20. 20.
    The Bhagavad Gita (Penguin Classics)
    by Anonymous
  22. 22.
    On the Nature of Things (De Rerum Natura) (Philosophical Classics)
    by Titus Lucretius Carus
  23. 23.
    The Aeneid (Vintage Classics)
    by Virgil
  24. 24.
    The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
    by Marcus Aurelius
  25. 25.
    The Confessions of Saint Augustine
    by Augustine of Hippo
  26. 26.
    ?
    Cloud Messenger Translated from the Sanskrit Megha
    by Kalidasa
  28. 28.
    The Koran (Penguin Classics)
    by Anonymous
  29. 29.
    The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
    by Hui-neng
  30. 30.
  31. 31.
    The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon

  32. 32.
    The Tale of Genji: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
    by Murasaki Shikibu
  33. 33.
    Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

  34. 34.
    The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Inferno (Penguin Classics)
    by Dante Alighieri
  35. 35.
  36. 36.
    ?
  37. 37.
    The Romance of Three Kingdoms, Vol. 2
    by Guanzhong Luo
  38. 38.
    The Canterbury Tales
    by Geoffrey Chaucer
  39. 39.
  40. 40.
    The Prince (Penguin Classics)
    by Niccolo Machiavelli
  43. 43.
    Montaigne: Essays
    by Michel de Montaigne
  44. 44.
    Don Quixote (Penguin Classics)
    by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
  45. 45.
    The Riverside Shakespeare, 2nd Edition
    by William Shakespeare
  50. 50.
    ?
    Dialogue Concerning Two New Chief World Systems
    by Galileo Galilei

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starsmtsu12

tip of the hat — 4 years ago

even in college we only read excerpts from most of these—so if you’ve read something from cover to cover, know that you have my undying respect!

Sep 23, 12:12PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

markhoenig

Edited "The Stranger" — 6 years ago

I removed a study guide to “The Stranger” and replaced with the actual book by Camus.

Mar 31, 12:37PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

juniorbonner

Untitled — 6 years ago

twat

Feb 19, 01:44PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

hannahrose02

Untitled — 6 years ago

i completely disagree with this list – there is far too much history/ politics and not enough real literature! where is Stephen King or Ian McEwan? In addition there is nothing of modern literature, which cannot possible be overlooked given its contribution!

Dec 23, 02:52PM | 1 comment | Reply to this



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