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.
    ?
    SOPHOCLES I
    by David Grene
  10. 10.
    The Histories, Revised (Penguin Classics)
    by Herodotus
  12. 12.
    The Art of War (Shambhala Classics)
    by Sun Tzu
  14. 14.
    Plato: Complete Works
    by Plato
  15. 15.
  17. 17.
    Ramayana
    by William Buck
  18. 18.
    Mahabharata
    by William Buck
  19. 19.
    The Bhagavad Gita (Penguin Classics)
    by Anonymous
  21. 21.
    On the Nature of Things (De Rerum Natura) (Philosophical Classics)
    by Titus Lucretius Carus
  22. 22.
    The Aeneid
    by Virgil
  23. 23.
    The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
    by Marcus Aurelius
  24. 24.
    The Confessions of Saint Augustine
    by Augustine of Hippo
  25. 25.
    ?
    Cloud Messenger Translated from the Sanskrit Megha
    by Kalidasa
  27. 27.
    The Koran (Penguin Classics)
    by Anonymous
  29. 29.
  30. 30.
    The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon

  31. 31.
    The Tale of Genji: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
    by Murasaki Shikibu
  32. 32.
    Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

  33. 33.
    The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Inferno (Penguin Classics)
    by Dante Alighieri
  34. 34.
  35. 35.
    ?
  36. 36.
    The Romance of Three Kingdoms, Vol. 2
    by Guanzhong Luo
  37. 37.
    The Canterbury Tales
    by Geoffrey Chaucer
  38. 38.
  39. 39.
    The Prince (Penguin Classics)
    by Niccolo Machiavelli
  42. 42.
    Montaigne: Essays
    by Michel de Montaigne
  43. 43.
    Don Quixote (Penguin Classics)
    by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
  44. 44.
    The Riverside Shakespeare, 2nd Edition
    by William Shakespeare
  49. 49.
    ?
    Dialogue Concerning Two New Chief World Systems
    by Galileo Galilei
  50. 50.
    Leviathan (Penguin Classics)
    by Thomas Hobbes

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starsmtsu12

tip of the hat — 3 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" — 5 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 — 5 years ago

twat

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

hannahrose02

Untitled — 5 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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