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A Listmania! list by Audrey
The list author says: "These are some great reads I have discovered from ancient to modern world and american literature. Some are complex and may require some extra knowledge to understand."
Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of The Mayan Book of The Dawn of Life and The Glories of Gods and Kings
1.  Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of The Mayan Book of The Dawn of Life and The Glories of Gods and Kings by Dennis Tedlock
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Persepolis Boxed Set
2.  Persepolis Boxed Set by Marjane Satrapi
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  "I am not a graphic novel reader, but someone recommended this biography to me and I liked it so much that I have read all of Satrapi's bios."
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The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
3.  The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic by R. K. Narayan
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The Sunjata Story (Penguin Epics)
4.  The Sunjata Story (Penguin Epics) by Bamba Suso
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The Essential Aeneid
5.  The Essential Aeneid by Virgil
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Classics)
6.  The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Classics) by Anonymous
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Leaving Yuba City: Poems
7.  Leaving Yuba City: Poems by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog
8.  The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
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The Trial and Death of Socrates: Four Dialogues (Dover Thrift Editions)
9.  The Trial and Death of Socrates: Four Dialogues (Dover Thrift Editions) by Benjamin Jowett
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Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
10.  Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes
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Monkey: Folk Novel of China
11.  Monkey: Folk Novel of China by Wu Ch'eng-en
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Maus 1 and 2 (2 Volume Box Set)
12.  Maus 1 and 2 (2 Volume Box Set) by Art Spiegelman
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Paradise Lost (Norton Critical Editions)
13.  Paradise Lost (Norton Critical Editions) by John Milton
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Don Quixote (Penguin Classics)
14.  Don Quixote (Penguin Classics) by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
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Omeros
15.  Omeros by Derek Walcott
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days
16.  The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days by Cao Xueqin
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Brown Girl in the Ring
17.  Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
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The White Castle: A Novel
18.  The White Castle: A Novel by Orhan Pamuk
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Murder in the Cathedral
19.  Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot
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Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)
20.  Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
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Moby Dick (Oxford World's Classics)
21.  Moby Dick (Oxford World's Classics) by Herman Melville
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The Entire Mark Twain Collection (300+ Works) With table of contents
22.  The Entire Mark Twain Collection (300+ Works) With table of contents by Mark Twain
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