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Our Reading
Lists

The club's readings lists and recommended books may be found here.

Other Compilations Of
Great Classical Works Intersecting Countries, Ideologies, and Time

The Republic by Plato

(375 B.C.)

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Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

(2021 A.D.)

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Animal Farm by George Orwell

(1945 A.D.)

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Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin

(1791 A.D.)

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The Epic of Gilgamesh

(2100-1200 B.C.)

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Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

(1954 A.D.)

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Makura no Soshi by Sei Shonagon

(1002 A.D.)

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Kebra Negast by Nebure Id Ishaq of Aksum

(1225 A.D)

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The Odyssey by Homer

(750-650 B.C.)

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The Shi King by Confucius

(520 B.C.)

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Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

(2003 A.D.)

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The Seagull by Anton Chekhov

(1896 A.D.)

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Chi Pheo by Nam Cao

(1941 A.D.)

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The Lais of Marie de France by Marie de France​

(1160-1199 A.D.)

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La Livre de la Cité des Dames by Christine de Pizan

(1405 A.D.)

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The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang de Goethe

(1774 A.D.)

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A Doll's House by Hebrik Ibsen

(1879 A.D.)

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Desolation by Gabriela Mistral

(1922 A.D.)

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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

(1915 A.D.)

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Water Margin by Shi Nai'an

(Before 1574 A.D.)

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The Color Purple by Alice Walker

(1982 A.D.)

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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Sallinger

(1951 A.D.)

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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet

(1844 A.D.)

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