Six Exceptional Books To Read Before You Croak

A Listmania! list by Eyeh Asher "Eyeh" (Ecosse)
 
The Divine Comedy (Everyman's Library Classics)
1.  The Divine Comedy (Everyman's Library Classics) by Dante Alighieri
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  "Best read in Italian (as I did), but if you sadly can't (eh, heh heh...), then this is the most accessible edition and best translation."
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The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary Edition
2.  The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary Edition by J. R. R. Tolkien
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  "Single volume 50th Anniversary edition, it's what you need to let your fancy fly."
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If This Is a Man, and The Truce (Everyman's Library Classics)
3.  If This Is a Man, and The Truce (Everyman's Library Classics) by Primo Levi
The list author says:
  "Primo Levi's account of life as a concentration camp prisoner at Auschwitz. Leaves you drained, enraged, ultimately elated but sad."
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A Farewell To Arms (Everyman's Library classics)
4.  A Farewell To Arms (Everyman's Library classics) by Ernest Hemingway
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  "A true love story, also exploring man's deeper responses to the cruelty of war."
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The Odyssey (Everyman's Library classics)
5.  The Odyssey (Everyman's Library classics) by Homer
The list author says:
  "Best read in Ancient Greek (as I did), but if you sadly can't (muhahahah), then this is one of the many translations that give you an inkling of the Homeric genius and man's eternal quest for meaning."
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Ulysses (Everyman's Library classics)
6.  Ulysses (Everyman's Library classics) by James Joyce
The list author says:
  "A more modern Odysseus, a more modern masterpiece: labelled dirty, blasphemous and unreadable...and that's the way I like it."
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