Just some books that everyone should read

A Listmania! list by Mr. J. A. Smith "thetoot" (Blackwell)
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The Kalevala (Oxford World's Classics)
1.  The Kalevala (Oxford World's Classics) by Elias Lönnrot
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  "Well worth a look"
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Beowulf: A New Translation
2.  Beowulf: A New Translation by Seamus Heaney
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  "A truely great translation of a must-read classic"
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The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth
3.  The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth by Robert Graves
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  "Labyrinthine for sure, but what a labyrinth"
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The Koran (Oxford World's Classics)
4.  The Koran (Oxford World's Classics) by Arthur J. Arberry
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  "Offers much, if you are prepared to listen"
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The Bible: Authorized King James Version (Oxford World's Classics)
5.  The Bible: Authorized King James Version (Oxford World's Classics) by Robert Carroll
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  "Any serious student of literature should read this"
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion: A Study in Magic and Religion: A New Abridgement from the Second and Third Editions (Oxford World's Classics)
6.  The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion: A Study in Magic and Religion: A New Abridgement from the Second and Third Editions (Oxford World's Classics) by Sir James George Frazer
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  "Full of poetic truth"
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The Silmarillion
7.  The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
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  "A true classic of literature, following the thought that there is an underlying myth behind all others"
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Leaves of Grass (Oxford World's Classics)
8.  Leaves of Grass (Oxford World's Classics) by Walt Whitman
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  "Beautiful"
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The Complete Poems (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)
9.  The Complete Poems (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by D. H. Lawrence
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  "Lawrence was maybe a better poet than an author - discuss"
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Complete Fairy Tales (Routledge Classics)
10.  Complete Fairy Tales (Routledge Classics) by Jacob Grimm
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  "Full of symbolism"
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John Keats: Major Works (Oxford World's Classics)
11.  John Keats: Major Works (Oxford World's Classics) by John Keats
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  "Over familiar, but well worth a look"
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Aesop's Fables (Oxford World's Classics)
12.  Aesop's Fables (Oxford World's Classics) by Aesop
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  "Like Grimm, essential, as are all these books"
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