You could try something from the list of Great Books - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Books

or Greater Books - http://www.greaterbooks.com/ and the master list here - http://www.greaterbooks.com/master.html

Or this listing from the National Association of Scholars - http://www.nas.org/resources/recommended_books

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