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Miinxx, I'm totally with you on "History of Warfare", Shakespeare, and Beowulf. But The Odyssey is at LEAST twice the book the Illiad is IMO.
And I'll add any and all of Lord Dunsany's fantasy. Time and the Gods, the Pegana books, The King of Elfland's Daughter, The Charwoman's Shadow, The Sword of Welleran, The Book of Wonder... All great books that have been reprinted recently enough that you can find them. The rest of his stuff is HARD to find at a reasonable price and aren't carried by many libraries in the U.S. But they're all worth a read if you can get your hands on them. His ghost stories, mysteries, children's books, and what not are also better than average, but his Fantasy puts everything else in the genre to shame.
I also usually include, "A Tale of Two Cities" by Dickens. First book they made us read in high school that I actually enjoyed.
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