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You might check out the list of books in Harvard Classics library, which were intended to be "enough books to give a liberal education to anyone who would read them with devotion."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Classics

All books in Harvard Classics are available for free on Project Gutenberg.

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I recently read the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin which was I think was from this collection. Particularly as a non American (so lacking his featuring highly in my primary education), I found this really intriguing insight into a brilliant entrapreneurial operator and public figure.

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