"A Lifetime of Reading" is a list of the "world's 500 greatest books" compiled by author Philip Ward. Click here to read the entire list. Some of the classics are well known, others less so. Here's a sampling from the list:
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Hojoki : Visions of a Torn World by Kamo no Chomei
The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Basho
The Lost Steps by Alejo Carpentier