Reading List for Understanding Western Culture

The following list has been compiled for those who want to better understand Western culture whether it is their own or not.  The list is in Chronological order:

1.) Deuteronomy, the fifth book of the Bible.

2.) Either the Odyssey or the Iliad.

3.) Plato's Republic

4.) A Gospel among the synaptics: Matthew, Mark or Luke.

5.) Romans

6.) The Gospel of John

7.) The City of God by Augustus

8.) Principles of Philosophy by Rene Descartes

9.) The American Constitution

10.) Mere Christianity by C.S Lewis

The above books can be read or listened to within a month.