List of Plato's texts

I'm on a personal challenge to read all of Plato's writings and texts.

A short biography:
Plato was born around the year 428 BCE in Athens. His father died while Plato was young, and his mother remarried to Pyrilampes, in whose house Plato would grow up. Plato's birth name was Aristocles, and he gained the nickname Platon, meaning broad, because of his broad build. His family had a history in politics, and Plato was destined to a life in keeping with this history. He studied at a gymnasium owned by Dionysios, and at the palaistra of Ariston of Argos. When he was young he studied music and poetry. According to Aristotle, Plato developed the foundations of his metaphysics and epistemology by studying the doctrines of Cratylus, and the work of Pythagoras and Parmenides. When Plato met Socrates, however, he had met his definitive teacher. As Socrates' disciple, Plato adopted his philosophy and style of debate, and directed his studies toward the question of virtue and the formation of a noble character.
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Title	Year	Pages	Read
Apology		Yes	Unread
Charmides, or Temperance	380 B.C.	Yes	Unread
Cratylus	360 B.C.	Yes	Unread
Critias	360 B.C.	Yes	Unread
Crito	360 B.C.	Yes	Unread
Euthydemus	380 B.C.	Yes	Unread
Euthyphro	380 B.C.	Yes	Unread
Gorgias	380 B.C.	Yes	Unread
Ion	380 B.C.	Yes	Unread
Laches, or Courage	380 B.C.	Yes	Unread
Laws	360 B.C.	No	Unread
Lysis, or Friendship	380 B.C.	Yes	Unread
Meno	380 B.C.	No	Unread
Parmenides	370 B.C.	Yes	Unread
Phaedo	360 B.C.	Yes	Unread
Phaedrus	360 B.C.	Yes	Read
Philebus	360 B.C.	No	Unread
Protagoras	380 B.C.	Yes	Unread
The Republic	360 B.C.	No	Unread
The Seventh Letter	360 B.C.	Yes	Unread
Sophist	360 B.C.	Yes	Unread
Statesman	360 B.C.	Yes	Unread
Symposium	360 B.C.	No	Unread
Theaetetus	360 B.C.	Yes	Unread
Timaeus	360 B.C.	No	Unread

more: http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/platochron.html

5 free classics under 150 pages

Here's my curated collection of 5 free classics to get you started in your journey of reading the classics. All of these are great books. You can read one of these beauties in one weekend. If you've wanted to get into the world of the classics, but don't know quite where to begin, this would be a good start. 

1. Frankenstein - 134 pages
   Read about Victor Frankenstein's pursuit to give life to his ambitions. In the book, the monster talks back to Victor, and is even more eloquent than the scientist. Explore the depths of the monster's feelings and see if you are not moved by his story.
   Link: http://amzn.com/B0084BN44Q
   
   
2. Red Badge of Courage - 154 pages
   Ok, this is just over 150 pages, but it's still a great read. This is a story of a young soldier that signs up to fight the entire rebel army. He's faced with his own challenge of courage, and he finds out that he might not be up to the challenge of facing the enemy. Does he find his courage? Read it and let me know what you think.
   link: http://amzn.com/B0083ZHYIU
   
   
3. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - 96 pages
   At only 96 pages, you can probably read this in one or two sittings. Dr. Jekyll lets out his darker side as he takes his magic elixirs and summons the demon within, Mr. Hyde. Do we all have an inner demon wanting to get out? Is the freedom worth it for Dr. Jekyll? Read this one to find out. link: http://amzn.com/B0083ZR7BY
   
   
4. The Pilgrim’s Progress - 136 pages
   This was the second most read book in the English language besides the bible. And it's good. If you're not a christian, the historical value alone is worth it. Follow Christian as he describes in his dream his journey from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City
   link: http://amzn.com/B0083Z665M
   
   
5. Call of the Wild - 111 pages
   This classic may not be for dog lovers (some of the dogs aren't treated that great in the book), but you'll gain tremendous insight into the primal law of the wild. Learn what Buck learns as he finds himself thrown from civilization into the primal world. Does he succeed? What does he learn in his struggle to survive about man and beast?
   link: http://amzn.com/B0083ZBW2Y
   
   
6. Bonus book!
   The Wind in the Willows - 194 pages
   At over 190 pages, it's a little longer than these other classics, but this one is definitely worth it. You may remember Toad and his love of cars, but to me, the real story is about the Water Rat that loves to be on his river messing about on boats. A classic tale of love of the land in a beautiful pastoral setting in the English countryside.
   link: http://amzn.com/B0083Z9D7U

100 classics book challenge

At first my challenge was to read 40 classical books. I did it! I'm up over 40 now, so here's another list of 100.

Northanger Abbey

Wind in the Willows

Vanity Fair

Great Expectations

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Paradise Lost

Anne of Green Gables

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

Little Women

The Great Gatsby

Peter Pan

Emma

Pilgrim’s Progress

Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Pinnochio

The Age of Innocence

1984

East of Eden

In Search of Lost Time

Madame Bovary

The Good Soldier

Frankenstein

Wurthering Heights

The Inferno

Grapes of Wrath

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Red Badge of Courage

A Room with a View

Lolita

Sleepy Hollow

Silas Marner

The Arabian Nights

Dracula

Pride and Prejudice

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Wizard of Oz

Moby Dick

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Animal Farm

Confederacy of Dunces

Tess of Durbervilles

Metamorphosis

The Time Machine

The Scarlett Letter

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

To Kill a Mockingbird

The Secret Garden

Treasure Island

Catch-22

One Hundred Years of Solitude

A Farewell to Arms

Of Mice and Men

Fahrenheit 451

Iliad

Neurmancer

Walden

Slaughterhouse 5

David Copperfield

Swiss Family Robinson

Sense and Sensibility

The Jungle Book

The Jungle

Oliver Twist

The Woman in White

Brave New World

Tale of Two Cities

Romeo and Juliet

Gulliver’s Travels

Don Quixote

Madame Bovary

Heart of Darkness

Invisible Man

Around the World in 80 Days

Ivanhoe

Rob Roy

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Fountainhead

The Three Musketeers

Heart of Darkness

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

The Wind in the Willow

Lord of the Flies

Last of the Mohicans

Misanthrope

The House of the Seven Gables

On the Road

Cather in the Rye

Ulysses

Tom Sawyer

War and Peace

Old Man and the Sea

The Sound and the Fury

The Stranger

The Karamzov Brothers

The Count of Monte Crisco

Mansfield Park

Jane Eyre

Robinson Crusoe

Annan Karenina

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

A Great Way to Get Into Literature

If you're looking to get into reading literature this year, then this might be a great way to go. Here's a good list of books that are under 200 pages. It's always a thrill to finish a book. It's almost like you're leveling up in a video game.

There's something to finishing a good book, somehow you're transported to the author's world, and you feel the same emotions and meanings the author creates. It's a great way to get outside of your own particular drama and see a bigger world.

 Here's the list of books under 200 pages: http://ebookfriendly.com/55-great-books-under-200-pages-infographic/

Here's the list:

1. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
   
2. Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
3. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
4. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
5. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
6. The Pearl by John Steinbeck
7. Help Thanks Wow by Anne Lamott
8. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (not the Complete Guide)
9. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
10. Beasts by Joyce Carol Oates
11. The Neon Bible by John Toole
12. Consider the Oyster by M.F.K. Fisher
13. The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
14. Chronicle of Death Foretold by Gabriel Garciá Márquez
15. The Stranger by Albert Camus
16. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
17. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
18. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
19. Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
20. Being There by Jerzy Kosinki
21. The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
22. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
23. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
24. A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
25. Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O’Nan
26. Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker
27. Black Orchids by Rex Stout
28. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
29. Animal Farm by George Orwell
30. The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde
31. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
32. A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
33. Heartburn by Nora Ephron
34. The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
35. Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel Garciá Márquez
36. Grendel by John Gardner
37. Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
38. Flatland by Edwin Abbot
39. Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
40. Shopgirl by Steve Martin
41. The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
42. Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.
43. The Girl on the Fridge by Edgar Keret
44. Love is Letting Go of Fear by Gerald G. Jampolsky
45. I And Thou by Martin Buber
46. Perelandra by C.S. Lewis
47. Pafko at the Wall by Don Delilo
48. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
49. My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
50. At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom by Amy Hempel
51. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
52. The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
53. The Quiet American by Graham Greene
54. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
55. Rape: A Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates.