A Personal Canon - 6 books that influenced my reading + 6 books on my list of TBR masterpieces

Welcome to the Literary Buffet! My name is Luis, and today I'm taking inspiration from a recent podcast by Tony and Andy at ‪@Lifeonbooks‬ on their personal canon. I cover twelve books that I consider as canonical and either have read or am looking forward to read (like Tony and Andy, I split the list in half between read and not-yet-read - they focused on fiction, and I add 2 non-fiction books as well).

Link to their video:
   • Our Personal Canon of Great Books  

Other videos mentioned:
Angela (‪@acollieralso‬ )'s deep dive into the Faust mythos & literature:    • faust and the furious  
Steve Donoghue (‪@saintdonoghue‬ )'s read-aloud of Pride & Prejudice (Chapter 1):
   • Jane Austen July 2024: Pride and Prejudice...  
My Poetry Thursday video on Fernando Pessoa:    • Poetry Thursday - Fernando Pessoa's Mar Po...  

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:30 Luo Guanzhong - Romance of the Three Kingdoms
10:15 Marguerite Yourcenar - Memoirs of Hadrian
13:15 Umberto Eco - Foucault's Pendulum
15:15 Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
17:20 Jorge Luis Borges - Ficciones
21:00 Felipe Fernandez-Armesto - Civilizations
26:16 Thomas Mann - Dr Faustus
30:00 Hermann Broch - The Death of Virgil
31:15 Jun'ichiro Tanizaki - The Makioka Sisters
32:45 Qurratulain Hyder - River of Fire
36:00 Fernando Pessoa - The Book of Disquiet
39:40 Anthony Kaldellis - The New Roman Empire