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1. HTR / htr
   Stands for How To Read a Book, Mortimer Adler's classic on intelligent reading. Works with the code HTR are included specifically in the list in the back of this book; works with the code htr are included because a generic reference was made to all of the author's works, or all works of a given type (such as plays, poems, etc).
   
   
2. GBWW
   Stands for Great Books of the Western World, the famous collection published by Encyclopaedia Britannica. Works with this code are included, in whole or in part, in this collection. I have not yet added listings for works in the expanded GBWW collection (volumes 55-60).
   
   
3. GBF / GBF(50) / gbf(HS) / etc.
   Stands for the Great Books Foundation, an organization devoted to promoting the discussion of the Great Books by people from all walks of life. Works with this code are included, in whole or in part, in one of the Foundation's reading lists; GBF indicates a work included in the Adult Reading and Discussion Program; gbf indicates a work included in one of their various other reading and discussion programs, but not in the adult program. If the work is included in one or both of the other programs, they will be noted in parentheses - (50) for the 50th Anniversary reading program, (HS) for the High School reading program
   
   
4. GI
   Stands for the Great Ideas Program. Works with this code are mentioned, in whole or in part, in this collection.
   
   
5. HC
   Stands for Harvard Classics, Harvard University's collection of classic works. Works with this code are included, in whole or in part, in this collection. I have not finished listing these works yet.
   

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• "Core" - The Core Reading List is of my own design. Any work which appears in three of these four sets of reading lists is included: Great Books Foundation (includes GBF, GBF-50, and GBF-HS); Britannica (includes GBWW and Great Ideas); How to Read a Book (HTR); and Harvard Classics (HC).
• "Major" - All works included in any of the four major reading lists, namely the Great Books Foundation Adult Reading Series (GBF), Britannica's Great Books of the Western World (GBWW), How to Read a Book (HTR), and the Harvard Classics (HC).
• "GBF" - The Great Books Foundation's adult reading and discussion list.
• "GBF-50" - The Great Books Foundation's 50th Anniversary adult reading and discussion list.
• "GBF-HS" - The Great Books Foundation's high school reading and discussion list.
• "GBWW" - The contents of Britannica's Great Books of the Western World collection.
• "Great Ideas" - The contents of the 10-volume set of the Great Ideas Program (a supplement to Great Books of the Western World).
• "HC" - The contents of the Harvard Classics.
• "HTR" - The list from the appendix of Mortimer Adler's classic text on intelligent reading, How to Read a Book.