The books that stayed. Around 30 titles: Melville’s Moby Dick, Dostoevsky’s The Idiot, Fitzgerald’s The Beautiful and Damned, García Márquez’s The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor, Mika Waltari’s The Egyptian, Jostein Gaarder’s Sophie’s World, and Irvin Yalom’s When Nietzsche Wept for readers who come to philosophy through fiction. Readable modern editions meant to be read rather than shelved — a practical starting set for anyone building a home library from zero.