1. "Heart of Darkness" by Josef Conrad (1899)
https://gutenberg.org/files/219/219-h/219-h.htm
Themes: colonialism, third world, morality, neoplatonism
2. "The Epic of Gilgamesh" (trans 1928)
https://sacred-texts.com/ane/eog/index.htm
Themes: chaos, world building, eternal life
Continues in the book club (https://www.corrupt.org/boards/index.php/topic,173.0.html).