I did a Carmon
Not on as grand a scale, I grant you, but then I'm only a novice. :-)

Bride of Fortune, Harnett T. Kane (the life of Mrs. Jefferson Davis)
The Five Red Herrings, Dorothy L. Sayers
Favorite Poems Old and New, selected by Helen Ferris
Smoke on the Mountain: An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments, Joy Davidmon
The Greek Way to Western Civilization, Edith Hamilton
Favorite Dog Stories, James Herriot
The Portable Mark Twain: A delightful assembly of his favorite and most representative writings selected and introduced by Bernard DeVoto
Men and Ideas in the Sixteenth Century, Hans J. Hillerbrand
A Wonder Book, Nathaniel Hawthorne
O Ye Jigs & Juleps! A humorous slice of Americana by a turn-of-the-century pixie, aged ten, Virginia Cary Hudson
Lady in Waiting, Rosemary Sutcliff (the story of Sir Walter Raleigh and his wife Bess Throckmorton, who was a Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth. I never even knew he was married!)
Woodchuck, Faith McNulty
Selected Essays contains essays by W.M. Thackeray, R.L. Stevenson, and Matthew Arnold, among others
Our Reading Heritage: England and the World, a high school literature textbook published in 1956 - it looks better than my college lit book!
The Black Stallion, William Farley
Five Children and It, E. Nesbit

A whole slew of Landmark books:
Daniel Boone
Davey Crockett
Robert E. Lee
John Paul Jones
Dolly Madison
The Monitor and The Merrimac and Other Naval Battles
Sam Houston
The Barberry Pirates
Chief of the Cossacks
Ghengis Khan and the Mongol Horde
The Vikings

I also got a few birthday books, so I'd better not list them. :-)