Book List
The following books are on our family’s book list. Emphasis is given to:
- Classics, especially in the areas of history, literature, science, economics, and art.
- Books that require critical thinking (varies depending on grade level)
- Books that help develop a “classical education”
This is a work in progress, feel free to suggest others that meet the criteria above. Points, roughly equivalent to Accelerated Reader points, are in parentheses.
History
- Common Sense Paine, Thomas
- Federalist Papers, The Various
Economics
- Wealth of Nations, The Smith, Adam
- Communist Manifesto, The Marx, Karl
Literature
- 1984 (17) Orwell, George
- Animal Farm (5) Orwell, George
- Catch-22 (30) Heller, Joseph
Art
Science
Other
Suggestions (may be added to the list)
- Republic, The
- Great Gatsby, The
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad
- Fountainhead, The
- Aeneid, The
- Art of War, The
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Double Helix, The
- A Farewell to Arms
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- A Separate Peace
- A Tale of Two Cities
- Beloved
- Beowulf
- Brave New World
- Catcher in the Rye
- Crime and Punishment
- Death of a Salesman
- Fahrenheit 451
- Frankenstein
- Great Expectations
- Hamlet
- Heart of Darkness
- Inferno
- Invisible Man
- Jane Eyre
- Julius Caesar
- King Lear
- Lord of the Flies
- Macbeth
- Moby Dick
- Of Mice and Men
- Othello
- Pride and Prejudice
- Romeo and Juliet
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- The Canterbury Tales
- The Crucible
- The Grapes of Wrath
- The Great Gatsby
- The Iliad
- Their Eyes Were Watching God
- The Joy Luck Club
- The Jungle
- The Odyssey
- The Oedipus Plays: Antigone, Oedipus Rex, and Oedipus at Colonus
- The Old Man and the Sea
- The Red Badge of Courage
- The Scarlet Letter
- The Tempest
- Things Fall Apart
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- Wuthering Heights
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