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Get ready for an educational pilgrimage! Homeschooling and classical education pioneer, Leigh Bortins, has compiled a list of 117 essential books. These include novels, short stories, documents, biographies, and speeches. Everyone\u2014parents, students, homeschoolers, and classical educators\u2014should read them as part of their educational journey.<\/p>\n

In classical education, literature is not just a subject; it\u2019s a guiding light. It leads us along the path to virtue and provides a well-rounded understanding of the world. This curated list is your roadmap to great and timeless works. It is a great resource and, therefore, useful whether you\u2019re familiar with the trivium or new to the classical model. From the foundations of grammar to the rhetoric of persuasive writing, our collection aligns with classical education principles. These great books are not simply read\u2014they become treasured companions in the pursuit of intellectual excellence.<\/p>\n

A note on Levels and Anthologies: the levels correspond with our Challenge programs.<\/a>\u00a0You can find the anthologies listed, along with most of the books, in our bookstore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Challenge Programs: <\/strong>A<\/a>\u2014Ages 12+, B<\/a>\u2014Ages 13+, I<\/a>\u2014Ages 14+, II<\/a>\u2014Ages 15+, III<\/a>\u2014Ages 16+, IV<\/a>\u2014Ages 17+<\/p>\n

100 Best Books for Homeschool Students and Parents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Number<\/th>\nAuthor<\/th>\nTitle<\/th>\nLevel<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nAnthology<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nAndersen, Hans Christian<\/td>\n“God Lives”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: Short Stories<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nAusten, Jane<\/td>\nPride and Prejudice<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nII<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nAvi<\/td>\nCrispin: The Cross of Lead<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nA<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\nCrispin Trilogy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nAyers, Myron L.<\/td>\n“Sacajawea”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nBiography<\/td>\nAmerican Experience<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nBachman, Frank P.<\/td>\n“Eli Whitney”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nBiography<\/td>\nAmerican Experience<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nBandello, Matteo<\/td>\n“A King in Disguise”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: Short Stories<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nBellamy, Francis<\/td>\nThe Pledge of Allegiance<\/em><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nLegal Document<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nBierce, Ambrose<\/td>\n“A Man and the Snake”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: Short Stories<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nBlos, Joan W.<\/td>\nA Gathering of Days<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nA<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nBouve, Pauline Carrington<\/td>\n“Molly Pitcher”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nBiography<\/td>\nAmerican Experience<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nBradford, William and Various<\/td>\nMayflower Compact<\/em><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nLegal Document<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nBronte, Charlotte<\/td>\nJane Eyre<\/em><\/td>\nII<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nBrooks, Elbredge Streeter<\/td>\n“Robert E. Lee”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nBiography<\/td>\nAmerican Experience<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nBurnett, Frances Hodgson<\/td>\nThe Secret Garden<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nA<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nButterworth, Hezekiah<\/td>\n“Five Kernels of Corn”<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nPoetry<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nCalhoun, John C.<\/td>\n“On the Slavery Question”<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nSpeech<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nCarroll, Lewis<\/td>\nAlice in Wonderland<\/td>\nII<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nCarver, George Washington<\/td>\n“George Washington Carver”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nAutobiography<\/td>\nAmerican Experience<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nChase, Mary<\/td>\nHarvey<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nDrama<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nChekhov, Anton<\/td>\n“The Bet”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: Short Stories<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nChesterton, G. K.<\/td>\nFather Brown Stories<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nII<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nChristopher, Columbus<\/td>\n“Apologia” (excerpt)<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nEssays<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nClay, Henry<\/td>\nThe Missouri Compromise<\/em><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nLegal Document<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nColson, Charles W.<\/td>\nBorn Again<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nAutobiography<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nCrane, Stephen<\/td>\nThe Red Badge of Courage<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nNovella<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nCrosby, Fanny<\/td>\n“Fanny Crosby”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nAutobiography<\/td>\nAmerican Experience<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nDane, Nathan and King, Rufus<\/td>\nThe Northwest Ordinance<\/em><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nLegal Document<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nDaudet, Alphonse<\/td>\n“The Last Lesson”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: Short Stories<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nDe Angeli, Marguerite<\/td>\nThe Door in the Wall<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nA<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\nDe Maupassant, Henri Guy<\/td>\n“The Necklace”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: Short Stories<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\nDefoe, Daniel<\/td>\nRobinson Crusoe<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nII<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nDickens, Charles<\/td>\nA Tale of Two Cities<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nII<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\nDickinson, John and Various<\/td>\nThe Articles of Confederation<\/em><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nLegal Document<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\nDostoevsky, Fyodor<\/td>\n“The Startling Painting”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: Short Stories<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\nDouglass, Frederick<\/td>\nNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nAutobiography<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nDoyle, Sir Arthur Conan<\/td>\n“The Red-Headed League”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: Short Stories<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nEggleston, Edward<\/td>\n“George Washington”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nBiography<\/td>\nAmerican Experience<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\nElliot, Elisabeth<\/td>\nThrough Gates of Splendor<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nAutobiography<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\nEmerson, Ralph Waldo<\/td>\nSelf-Reliance<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nEssays<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\nFinch, Francis M.<\/td>\n“Nathan Hale”<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nPoetry<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\nFitzgerald, F. Scott<\/td>\n“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: Short Stories<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\nForbes, Esther<\/td>\nJohnny Tremain<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\nFord, Henry<\/td>\n“Henry Ford”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nAutobiography<\/td>\nAmerican Experience<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\nGarrison, William L.<\/td>\n“Liberty for All”<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nPoetry<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\nGittings, John G.<\/td>\n“Stonewall Jackson”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nBiography<\/td>\nAmerican Experience<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\nGordy, Wilbur L.<\/td>\n“Paul Revere”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nBiography<\/td>\nAmerican Experience<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nHagedorn, Herman<\/td>\n“Theodore Roosevelt”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nBiography<\/td>\nAmerican Experience<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nHamilton, Alexander<\/td>\n“The Federalist: Number 30”<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nArticle<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\nHarper, Ida Husted<\/td>\n“Susan B. Anthony”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nBiography<\/td>\nAmerican Experience<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number<\/th>\nAuthor<\/th>\nTitle<\/th>\nLevel<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nAnthology<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\nHawks, F. L.<\/td>\n“Daniel Boone”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nBiography<\/td>\nAmerican Experience<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\nHawthorne, Nathaniel<\/td>\nTanglewood Tales<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nB<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/td>\nHeinlein, Robert<\/td>\nStarship Troopers<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/td>\nHemingway, Ernest<\/td>\nThe Old Man and the Sea<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nNovella<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>\nHenry, O.<\/td>\n“The Ransom of Red Chief”<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Literature<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>\nHenry, Patrick<\/td>\n“Liberty or Death”<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nSpeech<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\nJefferson, Thomas and Various<\/td>\nThe Declaration of Independence<\/em><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nLegal Document<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>\nJuster, Norton<\/td>\nThe Phantom Tollbooth<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nB<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\nKeller, Helen<\/td>\n“Helen Keller”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nAutobiography<\/td>\nAmerican Experience<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59<\/td>\nKipling, Rudyard<\/td>\n“If”<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Literature<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nLatham, Jean Lee<\/td>\nCarry On, Mr. Bowditch<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nA<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nLee, Harper<\/td>\nTo Kill a Mockingbird<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62<\/td>\nLewis, C.S.<\/td>\nThe Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nA<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\nNarnia Series<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/td>\nLincoln, Abraham<\/td>\n“Gettysburg Address”<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nSpeech<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64<\/td>\nLondon, Jack<\/td>\nThe Call of the Wild<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nNovella<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65<\/td>\nLongfellow, Henry Wadsworth<\/td>\n“The Song of Hiawatha”<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nPoetry<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Literature<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\nLowry, Lois<\/td>\nNumber the Stars<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nA<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
67<\/td>\nMadison, James and Various<\/td>\nThe United States Constitution<\/em><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nLegal Document<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68<\/td>\nMarshall, George C.<\/td>\n“The Marshall Plan”<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nSpeech<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
69<\/td>\nMather, Cotton<\/td>\nEssays to Do Good (excerpt)<\/em><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nSermon<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Literature<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/td>\nMelville, Herman<\/td>\nBilly Budd, Sailor<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nNovella<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\nMencken, H.L.<\/td>\n“The American Language” (excerpt)<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nArticle<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
72<\/td>\nMoody, Ralph<\/td>\nLittle Britches<\/em><\/td>\nB<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\nLittle Britches Series<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\nMuggeridge, Malcolm<\/td>\nSomething Beautiful for God<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nII<\/td>\nBiography<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
74<\/td>\nOrwell, George<\/td>\nAnimal Farm<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nII<\/td>\nNovella<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
75<\/td>\nPoe, Edgar Allan<\/td>\n“The Pit and the Pendulum”<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\nCollection of Poe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/td>\nRawls, Wilson<\/td>\nWhere the Red Fern Grows<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nB<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
77<\/td>\nRobinson, Barbara<\/td>\nThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nNovella<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\nRoche, James<\/td>\n“Panama”<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nPoetry<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79<\/td>\nSchaeffer, Francis<\/td>\nHow Should We Then Live<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nII<\/td>\nNon-fiction<\/td>\nIncludes Video Series<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/td>\nScollard, Clinton<\/td>\n“The Men of the Maine”<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nPoetry<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
81<\/td>\nSpeare, Elizabeth George<\/td>\nThe Bronze Bow<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nB<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
82<\/td>\nLamb, Charles and Mary<\/td>\nTales from Shakespeare<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\nCollection of Shakespeare for Children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
83<\/td>\nStanton, Elizabeth Cady<\/td>\n“Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments”<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nSpeech<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\nSwift, Jonathan<\/td>\nGulliver’s Travels<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nII<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
85<\/td>\nTaney, Roger B.<\/td>\nDred Scott v. Sandford<\/em><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nLegal Document<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
86<\/td>\nTen Boom, Corrie<\/td>\nThe Hiding Place<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nB<\/td>\nAutobiography<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
87<\/td>\nThoreau, Henry David<\/td>\nWalden, Or Life in the Woods<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nEssays<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
88<\/td>\nTolkien, J.R.R.<\/td>\nThe Hobbit<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nII<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
89<\/td>\nTolstoy, Leo<\/td>\n“Little Girls Wiser Than Men”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: Short Stories<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
90<\/td>\nTwain, Mark<\/td>\nThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
91<\/td>\nVan Dyke, Henry<\/td>\n“The Mansion”<\/td>\nB<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: Short Stories<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
92<\/td>\nWarren, Earl<\/td>\nBrown v. Board of Education of Topeka<\/em><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nLegal Document<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
93<\/td>\nWashington, Booker T.<\/td>\nUp From Slavery<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nI<\/td>\nAutobiography<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
94<\/td>\nWashington, George<\/td>\n“First Inaugural Address”<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nSpeech<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
95<\/td>\nWhitefield, George<\/td>\n“The Method of Grace”<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nSermon<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Literature<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
96<\/td>\nWilde, Oscar<\/td>\nThe Selfish Giant<\/em><\/td>\nB<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: Short Stories<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
97<\/td>\nWilson, Woodrow<\/td>\n“The War Message”<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nSpeech<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Documents<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
98<\/td>\nWinthrop, John<\/td>\n“A Model of Christian Charity” (excerpt)<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nSermon<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: American Literature<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
99<\/td>\nYates, Elizabeth<\/td>\nAmos Fortune, Free Man<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nA<\/td>\nNovel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n
Pearcey, Nancy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\nSoul of Science<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nB<\/td>\nNon-fiction<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

17 Capstone Classics for Your Homeschool Curriculum<\/h2>\n

The following books constitute some of the greatest works in the Western canon. The 100 works listed above are preparation for these works that follow. If the books above serve as a foundation, then the books below serve as the summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Number<\/th>\nAuthor<\/th>\nTitle<\/th>\nLevel<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nAnthology<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
101<\/td>\nKing David and Various<\/td>\nThe Psalms<\/em><\/td>\nIV<\/td>\nPoetry<\/td>\nThe Bible<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
102<\/td>\nPlato<\/td>\nThe Meno<\/em><\/td>\nII<\/td>\nDialogue<\/td>\nWords Aptly Spoken: Socratic Dialogues<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
103<\/td>\nBunyan, John<\/td>\nThe Pilgrim’s Progress<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nII<\/td>\nAllegory<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
104<\/td>\nShakespeare, William<\/td>\nTaming the Shrew<\/td>\nI<\/td>\nDrama<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
105<\/td>\nShakespeare, William<\/td>\nJulius Caesar<\/td>\nIII<\/td>\nDrama<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
106<\/td>\nShakespeare, William<\/td>\nHamlet<\/td>\nIII<\/td>\nDrama<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\nShakespeare, William<\/td>\nMuch Ado About Nothing<\/td>\nIII<\/td>\nDrama<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
108<\/td>\nShakespeare, William<\/td>\nHenry V<\/td>\nIII<\/td>\nDrama<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
109<\/td>\nShakespeare, William<\/td>\nMacbeth<\/td>\nIII<\/td>\nDrama<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
110<\/td>\nAnonymous<\/td>\nBeowulf<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nII<\/td>\nPoetry<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
111<\/td>\nAnonymous<\/td>\nSir Gawain and the Green Knight<\/em><\/td>\nII<\/td>\nPoetry<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
112<\/td>\nChaucer, Geoffrey<\/td>\nCanterbury Tales<\/em><\/td>\nII<\/td>\nPoetry<\/td>\nEnglish Epic Poetry<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
113<\/td>\nHesiod<\/td>\nTheogony<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nIV<\/td>\nPoetry<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
114<\/td>\nHomer<\/td>\nThe Iliad<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nIV<\/td>\nPoetry<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
115<\/td>\nHomer<\/td>\nThe Odyssey<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nIV<\/td>\nPoetry<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
116<\/td>\nMilton, John<\/td>\nParadise Lost<\/em><\/td>\nII<\/td>\nPoetry<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
117<\/td>\nVirgil<\/td>\nThe Aeneid<\/em><\/a><\/td>\nIV<\/td>\nPoetry<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Download Leigh’s list of 117 great books every student and parent should read<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Leigh Bortins: 100 Books That Make Classical Education Approachable<\/h2>\n

If you’d like further insight into this list, we have a conversation with Leigh Bortins and Yvette Hampton. It explores how your family can build up to reading the greatest works of literature. Be sure to check it out!<\/p>\n