St. John's College Reading List (Freshmen to Juniors)

1.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,091 ratings
2.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating — 167,102 ratings
3.
The Iliad / The Odyssey
The Iliad / The Odyssey
by: Homer
4.07 avg rating — 82,151 ratings
4.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,142 ratings
5.
The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
by: Sophocles
3.99 avg rating — 69,737 ratings
6.
Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales/Troilus and Criseyde
Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales/Troilus and Criseyde 3.79 avg rating — 261 ratings
7.
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets 4.25 avg rating — 110,514 ratings
8.
The Histories
The Histories
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating — 54,681 ratings
8.
The Tempest
The Tempest 3.78 avg rating — 222,556 ratings
10.
Othello
Othello 3.89 avg rating — 428,033 ratings
11.
Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo (Great Books in Philosophy)
Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo (Great Books in Philosophy)
by: Plato
4.12 avg rating — 44,775 ratings
12.
As You Like It
As You Like It 3.81 avg rating — 87,366 ratings
13.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,916 ratings
14.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,195 ratings
15.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,919 ratings
16.
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
by: Aeschylus
4.02 avg rating — 45,634 ratings
17.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,025 ratings
18.
The Symposium
The Symposium
by: Plato
4.09 avg rating — 85,852 ratings
19.
Richard II
Richard II 3.78 avg rating — 27,042 ratings
20.
The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,194 ratings
21.
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost 3.85 avg rating — 177,950 ratings
22.
King Henry IV, Part 1
King Henry IV, Part 1 3.80 avg rating — 32,531 ratings
23.
The Holy Bible: King James Version
The Holy Bible: King James Version
by: Anonymous
4.44 avg rating — 308,852 ratings
23.
The Aeneid
The Aeneid
by: Virgil
3.87 avg rating — 139,141 ratings
25.
Politics
Politics
by: Aristotle
3.98 avg rating — 41,882 ratings
26.
The Misanthrope
The Misanthrope
by: Molière
3.76 avg rating — 24,906 ratings
27.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,974 ratings
28.
The Annals of Imperial Rome
The Annals of Imperial Rome
by: Tacitus
3.98 avg rating — 9,162 ratings
29.
Confessions
Confessions 3.99 avg rating — 71,260 ratings
30.
The Prince and The Discourses
The Prince and The Discourses 4.10 avg rating — 1,107 ratings
31.
Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound
by: Aeschylus
3.93 avg rating — 20,796 ratings
31.
Sophocles II: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes (Complete Greek Tragedies, #4)
Sophocles II: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes (Complete Greek Tragedies, #4)
by: Sophocles
4.13 avg rating — 6,851 ratings
33.
Hyppolytus/The Bacchae
Hyppolytus/The Bacchae
by: Euripides
3.76 avg rating — 136 ratings
34.
History of the Peloponnesian War
History of the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating — 39,936 ratings
34.
King Lear
King Lear 3.91 avg rating — 232,688 ratings
36.
Clouds
Clouds 3.61 avg rating — 11,487 ratings
36.
Gargantua and Pantagruel
Gargantua and Pantagruel 3.65 avg rating — 16,003 ratings
38.
Gorgias
Gorgias
by: Plato
3.93 avg rating — 14,171 ratings
39.
Parmenides
Parmenides
by: Plato
4.01 avg rating — 2,998 ratings
40.
Theaetetus/Sophist (Plato 7)
Theaetetus/Sophist (Plato 7)
by: Plato
4.22 avg rating — 229 ratings
41.
Timaeus
Timaeus
by: Plato
3.85 avg rating — 3,220 ratings
42.
Phaedrus
Phaedrus
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 10,948 ratings
43.
Poetics
Poetics
by: Aristotle
3.83 avg rating — 28,472 ratings
44.
Physics
Physics
by: Aristotle
3.98 avg rating — 4,370 ratings
45.
Metaphysics
Metaphysics
by: Aristotle
4.07 avg rating — 17,692 ratings
45.
Fables
Fables 4.02 avg rating — 15,249 ratings
47.
The Nicomachean Ethics
The Nicomachean Ethics
by: Aristotle
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 57,307 ratings
48.
Pensées
Pensées 3.94 avg rating — 14,064 ratings
49.
Rousseau's Political Writings: Discourse on Inequality, Discourse on Political Economy, On Social Contract: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)
Rousseau's Political Writings: Discourse on Inequality, Discourse on Political Economy, On Social Contract: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions) 3.84 avg rating — 415 ratings
50.
Generation of Animals
Generation of Animals
by: Aristotle
3.59 avg rating — 98 ratings
51.
Leviathan
Leviathan 3.70 avg rating — 51,350 ratings
52.
Phèdre
Phèdre 3.69 avg rating — 23,846 ratings
53.
Euclid's Elements
Euclid's Elements
by: Euclid
4.32 avg rating — 3,330 ratings
54.
On the Nature Of Things
On the Nature Of Things
by: Lucretius
3.97 avg rating — 14,246 ratings
54.
Introduction to Arithmetic
Introduction to Arithmetic 3.58 avg rating — 66 ratings
54.
Second Treatise of Government
Second Treatise of Government 3.78 avg rating — 23,639 ratings
57.
De Anima
De Anima
by: Aristotle
4.03 avg rating — 6,549 ratings
58.
Categories/On Interpretation/Prior Analytics
Categories/On Interpretation/Prior Analytics
by: Aristotle
4.17 avg rating — 114 ratings
59.
The Social Contract
The Social Contract 3.78 avg rating — 55,695 ratings
60.
The Discourses and Manual, Together with Fragments
The Discourses and Manual, Together with Fragments
by: Epictetus
4.41 avg rating — 10,864 ratings
61.
Plutarch's Lives: Volume I
Plutarch's Lives: Volume I
by: Plutarch
4.10 avg rating — 5,997 ratings
62.
Don Giovanni in Full Score
Don Giovanni in Full Score 3.90 avg rating — 510 ratings
63.
The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers 4.10 avg rating — 41,559 ratings
64.
The Almagest
The Almagest 3.99 avg rating — 637 ratings
65.
The Enneads
The Enneads
by: Plotinus
4.07 avg rating — 3,123 ratings
66.
The Prelude
The Prelude 3.88 avg rating — 4,155 ratings
67.
J. S. Bach Two-part Inventions
J. S. Bach Two-part Inventions 4.55 avg rating — 69 ratings
68.
The Guide for the Perplexed
The Guide for the Perplexed 4.07 avg rating — 1,284 ratings
68.
Proslogion
Proslogion 3.83 avg rating — 836 ratings
68.
Summa Theologica
Summa Theologica 4.13 avg rating — 4,053 ratings
71.
Epitome of Copernican Astronomy and Harmonies of the World (Great Minds Series)
Epitome of Copernican Astronomy and Harmonies of the World (Great Minds Series) 4.03 avg rating — 149 ratings
71.
Missa Papae Marcelli, Credo
Missa Papae Marcelli, Credo 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
73.
Meno
Meno
by: Plato
3.93 avg rating — 9,939 ratings
73.
Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (On the Shoulders of Giants Series)
Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (On the Shoulders of Giants Series) 4.06 avg rating — 364 ratings
75.
The Complete Essays
The Complete Essays 4.23 avg rating — 21,559 ratings
76.
On Generation and Corruption
On Generation and Corruption
by: Aristotle
3.53 avg rating — 285 ratings
77.
Aristotle: On the Parts of Animals I-IV (Clarendon Aristotle Series)
Aristotle: On the Parts of Animals I-IV (Clarendon Aristotle Series)
by: Aristotle
3.48 avg rating — 90 ratings
78.
Lycurgus
Lycurgus
by: Plutarch
3.98 avg rating — 330 ratings
78.
Bacon's Novum Organum
Bacon's Novum Organum 3.69 avg rating — 1,749 ratings
78.
Discourse on Method
Discourse on Method 3.72 avg rating — 24,475 ratings
81.
Solon
Solon
by: Plutarch
3.84 avg rating — 118 ratings
82.
Elements of Chemistry (Dover Books on Chemistry)
Elements of Chemistry (Dover Books on Chemistry) 3.91 avg rating — 372 ratings
83.
On the motion of the heart and blood in animals;
On the motion of the heart and blood in animals; 3.71 avg rating — 339 ratings
84.
Meditations on First Philosophy
Meditations on First Philosophy 3.74 avg rating — 28,667 ratings
85.
Conics Books I-III
Conics Books I-III 4.08 avg rating — 83 ratings
86.
Maximes et réflexions diverses
Maximes et réflexions diverses 4.03 avg rating — 4,314 ratings
87.
St. Matthew Passion
St. Matthew Passion 4.55 avg rating — 74 ratings
88.
Theological-Political Treatise
Theological-Political Treatise 4.09 avg rating — 4,970 ratings
89.
A Treatise of Human Nature
A Treatise of Human Nature 3.95 avg rating — 12,538 ratings
90.
The Analytic Art
The Analytic Art 3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
90.
The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy 4.24 avg rating — 4,779 ratings
92.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 3.88 avg rating — 34,379 ratings
93.
Critique of Pure Reason
Critique of Pure Reason 3.96 avg rating — 40,916 ratings
94.
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals 3.83 avg rating — 22,111 ratings
95.
Descartes's Rules for the Direction of the Mind
Descartes's Rules for the Direction of the Mind 3.31 avg rating — 13 ratings
96.
Treatise on Light
Treatise on Light 3.72 avg rating — 69 ratings