Roosevelt's Recommended Reading

1.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating β€” 992,060 ratings
2.
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating β€” 232,001 ratings
3.
History of the Peloponnesian War
History of the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating β€” 39,936 ratings
4.
The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers 3.85 avg rating β€” 31,460 ratings
5.
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night 3.96 avg rating β€” 191,693 ratings
6.
The Histories
The Histories
by: Polybius
4.06 avg rating β€” 4,810 ratings
7.
Politics
Politics
by: Aristotle
3.98 avg rating β€” 41,881 ratings
8.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 4.02 avg rating β€” 15,256 ratings
9.
The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems 4.25 avg rating β€” 24,227 ratings
10.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating β€” 131,957 ratings
11.
King Henry IV, Part 1
King Henry IV, Part 1 3.80 avg rating β€” 32,531 ratings
11.
Richard II
Richard II 3.78 avg rating β€” 27,039 ratings
13.
Inferno
Inferno 4.03 avg rating β€” 200,492 ratings
14.
The Complete Fairy Tales
The Complete Fairy Tales 4.29 avg rating β€” 108,182 ratings
15.
The Histories
The Histories
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating β€” 54,680 ratings
16.
The Frogs
The Frogs 3.79 avg rating β€” 9,013 ratings
17.
Chronicles
Chronicles 3.98 avg rating β€” 799 ratings
18.
Waverley
Waverley 3.44 avg rating β€” 5,952 ratings
19.
Henry V
Henry V 3.85 avg rating β€” 52,292 ratings
20.
Henry IV, Part Two
Henry IV, Part Two 3.77 avg rating β€” 20,897 ratings
21.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating β€” 996,651 ratings
22.
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost 3.85 avg rating β€” 177,947 ratings
23.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,609 ratings
24.
Les PrΓ©cieuses Ridicules
Les PrΓ©cieuses Ridicules 3.46 avg rating β€” 3,467 ratings
25.
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
by: Aeschylus
4.02 avg rating β€” 45,633 ratings
25.
Plutarch's Lives
Plutarch's Lives
by: Plutarch
4.16 avg rating β€” 1,997 ratings
27.
Euripides V: Electra / The Phoenician Women / The Bacchae
Euripides V: Electra / The Phoenician Women / The Bacchae
by: Euripides
4.18 avg rating β€” 3,848 ratings
27.
Euripides I: Alcestis / The Medea / The Heracleidae / Hippolytus
Euripides I: Alcestis / The Medea / The Heracleidae / Hippolytus
by: Euripides
4.02 avg rating β€” 19,120 ratings
27.
The Virginian
The Virginian 3.91 avg rating β€” 9,788 ratings
30.
The Rise of the Roman Empire
The Rise of the Roman Empire
by: Polybius
4.06 avg rating β€” 4,810 ratings
31.
The Fall of the Roman Republic
The Fall of the Roman Republic
by: Plutarch
4.11 avg rating β€” 4,125 ratings
32.
The Sebastopol Sketches
The Sebastopol Sketches 3.85 avg rating β€” 3,635 ratings
33.
The Cossacks
The Cossacks 3.80 avg rating β€” 9,919 ratings
34.
The Nibelungenlied
The Nibelungenlied
by: Unknown
3.82 avg rating β€” 8,697 ratings
35.
The Works of Francis Bacon 14 Volume Paperback Set (Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy)
The Works of Francis Bacon 14 Volume Paperback Set (Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy) 4.16 avg rating β€” 45 ratings
35.
Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings
Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings 4.19 avg rating β€” 1,390 ratings
37.
Stories and Poems from Kipling
Stories and Poems from Kipling 3.65 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
38.
History of Friedrich II of Prussia
History of Friedrich II of Prussia 3.79 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
39.
Writings of Abraham Lincoln
Writings of Abraham Lincoln 4.13 avg rating β€” 309 ratings
40.
The History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1
The History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 3.88 avg rating — 33 ratings
41.
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
42.
The Seven Against Thebes
The Seven Against Thebes
by: Aeschylus
3.72 avg rating β€” 3,770 ratings
42.
The American Revolution (Bcl1 - U.S. History Series)
The American Revolution (Bcl1 - U.S. History Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
44.
The Claim Jumpers
The Claim Jumpers 3.74 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
45.
Conjuror's House: A Romance of the Free Forest
Conjuror's House: A Romance of the Free Forest 2.88 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
46.
The Blazed Trail
The Blazed Trail 4.03 avg rating β€” 32 ratings
47.
Philosophy 4
Philosophy 4 3.38 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
48.
Red Men and White
Red Men and White 3.62 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
49.
Lin McLean
Lin McLean 3.75 avg rating β€” 88 ratings
50.
John Ermine of the Yellowstone
John Ermine of the Yellowstone 3.71 avg rating β€” 51 ratings
51.
The Gentleman from Indiana
The Gentleman from Indiana 3.85 avg rating β€” 132 ratings
52.
The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop
The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop 3.60 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
53.
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come 4.13 avg rating β€” 369 ratings
54.
People of the Whirlpool
People of the Whirlpool 4.67 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
55.
The Memoirs of Baron De Marbot: Late Lieutenant - General in the French Army
The Memoirs of Baron De Marbot: Late Lieutenant - General in the French Army 4.19 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
55.
The Benefactress
The Benefactress 3.71 avg rating β€” 433 ratings
57.
Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy: With Some Account of the Conditions of Naval Warfare
Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy: With Some Account of the Conditions of Naval Warfare 3.76 avg rating β€” 21 ratings
57.
The passing of Thomas
The passing of Thomas 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
59.
Collected Works of Thomas Macaulay, 20 Vols
Collected Works of Thomas Macaulay, 20 Vols liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
59.
Napoleon Jackson, the Gentleman of the Plush Rocker
Napoleon Jackson, the Gentleman of the Plush Rocker liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
61.
Gallops
Gallops 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
62.
The Life of Admiral de Ruyter
The Life of Admiral de Ruyter 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
62.
The real Malay: pen pictures
The real Malay: pen pictures really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
64.
Ways of Nature
Ways of Nature 3.59 avg rating β€” 56 ratings
65.
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln 3.90 avg rating β€” 80 ratings
65.
Cross Country With Horse And Hound
Cross Country With Horse And Hound 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
67.
Abraham Lincoln: A History
Abraham Lincoln: A History 4.33 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
67.
Through the subarctic forest
Through the subarctic forest 3.95 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
69.
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War 3.67 avg rating β€” 42 ratings
70.
Stories of a Western Town
Stories of a Western Town 3.44 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
71.
The Essays
The Essays 3.81 avg rating β€” 4,475 ratings
71.
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward 3.81 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
73.
Youth, a Narrative
Youth, a Narrative 3.67 avg rating β€” 3,738 ratings
74.
Asia And Europe
Asia And Europe it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
75.
Le Barbier de SΓ©ville ou La PrΓ©caution Inutile
Le Barbier de SΓ©ville ou La PrΓ©caution Inutile 3.67 avg rating β€” 2,981 ratings
75.
Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.
Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 3.73 avg rating β€” 768 ratings
77.
All on the Irish Shore: Irish Sketches
All on the Irish Shore: Irish Sketches 3.80 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
78.
Woman Who Toils: Being the experiences of two ladies as factory girls (Applewood Books)
Woman Who Toils: Being the experiences of two ladies as factory girls (Applewood Books) 3.56 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
79.
The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus
The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus 4.14 avg rating β€” 1,585 ratings
80.
The Complete Works Of Michael Drayton #2
The Complete Works Of Michael Drayton #2 4.17 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
80.
Rob Roy (Waverley Novels, #4)
Rob Roy (Waverley Novels, #4) 3.69 avg rating β€” 10,218 ratings
82.
Quentin Durward
Quentin Durward 3.78 avg rating β€” 1,463 ratings
82.
Simple Life
Simple Life 4.01 avg rating β€” 171 ratings
84.
Marmion
Marmion 3.79 avg rating β€” 215 ratings
84.
Songs, Ballads And Stories By William Allingham (1877)
Songs, Ballads And Stories By William Allingham (1877) liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
86.
Beowulf; a poem
Beowulf; a poem
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating β€” 338,021 ratings
86.
The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805 (Revolution and Romanticism, 1789-1834)
The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1805 (Revolution and Romanticism, 1789-1834) 3.60 avg rating β€” 136 ratings
86.
Literary Essays
Literary Essays 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
89.
The poems of Bliss Carman: A new Canadian library selection (A New Canadian library original ; no. 9)
The poems of Bliss Carman: A new Canadian library selection (A New Canadian library original ; no. 9) 4.29 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
90.
Tennyson's Poetry
Tennyson's Poetry 4.07 avg rating β€” 8,007 ratings
90.
Charles O'Malley
Charles O'Malley 3.33 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
92.
The Adventures of Philip
The Adventures of Philip 3.62 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
93.
The Newcomes
The Newcomes 3.65 avg rating β€” 264 ratings
94.
Nicholas Nickleby
Nicholas Nickleby 3.94 avg rating β€” 46,292 ratings
94.
The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea
The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea 3.55 avg rating β€” 291 ratings
96.
The Complete Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Nineteen Other Tales
The Complete Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Nineteen Other Tales 4.13 avg rating β€” 493 ratings
96.
The Antiquary
The Antiquary 3.83 avg rating β€” 770 ratings
98.
The Rose And the Ring
The Rose And the Ring 3.75 avg rating β€” 1,207 ratings
98.
Shakespeare and Voltaire
Shakespeare and Voltaire 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
100.
Guy Mannering
Guy Mannering 3.77 avg rating β€” 726 ratings
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