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St. John's College

The Great Books list of St. John's College in Annapolis and Santa Fe — the same books read by every student through all four years of its undergraduate program.

129 books in the catalog stand on this list. The list itself (opens the list's own website) ↗

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17 of these books cover age 18. The 105 that name no age at all are left off rather than guessed at — choose any age to bring them back.

• Don Quixote, Part 1 by Miguel Cervantes, 1612 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1410L · AR 13.2 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Davidson Gifted, Harvard Classics, Mensa Kids, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Elements by Euclid, -290 · ages 15–18
  also on TJEd Adult Recommended
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• Emma by Jane Austen, 1815 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1080L · AR 9.3 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
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• Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, 1726 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1370L · AR 13.5 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Davidson Gifted, Deep Roots Grade, Mensa Kids, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Hamlet by William Shakespeare, 1603 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 650L · AR 10.5 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Harvard Classics, Mensa Kids, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1899 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 950L · AR 9.0 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
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• King Lear by William Shakespeare, 1603 · ages 14–18 · AR 8.8 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Mensa Kids
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• Macbeth by William Shakespeare, 1606 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 310L · AR 10.9 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
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• Middlemarch by George Eliot, 1871 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1210L · AR 10.4 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
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• Pensees by Blaise Pascal, 1670 · ages 17–18
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• Republic by Plato, -385 · ages 17–21
  also on TJEd Adult Recommended
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• The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1879 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1150L · AR 10.4 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
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• The Iliad by Homer, -750 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 740L · AR 11.3 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Mensa Kids, TJEd Adult Recommended
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• The Odyssey by Homer, -800 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1050L · AR 10.3 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Harvard Classics, Mensa Kids, TJEd Adult Recommended
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• The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, 1513 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1450L · AR 9.3 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Harvard Classics, TJEd Adult Recommended
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• The Tempest by William Shakespeare, 1623 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 980L · AR 9.0 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
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• War And Peace by Leo Tolstoy, 1867 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1130L · AR 10.1 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on TJEd Adult Recommended
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