Monday, June 25, 2007

Reading List of and for the Fine Young Man

This was the Fine Young Scholar's booklist for the school year of 2006-2007. This school year formally ends August 31st. The books are broken down into subject areas. He is compiling a list of all the books he read this year, and we will add them soon.
(Red means have read.)
(Green means currently reading, or a spine, to be read as assigned throughout high school years.)

History:
Main Reference Spines:
The New History of the World by J.M. Roberts: He uses it for maps reference only- It was dry and boring so he ditched it for SWB's Story of the Ancient World, in combination with Spielvogel's Western Civilization
The World’s Greatest Speeches edited by Copeland, Lamm & McKenna

Literature:
The Epic of Gilgamesh translated by N.K. Sandars-
The Iliad by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles
The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Robert Fagels The Boys’ and Girls’ Herodotus by John S. While, LL.D. The Life of Alexander the Great by Plutarch, translated by Robin Waterfield (He still wants to read the John Dryden translation- for fun!)
The Fall of Athens, A Story of the Peloponnesian War by Alfred J. Church The Last Days of Socrates by Plato, translated by Tredennick & Tarrant

Other Books:
How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler & Charles Van Doren (he read over half of the book, then switched to the Well-Educated Mind by SWB- 1st five chapters)
“How to Read How to Read a Book” by Maryalice B. Newborn (half of the workbook)
A Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston (currently reading and completing assignments)
Classical Ingenuity by Charles F. Baker & Rosalie F. Baker
The Classical Companion by Charles F. Baker III & Rosalie F. Baker

General Literature, all genres:
Dragons in our Midst series, bks 1 to 4 (fiction/fantasy)
Well World Series (scifi)
the Shadow Thieves (fantasy)
Here, There be Dragons (fantasy)
The Names Upon the Harp (myths)
Half Moon Investigations (fiction)
Artemis (collection)
the Witches of Karres (scifi)
the Code of the Life Maker (scifi)
the Accidental Time Machine (scifi)
Flyte (fantasy)
So You Want to be a Wizard (fiction)

Deep Magic (fiction)

the Gondwane Epic (fantasy)

And the Devil Will Drag You Under (fantasy)

the Gates Of Sleep (fantasy)

Peter and the Starcatchers (fantasy)

Conrad's Fate (fantasy)

Eulalia! (fiction)

The Fire Within (fiction)

Jack Black and the Ship of Thieves (fiction)

The Traveler (scifi/fiction)

the Divide (fantasy)

The Blue Fairy Book (myths)

The Purple Fairy Book (myths)

the Orange Fairy Book (myths)

the Changeling (fiction)

Cold Shoulder Road (fantasy)

the Illyrian Adventure (fantsy)

the Black Cauldron (fantasy)

the Pearls of Lutra (fiction)

Marlfox (fiction)

The Chronicles of The Deryni (fantasy)

the Revenge of the Shadow King (fiction/fantasy)

Unexpected Magic (fantasy/fiction)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Love those book lists ~ great accomplishments!

Go FYM and Mistress LB!!

:)P