Book Lists
Dan Simmons’s Favorite Fiction About Historical Characters
Dan Simmons shares book recommendations in honor of his new historical novel, The Fifth Heart, which combines the mystery-solving moxie of noted author Henry James and fictional sleuth Sherlock Holmes.
- Travis McGee mysteries by John D. MacDonald
- The Master by Colm Tóibín
- Author, Author by David Lodge
- The Women by T.C. Boyle
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
Goodreads - Listopia - Fictionalized accounts of real people
Novels that are based on historical figures. These books require the author to extend the story by imagining inner lives, other characters, etc.
Middle School Reading Lists 100 Years Ago vs. Today - Annie Holmquist | July 19, 2016 intellectualtakeout.org/blog/
readaloud.com Little Britches series by Ralph Moody
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Carol Ryrie Brink
Memoria Press
memoriapress.com First Grade Read-Aloud Set
memoriapress.com Second Grade Read-Aloud Set
memoriapress.com Third Grade Read-Aloud Picture Books
memoriapress.com Third Grade Read-Aloud Novels
acatulsa.org Recommended Reading Lists
goodreads.com A Christian Classical School Reading List: 2nd grade
focusonthefamily.com 100+ Books to Read to Children By Sheila Seifert
intentionalhomeschooling.com The 40 Best Classic Read Alouds for Kids
classicalcurriculum.com The Classical Curriculum
amazon.com Books Children Love - 2002 by Elizabeth Wilson
amazon.com Honey for a Child's Heart 2002 by Gladys Hunt (Author)
$23 at amazon 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List by James Mustich
aeon.co/essays Classics for the people
In London, the Working Men’s College became nationally famous under Sir John Lubbock, its principal between 1883 and 1899. Lubbock drew up a list of the 100 books it was most important for a working man to read.
independent.co.uk/ The Book List: Meet Sir John Lubbock, Godfather of the must-read listicle
We have the Godfather of the Best Books List to thank for setting this hare running: banker and philanthropist Sir John Lubbock (1834–1913). Though all but forgotten today, Lubbock was an important man, the MP responsible for introducing the Bank Holidays Act (1871), and as principal of the Working Men’s College in London, he gave a speech in 1886 in which he listed 100 books.
“I drew up the list,” he said, which excluded living authors, “not as that of the hundred best books, but, which is very different, of those which on the whole are perhaps best worth reading.” It was then published and became a bestseller, with a knock-on effect on the books mentioned. It is printed above, and in the order he listed the titles. His top 100 (which appears to be more like 100-ish on close inspection) was organised by category, eg philosophy, travel, history, but he was wary about a “science” section on the basis that “science is so rapidly progressive”.
childhood101.com 25+ Classic Chapter Books to Read with 5-8 Year Olds
Following on from the very popular 50 Classic Picture Books list, today I am sharing over 25+ Classic Chapter Books to read aloud with 5-8 year olds. The titles in this collection have stood the test of time, and the list includes simple novels and a few story collections that children in the early elementary/primary years will enjoy.
All published prior to 1980, these are the books that we loved as children that are perfect for reading aloud to our own kids – though older children will enjoy many of these as independent reads too.