Recs if you like The Prince...
books to claim to have read to look insufferable
puts beret on a jaunty angle ‘why yes i went to Oxbridge and go skiing on my holibobs with papa, why do you ask?’ takes a hit of tobacco flavoured vape, puts asterisk in margin of the obscure classic i’m ‘reading’
the list for people who want to look ‘well read’ and need some books to name drop - look no further if you have read them, more power to you, but this is explicitly about the people who claim to have read them but can’t read instructions on pasta
Italian Classic Literature
a non-exhaustive collection of works
Standard Ebooks Offerings!
I'm not affiliated with them in any way, but I talk about Standard Ebooks a TON. I wanted to make a list of some of the most popular offerings they have available to read. Their full library of over 1300 books is 100% FREE and from the US Public Domain. From Kobo to Kindle, they have a format that'll work for however you want to read, even PDFs! Save a few bucks (or library holds) here: https://standardebooks.org/
Dark Academia but there's Actual Academia Involved
For those who want to learn a thing or two while they're acting out their dark academia dreams.
(read: dark and broody non-fiction that may or may not also be dense and/or academic)
Books in Buffy
Books shown or referenced in the tv show Buffy The Vampire Slayer - not including thematic references only direct references or books shown on screen.
The Renaissance (Fact and Fiction)
Non-fiction books about the renaissance. Books written during or leading up to the renaissance. and fiction books set during the renaissance.
to expand your world view
a collection of fiction and nonfiction texts on gender, race, culture, history, politics that feel like absolute must reads
Classics List
List of classics for those interested in the genre.
Philosophy 101
🦋Classics that still feel alive🦋
These stories were written decades (sometimes centuries) ago, yet they still understand us — love, loneliness, ambition, fear, hope. If you’ve ever wanted to try classics but didn’t know where to start, this is a gentle door in.
Katie McGrath
Katie McGrath recommendations
Italian classics
For all of those people who want to get through Italian classics, I recommend you these 💕
Daria's books
When Daria Morgendorffer wasn’t watching Sick Sad World, she was usually reading a book, most likely a classic filled with existential dread, biting satire, or the quiet collapse of human civilization. Enjoy!
Political Theory
Build Your Library Homeschool Curriculum: Level 11
Pair with "Level 11 – World History, Part 2" book.
Ye Olde Politick
Classic political works from before World War II. Some have modern publication dates because they have only received translations in the past couple of years; as long as the original work was published before 1939, it counts.
The Italian Renaissance
Nonfiction books about the Italian renaissance
Reading like Rory
Law School
Books I'm Reading to Prep for Law School
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