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We recently asked our followers on Facebook what books they believe should be universally required reading. We present for your consideration the following list of recommendations, representing a wide range (as you can see) of interests, eras, and genres:

• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, suggested by Justine Erdin
• Brave New World, suggested by Allison Lyn Vergel
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms, suggested by Dean Weeden
• Profiles in Courage, suggested by Matthew Moon
• Ishmael, suggested by Sasha Lalmoni
• Aeneid, suggested by Noah Lawson
• The Grapes of Wrath, suggested by Katherine Lochery
• Locke’s Treatises on Government, suggested by Danial Shariat
• The Bible, suggested by Matthew Tabor
• Plato’s Republic, suggested by Hannah Hamilton
• Candide, suggested by Linda Zuckerman
• Paradise Lost, suggested by Neloy Bhowmik
• Nicomachean Ethics, suggested by Erin Rubin
• Night, suggested by Frankie DiMento
• The Souls of Black Folk , suggested by Elizabeth Didykalo
• The Core Journal, suggested by Jonathan Han (disclosure: Jon is the editor of Core Journal Issue 27)
• The Prince, suggested by Marianna Retzi
• Tao Te Ching, suggested by Adelaide Reilly
• Moby Dick, suggested by Sammi Arnold
• 1984, suggested by Amber Petrig
• Don Quixote, suggested by Alex Green
• Handmaid’s Tale, suggested by Kamara Nwosu
• The Plague, suggested by Alice Elbakian
• Between the World and Me, suggested by Arash Bayatmakou

Feel free to let us know what books YOU believe should be added to this list, with a comment below. (And while you’re thinking about these topics, why don’t you check out this list of books on the Core webpage, all suggested by Core alums, students, and friends as possible candidates to be added to the Core reading list if the time ever comes that we get more class time and can expand the curriculum.)

The graphic above was used in the Spring of 2004 for the Core teeshirt design.