Lists of Bests: luluem's "A-Level Religious Studies/Philosophy Reading List" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/39877 I was given this list at school - the classification of the 'difficulty' of book as well as how relevent they are to the course is subjective, and not necessarily my own opinion. This list is intended to give students a well-rounded understanding of key topics in the fields of theology, philosophy and religious studies. 1-25: Easy Books 26-47: More Challenging Books 48-59: Difficult Books Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:46:41 GMT en-us 0 50 59 50 0 Situation Ethics: The New Morality (Library of Theological Ethics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/886390 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/886390"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0664257615.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph F. Fletcher</div> Brave New World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1283 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1283"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060929871.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aldous Huxley</div> Brave New World Revisited (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2019603 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2019603"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060898526.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aldous Huxley</div> Nineteen Eighty-four (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499994 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499994"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014118776X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Harvest Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4127 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4127"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156468999.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1081501421_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> The Road to Wigan Pier (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2340311 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2340311"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141185295.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> Inside the Whale and Other Essays http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2712109 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> The Communist Manifesto (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3315 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3315"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140447571.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Karl Marx</div> Last Exit to Brooklyn http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1996534 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1996534"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0747549923.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45186508_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hubert Selby</div> The Silmarillion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17268 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17268"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618391118.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.R.R. Tolkien</div> Doctor Faustus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57715 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57715"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0451527798.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Marlowe</div> The Crucible (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3715 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3715"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437336.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Miller</div> Major Barbara http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2894140 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2894140"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01ffmt-AhEL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Bernard Shaw</div> LUTHER http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1980745 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1980745"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000EFB9QK.01-A1FHV3WBFRTHQ1._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Osborne</div> Lord of the Flies : (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1467065 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1467065"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140283331.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Golding</div> The Picture of Dorian Gray (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/700558 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/700558"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1593080255.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Oscar Wilde</div> The Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/470776 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/470776"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141182504.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Albert Camus</div> Watership Down: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/133340 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/133340"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743277708.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Adams</div> Existentialism and Humanism: Jean-paul Sarte (Philosophy in Focus) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/588394 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/588394"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/071957188X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gerald Jones</div> The 1979 Book of Common Prayer, Economy Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979539 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/979539"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0195287142.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Respectful Prostitute - Jean Paul Sartre http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2901571 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Confessions of a Philosopher: A Personal Journey Through Western Philosophy from Plato to Popper (Modern Library Paperbacks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/178695 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/178695"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375750363.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bryan Magee</div> Ten Thoughts About Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1036876 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1036876"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/184529050X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bodil Jonsson</div> Tunnel Visions: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/948130 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/948130"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1841155675.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Ross</div> The Annotated Alice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/594992 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/594992"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140289291.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lewis Carroll</div> Utilitarianism http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1008620 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1008620"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1421928760.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Stuart Mill</div> Cur Deus Homo http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1286258 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1286258"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1411646436.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Saint Anselm</div> The Art of Travel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/166219 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/166219"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140276629.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alain de Botton</div> The Making of a Philosopher: My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1222167 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1222167"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060197927.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colin McGinn</div> Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94270 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/94270"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140159959.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ray Monk</div> Suprised By Joy : The Shape of My Early Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2898305 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. S. Lewis</div> The Great Divorce http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2423151 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2423151"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0006280560.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C.S. Lewis</div> The Republic (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3334 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3334"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140449140.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Plato</div> Huis Clos and Other Plays (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2516157 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Paul Sartre</div> Lucifer and the Lord http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2898306 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Paul. Translated by Kitty Black Sartre</div> Nausea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2522398 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Paul Sartre</div> King Lear (New Folger Library Shakespeare) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21570 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21570"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/074348276X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div> Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3150 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3150"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140424393.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Milton</div> The Trial http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24686 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24686"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805209999.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Franz Kafka</div> Heart of Darkness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48561 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48561"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1580495753.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Conrad</div> Mysticism: A Study and an Anthology, Third Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2898310 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2898310"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11K08S835QL.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F. C. Happold</div> The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion: A New Abridgement from the Second and Third Editions (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44558 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44558"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192835416.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James George Frazer</div> The Idea of a Christian Society http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2898312 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T. S. Eliot</div> The Brothers Karamazov http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8646 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8646"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374528373.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fyodor Dostoevsky</div> Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962607 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962607"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/074348763X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1085453646_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fyodor Dostoyevsky</div> The Divine Comedy: Hell (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3229 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3229"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140440062.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dante Alighieri</div> What the Buddha Taught http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974874 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974874"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1851681426.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walpola Rahula</div> Meditations on First Philosophy: In Which the Existence of God and the Distinction of the Soul from the Body Are Demonstrated http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81057 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81057"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0872201929.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rene Descartes</div> A Theory of Justice: Original Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1010614 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1010614"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0674017722.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Rawls</div> Fear and Trembling (Penguin Great Ideas) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/535404 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/535404"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143037579.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Soren Kierkegaard</div>