2026 Reading Challenge
Genres

Primary Sources


Primary Sources Books

The Histories
Confessions
History of the Peloponnesian War
Beowulf
The Odyssey
The Prince
The Alexiad
The Aeneid
The Conquest of Gaul
The History of the Franks
The Federalist Papers
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Diary of a Young Girl
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Chronicles of the Crusades (Penguin Classics)
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Untenrum frei by Margarete StokowskiDer kleine Unterschied und seine großen Folgen by Alice SchwarzerSprache und Sein by Kübra GümüşayDie Wand by Marlen HaushoferUnlearn Patriarchy by Lisa Jaspers
Feminismus auf Deutsch
79 books — 13 voters
Feast Your Eyes by Myla GoldbergImportant Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection... by Leanne Shapton
Novels-in-documents
2 books — 1 voter

Only Yesterday by Frederick Lewis AllenBelow Stairs by Margaret PowellWoodsmoke and Pigeon Pie by Joan KentVagabonding Through Changing Germany by Harry A. FranckBright Young Things by Alison Maloney
Everyday Lives in History: 1920s
64 books — 11 voters
Racial Innocence by Robin BernsteinThe Confessions of Nat Turner by Nat TurnerWithout Sanctuary by James AllenAll God's Dangers by Theodore RosengartenWorking by Studs Terkel
Primary sources and oral histories for the history of racism and discrimination in the United States
68 books — 8 voters

Quotes Tagged “Primary Sources”

Dark Joseph Ravine
“ Sometimes we need to be a primary source to a situation in order to believe something. People’s words are just theories and do not reveal the full truth about something. ”
― Dark Joseph Ravine, Watch Out! It's Nolan! (A Courageous Tale About a Boy Who Overcame His Bullies by Being Fearless and Standing up for Himself).
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“ You are eminently qualified to speak from your lived experience. ”
― Vindy Teja & Anna Brooke
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