Paradise Lost

Why it’s on the list: Milton’s 1667 epic of the fall — Satan’s rebellion and expulsion from Heaven, and the temptation and fall of Adam and Eve.

Where I heard about it

• Charlie Munger — cited in his Charlie Munger — Harvard School Commencement Speech, by way of Samuel Johnson’s remark on its length.
• Founders Classical Academy of Lewisville, Texas — on its tenth-grade reading list, posted by the Classic Learning Test in September 2026. Full sequence: Founders Classical Academy Reading List.

Connections

• Charlie Munger — Harvard School Commencement Speech — where this book is cited.
• Founders Classical Academy Reading List — also assigned in the tenth-grade year at Founders Classical Academy of Lewisville, a classical school in Texas (Classic Learning Test, 22 September 2026).