Centum Libri Society
Read the book first. Then deepen understanding through guided study, video insight, and review.
About Centum Libri
Centum Libri is a structured literature program designed to help students read classic books with confidence and understanding.
Each title follows a clear learning sequence:
read the book first, then deepen understanding through guided presentations, structured study materials, video overview, and a final review quiz.
The goal is not speed or surface comprehension, but careful engagement with themes, ideas, and language.
The Learning Process
Each Centum Libri course follows a structured sequence designed to deepen understanding of the book.
2. Guided Presentation
Key themes, characters, and context are explained through a structured presentation.
1. Read the Book
Students first read the full text independently.
3. Study Materials
Downloadable study guides and worksheets reinforce comprehension and analysis.
4. Video Overview
5. Review Quiz
A cinematic summary and literary analysis video helps students synthesize the story and themes.
An interactive quiz checks understanding of plot, characters, and ideas.
Online Course Material
Sample Course: Animal Farm
Below is a sample lesson from the Centum Libri High School collection.
Module 1 — Guided Presentation
This guided presentation introduces key context, characters, themes, and symbols from Animal Farm. Concepts are presented step by step using clear language and visual examples to help students understand the story beyond basic plot summary. The presentation is designed to be viewed before reading or alongside the text to reduce confusion and build confidence.
Module 4 — Review Quiz
The interactive quiz checks understanding of plot, characters, and cause-and-effect relationships.
Module 2 — Study Guide and Worksheets
Downloadable study materials reinforce comprehension and literary analysis.
Students should complete the reading and presentation before attempting the worksheets.
Module 3 — Summary & Literary Analysis Video
A cinematic overview summarizes the story and explores major themes, helping students connect the events of the novel with deeper literary ideas.
The Centum Libri Guidebook
Centum Libri also uses a printed guidebook designed for focused, offline study.
Each guidebook compiles study guides and worksheets for five titles at a time, carefully sequenced to support deep reading, annotation, and written response.
These guidebooks are available for structured classroom reading programs. The first book is included as a "starter pack" for all new members.
What You Get
Online and offline tools to support your learning journey.
OFFLINE
Study Guides
Worksheets
Answer Key
SUPPORT
1-to-1 Peer Tutor / Reading Companion
ONLINE
Guided Presentations
Downloadable Study Guide
Downloadable Worksheets
Video Summary & Literary Analysis
Interactive Review Quiz
Centum Libri HS
Animal Farm
The Outsiders
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lord of the Flies
Of Mice and Men
The Great Gatsby
Fahrenheit 451
Macbeth
The Giver
Great Expectations
Romeo and Juliet
The Catcher in the Rye
Hamlet
The Scarlet Letter
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Odyssey
1984
The Diary of a Young Girl
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
The Crucible
Brave New World
Julius Caesar
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Frankenstein
The Grapes of Wrath
Wuthering Heights
Night (The Night
Trilogy, #1)
A Tale of Two Cities
The Hobbit
Beowulf
Othello
The Canterbury Tales
The Old Man and the Sea
Flowers for Algernon
Death of a Salesman
Crime and Punishment
The Little Prince
A Separate Peace
The Taming of the Shrew
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mythology
The Importance of Being Earnest
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The Red Badge of Courage
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
The Pearl
The House on Mango Street
The Good Earth
Robert Frost
Emily Dickinson
Edgar Allan Poe
Langston Hughes
Walt Whitman
Maya Angelou
William Wordsworth
William Shakespeare Sonnets
Sylvia Plath
Gwendolyn Brooks
King Lear
Heart of Darkness
Inferno
Oliver Twist
Beloved
Tuesdays with Morrie
Gulliver's Travels
Siddhartha
The Jungle
The Glass Menagerie
A Doll's House
The Stranger
Our Town
The Tempest
Catch-22
Little Women
The Oedipus Cycle
The Joy Luck Club
Invisible Man
Things Fall Apart
The Sun Also Rises
The Prince
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Count of Monte Cristo
Robinson Crusoe
The Alchemist
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Republic
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A Farewell to Arms
Hiroshima
Sense and Sensibility
The Color Purple
Notes from Underground
Life of Pi
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Three Musketeers
The Time Machine
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
The Aeneid
100 classic literature titles commonly studied in high school.
Centum Libri JR
Holes
Hatchet
Tuck Everlasting
The Call of the Wild
The Lightning Thief
A Wrinkle in Time
Bridge to Terabithia
Twelve Angry Men
The Railway Children
Artemis Fowl
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Island of the Blue Dolphins
The Secret Garden
The City of Ember
The Graveyard Book
Bud, Not Buddy
Walk Two Moons
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The Hunger Games
Julie of the Wolves
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Sign of the Beaver
The Wind in the Willows
The Maze Runner
Out of the Dust
My Side of the Mountain
Number the Stars
Anne of Green Gables
WONDER
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The War That Saved My Life
A Long Walk to Water
Black Beauty
Among the Hidden
The Tale of Despereaux
The Higher Power of Lucky
When You Reach Me
The Jungle Book
The False Prince
The Crossover
The View from Saturday
The One and Only Ivan
The Indian in the Cupboard
The Golden Compass
Criss Cross
A Single Shard
The Borrowers
Heidi
Front Desk
Jacob Have I Loved
The Bronze Bow
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
White Fang
Front Desk
The Twenty-One Balloons
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Kira-Kira
The Westing Game
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The Dark Is Rising
The Door in the Wall
The Whipping Boy
The Matchlock Gun
The Swiss Family Robinson
The Slave Dancer
The Wednesday Wars
Okay for Now
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
Wonder
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Moon Over Manifest
A Year Down Yonder
Sounder
Around the World in Eighty Days
The Black Pearl
The Birchbark House
The Night Diary
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
A Little Princess
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha
Where the Red Fern Grows
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
The Slave Dancer
The Wednesday Wars
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
The Trumpeter of the Swan
Chasing Vermeer
Moon Over Manifest
A Year Down Yonder
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
The Black Pearl
The Birchbark House
Esperanza Rising
The Night Diary
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
The Miracle Worker
Five Children and It
100 award-winning middle grade and young adult titles.
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