Wider Reading
Read widely, think deeply
Admissions tutors are looking for students who engage with their subject beyond the syllabus. Our curated reading programme helps you develop the breadth and depth of knowledge that sets you apart.
Subject reading guides
Here is a sample of our recommended reading by subject. Your personal reading list will be tailored to your specific interests and target courses.
Medicine
- Being Mortal — Atul Gawande
- The Emperor of All Maladies — Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Do No Harm — Henry Marsh
Law
- The Rule of Law — Tom Bingham
- Just Mercy — Bryan Stevenson
- Bleak House — Charles Dickens
Economics
- Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman
- Freakonomics — Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
- The Undercover Economist — Tim Harford
Engineering
- To Engineer Is Human — Henry Petroski
- Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down — J.E. Gordon
- The Design of Everyday Things — Don Norman
English Literature
- How to Read Literature Like a Professor — Thomas C. Foster
- The Western Canon — Harold Bloom
- Ways of Seeing — John Berger
Natural Sciences
- A Short History of Nearly Everything — Bill Bryson
- The Selfish Gene — Richard Dawkins
- Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman! — Richard P. Feynman
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