Credits & Image Attribution

All collection cover images are sourced from Wikimedia Commons under permissive licenses (Public Domain, CC0, CC-BY, or CC-BY-SA). Where a license requires attribution, the original artist is named below and the source page is linked.

All book texts in Readforth are public domain works sourced from Project Gutenberg. The Socratic dialogue, voice synthesis, and notebook are Readforth’s own original work.

Book covers

Strategy & Grand Design
  • The Art of WarAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • The PrinceAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • On WarAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
The American Founding
  • Second Treatise of GovernmentAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • The Federalist PapersAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
Stoic Foundations
  • MeditationsAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • Letters from a StoicAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • EnchiridionAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
Scientific Method & Inquiry
  • On the Origin of SpeciesAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • Mathematical Principles of Natural PhilosophyAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • Novum OrganumAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
Political Economy
  • The Wealth of NationsAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • The Theory of the Leisure ClassAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • On the Principles of Political Economy and TaxationAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
Socratic Dialogues
  • CritoAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • PhaedoAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • ApologyAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • The RepublicAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
Existential Explorations
  • Beyond Good and EvilAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
The Roman Experience
  • The Twelve CaesarsAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • The AnnalsAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • Commentaries on the Gallic WarAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
The Renaissance Mind
  • EssaysAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
Epic Narratives
  • The AeneidAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • Paradise LostAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • The IliadAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
The Russian Giants
  • Crime and PunishmentAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • War and PeaceAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
American Transcendentalism
  • Leaves of GrassAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • NatureAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • WaldenAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
Utopian & Dystopian Thought
  • The City of the SunAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • UtopiaAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • ErewhonAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
The Enlightenment
  • The Social ContractAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • CandideAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • Critique of Pure ReasonAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
British Empiricism
  • An Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • An Essay Concerning Human UnderstandingAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
War & Peace (Reality of Conflict)
  • History of the Peloponnesian WarAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • AnabasisAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
The Art of Governance
  • PoliticsAristotle, Politics, Udine 258 by Aristotle · Public domain · source
Autobiography & Self-Reflection
  • ConfessionsAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
Foundations of Law
  • Magna CartaMagna Carta (British Library Cotton MS Augustus II.106) by Original authors were the barons and King John of England. Uploaded by Earthsound. · Public domain · source
  • Commentaries on the Laws of EnglandAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
The Hero's Journey (Mythology)
  • BeowulfAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • The Song of RolandAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • The KalevalaAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
Logic & Grammar of Thought
  • Discourse on the MethodAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
Great Explorations & Travelogues
  • The Travels of Marco PoloAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • The Voyage of the BeagleAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
Social & Moral Reform
  • Speeches on the Abolition of the Slave TradeThe abolition of the slave trade (BM 1868,0808.6179) by Print made by: Isaac Cruikshank Published by: S W Fores · Public domain · source
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • Common SenseAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
The Gothic & Psychological
  • FrankensteinAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • Tales of Mystery and ImaginationAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • The Scarlet LetterAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
Hebrew Wisdom & Torah
  • GenesisGenesis 1 Dead Sea Scroll by KetefHinnomFan · CC0 · source
  • ExodusBook of Exodus Chapter 1-1 (Bible Illustrations by Sweet Media) by Jim Padgett · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
  • ProverbsDiözesanmuseum FS - Lichthof - 2023-01-27 - 305b by Martinus KE · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
  • EcclesiastesEcclesiastes 7-20 by EHR0926 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
  • PsalmsPsalms Scroll by Photograph: the Israel Antiquities Authority 1993; photographer not named. · Public domain · source
New Testament & Early Church
  • The Four GospelsRabbula Gospels (9v & 10r; Four Evangelists) by Unknown author · Public domain · source
  • Epistles of PaulWashington Manuscript IV - The Epistles of Paul (Codex Washingtonensis) by Freer Gallery of Art · Public domain · source
Buddhist Foundations
  • The Heart SutraHANNYA SHINGYOU or Heart Sutra in Japan 玄奘訳 般若心経 般若波羅蜜多心經 by ウィキ太郎(Wiki Taro) · Public domain · source
  • The DhammapadaAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • The Diamond SutraAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
Islamic Philosophy & Ethics
  • Salaman and AbsalMuhammadi (attr.), “Salaman seated with Absal.” From the Salāmān va Absāl of Jami, dated 979 (1572). Houston, E. M. Soudavar Trust Collection (couple detail) by Muhammadi, 1579 · Public domain · source
  • Nahj al-BalaghaA calligraphic panel, signed 'Abd al-Baqi al-Tabrizi, Safavid Iran, dated 1588-89 by Christies.com · Public domain · source
Hindu Philosophical Foundations
  • The Yoga Sutras of PatanjaliPatanjali Statue by User:Alokprasad · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
  • The Bhagavad GitaAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • The UpanishadsAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
Taoist & Confucian Wisdom
  • Tao Te ChingAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • The Writings of Chuang TzuAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
  • The AnalectsAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source
Well-Educated Mind — Novels
  • Pride and PrejudiceAI generated · gemini-3-pro-image-preview by Gemini · AI-generated · source

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