And stock it with free books from Boyce College and Into the Wardrobe.
Tyler Flatt did not develop the concept of a golden shelf, but he can help you customize one of your own for a lifetime of reading enjoyment and enlightenment. These short, but insightful videos suggest:
- What to read
- The 3 Habits of Great Readers
- What to Avoid while Reading and
- How to Remember What You Read
Reading Well: Golden Shelf
- Do children’s books belong on a grown-up’s shelf?
- Should a golden shelf include obscure titles?
- What books should be read every year?
Reading Well: Working at Reading
- Expect to learn something beneficial
- Engage your emotions
- Track your reading–tell no one
Reading Well: Inhibitors to Reading Well
- E-books rather than paper books
- Reading out of sense of duty
- Monomania–reading too much about a topic
Reading Well: Remembering What You Read
- Memorize a meaningful paragraph
- Read with a pencil in hand
- Share insights with others
The Giveaway
Boyce College and Into the Wardrobe want to help you start building your own Golden Shelf. Enter your name into a random drawing for the Golden Shelf Giveaway*. The winner will receive:
- Four C. S. Lewis titles:
- Mere Christianity
- Surprised by Joy
- Till We Have Faces
- A Preface to Paradise Lost
- The Mayflower Papers: Selected Writings of Colonial New England
- Paradise Lost by John Milton
- A C.S. Lewis-inspired coffee mug
- A Boyce College fleece sweatshirt
*The winner of the Golden Shelf Giveaway will be notified by email on or before March 31, 2025.
About Dr. Tyler Flatt
Dr. Flatt is a native of Ontario, Canada, and holds a PhD from Harvard University and a MA from the University of Toronto. Flatt’s passion is teaching the classical tradition in general and Great Books I and II in particular. Dr. Flatt chairs the Humanities and General Education programs at Boyce College in Louisville, KY.