College Ranked #3 Among “Colleges for Book Lovers”

About Great Books, a website dedicated to promoting excellent literature and a love of reading, has ranked Thomas Aquinas College third on its list of 30 Great Small Colleges for Book Lovers, campuses where “books are cherished and book lovers will feel right at home.” The authors have included some of the schools on the list for “their extraordinary libraries or other resources for book lovers,” and others “for their unique dedication to the great books.” In the case of Thomas Aquinas College, however, which is blessed with an extensive library and a curriculum that employs only the great books, both explanations could pertain.

“Set against a beautiful, hill-covered backdrop, Thomas Aquinas College, a Roman Catholic college, is the perfect setting in which to dive into the great books,” the website reports. “Students study using only primary sources and texts, meaning book lovers will have plenty of opportunity to read all of the classics, including Homer, Shakespeare, Plato, Euclid, St. Augustine, Descartes, and Newton, to name a few. Even better, students have the opportunity to discuss the great books with each other and their professors, most of whom are some of the foremost scholars in their fields.”