Luke Smith Library

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A comprehensive list of books from Luke Smith's Library organized by the Library of Congress System.

Luke Smith’s Personal Library

This is an archival snapshot of Luke Smith’s personal library. According to Luke, this is not a list of all the books he has read, liked, or endorsed. Rather, it reflects the current contents of his physical collection—some titles are used as resources, others are kept for reference, and a few exist purely for aesthetic or decorative purposes.

He originally compiled this list to aid in organizing his library and tracking his holdings. Books are arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification, which provides a logical and systematic method for sorting materials by subject. As of the time of his writing, Luke noted that he owned over 1,000 books—many of which are not yet listed online.

If the original source is still available, it should be located here.

If you do not know who Luke Smith is you can find a bio here.

A: General Works

B-BC: Philosophy, Logic, Speculative Philosophy

BF-BL: Psychology, Aesthetics, Ethics, General Religion, Mythology, Rationalism

BM-BX: Specific Religions and Theology

C: Auxiliary Sciences of History

D: World History

E-F: History of the Americas

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

H: Social Sciences

J-K: Political Science and Law

L–N: Education, Music, Fine Arts

P: Philology, Linguistics

PA: Greek and Latin Language and Literature

PC: Romance Languages

PD–PG: Germanic Languages and Literatures

PG: Slavic Languages and Literatures

PJ–PK: Near-Eastern Languages and Literatures

PL: Far-Eastern Languages and Literatures

PN: General Literature

PQ: Romance Literature

PR: English Literature

PS: American Literature

PT–PW: Other Literature

PZ: Children’s Literature

Q: General Science

QA: Mathematics

QB–QR: Other Sciences

R: Medicine

S–T: Agriculture and Technology

U: Military Science

Z: Bibliography, Library Science, General Information Resources

Unsorted Books