Subject Reading Lists

What you read between now and your interview will unquestionably be crucial to how you perform. Whether simply because you’ll be asked questions on specific texts you’ve read, or because certain books will give you new ways of thinking about things which you can apply to interview, we simply cannot emphasise the importance of reading enough. But what is most important is that your reading is targeted. It’s about the quality and depth of what you read, and what you take from that, rather than the sheer number of books you read. That said, it pays to read more than just one article!

Below is a selection of suggested reading for each subject. It is by no means definitive, so feel free to edit or remove from the list, depending on what your interests are.  

Chemical being poured into a conical flask

Chemistry

The Acropolis on a clear day

Classics and Ancient History

New york through the mist

Economics

Set square and a protractor on engineers diagrams

Engineering

Red and worn book spines

English 

Mountain Range, not in oxford or Cambridge

Geography

Edouard Manet - La pêche

History of Art

A box containing files and historical artifacts

History

People in a meeting 2 in dark suits on in light

Law

Quadratics printed

Maths

Doctor in a white coat with a stethoscope

Medicine

Sunrise over a pier

Philosophy

Polling Station

Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE)

Plastic model of the brain

Psychology