- Beowulf, anonymous, translated by David Wright
- Song of Roland, anonymous, translated by Dorothy Sayers
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, anonymous, translated by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Divine Comedy: Hell, Dante Alighieri, translated by Dorothy Sayers
- The Divine Comedy: Purgatory, Dante Alighieri, translated by Dorothy Sayers
- The Divine Comedy: Paradise, Dante Alighieri, translated by Dorothy Sayers
- The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer, Geoffrey. translated by Nevill Coghill
- Richard III, William Shakespeare, edited by Barbara A. Mowat & Paul Werstine
- Macbeth, William Shakespeare, edited by Barbara A. Mowat & Paul Werstine
- The Tempest, William Shakespeare, edited by Peter Holland
- Hamlet, William Shakespeare, edited by A.R. Braunmuller
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare, edited by Russ McDonald
- Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained, John Milton, edited by Christopher Ricks
- MLA Handbook Eighth Edition

Optional Materials
Digital copies are provided in the Parent Group of the Self-Paced course. Physical copies are available for purchase in the Kolbe Bookstore.
- Literature of Christendom Course Plan & Tests
- The Dream of the Rood Poem & Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
- Beowulf Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
- Song of Roland Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
- Sir Gawain & the Green Knight Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
- The Divine Comedies Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
- The Canterbury Tales Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
- Medieval Shakespeare Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
- Paradise Lost Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
- Literature of Christendom Lecture Series & Notes, Kolbe Academy Publishing (Audio files and notes are already included directly in the Self-Paced course. If you would like a hard copy to keep and re-use, you may purchase the flash drive and notes from the Kolbe Bookstore.)