Reading selections for Lucretius, On the Nature of the Universe (De rerum natura) listed by Book and Line Numbers. Other translations of the title include  On the Nature of Things or The Way Things Are. These are all the same book.

Book 1 

1–43; 50–61; 62–101; 102–116, 146–48; 149– 73; 215–29, 232–36; 250–64; 265–84, 295–97; 298–321; 329–45; 358–69, 400–09; 419–28, 430–32, 485–88, 498–502, 528–30; 565–76; 921–50; 958–59, 963–83; 1021–37. 

Book 2 

1– 33; 37–42, 44–61; 95–99, 114–22, 142–52, 157–59, 161–64; 216–24, 251–68, 289–93; 308–10, 312–32; 333–35, 338–70; 523–27, 532–40; 646–60; 991–1009, 1013–19, 1021–22; 1023–47; 1052–65, 1074–76; 1090–1104; 1150–52, 1157–74. 

Book 3 

1–30; 37–64; 94–97, 136–44, 152–60; 323–49, 830–42; 894–903, 912–30; 931–65; 978–1023.

Book 4 

1058–64, 1089–110l 1120–22, 1129–40, 1144–59, 1177–79; 1278–1287. 

Book 5

1–2, 6–27, 37–51; 64–77; 195– 234; 235–46; 432–48; 925–34, 937–47, 953–61, 966–72; 1011–23; 1028–29, 1041–45, 1050– 51, 1056–61; 1161–68, 1183–89, 1194–1203; 1392–1404, 1412–35; 1448–1457.

Book 6 

58– 78; 1090–97, 1138–44, 1256–58, 1267–86.