Must Read Books?
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Thread created on 18:48:50 - 12/09/21 (1 year ago)|Last replied 19:14:55 - 02/02/23 (1 day ago)
Hello. forum browsers!
I'm looking for book suggestions. I have been in a reading mood lately - I'm on a Stephen King binge but want to prevent burnout by mixing it up a bit.
I would greatly appreciate any suggestions! I wasn't exposed to a ton of classic or crucial literature in school, so I am open to both the regularly suggested novels as well as ones that are more niche. Take into consideration your interests; don't worry about fitting mine. -
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Posted on 09:10:15 - 13/09/21 (1 year ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link
Thank you, good suggestion! Just read that one a few months ago.
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Posted on 01:09:51 - 14/09/21 (1 year ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link
Edgar Allen Poe....H.P. Lovecraft.....anything written by these guys....
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment...
and of course Tolkien The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.......my favorite books
The Count of Monte Christo.....Dumas....just a classicIt takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
Benjamin Franklin
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Posted on 16:44:28 - 14/09/21 (1 year ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkNot a classic, but The Force by Don Winslow is god tier imo
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Posted on 22:40:41 - 16/09/21 (1 year ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link
The Master and Margerita, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Cannery Row.
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Posted on 19:11:52 - 26/09/21 (1 year ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
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Posted on 02:53:49 - 11/10/21 (1 year ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link
Since you mentioned not being exposed to classics, may I suggest
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee and "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell.
If you have read these two then may I suggest "Scarlett" by Alexandra Ripley which was intended as a sequel to Gone with the Wind
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"Go set a Watchman" again by Harper Lee which is a sort of 'precursor' for "To Kill a Mockingbird"..
This would be a clear break from Stephen King's style and cover some essential classics in my opinion.
If you would rather do some lighter reading then maybe Jane Austen books or stuff like "The Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Orczy or even "The Tale of Two cities" by Charles Dickens might be more entertaining. -
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Posted on 06:55:33 - 11/10/21 (1 year ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link
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Posted on 07:02:01 - 11/10/21 (1 year ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link
I read Mein Kampf\
(It's not Minecraft, Go and google it)Last edited by Pic on 07:02:23 - 11/10/21Forum Signature Under Construction
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Posted on 19:11:37 - 11/10/21 (1 year ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link
Animal Farm - George Orwell.
This book was an Amazing prod at communism, and I still find it one of my favorite required readings.
The World's most dangerous Game (super good short story)
A Separate Peace - John Knowles
Really good book about coming of age. We read it in 11th grade, so I probably connect to it a bit differently than someone else, but I still think it's really good :)
Number the stars - Lois Lowry
Really good book about the Holocaust. Really shows how it was for people trying to escape the war as Jewish people.
Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
It's hard to explain, but it's a really depressing coming-of-age story in Afghanistan a long time ago
The Giver - Also Lois Lowry
This entire book series was SOOOO GOOD. It's a dystopia about memories, and how they're stored.
Anthem - Ayn Rand.
Really good book, but can be kind of hard to understand for anyone who's first language isn't english.
Harrison Bergeron - Kurt Vonnegut
Also super good Dystopia
Fyodor Dostoevsky (I know, someone else said this one, but) The Karamazov Brothers.
Not a classic, but Ender's Game series was Extremely good to read (Then again, I find it good because it was my first hard book to read at about 8)
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Naked And Afraid, but written a long time ago
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Really boring, trust me. But the climax is extremely good.
Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
I find it more fun as a teen currently, just because some of it is more relatable, but it's kind of hard to read at times.
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
ONCE AGAIN. A DYSTOPIA. See a pattern in the books I like?
Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
A classic. Nothing bad about it.
I loved all of these books ^-^ I hope you will too!!!Last edited by xirion on 19:12:50 - 11/10/21 -
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Posted on 00:10:49 - 12/10/21 (1 year ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link
Skulduggery Pleasant Series by Derek Landy.
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Posted on 05:01:24 - 12/10/21 (1 year ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link
I read the world's most dangerous game
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Posted on 13:17:16 - 17/10/21 (1 year ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link
Fear and loathing in Las Vegas is a really good read, also a little more mainstream would be the game of thrones books
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Posted on 08:16:03 - 18/10/21 (1 year ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link
+ 1 on Count of Monte Cristo, takes a few pages to get into and then is edge of seat stuff.
Nicholas Nickleby was what got me into Dickens. Oliver Twist and Christmas Carol are also good starters for Dickens.
Jane Austen is beautifully written social satire, it is essentially early 19th century Mills & Boon (or Harlequin I think for US ppl) so if romance isn't your thing then may want to avoid.
To mix it up - short stories by Ray Bradbury and Philip K Dick.
Out of copyright books can be read/downloaded for free from Project Gutenberg website - including much of the 19th century literature that would appear on school reading lists. -