What are some classical books that I must read ?

Answer 1

Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)

The Oz Books (L. Frank Baum)

Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Gone with the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)

Silas Marner (George Eliot)

Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)

My Antonia (Willa Cather)

A Separate Peace (John Knowles)

Answer 2

1. Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
2. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
3. The Mark of Zorro, by Johnston McCulley
4. 1984, by George Orwell
5. The Raggedy Ann Collection, by Johnny Gruelle. (<-it's a children's book, but definitely a classic)
6. The Man in the Iron Mask, by Alexandre Dumas
7. The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas
8. The Secret Garden, by F. H. Burnett
9. Misty of Chincoteague, by Margaret Henry
10. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain
11. The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
12. The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
13. Any of the Sherlocke Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Answer 3

*"The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Stranger is not merely one of the most widely read novels of the 20th century, but one of the books likely to outlive it. Written in 1946, Camus's compelling and troubling tale of a disaffected, apparently amoral young man has earned a durable popularity (and remains a staple of U.S. high school literature courses) in part because it reveals so vividly the anxieties of its time. Alienation, the fear of anonymity, spiritual doubt--all could have been given a purely modern inflection in the hands of a lesser talent than Camus, who won the Nobel Prize in 1957 and was noted for his existentialist aesthetic. The remarkable trick of The Stranger, however, is that it's not mired in period philosophy.

"In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote: May be the first non-fiction novel. His style influenced many crime/mystery writers even today.

"For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hemingway: Fiction about a war (Spanish Civil War) that Hemingway reported on. His work has influenced a generation of writers.

"Moby Dick: or, The Whale" by Herman Melville: Not a book for everyone but you will get a clear picture of mid-19th century New England and what life was like on a whaling ship. You may be surprised at the accurate and extensive documentation of sea life. Some of the great prose in modern literature. As far as what this book means that will be left up to you.

Answer 4

Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
1984 - George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson


These were my favorites, I find it very difficult to get through a lot of the classics, I prefer to read modern literature.

Answer 5

Master and Margarita by Machail Bulgakov
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Crime And Punishment by Fjodor Dostojevskiy

Answer 6

All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren (Great American Novel)

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (not a classic yet, but just because it's beautiful I'm listing it.)

Answer 7

The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov
King Oidipus
Hamlet by Shakespeare (And Rosenkrantz and Guilderstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard or the Fifteen Minute Hamlet by the same author)
And there are many more. Just read them with open mind.

Answer 8

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Bronte (or was it Emily...?)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Brideshead Revisted by Evelyn Waugh

Answer 9

1) D.H. Lawrence "Lady Chatterley's Lover"
2) Louisa M. Alcott "Little Women"
3) Henry James " The Portrait of a Lady"

Answer 10

By classical do you mean:

Ancient Greek? If so, Plato's Republic is brilliant.
Classic as in one of the greats of old? If so, Dickens' Hard Times is one of my favourites.
Classical as in slang for 'really entertaining'? If so, I always like Bill Bryson's travel stories.