I'm working on reding the books from the list at the following link. Which book should I read next?

Question

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/boost-your-skills/23628.html

I've already read Call of the Wild, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Treasure Island.

If you tell me a little about the book you suggest, that would be helpful! Thanks!

Answer 1

Camus, Albert The Stranger - an existentialistic piece of writing. I dont agree with the ideas of Camus, but he has his own point and we should be able to know what it is

Beckett, Samuel Waiting for Godot - very funny play, read it today, it took only half an hour. In my opinion, Not I is better [by Beckett] - and shorter

Dante Inferno - classics - must for everyone

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Crime and Punishment - russian literature genius. The last book in literature history in which the writer tried to show a genius.

Dumas, Alexandre The Three Musketeers - hasnt everyone already read it?

Faulkner, William As I Lay Dying - alluringly told story. The style is incredible, just as like as the story

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Faust - immortal creation by an immortal writer. The best book ever, having the best character ever - Mefistofel

Homer The Iliad
Homer The Odyssey - these two are also a must for everyone

Hugo, Victor The Hunchback of Notre Dame - a romantic tale that makes you cry like a baby

Kafka, Franz The Metamorphosis - somewhat strange book.. But not very long, and giving a lot of valuable ideas

Marquez, Gabriel García One Hundred Years of Solitude - addicting like hell, if you get over first 100 pages

Melville, Herman Moby Dick - very hard book in fact.. must be read at least 3 times to be fully understood.

Orwell, George Animal Farm - not so good as 1984, as its a simplified version of it, and a bit funny in fact..

Poe, Edgar Allan Selected Tales - One of the best writers of XIX century

Sophocles Antigone
Sophocles Oedipus Rex - a must for everyone

Tolstoy, Leo War and Peace - another russian genius and his masterpiece

the ones that i admire. if you ask for one, then i reccomend Faust by Goethe and Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky

Answer 2

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice; Beckett - Waiting for Godot; Ch. Bronte - Jane Eyre; E. Bronte - Wuthering heights; Defoe - Robinson Crusoe; Eliot - The mill on the Floss; Faulkner - The Sound and The Fury (great but very difficult); Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby; Golding - Lord of the Flies; Heller - Catch 22; Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms; Huxley - Brave New World; Ibsen - A Doll's House; Melville - Moby Dick;Morrison - Beloved; Orwell - Animal Farm; Plath - The Bell Jar; Rostand - Cyrano de Bergerac (see also the film with Gerard Depardieu); Sallinger - The Catcher in the Rye; Shakespeare - Hamlet;Swift - Gulliver's Travels; Thackeray - Vanity Fair; Woolf - To the Lighthouse; Wilde - The Picture of Dosian Gray; Walker - The Color Purple; Shaw - Pygmalion.

Answer 3

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck is the story of a poor Chinese family and their struggle to survive.

Love is a Many Splendored Thing by Han Suyin is the story of a Eurasian Doctor and a married War Correspondent set against the background of the Korean War and Hong Kong.

Sayonara by James Michener is a story about a Japanese Geisha and an Air Force Officer in Japan of the Korean War Era.

Tai Pan by James Clavell is about the founding of Hong Kong.

Answer 4

Tess of the D'Urbervilles is a memorable read, 'though sad, as Thomas Hardy's work tends to be and their are some wonderful descriptions which make you feel you're really there.

The Mill on the Floss is another superb read about the love between a brother and sister. One of the few books I enjoyed enough to read twice. You truly feel for George Elliot's characters.

Answer 5

The Woman Warrior Maxine Hong Kingston

Answer 6

Wow, there are some super books on that checklist! i might propose: the stunning Bones - Alice Sebold She's Come Undone - Wally Lamb i understand this lots is genuine - Wally Lamb My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult (This one became probable my renowned out of those 4)

Answer 7

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

"Brave New World, published in 1932, was first intended as a dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley. Set in London in the 26th century, the novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology, eugenics and hypnopædia that combine to change society. The world it describes could also be a utopia, albeit an ironic one: Humanity is carefree, healthy and technologically advanced. Warfare and poverty have been eliminated and everyone is permanently happy. The irony is that all of these things have been achieved by eliminating many things — family, cultural diversity, art, literature, science, religion and philosophy. It is also a hedonistic society, deriving pleasure from promiscuous sex and drug use."

Answer 8

Distant Babylon.
http://distantbabylon.tripod.com

Answer 9

Conrad's Heart of Darkness is my all time favourite book - haunting story about the abasement of humanity.
Flaubert - Madame Bovary: One of the most fascinating stories about being a woman in the 19th century, despite its being written by a rather conservative man.
Hugo - Hunchback of Notre Dame: Why has Disney done this to the most wonderful novel about the preciousness of each human being?
Mann - Magic Mountain: Pre World War I scenario, the world has already fallen prey to decay, disinclination and false prophets.
Dostoyevsky -Crime and Punishment: Dark, haunting, depressing, but of great narrative strenght. Russian despair! Great!
Austen - Pride and Prejudice: light but demanding, full of humour and depth, witty and intelligent, precise characters, blanket and detailed
Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles: In a way the counterpart to Mme Bovary
I would recommend nearly every book on that list!
Not on that list but if you enjoyed Treasure Island, read Stevenson's Master of Ballantree - it's his best and most profound novel!

Answer 10

The Grapes of Wrath and The Tale of Two Cities Two excellent books