I need to know what are the most popular books that a good reader has to have in his library. They could be an any field without restrictions. I need to build my career by reading the most famous general books.
2006-09-28 10:17:48 · 10 answers · asked by AshOsaki 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
A beginner serious reader? I assume you mean intellectually-challenging and all-around classics?
The Bible
The Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer
The Republic, by Plato
Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky
The Aeneid, by Virgil
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon
War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
The Bhagavad Gita, author unknown.
The Pensées, by Blaise Pascal
Shakespeare's plays
The Greek Myths, by Robert Graves
The Prince, by Nicholo Machiavelli
Don Quixote, by Cervantes
As for an encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia Britannica is still one of the best.
You've got stuff in that list to keep you busy for years. These are some of the deepest, most challenging books ever written. Reading those carefully will certainly set you on your way to become a classically-trained intellectual.
2006-09-28 11:22:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Chosen, Chaim Potok
The Promise, Chaim Potok
We the Living, Ayn Rand
The Anthem, Ayn Rand
The Night Trilogy, Elie Wiesel
Animal Farm, George Orwell
Falling Leaves, Adeline Yen Mah
The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare
Well, those are eight books that mostly either delve into the psychology subjects or the autobiography pictures, each which paint a beautiful picture. Are they "the most famous?" Probably not, but you could look in the Arts section of your newspaper for what people think is the "top best sellers" as according to the New York Times. But if you want to learn about the self a life, well, what a group of "beginner's books" to do so.
2006-09-28 12:09:42 · answer #2 · answered by Mandi 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Count of Montecristo by Alexandre Dumas
The greatest most engrossing book ever written
Also The Plague by Camus
And Crime and Punishment by Dostoievsky
2006-09-28 10:51:38 · answer #3 · answered by the_princess_and_the_warrior 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is about as definitive as it gets:
"The Great Books of Western Civilization"
As backed by the Encyclopedia Britannica
(Complete with links to e-texts.)
http://books.mirror.org/gb.home.html
Add some reference books, some art books, and you're bookcase is filled for life.
2006-09-28 11:44:20 · answer #4 · answered by OMG, I ♥ PONIES!!1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
FUNK AND WAGNALLS set of encyclopedias
Little House books
Perry Mason books
readers Digest facts books
Thesaurus
Dictionary
Bible RSV
Scarlett Letter
Gone with the Wind
Diary of a Mad Housewife
end of the Age by Pat Robertson
John Jakes books wow theyre great
2006-09-28 10:22:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm not sure about encyclopedias, but for your fantasy wing you have to have
Lord of the Rings
King Fortis the Brave
Harry Potter
Chronicles of Narnia
Eragon
If you can only have five fantasy books/series those are the ones you must have
2006-09-28 10:53:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Harry Potter got me going again
2006-09-28 11:20:31 · answer #7 · answered by kerry9477 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i can tell u authors and u pick
Ayn Rand
Kafka
Camus
Nietzsche
JD Salinger
Sartre
Harper Lee
Italo Calvino
Doestoevsky
Plato
Emily Bronte
there are many more but start with any of those and u won't be disapointed
Good luck
2006-09-28 10:35:56 · answer #8 · answered by vick 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
JAMES PATTERSON'S BOOKS.
count of monte cristo--alexandre dumas
Chronicles of narnia (the series)
harry potter
uh......
2006-09-28 11:15:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Proverbs, and Bruchko.
2006-09-28 10:25:17 · answer #10 · answered by thewordofgodisjesus 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋