I'm not a big reader but am intelligent. I would prefer to read a book considered a classic. Nothing trashy. Any ideas?
2006-11-12 01:50:06 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
In today's world, everyone needs to read "The Kite Runner." It is not a "classic" per se, but will be someday. It is the best book I've ever read, and I've read hundreds. Next try reading "Gone with the Wind," which will give you a wonderful perspective about humans during war time and American History.
2006-11-12 08:24:11 · answer #1 · answered by Vince 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try Don Quixote- Man from La Mancha by Miguel Cervantes. Or Surfacing by Margaret Atwood. Or The English Patient (which became a movie that bagged the Best Film of the Year in the Oscars). Or Things Fall Apart by Achebe.
Get Well soon, and Happy Reading!
2006-11-12 01:54:49 · answer #2 · answered by chelsea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm guessing you like dragons, so I recommend Naomi Novik's His Majesty's Dragon sequence. that's substitute history, the Napoleonic Wars fought with a dragon air stress. that's a large sequence and a rapid examine, longer than you're searching for (4 books and counting) yet each and every e book is almost stand-on my own. you'll be able to additionally prefer to look at Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner sequence (3 books, start up with success in the Shadow), Tim Lebbon's nightfall/first gentle duology, and that i distinctly recommend Tad Williams' reminiscence, Sorrow and Thorn sequence (3 books, start up with The Dragonbone Chair). wish you will locate something you like!
2016-10-17 04:37:21 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh god there are so many good books!!
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a classic!!
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden!!
If you are up for a really long series then I would recommend The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan!
Maybe Harry Potter if you're into it!
Lord of the Rings!
The Alex Cross Series by James Patterson....eg,Along Came A Spider,Kiss The Girls
The Notebook!!
The Shawshank Redemption!
The White Trilogy by Trudi Canavan!!
Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta novels....eg,Postmortem....etc!! Hope I helped!!
2006-11-12 02:00:06 · answer #4 · answered by xxxLeveyxxx 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Robert Thurman- Infinite Life:7 Virtues for Living Well
Robert Thurman (Uma's Dad) is a professor at Columbia and is the foremost Buddhist author in the U.S. His writing is relative, whether you are Buddhist or not. When I read it, I found that it flowed smoothly enough that it felt like I had written the words myself.
2006-11-12 01:57:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try something like Gone With The Wind, Black Beauty, The Black Stallion, Tale of Two Cities.
2006-11-12 03:41:35 · answer #6 · answered by bookworm_382 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.
A classic, but I hope you have not had abdominal surgery, else you should avoid this one, you will laugh out loud so many times, the nurses may be concerned.
2006-11-12 01:52:33 · answer #7 · answered by finaldx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cryptonomicon- Neil Stephenson. ok, not a classic, but something i read recently that was pretty popular and actually a really good read. it's about codebreaking during WWII.
for classics, it doesn't get much better than Dickens. i just finished The Pickwick Papers, but all his works are great. another author i really like is Joseph Conrad. get well soon..........
2006-11-12 02:10:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) The DaVinci code is a real page turner and gets you thinking.
2) I also really enjoyed Lieberman's Folly and the Horse Whisperer
3) The Notebook was a beautiful movie, i'm sure the book would be great... it's by Nicholas Sparks (i would watch him as an author, fantastic stories)
2006-11-12 01:53:29 · answer #9 · answered by B 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try something by John Grisham: I personally like "The Testament"...Or "Painted house" , His novels are witty, humorous and superbly written. Many have been made into Movies, do a google search on Grisham.
2006-11-12 01:56:23 · answer #10 · answered by kam_1261 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋