I'm currently in AP English so I've read some of the books that are often read in a college English class but I feel there are more that I should considering reading. So what are you're top suggestions of books I should read? (So far, I've read books such as Hamlet, The Great Gatsby, The Heart of Darkness, The Scarlet Letter, Jane Eyre, etc. I would also would appreciate it if you let me know what books I should consider BUYING also. Thanks in advance!)
2007-02-11 15:49:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Emma, Ana Karinina (I think I spelled that wrong), the classics
2007-02-11 15:54:57 · answer #1 · answered by f_jayce 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From my experience, college English classes focus more on writing than reading. For an English major though, I guess it could be different. (I only took English Comp I and English Comp II) I'd recommend the Bible (you'll be surprised by how much it's referred to in College), some authors on more philosophical topics like Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Blais Pascal. Something by Thomas Jefferson. Read something by Deborah Tannen as she will come up in several college courses. It doesn't matter much, in my opinion, what you read for your own leisure as long as you do. It's great. If you enjoy fiction, read it. Or, pick a topic you enjoy learning about and read on that.
2007-02-11 16:17:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Odyssey by Homer The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and anything by the major British writers: Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Browning, Yeats, Eliot
2016-05-23 23:40:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would talk to one of the English teachers in your school or your Guidance Counselor. They will be able to give you a list of books put out that people in your grade should read or should have read by the time they finish that grade. They also may be able to get you a list of books for higher education that you should read.
Also, showing them you are eager to prepare yourself will be handy when you need letters of recommendation or other resources.
2007-02-11 15:56:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would suggest reading The Grapes of Wrath.
2007-02-12 04:04:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't go wrong with Hemmingway "the Sun also Rises"
Vladamir Nabokov "Lolita" (buy this one)
2007-02-11 15:56:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moby Dick
2007-02-11 16:49:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋