good books?

Homer:
Iliad
Odyssey

Sophocles:
Oedipus Rex
Antigone

Euripides:
Medea
Orestes

Aristophanes(my favorite author):
Knights
Clouds
Wasps
Birds
Lysistrata
Thesmophoriazusae- it means "The Poet and the Women" in Greek
Frogs

Aristotle:
Poetics

Virgil:
Aeneid

St Augustine:
Confessions

Cervantes:
Don Quixote

John Milton:
Paradise Lost

Moliere:
Tartuffe

Jonathan Swift:
Gulliver's Travels

Voltaire:
Candide

John Stuart Mill:
On Liberty

Henrik Ibsen:
Doll's House

Henry James:
Daisy Miller
Portrait of a Lady
Turn of the Screw
Aspern Papers
Golden Bowl

Nietzsche:
Thus Spake Zarathustra

George Bernard Shaw:
Pygmalion

Joseph Conrad:
Lord Jim
Heart of Darkness

Anton Chekhov:
Uncle Vanya

Willa Cather:
My Antonia

James Joyce:
Dubliners
Ulysses

Franz Kafka:
Metamorphosis

D.H. Lawrence:
Lady Chatterley's Lover

T.S. Eliot:
Waste Land
Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Eugene O'Neill:
Mourning Becomes Electra

F. Scott Fitzgerald :
Great Gatsby
This Side of Paradise

William Faulkner:
A Rose for Emily

George Orwell:
1984
Animal Farm

Anything by Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, William Shakespeare, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.

2007-03-22 07:40:23 · answer #1 · answered by Rachel 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋

Any book that person may find interesting. Literature is not about what must be read or not, it's about pleasure, it's an art, and its spectators (or readers in this case) should enjoy it at the most, it should not be a punishment. I know many people who just read "Hamlet" or "The canterbury tales" or Dante's "Inferno" for example, but do it with the only expectation of being called "cultured" because he or she read those classic works of literature. If you loved those books, fine, even better, but if you fall asleep reading them, look for a book that interest you, it doesnt matter if it's a Shakespeare's play or the harry potter series, the important thing is to read, dont let yourself be influenced by others' criteria, you have your own thoughts and tastes.

Good luck

2007-03-22 15:41:56 · answer #2 · answered by Abbey Road 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋

nonfiction:
The Bible
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Hiding Place

fiction:
To Kill a Mockingbird
Treasure Island
The Odessey
The Scarlett Letter
Les Miserables
In His Steps
The Hobbit
Little Women
Romeo and Juliet
The Old Man and the Sea
Murder on the Orient Express
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
Rebecca
1984
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Christy
Girl of the Limberlost
Pollyanna
Ben Hur
Gone With the Wind
Uncle Tom's Cabin

I haven't read them all, but plan to eventually.
T

2007-03-22 15:55:01 · answer #3 · answered by Puff 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋

These books are so great im wondering why no one had mentioned them before.
David Eddings
The Belgariad
being
A Pawn of Prophecy
Queen of Sorcery
(?????????????)
Castle of Wizardry
Magicians Gambit
once u are done with those
The Mallorean
being
Guardians of the West
King of the Murgos
Demon Lord of Karanda
Sorceress of Darshiva
Seeress of Kell
also by david eddings, streched a bit from the first seirese but obviously he still had some more to say.
for a silly, fun book(s) try
Piers Anthony
A spell for Chameleon
not as good,
Source of Magic
main charcater a 12 year old, may be tedious for adults,
Caslte Roogna.
thats it for now, enjoy reading!

2007-03-22 14:55:58 · answer #4 · answered by Moonlight Rose 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Read TundraSpartan Stories stuff, they're pretty good, I favor Guardian of the War-Zone, yes, I "own" TundraSpartan Stories, I wrote all the books, I kicked all the other authors' asses, but I need to update the page so that people can download the sample of Guardian of the War-Zone.

Here's the link: www.freewebs.com/tundraspartan

enjoy!

2007-03-22 15:31:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

well lately I have been reading the The Dark Material by Phillip Pullman, if you like science fiction books thats a good series, If I knew what books you liked i could give you other titles. The Dark Material is a series of three books, the golden compass, the subtile knife and the third one i havent read yet. but its a great series. :)

2007-03-22 14:36:02 · answer #6 · answered by jessann 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Well here's some of my favorite books. The Alex Rider series, Airborn, and The Last Jihad depending on your age group. Lemony Snicket is pretty good and you should also try some christian fiction. I know a lot of it is poor quality but Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti are both really good.

2007-03-22 14:38:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

a person should read books about history

2007-03-22 14:34:32 · answer #8 · answered by Mary S 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋

King Fortis the Brave

2007-03-22 16:47:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

The Oath by Frank Peretti

2007-03-22 14:38:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋

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