list of the 5 most important books i should read this summer?

Question

im on a life long quest to one day be able to say i'm well read.

Answer 1

The Three Musketeers
Oliver Twist
Huckleberry Finn
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Tale of Two Cities

Answer 2

Five Most Important Books for you to read this summer are>>

1) The Divine Comedy...> by Dante Alighieri
2) A Midsummer Dream > by William Shakespeare
3) The Tale of Two Cities > by Charles Dickens
4) Tess of the D'Urbervilles > by Thomas Hardy
5) Don Quixote > by Miguel de Cervantes

Answer 3

The only one I've read is Ender's Game and it was really good. But maybe it's because I'm into sci-fi. Here's the summary: "Set in Earth's future, the novel presents an imperiled humankind who have barely survived two conflicts with the Formics (an insectoid alien race also known as the "Buggers"). In preparation for an anticipated third invasion, an international fleet maintains a school to find and train future fleet commanders. The world's most talented children, including the novel's protagonist Ender Wiggin, are taken at a very young age to a training center known as the Battle School. There, teachers train them in the arts of war through increasingly difficult games including ones undertaken in zero gravity in the Battle Room where Ender's tactical genius is revealed."

Answer 4

1. Wuthering Heights- Emily Bronte. A brilliant novel which everybody should read in their lifetime.

2. Tess of the Durbervilles- Thomas Hardy. Another classic that is well worth reading.

3. We Need To Talk About Kevin- Lionel Shriver. A really thought provoking novel where you are bound to form your own views and opinions.

4. A Fine Balance- Rohinton Mistry. Excellent novel that grips you right from the beginning.

5. A Child Called IT- Dave Peltzer. This autoboigraphical account is an extremely well written and sad account of his childhood . His whole trilogy of books is well worth reading .

Answer 5

a) A Prayer for Owen Meany. This novel is heartbreaking and hilarious...one of the great American novels by one of the most talented living authors, John Irving.
b) The Picture of Dorian Gray. This novel is full of creepiness and debauchery, and is a perfect representation of the transition of England in the Victorian age.
c) The Stand: Complete and Uncut. An amazing epic of what it means to be American, as well as an examination of faith and fate.
d) I, Claudius. A look into the thrilling and murderous reigns of the Caesars at the height of Rome's power.
e) Holes. Possibly the most meaningful and beautiful children's book ever written (sorry, Harry Potter).

Answer 6

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Spiritual Life of Children by Dr. Robert Coles, Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton, Pilgrim at Tinker's Creek by Anne Dillard, and The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Answer 7

Bit of a mix for you, but you can consider yourself to be on the way to enlightenment if you read these, plus you will be thoroughtly entertained! Enjoy!

1) Don Quixote > by Miguel de Cervantes
2) War & Peace - Tolstoy
3) The God delusion - Dawkins
4) Animal Farm or 1984 - Orwell
5) The retreat of reason - Browne

Answer 8

Try:
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
War and Peace - Tolstoy (dont't be put off this is a very heartwarming book)
The Secret History - Donna Tartt
Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh.

Answer 9

Do you want depth or mind candy. For depth I'd go with: "1984", George Orwell, "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" by Robert Tressell. "Hard Times" - Dickens. Not many laughs in these, but great insight. for laughs I'd go with "Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy" Douglas Adams.

It all depends how difficult you like your books

Answer 10

Colleges always ask for One Flew Over the Coocoos Nest, great read. I also liked very much, any thing Mitchner, or Mutiny On the Bounty. So many, talk to the Liberian near your home.