what are some classic books to read today? (not anything thats read in highschool)?

Question

looking for ethnic classics/good books like roots, art of war, invisible man, ect

Answer 1

The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck- Asian

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn- Irish

The Color Purple- Alice Walker- African American

Tar Baby, Sula, Beloved- Toni Morrison- African American

Answer 2

I only see one recommendation for Ms. Hurston, so I'll bump another one: Moses, Man of the Mountain. Zora Neale Hurston took the story from the Bible that we all know and wrote it (from my eyes) devoid of all Christianity. It's a really good book and I think better than Their Eyes Were Watching God. There is some correlation between the speech and the events in the book and real life history, so once you read it post another question on here- this could have you thinking for months.

One of my professors also got me hooked on Chester Himes, He's famous for his Harlem series of detective stories with these two cops. The first one I read was Cotton Comes to Harlem which is was really good- had me guessing to the very end. But if you want a book that you CANT put down thats a good read go get his A Rage in Harlem (originally For Love of Immabelle). I had this book when I was in the hospital and I couldn't put it down.

Answer 3

Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
Botchan by Natsume Sōseki
Go and Come Back by Joan Abelove
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Answer 4

Native Son by Richard Wright
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Answer 5

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurst.

Answer 6

sure they're perfect with regard to the trinity dogma. The Roman Catholic Church is very sparkling that the trinity dogma isn't a coaching of scripture yet of the clergy. They view the clergy as having the excellent and authority to instruct/interpret The Scriptures any way they choose and that no person else has this perfect. while the dogma of the trinity got here in to the church it is additionally while the persecution of people who disagreed got here into the church. The spirit of persecution is the spirit of devil. while Nicea replaced into convened there have been 304 bishops attending out of a achievable 5,000 bishops of the church. those 304 presumed to communicate for the full church and got here up with the trinity. there have been different different councils called that have been attended by employing majorities of the bishops and those anathematized the trinitarian teachings of Athanasius yet they do no longer decide to speak approximately those councils. Eusebius, the 1st church historian exterior of scripture, replaced into antagonistic to the trinity. this is why he's no longer called a saint yet he's talked approximately as a sturdy source of church history. Trinitarians choose all and sundry to think of the difficulty replaced into settled in 325 however the communicate has by no skill long previous away. 325 did no longer even communicate with regard to the holy spirit and what it replaced into and how if figured into the newfangled trinity. That got here later at Chalcedon. maximum individuals that say the have faith interior the 'trinity' do no longer even comprehend what it is. it is a capture word, buzzword, in spite of you pick to call it that the 'in people use.' area element: Constantine replaced into supposedly 'switched over' on his deathbed and baptized as an 'Arian Christian' by employing an Arian bishop. Even pagans comprehend a million+a million+a million=3, no longer a million.

Answer 7

A Tree Grows in Brookly by Betty Smith. its about a girll named frnacie who grows up in a brooklyn slum and takes place in the early 1900s. very good book.

Answer 8

Pride and Predjudice

Answer 9

What is "ethnic" supposed to mean?

Edit: Oh, black.