With the exception of anything in the fantasy, paranormal,
sci-fi or horror genres. I've already read Memoirs Of A
Geisha, Gone With The Wind, The Notebook, among others. I can handle an advanced vocabulary and I'm not daunted by length either. They can be classics i.e. Gone With The Wind or something more contemporary i.e. The Secret Life Of Bees, just please don't recommend Catcher In The Rye,i can't stand that book. Just please recommend great novels, and must read great novels. Thank you in advance.
2007-10-01 15:02:32 · 17 answers · asked by Future Top Chef 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I'm glad I'm not the only one who couldn't stand Catcher in the Rye! Give some of these a try:
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott - yes, it's a classic, but there's a reason for that. Every time I read it, I find myself trying to be a better person.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith - I just finished this, and it's an eye opener about poverty - not just how difficult it can be, but how hope, family, and love cannot be destroyed by it.
The Princess Bride, by William Goldman - as wonderful as the movie is, the book is so much more so. It's funny and exciting and romantic.
Little Earthquakes, by Jennifer Weiner - A little more grown up in subject, it's the story of four women who meet at a yoga class for pregnant women.
2007-10-01 17:11:42 · answer #1 · answered by swbiblio 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of my favorite books in this world were written by Thomas Wolfe:
Look Homeward Angel
The Web and The Rock
You Can't Go Home Again etc
you'll need an old dictionary and some time but they are worth the trouble to read
I have also just finished a book by Susan Veerland-Girl In Hyacinth Blue...it is wonderful and unlike any book I have ever read.
For humor I just finished the first book in a series by Ayelet Waldman-Nursery Crimes and it is so funny and very well written.
The old stand by To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a must.
Read some Lloyd C. Douglas and John D. Mac
Donald go western and read Flint by Louis L'Amour.
If you like mysteries Philip R. Craig and his Martha's Vineyard series is very good and they are short maybe 200 pages at most.
Romances-the Love Inspired series by Harlequin
Lois Richer
Margaret Daly
Judy Baer
Cheryl Wolverton
Jillian Hart
the list goes on
2007-10-01 22:50:00 · answer #2 · answered by Wanda W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say that the Must-Reads are :
* Pride And Prejudice - Jane Eyre
* David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
* Jane Eyre - Bronte
* The Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
Also try out :
* The Count of Monte Cristo
* Rebecca
* Wuthering Heights
2007-10-02 01:18:21 · answer #3 · answered by gs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
The Count Of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
2007-10-01 16:55:20 · answer #4 · answered by Caitlin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell
Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier an Clay by Michael Chabon
Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
If you like these authors, find other books that they wrote by searching on amazon.com or checking your local library's online catalog.
Happy Reading!
2007-10-01 15:23:52 · answer #5 · answered by LibraryGal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Cold Blood by Capote. Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky. Sophie's Choice by Styron. Bonfire of the Vanities by Wolfe. U.S.A. Trilogy by Dos Passos. The New Confessions by William Boyd. The Grifters by Thompson. I Claudius by Robert Graves.
Tried to pick some novels I have loved and you might not have heard of. Nowadays I mostly read non-fiction or genre fiction as I believe the modern American novel is dead.
2007-10-01 17:24:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rebecca---Daphne Du Maurier
Rebecca's Tale---Sally Beauman
East of the Sun---Barbara Bickmore
Carter Beats the Devil---Glen David Gold
Scarlett---Alexandra Ripley
2007-10-01 20:01:34 · answer #7 · answered by arenee1999 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a wonderful book. I love novels set in Russia:"Dr Zhivago" is a modern one. The classics like "Anna Karenina" and "War and Peace" are absolutely great. The novels of Dickens in an English setting are also great fun.I suggest you go to your local library to browse on their bookshelves or their computerised catalogue. Or go into a large bookstoere to have a look around.
2007-10-08 11:02:54 · answer #8 · answered by D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hemingway- The old man an the sea- classic
Faulkner- the sound and the fury-classic
Toni Morrison- Sulu-along the lines of the sound and the fury
Cormac Mccarthy-no country for old men-quickie read
Qui Xiolong- death of a red heroine- modern china mystery
Richard Preston-cobra event- scary as hell science/ medical novel-csi-ish
2007-10-01 16:16:03 · answer #9 · answered by rush 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rebecca, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Gulliver's Travels, Lolita, Uncle Tom's Cabin, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Tale of Two Cities, Scaramouche, Phantom of the Opera, The Lovers (Duras) -- etc. etc. etc.
email me if you want more suggestions!!
2007-10-01 15:13:56 · answer #10 · answered by MadameZ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋