Benable — create shareable lists of things you recommend!

E.g., products you love, local businesses, travel recs - you can add anything to a Benable list!

Discover

My Favorite Reads 📖📚

15 items

Anastasija

These are the novels, stories, and poems that I consider essential reading. If you're looking for literature that is deeply moving and exceptionally written, start your journey here.

A heartwarming story of four distinct sisters growing up, learning to find their own paths, and cherishing the unbreakable bonds of family. A must-read on ambition, sacrifice, and independence.

Little Women

Jane Austen's beloved masterpiece about the witty Elizabeth Bennet and the proud Mr. Darcy. Their famous battle of wits and social prejudices leads to one of the most cherished love stories in English literature.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Emily Brontë’s dark and haunting Gothic masterpiece. This is the ultimate tragic love story of the wild Heathcliff and the headstrong Catherine on the desolate Yorkshire moors, a tale driven by all-consuming passion and unforgiving revenge.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Charlotte Brontë's intense and enduring love story. Jane Eyre arrives at Thornfield Hall and falls for the enigmatic Mr. Rochester, only to uncover the dark, haunting secrets hidden within his Gothic mansion. A classic tale of passion, morals, and se...

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Gustave Flaubert's groundbreaking realist novel. Beautiful Emma Rouault yearns for the passion and romance she reads about in books, but is trapped in a disappointing provincial marriage. Her desperate pursuit of luxury and adulterous affairs leads t...

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Trapped in a time loop, Aiden Bishop has eight days and eight different bodies to inhabit in order to solve the murder of Evelyn Hardcastle. A brilliant, mind-bending mystery where failure means the day resets and the killer goes free.

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

A powerful, unflinching novel about a young woman's struggle with identity and mental breakdown in 1950s America. The Bell Jar is a candid and devastating portrait of a mind trapped and isolated by its own darkness.

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The complete literary works of Edgar Allan Poe, a foundational voice in American Gothic literature. This essential volume collects all his poetry, essays, and celebrated tales of horror, mystery, and psychological dread. A testament to Poe's enduring...

Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

A witty and insightful novel about the perils of society and the pursuit of marriage in 19th-century England. Sense and Sensibility contrasts the reserved Elinor and the expressive Marianne, showing how both prudence and passion can lead to heartbrea...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austin

The groundbreaking dystopian precursor to 1984. Set in the strictly controlled One State, where citizens are known only by numbers, this novel follows chief engineer D-503 as his life of pure logic is destabilized by an encounter with passion and the...

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

A tender and heartbreaking novella about a lonely St. Petersburg "Dreamer" whose life is transformed by a brief, four-night romance during the city's luminous White Nights.

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A humorous and insightful novel where the reserved Lucy Honeychurch must choose between a proper, socially approved fiancé and a passionate but unconventional young man. A classic exploration of class, propriety, and the transformative power of freed...

A Room with a View by E. M. Forster

A heartbreaking classic about the virtuous Eugénie, whose life and wealth are controlled by her miserly, obsessive father in 19th-century France. Balzac masterfully explores the destructive power of avarice and its crushing effect on love and innocen...

Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac

A dark, classic thriller where the respected Dr. Jekyll unleashes his evil, murderous alter-ego, Mr. Hyde, through a dangerous experiment. Stevenson’s chilling novella is a profound look at the battle between good and evil residing in every soul.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

The groundbreaking Victorian thriller ignited by a chance encounter with a mysterious woman dressed in white. Wilkie Collins delivers a chilling classic of secrets, identity theft, and relentless suspense.

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins