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Books you have to read at least once 👁️👁️
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items Some of my all-time favorite books - must-reads for life in my opinion! Plus, my thoughts on each 😌
9.5/10
- so good. Tolstoy's writing is clear and quickly immersive
- the dramaa !
- hearing the inner thoughts of the titular character, and watching her life fall apart.. hurts
- strangely enjoyed hearing about Levin's farm
- could've done withou...
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, Paperback
9/10
-Murakami's prose is incredible
- it's like a snack to read
- I love the surreal and bizarre feeling it has. it takes you on an all-nighter in downtown Tokyo, in the "shadowy middle" between light and dark, magic and reality
After Dark by Haruki Murakami, Paperback
8/10
- This one is nostalgic one for me! My parents used to read the whole series out loud on road trips
- Witty, funny, and never serious. Fun from start to finish
- Apparently people love or hate it, but I find its nonsensical take on the infinite...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide Series #1)
9.5/10
- absolutely swoonworthy and comforting to me.
- I fall in love with the characters in all their strengths and failings on every read. Even the characters you hate, you love to hate them
- Masterful prose. I'm a big fan of Austen's style - s...
Pride and Prejudice (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions) by Jane Austen ...
8.5/10
- it's a monster of a book, but the writing is exceptionally fluid and cinematic (some parts drag but the gratification builds), you can't help but be pulled in
- What a treat it is to peek into history at a scale both epic and intimate
- r...
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Paperback
9.5/10
- a haunting dive into hedonism, beauty, morality, and coming face to face with the soul
- I adore Wilde's prose - it reads like song and dance, and the imagery is beautiful. I appreciate the form as much as the substance with lit, and he's a ...
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Signature Classics) by Oscar Wilde, Paperback
9.5/10
- Stoicism isn't for everyone but this honestly was the only thing to pull me out of a desperately low point in my life
- It's amazing to think something written thousands of years ago can still be so relevant (except when he mentions things ...
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Paperback
8.5-10
- Absolutely absurd, creative, colorful, and dark and light at once - Garcia Marquez writes so vividly!
- Actually made me laugh at loud at times - the humor is filled with irony and a bite of cynicism
- I want to speak Spanish well enough t...
One Hundred Years of Solitude|Paperback
9/10
-I'm still halfway, will update when I finish!
-Dostoyevsky's style is more rough or messy than Tolstoy's to me.. but in the best way? It feels more real and modern. Just as immersive for me
-deeply enjoying the existentialist discussions and pr...
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Paperback