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My 2026 Best Reads📚 (NEW Reader)
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items Starting my reading journey and trying to give honest opinions on my first-time reads! :)
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The first Dostoyevsky I have read and I can’t see how this book cannot be the best of Dostoyevskys work 10/10
Crime and Punishment | Barnes & Noble®
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This book is already my favourite read of the year so far. The kind you wish you could erase from your memory only to read again📚
The Book Thief: Zusak, Markus: 9780375842207
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A heartbreaking short read in Dostoyevsky's dream like St. Petersburg
White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Garnett
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This book really surprised me! A fantastic read that can be accomplished in an evening. I will be revisiting this one in the near future.
A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck
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Paranoia and mystery in 208 pages.
The Trial - Franz Kafka
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Such a fantastic book to get you into classics! A lifelong mystery in an unknown dystopian landscape, dives deep into the psychology of how we act when isolated without a wider society 10/10 Read!!!
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
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I couldn’t put this book down until I finished it😳 If you’re looking for something that will leave in complete bewilderment by its final page, please do read the moustache. One man’s paranoia takes him on a bizarre journey as he delves deeper into m...
The Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère
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I read this straight off the back of finishing Kitchen Confidential as I, like anyone who has ever read that book became quickly infatuated with him. This book is a collection of extracts of his writing through his life, it’s a fantastic read.
The Anthony Bourdain Reader
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A short story delving into the bizarre and tragic reasons behind a man's ingenius talent from the passing memory of a stranger on a cruise ship. Overall a really satisfying read and an easily accomplishable one.
Chess by Stefan Zweig (Paperback)
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A dream-like tale set in the country side after the war. This book gave me a strange sense of spectating this narrative as this very ordinary rural village floats through time whilst being visited by a man who has come to restore an old painted ceili...
A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
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Single-handedly my favourite book I've ever read. A flashlight shon on the sketchy past of one man's hectic journey in the grimey backstreets of the culinary world. Bourdain has a beautiful writing style, extremely raw and honest. I would recommend t...
Kitchen Confidential : 25th Anniversary Edition
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A heavy dystopian tale that seems to be more relevant now than ever…
George Orwell's 1984
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THE BEST MYHTOLOGY BOOK
I have always been infactuated with mythology in particular Norse Mythology. This book was everything I wanted from it, framed as the campfire stories that have been told through the ages, passed down through generations. I absolutely loved the compi...
I have always been infactuated with mythology in particular Norse Mythology. This book was everything I wanted from it, framed as the campfire stories that have been told through the ages, passed down through generations. I absolutely loved the compi...
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
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A fantastic novel.
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
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A story everyone should read within their life.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
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I CANNOT get enough of Dostoyevsky, fantastic read
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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After seeing Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey I decided to revisit the source material, and I can confirm its still incredible.
Odyssey by Homer | Plot, Summary, Characters, Themes ...
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I love this book, such a great read into a dystopian world we live not so far from. Perfect for someone starting their journey into classics.
Classics for new readers - George Orwell 1984