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Must-Read Novels to Make You Fall in Love with Reading
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items Title is Self Explanatory. If you’re a human, you will regret not having read these classic novels when you’re on your deathbed. Not only are they culturally significant and technically exquisite, they each affect you profoundly and make you view the...
Undisputedly one of the greatest books ever written in any language by Alexandre Dumas and his career collaborator and (partial) ghostwriter Auguste Maquet, translated in over 100 languages to date, and believed to have been read by over a billion pe...
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Must-Read for any older teenager and young adult. A true rite of passage. Perfectly simple and simply perfect. Holden Caulfield will forever be remembered as a polarizing, yet literary legendary, character - like him or not. That’s all I have to say ...
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
On the Road by Jack Kerouac is one of those books that feels more like a journey than just a story. Kerouac describes writing it in just barely a couple weeks in a sort of “fever dream” - following Sal Paradise and his friend Dean Moriarty as they tr...
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Perhaps most famously known for his experimentation with psychedelics such as LSD and Mescaline, both, but especially the latter of which he wrote another book concerning experiences with the substance that is on this list called the Doors of Percept...
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
If you’re looking for a book that reminds you why stories matter, To Kill a Mockingbird is a must-read. It’s beautifully written, deeply moving, and told through the innocent perspective of Scout as she begins to understand the complicated, mid 20th ...
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
This won’t be on any high school reading list — likely for good reason, but it is an incredible book for young adults and a slightly more mature audience. Also, I wouldn’t recommend this book as the first, or even one of the first, to be read from th...
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a good novel for people who are wanting to get into reading because it combines an interesting story with relatable themes such as friendship, ambition, love, and growing up. Although it was written in the 180...
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
While I don’t share the notion of many people that John Steinbeck is certainly the greatest American, or greatest writer of all time, I certainly do view him as one of the best.
The Grapes of Wrath is a good novel for people who are wanting to get ...
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Written roughly ten years after The Grapes of Wrath and after Of Mice and Men as well, Steinbeck himself actually considered East of Eden to be his Magnum Opus, meaning the greatest work of his career.
While some critics disagree, placing the Grapes...
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
No list of must read novels, especially for those who are trying to get into reading or pleasure and are new to wanting to start reading great classic books, is complete without The Great Gatsby. Almost universally considered one of the top 25-50 boo...
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Another great selection from the Penguin Clothbound Classics collection and one of my personal favorites of all time.
1001 Nights is a great book for people getting into reading because it is made up of many different stories, so readers can experie...
One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights)