I’m really into books but I’ve never really been interested in classics. I’ve really only read Pride and Prejudice, The Great Gatsby, and sort of Frankenstein (DNF this one though). Please recommend me some classics to get me back into the genre, thank you! 😀
by ConstantScore2870
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Sparks
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Anything by Mark Twain—Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are probably the best known, but he has some great short stories and novellas too. Pudd’nhead Wilson is an old favorite of mine
Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London. (And his many short stories) He wrote a lot about the Alaska gold rush and the dangers thereof
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Huckleberry Finn, my absolute favorite ❤️
To Kill a Mockingbird
All Quiet on the Western Front
Unpopular opinion(?) but Catcher in the Rye
See my [Classics (Literature)](https://www.reddit.com/r/Recommend_A_Book/comments/18bszl9/classics_literature/)
+1 on To Kill a Mockingbird
Anna Karenina
Of Human Bondage
The Forsyte Saga
It would be helpful to know what you like since otherwise you might as well look up any generic “100 Best Classic Novels” list.
Jane Eyre is so deeply problematic but as that’s largely taught these days I feel like it’s worth a read, it is genuinely captivating even when I was annoyed and I am NOT big on classics. The Counte of Monte Cristo is probably my favorite but god, so long. So so long. Definitely recommend some Shirley Jackson, she’s iconic and she’s labeled as “horror” but it was the 50’s / 60’s so her books really aren’t very frightening. They’re more comments on society than anything. And she’s very witty and bizarre.