books I enjoyed:
-the book thief
-the maze runner series
-survivor and challenge by Tom Hoyle
-HP
-Gone series
-kafka on the shore
-the beekeeper of aleppo
books that I found decent:
-1984 (overrated and cliche)
-the picture of dorian gray (actually more than decent)
-crime and punishment (maybe I didn’t get the full picture, I feel like everyone regards it as a masterpiece)
by rayan3486
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If 1984 seems cliched, it’s probably because so many hack writers have copied Orwell.
You could try some of these:
* [The Master and Margarita](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117833.The_Master_and_Margarita) by Mikhail Bulgakov
* [Prague Farewell](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3344131-prague-farewell?ref=nav_sb_noss_l_16) by Heda Margolius Kovály
* [A Wild Sheep Chase](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11298.A_Wild_Sheep_Chase?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18) by Haruki Murakami
* [Too Much Happiness](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6464937-too-much-happiness?ref=nav_sb_ss_4_11) by Alice Munroe
* [Titus Groan](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39063.Titus_Groan) by Mervyn Peake
* [The Handmaid’s Tale](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12) by Margaret Atwood
* [The Power](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29751398-the-power?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=fEXj8I0iZD&rank=6) by Naomi Alderman
* [The Silence of the Girls](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37969723-the-silence-of-the-girls?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10) by Pat Barker
Richard Adams: Shardik
Iain Banks: Whit
Mark Haddon: the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Aldous Huxley: Brave New World
Yann Martel: the Life of Pi
Claire North: the First 15 Lives of Harry August
Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash
Based off your list:
– A Gentleman in Moscow (similar vibe to The Book Thief but less tragic)
– The Hunger Games + A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (similar to Maze Runner)
– The Percy Jackson séries and the Percy Jackson and the Olympian series (similar to HP)
Now onto classics:
– The Count of Monte Cristo (adventure, money, power, glory, and above all, revenge. Very entertaining).
– Les Miserables (probably the most important book anyone could ever read in their lives).
– Frankenstein (Interesting themes about creation and the limits of human invention. if you liked Dorian Gray, maybe you’ll like this one)
– Gone With The Wind… (Racist? Yes. Very much so. A masterclass on the human experience, and how we’re all flawed and yearning for things that elude us with some of the most truly human characters ever written? YES)
– Agatha Christie books. I suggest starting by the most famous Poirot mysteries to get a feel of how her books are usually like, but read “And then there were none” too. It’s considered the best mystery book ever.
Around that age is when I first read Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card and really enjoyed it