But I want to start with the classics. I've literally not read and enjoyed a book (autobiographies) since I was maybe 14 and I'm 26 now.
If you could suggest ONE single classic book that is an absolute must read – which one would you suggest? It does NOT have to be an easy book, my only criteria is that I want to feel completely consumed by the story
I'm sure threads like these exist but I'm too brainrotted to search, thanks!
by palmbuttersoup
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Jane Eyre, especially if you’ve enjoyed autobiography before
To Kill Mockingbird by Harper Lee
And after you can read the true story of the author in Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee written by Casey Cep
Siddartha
Wuthering Heights and 1984 are both great! Would also recommend checking out some Kurt Vonnegut (slaughterhouse five or cats cradle are good ones to start with) but idk if those are considered classics?
Rebecca
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Seconding Jane Eyre and Siddartha
I’m adding Momo by Michael Ende
East of Eden
I’ve not enjoyed any of the classics. They are all written by white men heavily ensconced in the patriarchy. But I get it, I wanted to start there too. One Hundred Years of Solitude is very respected in the literature community. It’s written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a Colombian author. It is in my opinion, and many others, the best piece of the magical realism genre, which is a genre worth sampling.
The World According to Garp might be considered a minders classic and I thought it was fantastic.
For a hard classic, I would go with the author Fyodor Dostoevsky.
The death of Ivan Illych
I just started The Lord of the Rings- it’s great so far- join me!