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According to you Name some books which everyone must read at least once in their lifetime....?? (Only Fiction any genre)
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Mar 28, 2024 11:02AM
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Robinson CrusoeTom Sawyer
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Travels with Charley (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
The Farm in the Green Mountains (Alice Herdan Zuckmayer)
Stieg Larsson Millennium Trilogy
Marseille Trilogy by Jean-Claude Izzo
In a Dry Season (Peter Robinson)
A Place of Execution (Val McDermid)
The little Girl who lives down the Lane (Laird Koenig)
The Great GatsbyHamlet
His Dark Materials
The Earthsea Trilogy
Fahrenheit 451
Beartown
The Secret History
Slaughterhouse-Five
Little WomenAnne of Green Gables
Malibu Rising
Five Survive
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Harry Potter Series
The Alchemist
Yellowface
The Diary of a Young Girl
How to win friends and influence people
A History of Burning
The Hunger GamesThe Harry Potter series
ACOTAR series
Throne of Glass series
The Spanish Love Deception
The American Roommate experiment
The Silent Patient
the secret history what’s a girl gotta do
the outsiders
the hate u give
the secret historyHerc
A walk to remember
Crime and punishment
Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
My Favorites include some more recent books:The Frozen River (Ariel Lawson)
The Kite Runner
We Begin at the End
Lady Tan's Circle of Women (Lisa See)
The Color of Water (James McBride)
The Dry (Jane Harper)
All the Broken Places (John Boyne)
This Tender land (William Kent Kruger)
And the World Played Chess (Robert Dugoni)
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell (Robert Dugoni)
percy jackson series definitely, I just finished the Once Upon A Broken Heart series, which was phenomenal, hunger games, Folk of the Air, Caraval series, Inheritance Games series, Shatter Me, anything Ali Hazelwood
ACOTAR seriesFourth wing
Divine rivals
Divergent
The HobbitLOTR
Women Who Run with the Wolves
The Secret Garden
The Worst Witch
Jane Austen novels
Oscar Wilde's works
Ann Radcliffe novels
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Poison Diaries
and more...
The Naturals seriesMacbeth
The Caraval Trilogy
The Book Thief
Dance of Thieves duology
Beowulf
The Great Gatsby
Boys of Tommen series
A River Enchanted
The Murder on The Orient Express
the brothers karamazov and flowers for algernon
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...Basically, this list...and pretty much in that order. There are a couple "stinkers" on the list (in my opinion) but, for the most part...they've all been worth the time and effort...some more than others, naturally.
Honestly, I don't believe in must reads. However, I can certainly list books that have had a huge impact on me. Ones that immediately come to mind are:The Color Purple
The Things They Carried
Flowers for Algernon
This is How It Always Is
Stoner
Never Let Me Go
Shuggie Bain
The Overstory
The cruel prince Caraval
Heartless
Once upon a broken heart
I think it would be best to have just one from each of a few genres. With that in mind, he's what I'd pick.Fantasy: Ella Enchanted. Such a beautifully told fantasy story that builds such a lovely world without some of the more milquetoast worldbuilding or poor prose that unfortunately plagues a lot of other fantasy books.
Romance: Pride and Prejudice. I see it as more of a social satire, but there is still romance, and it's a very well-written one. Maybe not as steamy or "spicy" as what other people like, but it is quite solidly written :).
Dystopia: The Giver. The Hunger Games is a close second for me, but no dystopia could ever beat The Giver. Beautiful, profound, and heartbreaking.
Poetry: A Light in the Attic. Shel Silverstein is a treasure, and I think everyone could benefit from reading some solid poetry like his.
General classic: Anne of Green Gables. Perfect in every way, such a charming book that exemplifies everything a classic can be. Sweet, lovingly told, just wonderful.
Contemporary: Circe. This one is just a recent favorite of mine. Circe is so magically written and one of my favorite contemporary books. It shows that beautiful prose isn't dead just yet.
Play: Hamlet. It's iconic, it's great, and it's not Romeo and Juliet :).
Literary: The Bell Jar. I'm not even done with it and I already recommend this book. It's gorgeous.
This list could benefit from some more diverse authors though, I'm not familiar enough with any particular good books but I know they're out there. If anyone has any recommendations, I'd love to know :).
The Bell JarFourth Wing
Harry Potter
The Hobbit(I listened on audio)
The Crucible
The Poisonwood Bible, Never Let Me Go, Anne of Green Gables, and at least one Jane Austen book.
The Book ThiefBefore the Coffee Gets Cold
Harry Potter
Defy the Night series
The Maze Runner/Hunger Games
I think everyone should read The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe at least once
The outsidersI really loved the character description and the over all plot.
Gone with the wind
I know its like 900 pages long but its really worth it
Music of Death Blues by Gloria Oliver 5* Must ReadThe Book Spy by Alan Hlad
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
The Refugee Ocean by Pauls Toutonghi
Some of Us Are Looking by Carlene O'Connor
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
Song of Achilles, Circe, (MY TWO FAVS EVER) and Daisy Jones and the Six <3
The secret gardenPride and prejudice
The art of racing in the rain
The time machine
The terror
A man called Ove
Ok I’ll stop
1984The Handmaid's Tale
Animal Farm
Fahrenheit 451
Flowers For Algernon
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Pride and Prejudice
To Kill A Mockingbird
Lord of The Flies
The Plague
The Book Thief
The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Of Mice and Men
The Count of Monte Cristo
Crime and Punishment
The Brothers Karamazov
The Grapes of Wrath
East of Eden
Man's Search For Meaning
A Man Called Ove
Wild Seed
Lonesome Dove
Slaughterhouse-Five
Brave New World
Never Let Me Go
Hamlet
Hunger GamesHeartless
Harry Potter
Fourth Wing
ACOTAR
Love Hypothesis
Harry PotterPersuasion
Pride and Prejudice
The kite runner
Picture of Dorian Gray
Lord of the Rings
The book thief
Christine wrote: "Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks"love that book! one of my favorite authors
The Count Of Monte-CristoSense And Sensibility
Daisy Jones & The Six
The Hunger Games
The Starless Sea
The Night Circus
Holding Up The Universe
The House On The Cerulean Sea
Every Heart A Doorway
Mexican Gothic
Christine wrote: "Christine wrote: "Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks"love that book! one of my favorite authors"
I wish there would be more contemporary authors like Nicholas Sparks, Luanne Rice, Douglas Kennedy.
But today it's all dystopian, magic, fantasy...so boring!
A Good Girl's Guide To Murder and A River Enchanted
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein.
Harry Potter by JK Rowling They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera
Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters
If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch
Warriors by Erin Hunter
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
The Count of Monte Cristo Pride and Prejudice
1984
Corduroy
The Lord of the RingsTo kill a Mockingbird
The Poppy War
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
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