Question by Mer: What are some Must See Books to Read Before You Die?
I really need a good book to grab my attention. I am not an avid reader, but my husband is and I would like to get into it more. But I have trouble finding the “righ” book to read. I have loved mystery and suspense novel. I want to expand my selection. Are there any classic books anyone recommends?
Best answer:
Answer by ronnlynn
Here are a few must reads:
anything by Charles Dickens (Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist…)
Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina (or War and Peace if you’re brave)
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
Thomas Hardy (Jude the Obscure, or I really love A Pair of Blue Eyes)
Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead (a more modern classic)
George Orwell’s 1984 (also more modern)
There’s so many more, but that’s a good start!
Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!
Mystery and suspense…
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
(Agatha Christie wrote a lot of murder mysteries, and they are really good without being bloody, and great deducing)
Here’s a list of 1001 books to read before you die: http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm/content_id.22845/Books
They are organized by century.
Veronica decides to die by paulo coeho…
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Alice in Wonderland (2 parts) by Lewis Carroll
The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer
1984 by George Orwell
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Discourse on the Method by Rene Descartes
If you like Mystery anything by James Patternson…especially the series 1st to die, 2nd chance, 3rd degree, 4th of July, 5th Horseman, and 6th (something)
Also anything by Stuart Woods
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult is a great book about a little girl who has cancer.
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk is about a sex addict (same guy who didn Fight Club).
Another Day in the Frontal Lobe by Katrina Firlik is an interesting story of the life as a female neurosugeon.
If you want to read about Muslim, No God But God by Reza Aslan is great at explaining things and relating them to other religions. Very INTERESTING!!!
That’s a wide range of topics. I read about 3 books a week when I’m not in school so if you would like other ones just let me know. I read everything from classics to short stories.