My english is not that great. I actually like philosophical books. So i started with crime and punishment but at every page i had to check the dictionary for meaning and after a while it became so tiresome that i left it. Can you suggest some english books where i can start and also up my english.
Also can you tell me if no longer guman by osamu dazai a good option for now or not
by Majestic_Thinker8902
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You started with CRIME AND PUNISHMENT? insane – don’t do that. I can recommend shel Silverstein. Read something by an English or American author
Ambitious start! I’d suggest starting with books like The Alchemist, The Catcher and the Rye, or even Of Mice and Men
Some of the books I read recently and enjoyed:
Bel Canto by Ann Patchet; The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes; Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro; How to be Good by Nick Hornby
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand it’s a philosophical book
These are great for those learning English (as well as excellent reads):
Holes by Louis Sachar – middle grade fiction but tends to be loved by different age groups
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
* Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
* Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
* The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
*’The Hobbit’* by JRR Tolkien. It can be enjoyed both by children and adults, it’s a classic but also accessible.
*’A Wizard of Earthsea’* by Ursula K. Le Guin for the same reason.
Also short stories for something requiring a bit less commitment – Stephen King, Philip K Dick, Roald Dahl, Isaac Asimov all have great short story collections. The advantage of such collections being that if you don’t enjoy one story, there are plenty more to choose from.
Start to read hardy boys and ruskin bond novels, then shift to Sidney sheldon.
1984 or Animal Farm by George Orwell. He deliberately used simpler language as he wanted his books to be understood by as many people as possible. The language is simple, but the ideas are complex, so it would be perfect for you.
I Who Have Never Known Men is easy language with complex themes so great for an adult learning English. As I was reading it I actually thought to myself I should read it again in my second language for practice.