So last week I decided i was gonna start reading and bought myself a kobo ereader and started buying some books that were pretty popular online. The past five days i read the stranger by camus, the metamorphosis by kafka and the death of ivan iylich by tolstoy, which i finished today. I also tried notes from the underground by dostoevsky, but i did not understand the rant the main character was going on in the start and decided ill return to it later.
I want another shorter book like the three i have read to kind of get used to reading before going to super heavy or long books that im not yet ready for.
I liked these books because after i had finished them i found myself staring into the wall questioning my own life. Put myself into a lot of deeper thought and simply they were very enjoyable and entertaining. I like a book with a clear narrative and plotline and makes me think like these three did.
Thank you!
by cl0verrrr
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Some shorter ones. They’re not the same existential sort but cause you to ask other important questions:
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The First Man by Albert Camus
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Wow, those are some pretty deep reads for first books. Well done!
The Plague is very underrated IMO, it is my favorite Camus.
Some others that randomly come to mind based on what you like:
Hemingway – Old Man and the Sea (short), A Farewell to Arms, The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls. None of them are overly long, but they will DEFINITELY make you question your existence. “The Short, Happy Life of Francis MacComber” is a Hemingway short story that, in my opinion, is among the top 10 short stories ever written. It’s a fucking wild ride. The narratives in all of these are excellent and compelling, IMO.
Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The Island of Dr. Moreau