I'm new to reading and want to first read books that are popular "must read books" that people always talk about and/or reference. For example Catcher and The Rye, 1984, Sapiens, Kite Runner, To Kill a Mockingbird, 100 Years of Solitude etc.
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East of Eden
All the light we cannot see-Anthony Doerr
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Great Gatsby
When I was 10, somebody told me about a book about “rabbits” and I was pretty resistant to starting it, assuming they meant a cute Peter Cottontail or something.
And then I read what I still think is the most magnificent book ever written.
I’ve been worshipping *WATERSHIP DOWN* by Richard Adams for fifty years. I honestly feel that it’s unique in world literature, a subgenre of one.
There’s literally and figuratively never been anything that comes close to its astonishing beauty of writing, character, mood, theme, and plot and what it pulled off as an adventure story and fleshed out world about “rabbits.” Just something magical about it along with great intelligence, empathy, subtlety, poignancy, beauty of language, and profound insight that applies to human psychology, culture, society, and politics.
I know there are lots of people of all ages who feel the same way–It sold 50,000,000 copies!
First book I read as an adult was the old man and the sea and I loved it.
The Book Thief: Markus Zusak
The Help: Kathryn Stockett
The Bell Jar: Sylvia Plath
The Giver: Lois Lowry
Flowers for Algernon: Daniel Keyes