I’m being offered a free book at a school awards ceremony, up to £13 in price. I’m honestly not a great reader, though I wish I was. Some books I’ve read in recent times and have enjoyed include The Handmaid’s Tale, The Talented Mr Ripley, the Hunger Games trilogy, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Metamorphosis. I reckon I’m not great at understanding too sophisticated language, as I hated reading 1984, Anna Karenina, and Pride and Prejudice. I would quite like to fill up the budget with the book – bit of a petty thing from my end.
I’m considering Dune and The Bell Jar. My friend recommended Lolita but I don’t think it’s the best book to obtain through school.
I think I would be interested in reading some feminist literature, having read Chopin’s Story of an hour, but I do feel it would seem a bit pretentious, mainly because I’m supposed to be a STEM not literature person. I’m not very sure.
Thank you very much in advance for your suggestions!
by littlemusicdreamer
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Have a look at Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, would also recommend The Bell Jar, maybe something like The Secret History or Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. Haven’t read it but in terms of feminist and STEM Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmisch seems like something you’d enjoy.
The language instinct by Steven pinker. Fun read , nonfiction books tend to be more expensive than mass market paperback fiction.
Battle Royale by takumi. It’s dystopian which fits some of the books you’ve liked. It’s also slightly inappropriate (much like hunger games, the story revolves around high school aged people killing each other) More simply written than Lolita.
Stories of your life and others by Ted Chiang. Maybe you’ll enjoy short story collections. Sci-fi is an easy option try and Arrival the film was inspired by one of the chapters.
In terms of an expensive book, a second hand copy of the paperback edition Gombrich’s The Story of Art may be as little as 13 pounds. This is a great book to own as a reference and even maybe to read through one day. It has colour pictures of all the art it mentions and, alongside the website Google Arts and Culture, it’s almost possible to see everything from your own living room.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier