Hey! I’m 18 years old and i’ve been wanting to get back into reading again. Although i don’t read as many novels, i want to get into more of the classics
My favorite classic is No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai. I really love this book because not only is the prose easy to follow, but the vocabulary is surprisingly modern. Even tho it’s an easy read, it also has some of the most dense messages, themes, philosophies, and characterization i’ve scene in storytelling.
I wanted to make this post because i just read 3 chapters of Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky but i felt so dumb reading it. I followed what was going on at some moments but genuinely had no idea what was being said at other moments 😅😅
Other classics i’ve read: Catcher in the rye, Mice of men, The stranger, The trial, The metamorphosis, Animal Farm, White Nights, Great Gatsby.
Lastly, i’m not picky about length or what not but i genuinely want to increase my vocabulary by reading more so if you guys can help me out then that’ll be awesome 🙏. Im not asking for something that’s like children level easy but something that i can comprehend but also increase my knowledge for the future.
THANK YOU in advance for going out your way and recommending me stuff!
by realnouierga
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frankenstein is a good pick
Authors whose prose is easy to follow but can still expand your vocabulary: John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Kurt Vonnegut, not necessarily in that order, but an order isn’t particularly necessary.
the bell jar by sylvia plath
fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury
lord of the flies by william golding
a separate peace by john knowles
slaughterhouse-five by kurt vonnegut
the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde
one flew over the cuckoo’s nest by ken kesey
the outsider by albert camus (different translation from *the stranger* can feel fresh)
brave new world by aldous huxley
we have always lived in the castle by shirley jackson
all are pretty accessible but still offer big themes and memorable writing.
North and South by Elisabeth Gaskell. It may help to watch the PBS mini series also. It is very good.
The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath
Life On the Mississippi by Mark Twain
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes