I’d love to hear suggestions and additions to my list i have formed of books that caught my interest, also super curious on what you guys think i should start first. A little about myself, im 24yr old male from San Diego who absolutely hated reading through school and never once in my life picked up a book to read willingly. Until recently youtube started suggesting me book rec videos and book stuff in general and i have been loving it and it is at my peak interest currently, i have been researching so much on what to start on and im really interesting in picking up some sort of classic, that’s #1 for me and philosophy has also grabbed my attention as #2 and later on dive into some sci fi. I really enjoy the whole ancient greece and rome vibe and spartans and stuff like that, knights / castles and middle ages type of realm, Norse and Greek mythology are some of my favorite genres to watch and play. one of my favorite games i played was Assassins Creed Odyssey. I love that time period in games and movies. I also really love dark / gothic stop motion animations like Coraline which is my favorite movie of all time along with A Nightmare Before Christmas and 9. the animated movie A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey which i know has a classic book is something i found interesting but heard it’s difficult read? Game of Thrones is my favorite show of all time. Just to throw some things out there i know it’s a mess just kinda spit balled it.
With that being said,i’ve been so interested and genuinely excited to pick up a book or 2 and start reading, here’s the list i created so far that have caught my interest and want to hear what you’d recommend i’d start first or things i could add to my list:
(** are my top interests)
Red Rising, Pierce Brown (guaranteed read just not yet)
Letters from a Stoic, Seneca**
11/22/63, Stephen King
The Analects, Confucius
The Book of Five Rings, Mityamoto Musashi
Antigone, Sophocles
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Art of War, Sun Tzu
Works and Days, Hesiod
The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas**
How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster
Hail Mary, Andy Weir
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck**
The Pearl, John Steinbeck
The Stranger, Albert Camus
Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer
Mistborn, Brandon Sanderson
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Animal Farm, George Orwell**
Mastery, Robert Greene
Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde**
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens**
Dracula, Bram Stoker
Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson**
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
Lord of the Flies, William Golding**
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