I came across following quote by Gustave Flaubert:
“What a scholar one might be if one knew well only some half a dozen books.”
And it really made me think. If instead of making it a project to read x amount of books, one would only pick 6 to study in-depth and essentially “know” them, which books would be most suitable?
I think it needs to be a dense book which offers something new everytime you read it. It can’t rely on plot twists or shock value but needs to have more to it than that.
For myself I came up with:
1. Don Quixote
2. Moby Dick
3. Anna Karenina
4. The Metamorphosis
5. Crime and Punishment
6. Ulysses
Of course this is fiction books only.
Now I am curious though which books would you pick? Doesn’t have to be “classical” of course but no book series cause that’s kinda cheating. 🙂
by xRudolVonStroheim