This Tuesday's theme is...
Top Ten Favorite Classic Novels
Ooh, classics, such fine pieces of literature with language that I don't always understand. (Yes, I've used SparkNotes, but only after I read a part of the book to help me make sense of it. Okay, and maybe I used it for the wrong reasons in a Shakespeare class, but Richard III was so boring and I just couldn't read it.) I don't read enough of these books and that's really a shame, because they can be just so very good. Here are ten classic novels (all read for school, sadly), out of the measly low number I've read in total, that I like most.
Wuthering Heights
Why you should read it: Talk about a messy love story.
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Why you should read it: This is one of my FAVORITES.
The Great Gatsby
Why you should read it: It's better than the movie.
Lord of the Flies
Why you should read it: It's the original Hunger Games.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Why you should read it: There is a fantastically intense court scene in this novel.
The Giver
Why you should read it: Hello, dystopian--utopian?
1984
Why you should read it: Because Big Brother is watching and he'll KNOW if you don't read it.
Hamlet
Why you should read it: I know Shakespeare is, like, SHAKESPEARE, but this book is actually really, really good.
Of Mice and Men
Why you should read it: Hey, heartbreaking ending.
Night
Why you should read it: There was Anne Frank, but there was also Elie Wiesel.
Some of these are on my TBR list. I didn't care for The Great Gatsby when I read it in high school and I keep hoping to read it again to see if my opinion changes.
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I recently read Hamlet and I loved it so much. I was surprised how much I enjoyed it! I can't wait to read more Shakespeare.
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You have got some amazing classics on your list. Some of them I'm yet to read, but they're definitely on my radar. I loved Lord Of The Flies. I read it at school, but have re-read it several times since.
ReplyDeleteTo Kill a Mockingbird and Hamlet made my list! :)
ReplyDeleteOh I didn't think about Night. That is such an incredibly powerful book. Good pick!
ReplyDeleteI've only read a couple of these, but I totally agree with you on those. Though I have to admit that I wasn't that big of a Lord of the Flies fan, which is weird, it seems like something I would love...
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I haven't read any of the books on your list, but I want to read The Great Gatsby! :)
ReplyDeleteA lot of these are on my Classics TBR list. Wuthering Heights though is probably one of my favorite books, period. So is Hamlet. Great list! =)
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Oh Wuthering Heights is so good. I can read that book over and over! Great list.
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