Hello readers!
Some time ago I published a post named Why I read classics + Why you don’t need to, which got me thinking: which are the classics I do want to read, and why? As said in the post, I am rather picky with classics to read, because most of the time I expect their writing to be boring, even in adventure books. So I do quite some research before adding one to my TBR. Also, a lot of the classics I’ve read are Brazilian, so the “international” classics I haven’t read much. Here are the ones I look most forward to!
To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf, is a book I simply cannot believe I haven’t read yet. I really liked Mrs Dalloway and A Room of One’s Own, and I admire Virginia as a writer and person so much! I need to read this ASAP. It tells the story of a family as they travel to an Island in Scotland in the 1900s. Seems to be a very introspective book.
The Sun also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway. I have some doubts about his writing style, which from what I heard seems not to be my cup of tea, but who knows? I’d like to read something by him and Fitzgerald anyways so I can feel part of the feud they had back then, because VINTAGE TEA WAS SPILLED AND I WANNA BE A PART OF IT.
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende. I fell in love with magical realism after reading One Hundred Years of Solitude, and I really need to read more Latin American authors! This story sounds magical and dark, and I’m so here for it!
The Count of Mount Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. I DNF-ed The Three Musketeers 9 years ago (I feel old now) because I found the writing style not very exciting, so I am hoping that I have a better experience with this one! By the way, you can download it free on Goodreads! The length of this book kind of intimidates me, but I’ve heard such great things about it, and I am sure 17-year-old me would support this decision.
The Price of Salt, by Patricia Highsmith! I already talked about this book before, and I bought it in Amazon a few weeks ago. Really looking forward to this LGBT+ classic!
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle, is a classic young adult sci-fi… aaaand I’m sold. The time travel theme sounds fascinating, and I’ve only heard good things about this book! Looking so much forward!
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey just sounds so intriguing?? The fact that it happens in a mental hospital really makes me curious. Plus with a 4.18 rating on Goodreads, it cannot be too bad 🙂
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is a classic on non-fiction crime. It sounds like a fascinating read and I’m itching to read this!
I look so much forward to reading Love In Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I loved A Hundred Years of Solitude, so I’m very curious to read this one – I’m just afraid it won’t be as good as A Hundred Years…
hi naty! // There are some classics I am excited to read but those are mostly tales for children. I am currently reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and really enjoying it so far.
xx linda
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Hi Linda! ohhh I love Pride and Prejudice!! It’s my favorite by Jane Austen!
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Loved the Kesey and Capote on your list. I stupidly announced last year that I was going to read Moby Dick… now wondering if I can slide out of that one 🙂 I *must* read A Wrinkle in Time this year!
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Surely you can skip Moby Dick… I have heard it’s mainly about ships and such and not that much story… I’m not very hyped for it.
I want to read A Wrinkle in Time before watching the movie! Have you watched it yet??
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Nope! I need to get hold of a copy pdq!
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I LOVE one flew over the cuckoos nest. It was my favorite in high school and all throughout my undergrad and grad school, i created projects and lessons that always centered it, even my final project for graduation. It’s so good.
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Ohhhhhhhh that is so great to hear!! I’m even more hyped for it now!
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I’ve only ever heard of two of these. I love Tess of the D’ubervilles by Thomas Hardy
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Oh I’ve read that one! It shocked me completely. I have another 2 books by Thomas Hardy on my TBR but I didn’t add it to this post not to make it too long!
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count of monte cristo was so beauitifully written, the plot and characters were so perfect, it’s one of my favorites!!!! ❤ I can't wait for you to read it ❤ ❤ ❤
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that’s so cool!!!! Looking so much forward to reading it!
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I used to be really big on classics but then I discovered YA and it all went downhill from there lol.
But some of my alltime favorites are Swann’s Way from Proust, Ladies Paradise from Zola, Notes from Underground from Dostoevsky and A Moveable Feast from Hemingway 🙂
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Oh wow, I haven’t read any of those… Thanks so much for the tips! And yes, since discovering YA I have almost to force myself to read classics nowadays… but they are so nice to read it’s totally worth the effort!
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To the Lighthouse and A Wrinkle in Time are on my list too! Hopefully we both enjoy them!
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Yesssssssss high-five!! And good luck to us!
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I loved Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen and a little less known one is Therese Raquin by Émile Zola
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Thank you so much for the tips! I absolutely must read Northanger Abbey, I have read by Austen Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion and Emma. P&P is my favorite so far! 🙂
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Hope You Like Northanger Abbey! 😀
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I read a few on your list and loved them.
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That’s so nice! They all sound very good 😀
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I’ve not read any of them except The Count of Mount Cristo. …and it was not a original version but a weird bad children’s version . I hate that book because there’s nothing happening at all
. Maybe the original book is different ?
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I have no idea! But i know that there is a long version and a short version of the book… but the short version is supposed to have all the action condensed, so maybe it was a different version that you read… I’ll be sure to review it once I read it, having your thoughts in mind 🙂
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🙂
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Cool list! Really loved Count of Monte Cristo- definitely recommend it!
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Thank you! 😀
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You’re welcome 😀
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The Sun Also Rises if it is the right Hemingway is about Bull fighting?! Well anyway I read it because of the bull fighting and it was pretty good but still read like a classic! Still his work can be good. Also To the Lighthouse sounds super good! I read Monte Cristo in school and really enjoyed it! ❤ Great list!
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It’s really about bullfights!! Oh my god I didn’t remember that from the synopsis, only that it was set post WWI… jeez, think I will add another book by him… thank you so much for the hint! I will read A Moveable Feast instead 🙂
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I haven’t read any of these classics. I hope you enjoy reading these!
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Thank you, Jenn!!
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Thanks for the list. I “read” classics by listening to Librivox books and was just wondering which one to start next:)
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I totally didn’t know Librivox! Thank you so much for the tip! 🙂 (I’ll know where I’ll be spending the next hours hehehe)
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Oh I’ve been loving it for catching up on some of the classics I’ve missed
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i read in cold blood about 20 years ago and it’s one of the rare true crime books I’ve ever read
i enjoyed it a lot and will most likely read it again for my reading challenge for the true crime topic
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Oh that is so good to know!! I have heard it’s one of the best true crime books out there.
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Good picks, Woolf’s To the Lighthouse is a feast of observation, Capote’s was one of those page turners that is grim but so compelling. Fear not about Love in the Time, although technically less complicated than 100 years’ family tree, it oozes quality writing and is right up there with the aforementioned century.
Currently I am living in The Philippines and since I landed I have been scouring for good literature and Jose Rizal’s Noli me Tángere is a really good book. I read the English translation and am looking forward to the sequel El Filibusterismo.
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