I'm trying to read all the classics I've never read and reread many I already have. There is just more time to read with the slower pace of life here, and I want to read one classic book for every "fun" book I read.
What are some of your favorites?
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Return of the native by Thomas Hardy is one of my faves!
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Anything by Richard Wright.
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Jane Eyre. I read it every couple of years. And Pride & Prejudice of course. I also read Middlemarch recently and have already reread it again.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Pride and Prejudice
Little Women (I want to reread this one soon!) -
A tree grows in Brooklyn
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The Count of Monte Cristo! It is in my top three.
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@Golden: yesss to Jane Eyre.... completely picture Michael Fassbender when I read it now!!
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The Catcher in the Rye
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Cry, the beloved country.
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Beloved
Confederacy of Dunces -
The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite.
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Catcher in the Rye
Lord of the Flies
Sometimes a Great Notion -
I like Wuthering Heights.
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Little Women
Pride and Prejudice
East of Eden
Jane Eyre
1984
Catch-22
To Kill a Mockingbird -
Pride & Prejudice
Gone With the Wind
Rebecca
Little Women -
Pride & Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Eyre
Little Women
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Call of the Wild -
Little Women (and the others in the series)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lord of the Flies -
Gulliver's Travels is fantastic. It's genuinely funny, which is amazing considering it was written almost three hundred years ago.
I'm a huge fan of Jane Austen, but I know she might not appeal as much to a man. If you only read one of her works, make it Pride and Prejudice.
Jack London's books are great. I'd start with The Sea Wolf and then Call of the Wild.
The Wind in the Willows is sweet, and might make a great read-aloud for Charlie and Olive.
If you're just starting to read the classics, you might want to start with classics written for children, like The Hobbit, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter Pan, Treasure Island, etc.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Pride and Prejudice
The Great Gatsby -
@FannyMae: I know! That scene where she faints and he catches her....swoon.
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Hardy - Tess
Dickens - Bleak House
Lewis - Screwtape, Abolition of Man (the latter being relevant to your homeschooling adventures) -
Madame Bovary, As I Lay Dying, Lolita
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@mamabolt: Yesssss! One of my all-time favorites!
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Jane Eyre, Count of Monte Cristo, Secret Garden and Little Princess.
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Many listed above, but also:
Ragtime
Vanity Fair
A Room with a View
A Tale of Two CitiesOne on my list:
The Yellow Wallpaper
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