I love Camus, while the plague is his most famous, 'a happy death' and 'the stranger' read back to back are really interesting, because he scrapped the first, but kept parts of it to put in the latter.

I loved Steppen Wolf.

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Hey everyone! I am looking for great Classic-Modern literature suggestions.

Books that have left a mark on you and that you think anyone should read.

 

Right now I am trying to enter to a little literature gathering group so as a entrance test I must propose a book for everyone to read. I've been thinking already of a few books but I thought some of you must have some wonderful suggestions too. :)

 

And please! try not to come up with something of Paulo Cohelo or Dan Brown.

 

The Tao Te Ching is Great :)

the three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, it's my favorite book ever!! :)

I love Camus, while the plague is his most famous, 'a happy death' and 'the stranger' read back to back are really interesting, because he scrapped the first, but kept parts of it to put in the latter.

 

Thank you! I've heard about those books. I'll definitely add Camus to my list then. ;)

 

The Tao Te Ching is Great :)

 

Why is it great? Isn't it too philosophical? Btw, I said classical-modern-XIX/XX century, not Antiquity. :lol:

 

the three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, it's my favorite book ever!! :)

 

Same with Frankenstein... Is such a "common" story so I don't feel really tempted to read it. I really liked reading Dracula though. Ehh maybe I should try yours too. :)

I talked to a friend yesterday and totally recomended me Murakami's "Kafka On The Shore" and "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle".

 

AGH, SO MUCH BOOKS TO READ, JUST ONE LIFE... :bomb:

Same with Frankenstein... Is such a "common" story so I don't feel really tempted to read it. I really liked reading Dracula though. Ehh maybe I should try yours too. :)

 

I thought I wouldn't like it too, because almost everybody knows the basics of the story, but I read the book really fast and I thought it was very well written :)

After asking for a lot of your suggestions in several libraries, and realising that many of them weren't available, I've finally decided to propose: "Doctor Zhivago" of Boris Pasternak as my option to enter to the litearure gathering. :uneasy: Wheter I get in or not, I really wanted to read that book (I had read a little of it before and I liked it) I'll late you know how it went with that. Thank you everyone!

keeping this thread alive... (although the 'what are you reading now' thread would suffice)

 

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates is absolutely amazing. It was runner up to catch-22 for the best book award in its year, but it's so much better.

^the movie was extremely depressing

EAST OF EDEN. <3

^I completely agree with you, particularly with Franny and Zooey.

 

I'd also second the recommendation for To Kill a Mockingbird. It's a classic piece of American literature and is just an amazing story.

 

I HIGHLY recommend One Hundred Years of Solitude or Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. They have a lot of magical realism, which some people don't love, but they are both incredible stories.

 

This one is not exactly modern, but try also Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It's dark... about a man who commits murder basically to see if he can get away with it. I haven't read it in years, but it made a huge impression on me when I first read it.

 

Hmm... that Love in the Time of Cholera, I've seen the movie, so the book must be good, huh?

Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler. I guarantee you will enjoy this. Hilarious.

^ :lol:

 

 

Someone should read the Kama Sutra. I know it's not modern, but...:p

^ Ermm, I don't think such illustrated books fit the category for a literature gathering.

 

keeping this thread alive... (although the 'what are you reading now' thread would suffice)

 

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates is absolutely amazing. It was runner up to catch-22 for the best book award in its year, but it's so much better.

 

That would be an excellent recomendation, for so many reasons... I won't bother to explain. I'll take it in consideration for the next proposal in case I get chosen (I'm sticking to Doctor Zhivago)... I'm actually adding it to my "books to read" list either way. Thanks!

Another book in my list is: The Reader of Bernhard Schlink.

Thread now officially changed to: Great Kate Winslet movies based on equally great books...

^ Ermm, I don't think such illustrated books fit the category for a literature gathering.

 

Haha I know, I was kidding. :P

^ :lol:

 

 

Someone should read the Kama Sutra. I know it's not modern, but...:p

 

One of the greatest books ever written.

I'm sure people have read this one more than actual books lolz.

Thread now officially changed to: Great Kate Winslet movies based on equally great books...

 

:P

Have you read it Ricardo? :sneaky:

Like if it was the Bible. You?

The Great Gatsby. :heart:

It seems like my book was finally chosen... :p

 

There was a triple tie between Zuckerman Bound (of Philip Roth), The Music of Chance (Paul Auster) and my book: Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak). The voting was public obviously... and I got to vote last... Well I voted for mine (Nobody else voted for theirs lol).

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