Classic novels

[kevin horlocks wand]

Although for teenagers quick briliant reads from that list are holes luis sachar and noughts and crosses by Blackman.

Birdsong is a fab book.

 

[manctheknife]

Great to see
The woman in white by Wilkie Collins up there..A gem

 

[KnaresboroughBlue]

About ten years ago got into the habit of reading a Dickens novel every December started with Christmas Carol and its become part of Christmas for me even though they arent Christmas novels. One to avoid though is Moby Dick I cant give up when I've started a novel but that one was a slog
Enjoyed a few Robert Louis Stevenson and Walter Scott ones too.

I loved Moby Dick, one of my all time favourites. If you want a real slog, James Joyce is your man!!

 

[blueparrot]

Read pretty much all the classics...my top 3 would be...
grapes of wrath. Stein beck
a tale of two cities. Dickens
in cold blood. Capote. ..not sure if that would be a top 100 tbh.
Some great literature in front of you mate....

Tale of two cities is a great book but my favourite Dickens is probably the lesser knpwn Barnaby Rudge.

 

[blueparrot]

I loved Moby Dick, one of my all time favourites. If you want a real slog, James Joyce is your man!!

Never tried James Joyce, maybe I'd enjoy him if you liked Moby Dick :).

 

[asgoodasitgets]

Nobody, ever, has read War and Peace.
If you meet someone who says they have, they are lying. It's dirge. Not just normal dirge but true unsurpassed dirge with knobs on. Plus , it makes no sense. Loads of Russians with similar names and jobs and titles mushing around doing stuff.
In fact, thinking on . Dirge doesn't do this overbearing monotonous pile of shite any justice.
And it's 14 million pages long .

 

[manctheknife]

Tale of two cities is a great book but my favourite Dickens is probably the lesser knpwn Barnaby Rudge.

I,d go...
Tale of two cities
Nickleby
hard times
twist
as my dickens picks....
far as Joyce goes it's all pretty good apart from ulysses which is unreadable in parts..
whoever name checked birdsong above...yeah.

 

[manctheknife]

Nobody, ever, has read War and Peace.
If you meet someone who says they have, they are lying. It's dirge. Not just normal dirge but true unsurpassed dirge with knobs on. Plus , it makes no sense. Loads of Russians with similar names and jobs and titles mushing around doing stuff.
In fact, thinking on . Dirge doesn't do this overbearing monotonous pile of shite any justice.
And it's 14 million pages long .

True enough babshka, ,,,,,crime and punishment is worth a go though.

 

[casserole of nonsense]

Read pretty much all the classics...my top 3 would be...
grapes of wrath. Stein beck
a tale of two cities. Dickens
in cold blood. Capote. ..not sure if that would be a top 100 tbh.
Some great literature in front of you mate....

In Cold Blood is just brilliant.

 

[Paladin]

Nobody, ever, has read War and Peace.
If you meet someone who says they have, they are lying. It's dirge. Not just normal dirge but true unsurpassed dirge with knobs on. Plus , it makes no sense. Loads of Russians with similar names and jobs and titles mushing around doing stuff.
In fact, thinking on . Dirge doesn't do this overbearing monotonous pile of shite any justice.
And it's 14 million pages long .

I was going to read War and Peace when I was doing jury service (twice), but I had seven cases to hear, and this occupied most of my time.