Classic novels

[BLS]

Catch 22 my all time favourite,think I have read it about 9 times now, never ever gets old.cant stand all that Russian literature, it's so fucking depressing,I mean a Russian could write a 1000 page novel on the theft of a fucking overcoat

 

[willipp]

Reading the faraway tree with my son at the moment and great for kids. Surprised to see it on this list though.

 

[HellYeah]

Just finished reading Robinson Crusoe. I think everyone must have read a kids version at some time but as Play Books had it on their bargain classics I thought I would give it a go at £0.83. Despite it being written in the 17C its relatively easy to read and a cracking good story.

You paid for it, although only 83p it's no longer subject to copyright and you can get it free on Gutenberg. Along with many others in fact.

 

[OB1]

Yeah, Patrick Bateman was a hero of mine for a number of years (: - I do like stories told in the 1st person..

I've been on a Alexandre Dumas marathon of late, the count of monte cristo in my top 5!

I should have known :)

Maybe I'll try the count... one day.

 

[canyerdogputoutafire]

The Good Soldier Svejk - Jaroslav Hasek; should be compulsory reading for anybody interested in European history and humour.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

It's a little disappointing Catcher in the Rye, found it dated and couldn't relate to the coming of age narrative for the time... I did read this in my teens though so it could be worth a revisit..

1984 remains a classic, Orwell one of the greats..

I read 'the master and margarita' last year, which for me is the greatest piece of literature ever written, it's a bonifide classic!

read that a few months ago. completely agree. found it average tbh.

 

[Cellarite]

Only read 9 of them but have 3 more in the house. Will endeavour to read more of them.

 

[Free Ian Brown]

Only read 9 of them but have 3 more in the house. Will endeavour to read more of them.

Forget reading 'classic novels' - isn't it about time unveil another 'soap babes battle'?

Or maybe even soapy babes

 

[squirtyflower]

I've read it twice. The first half/two-thirds is simply magnificent. The last bit, with all its moralising and religious shite, is dirgey I'll agree.

Surprised at that list. There no way people like Terry Pratchett & Jacqueline Wilson should be in there about authors like Grahame Greene and Ernest Hemingway. Two novels that should be in there are Solzhenitsyn's 'One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich' and Donna Tartt's 'Secret History' which is probably the best modern novel I've read. Also no Trollope? Barchester Towers, The Warden are both absolute classics.

Don't you mean Sir Terry Pratchett

 

[squirtyflower]

Pratchett should definitely be in there. Night Watch is a superb book. Think moral tales in a fantasy setting with added wit. I'd vote the Potter ones out. Average at best.

Any with the night watch as the main protagonists is worth a read.
A good poke in the eye for the modern world.