Quotations and Literature Forum

The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden.
The man understood human nature in a way too few do.

Anna Karenina Tolstoy
Netochka Nezvanova Dostoyevky
A picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde
Crime and Punishment Dostoyevsky
Nana Emile Zola
Tess of the D'Ubervilles Thomas Hardy
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Count of MonteCristo Alexandre Dumas
Crimes of Love Marquis de Sade

i just finished reading the stranger by albert camus and am now reading invisible monsters by chuck palahniuk

peter pan-j.m. barrie

lord of the rings-jrr tolkien
even if u don't like it, no study is complete without it.

Dune, Children of Dune-frank herbert
an excellent study of societies and if u cried at jane then u will cry at this.

and other classics like phantom of the opera, princess bride, the wrinkle in time series

sea wold-jack london
only because it is about my great great uncle the sea wolf pirate =]

For me, I would say the entire Harry Potter series. Although that could just be fandom from age eight with that answer, but it's still that way and it shall remain so until I find a better series (hasn't happened yet and probably will never).

has anyone been on my post about pollthepeople(dot)com?
that site might be quite helpful for advice on books to read! - although much of it is quite pop-orientated...
in response to nigel's comments, one good thing about the site is that when you enter what you have read, and liked, it matches you to other users with similar choices so u can get more informed advice about what u may like to read - users often write short reviews too which is helpful

my reccomendations:
Lolita (nabokov)
Frankenstein (shelley)
Dorian Gray (wilde)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (carroll)
Madame Bovary (flaubert)

also love:
A Passage to India (foster)
The House in Paris (bowen)
Good Morning, Midnight (rhys)
Heart of Darkness (conrad)

I must say Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.
That's one fascinating book about eternal love, passion and hatred.
The bes book ever, in my opinion.

#1s The Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot, Crime and Punishment by fyodor dostoevsky

Wuthering Heights
les Misérables
Pride & prejudice
Frankenstein
tales and Poems pf edgar Allan Poe