Hey guys I'm sorry it took so long to get this weeks post in but my computer died after six years. Here is the list of books I believe everyone should read. Classics that are the foundation for all that is great in the literary world.
1. Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen just had a way with telling a love story. Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy have one of the greatest love stories of all time. Must read for the romantic in us.
2. Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe gives an inside tale of life in colonial Africa from the natives perspective and how they deal with their traditions vs. the changes of tomorrow.
3. On The Road - Jack Kerouac's across country journey that defined the postwar generation.
4. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of life in during Prohabition America.
5. The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck's Wrath is the quintessential American novel. It completely sums up life during the Depression with its humanistic and religious undertones.
6. Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell's tells the tale of the old south on the eve of the Civil War. Plus heres an epic love/hate story between Scarlett and Rhet.
7. Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury's commentary of what he saw was wrong with American culture during
the early stages of the Cold War. The temperature 451 relates to the temp that paper burns.
8. 1984 - George Orwell story of life in an oligarichal society in which the government ( Big Brother) is always watching.
9. Heart of Darkness - Jospeh Conrad's take on colonial Africa from the white mans perpective.
10. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh's novel was ahead of its time. Many have debated the romantic nature of Charles and Sebastians relationship. Great story of life and faith.
11. Sophie's Choice - William Styron's take on a Holocaust survivors story filled with a love story and how
guilt and secrets can eat away at a persons psyche.
12. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger's angst ridden tale of teenager Holden Caulfields journey to
find himself.
13. Lord of Flies - William Golding's novel about the adventures of a group of schoolboys trying to govern
themselves on a deserted island. The debate of human nature is called into question on whether we are
interested in the common good or individual welfare.
14. Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison's novel addresses the social and intellectual issues facing African-
Americans in the early 20th century.
15. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee's novel is a social commentary of life in the post-depression south
and the racial inequality that starts to emerge.
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