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IrishEyes

(3,275 posts) Mon Oct 17, 2022, 05:44 PM Oct 2022

What is your favorite classic novel? [View all]

I've been reading a lot of classic novels lately but I'm interested in reading more. I'm making a list of books to look out for when I go to the thrift store. I'm curious if anyone has any favorites that they can recommend. Some of the books that I have enjoyed include The Great Gatsby, Slaughterhouse-Five, Great Expectations and Dracula.

My to be read list includes 1984, Catch-22, Brave New World, Rebecca, Les Miserables, Of Human Bondage, Agnes Grey and The Count of Monte Cristo.

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What is your favorite classic novel? [View all] IrishEyes Oct 2022 OP

Sci-fi Geek here yankee87 Oct 2022 #1

Thank you. I like Sci-Fi stuff. I will check it out. IrishEyes Oct 2022 #4

Interesting. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2022 #29

Depends on what theme and genre you're interested in Docreed2003 Oct 2022 #2

Thank you for the suggestion IrishEyes Oct 2022 #5

While Catch -22 may be the greatest novel ever written, cachukis Oct 2022 #3

I haven't read anything by Dostoevsky. IrishEyes Oct 2022 #7

"The Idiot," is a good start. cachukis Oct 2022 #8

Both are excellent! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #15

"Brothers Karamazov" is an incredible choice! Docreed2003 Oct 2022 #10

Which translation of "Brothers Karamazov" do you prefer? Docreed2003 Oct 2022 #11

I read the Garnett version while living in a hammock on cachukis Oct 2022 #12

Garrett's is fantastic as well Docreed2003 Oct 2022 #13

"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens Glorfindel Oct 2022 #6

Can't go wrong with Somerset Maugham. OilemFirchen Oct 2022 #9

Depending on the timeframe you consider "classics," I have recently gone back to hlthe2b Oct 2022 #14

Cannery Row, Steinbeck SheltieLover Oct 2022 #16

Loved that book. applegrove Oct 2022 #19

Me too! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #20

Such characters. I've forgotten much of it. I should read it again. applegrove Oct 2022 #21

Theodore Dreiser, An American Tragedy LuckyLib Oct 2022 #17

Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Polly Hennessey Oct 2022 #18

Harper Lee "To Kill a Mockingbird" is my all time favorite. brer cat Oct 2022 #22

Lots of good suggestions already, I'll try to avoid repeating anything already mentioned: RockRaven Oct 2022 #23

pride + prejudice, jane eyre, perdition. i also really enjoyed dracula. OH!! THE DECAMERON!!! pansypoo53219 Oct 2022 #24

Was leighbythesea2 Oct 2022 #27

book better than the movies. pansypoo53219 Oct 2022 #28

pride + prejudice, jane eyre, perdition. i also really enjoyed dracula. OH!! THE DECAMERON!!! pansypoo53219 Oct 2022 #25

One Day in the Life leighbythesea2 Oct 2022 #26

Uncle Tom's Cabin. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2022 #30

"Catcher in the Rye" bif Nov 2022 #31