Reading the classics.

[Acid_Dino]

I was wanting to read some of the classic books. Books that are known by many readers and are loved by many of them too. So, do you have any suggestions for great classics? I plan to maybe start reading them either this summer or the next school year.

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[Rich Uncle Pennybags]

Great Expectations
By Charles Dickens  

[DNA_Guru]

I'm a great fan of the great Greek writers and they are classics. It's just a matter of whether or not you like philosophy and history. They are good stories in a way too.
Let's see; The Odyssey and The Illiad (Homer), The Republic (Plato) and possibly The Histories (Herodotus). All good reads in my opinion.  

[Conall the Wanderer]

1984 by Orwell
and Brave New World by Huxley

Anything by Shakespeare especially Othello, Hamlet, MacBeth, and King Lear

The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer  

[Miss Opie]

First off, I would say anything by J.D Salinger, Jane Austen, George Orwell or the Bronte Sisters:

Wuthering Heights

Jane Eyre

Emma

Nine Stories

1984

Pride and Prejudice (A must)  

[Naturally-Obsessive]

Treasure Island
Romeo and Juliet
The Count of Monte Cristo  

[Kali Eyad]

I love A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare. I've actually read it a few times. Shakespeare in general is good. Othello, Twelfth Night and Much Ado About Nothing are also good.

Mythology and original versions of fairytales are also something I enjoy, though I'm not sure it's exactly what you're looking for. Bulfinch's Mythology The Age of Fable and The Age of Chivalry are good. The Mammoth Book of Fairytales has a pretty good variety of stories, ranging from classics like "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Beauty and the Beast" to some more recent authors' stories, such as Jane Yolen's "The Tree's Wife" and Tanith Lee's "Princess Sansu." I recommend reading fairy tales just because some of the originals are so different from the versions we hear today. Damn Disney! Though I admit I still love the Disney movies I saw when I was a kid, even if they are bastardized versions of stories.  

[turtles rock]

Wow!
Such great suggestions they've given you already!

I would have to say The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is an awesome book to read.
Other suggestions I would have are:

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (one of my all time favorites)

Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (another favorite of mine)

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Dracula, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and Frankenstein


HAPPY READING! heart  

[Annikaya]

Frankenstein
Hamlet
Jane Eyre and, to follow, Wide Sargasso Sea
A Tale of Two Cities  

[Ekirin]

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Cats Cradle Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse Five Kurt Vonnegut

Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man- James Joyce

Animal Farm - George Orwell (I liked it better than 1984)

A Tree Grows in Broklyn - Betty Smith

Silas Marner- George Eliot  

[Bone Her]

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde  

[wolfen26]

Hound of Baskervilles by Edgar Allen Poe.  

[XxDolorosaxX]

Most of my suggestions have been taken already. Being new to this guild I am still in shock at the good taste of those around me, my friends in the real world aren't exactly widely read.

Someone suggested Jane Eyre, which is fantastic. However they also suggested Wide Sargasso Sea, I found it to be a complete disappointment.

I'd recommend Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.  

[Nicholas Kaze]

To be entirely honest, I'm writing down some of the suggestions in this thread as we speak! My chance to improve my literary resume!

But I do have a few to add, such as: The Call of the Wild, Jack London, White Fang, also by Jack London, and Treasure Island, attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson.

Those are just the classics that come to mind, however. If you want some stories, or even series, that are a bit more recent, PM me, and I'd be glad to share some of my favorites with you!