What are some must read books, stuff you really have to read. Can be books that entertain and books that educate

1984 and Brave New World

The Outsiders
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Of Mice and Men
The Things They Carried
The Great Gatsby

meditations by marcus aurelius

das kapital by karl marx

siddartha by hesse

steppenwolf by hesse if youre a loner type guy

the bell jar by sylvia plath and infinite jest by david foster wallace if you struggle with depression

the secret history by donna tarrt just because its my favorite fiction novel and has beautiful prose

can you explain why the great gatsby? i have it laying around but havent come to read it yet. i know its a classic but what makes it so special that you think its a must read?

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (amazing)

Just finished The Things They Carried. The first chapter especially was pure poetry. I thought the first half in general overshadowed the second half of the book in terms of quality although the second half had its moments.

Scott Fitzgerald. Literally his writing is so beautiful & expressive, never read anything like his work. Last Tycoon is great as well if you enjoy his writing style.

Agreed the last half is kind of a mind f*** from what I remembered. One of my favorite books of all time tho.

Thanks yall finna pick up some of these

My two favorite books, do you have any recommendations similar to these

Animal farm, Fahrenheit 451 and lord of the flies got a similar mood

Malcolm x autobiography

Brothers karamozov

Thinking fast and slow

a mans search for meaning

these are 4 books that ill be rereading for the rest of my life fr.

Peeped all of these already good looks

A mans search for meaning sounds interesting, looking for some s*** that’ll really change who i am as a person and educate me in the process

Its written by a therapist who survived auschwitz. Its a beautiful and eye opening book recounting his experiences and changes during. He basically experienced hell and made it out. The book will def inspire you

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
Orientalism by Edward Said
Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Davis

Kafka - Metamorphosis
Vonnegot - Slaughterhouse-Five
Baldwin - Fire Next Time
Pynchon - Crying of Lot 49

no book changed my outlook on life more than Infinite Jest tbh. Kinda hard to say it's 'must read' because it's not an easy read (but also not as hard as some make it out to be). The normal thing would def be to read some of DFW's essays first and see if you like his voice. Most everything he wrote is brilliant

Never let me go is also somewhat similar. It’s also a dystopian book but it focuses mainly on the main protagonists and character development

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Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

Great list

Dream of the Red Chamber, Cao Xueqin
Beloved, Morrison
House of the Dead, Dostoyevsky
Malcolm X Autobiography
Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
Anything by Virginia Woolf

that's crazy I just found out about Red Chamber yesterday sounds cool