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@prakashpandey4885

5 жыл бұрын

Truly top15 classic books read almost eveybook

@b.josephchakma9340

5 жыл бұрын

I have the book " How to kill a mockingbird" but haven't read yet. But did read the book " The count of Monto Cristo" n did watch the movie too.

@rexam4856

5 жыл бұрын

about two thirds as matter of fact. good list and in fact the count of monte cristo is a family favorite and much discussed by our little tribe.

@scarlettcosta4106

5 жыл бұрын

Just pride and prejudice and persuasion, both of jane austen.

@StutiRajguru

5 жыл бұрын

All of them but the Picture of Dorian Gray. I have the novel, but never read it.

*Classics never disappoint* - War and peace - Books by Dostoyevsky - 1984

@Tomatohater64

5 жыл бұрын

Russian authors of literature were a tough, gritty, earthy crowd and it pours out in their writing - probably my favorite fiction to read, period.

@Montenegrin1728

5 жыл бұрын

brave new world is quite good as well

@evesapple

5 жыл бұрын

1984 is a brilliant work, but I really recommend '1985' by Anthony Burgess too.

@QueenBee-gx4rp

5 жыл бұрын

How can someone make a list of books you should read and not know George Eliot was a woman? (And why she felt obliged to use a male name?)

@human_862

5 жыл бұрын

Why do I find your comment in every other video I see lol.. I lost count

Always have a book with you; when you are alone, close the world and open the book.

@shantinathamillionaire3412

2 жыл бұрын

😍 Yes, indeed thank you 💙💚💞💗!

@dogleggedhades0

2 жыл бұрын

This is incredibly quotable

@frankv2314

2 жыл бұрын

How about this one, "open a book and open the world"

@codelucky

2 жыл бұрын

That's why I breathe inside a Kindle.

@stanleyy1101

2 жыл бұрын

yes, exactly , enjoy the moment in the book

1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 2. The picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde 3. To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee 4. Bleak House by Charles Dickens 5. War and peace by Leo Tolstoy 6. Persuasion by Jane Austen 7. The color purple by Alice Walker 8. Little women by Louisa May Alcott 9. The count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas 10. The outsiders by Susan Hinton 11. The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky 12. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 13. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot 14. Moby Dick by Herman Melville 15. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

@jandavidsernaesquerra3443

5 жыл бұрын

you sir are a man of culture and common sense.

@gloriaavid1864

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you..😊

@zachhalverstam2804

5 жыл бұрын

The outsiders is not one of the gray books and the author is SE Hinton, not Susan

@remingtonlewis2000

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, saved me 15 mins

@ElizabethNicoleSchwartz

5 жыл бұрын

Zach Halverstam her name is Susan Eloise lol but goes by SE.

The Count of Monte Cristo is indeed an amazing book. You learn life lessons from each and every character. Such a classic!

I read The Picture of Dorian Gray every year. It never gets old.

@drewmartin3689

3 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there

@nithishgmadhav7850

2 жыл бұрын

Wow

@nithishgmadhav7850

2 жыл бұрын

I just finished it today. But why would you read it every year?

@Dannalasapa

2 жыл бұрын

I understood that reference

@federicobravi5752

Жыл бұрын

Oh my, as a comedian I absolutely love this Joke

I like to recommend three more 1. The good earth by Pearl S. Buck 2. Great expectations by Charles Dickens 3. Les miserable by Victor Hugo

@musicfan8157

5 жыл бұрын

Great Expectations is a MUST!

@HeronCoyote1234

5 жыл бұрын

Music Fan Great Expectations my favorite Dickens book.

@soumiayousfi9968

4 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@JulieBall-dg2ci

4 жыл бұрын

I read all of Pearl S Buck's books as a teenager. I re-read them every decade.

@magdalenakopp8360

3 жыл бұрын

I am about to read "the good earth" by Pearl S. Buck. Is it good? I've heard that it's quite boring and without a deeper meaning... Is that true?

Russian classical works will never lose their relevance. Russian classics teaches the ability to think, understand human nature,his actions,opens his eyes and makes a different look at the usual things, changing your worldview . I advise you to read: Fyodor Dostoevsky - "Crime and punishment", "Idiot", Anton Chekhov - "Uncle Vanya", "Lady with a dog", "Kashtanka»; Alexander Pushkin - "Eugene Onegin»; Nikolai Gogol - "Dead souls»; Ivan Turgenev - "Fathers and children»; Mikhail Bulgakov - "the Fateful eggs", "the Master and Margarita»; Vladimir Nabokov - "Lolita»; Ivan Bunin "Sukhodol", "Village»; Alexander Griboyedov's "Woe from wit»; Mikhail Lermontov - "Hero of our time", "Demon»; Boris Pasternak - "Doctor Zhivago".

@wildeirishpoet

4 жыл бұрын

You can say the same about the French too!

@user-gg6sh7wr6d

4 жыл бұрын

Anna karenina, crime and punishment, the idiot and dr zhivago are my favorites

@King-jn9is

4 жыл бұрын

Nothing by Tolstoy

@mandarpanchal2405

4 жыл бұрын

The Brothers Karamazov as well

@thesilence4679

4 жыл бұрын

"Dead souls" is the most boring book I've ever read in my life. In any case, russian children shouldn't be forced to read this in schools.

The Illiad The Odyssey Meditations by Marcus Aurelius The Divine Comedy Don Quixote The Miserables (My favorite Book) Faust by Goethe Siddhartha Great Expectations Rayuela by Cortázar (more books...) Borges Fictions Thus Spoke Zarathustra Camus complete works Tao te ching

@syifams

5 жыл бұрын

Good list :)

@dennischritskou3631

4 жыл бұрын

@@hectorbeteta9159 i dont thinks it's that hard to understand. 7th graders in my country are taught iliad parts and 8th graders odyssey. Most of the students are considering them useless though...

@Unknown-fr9qp

4 жыл бұрын

I would add the Aeneid to that list to.

@onemansvoice6311

4 жыл бұрын

@@hectorbeteta9159 It is hard for you but such people of me that were born and raised here in the Balkans, we know what comes around. Illiad can be absurd for a country like America that has no tradition at all.

@DH-oq9sz

4 жыл бұрын

Brothers Karamazov War and Peace

I'm currently reading To Kill a Mockingbird. I've read War and Peace, Pride and Prejudice and The Brothers Karamazov. I've ignored fiction books for years, focusing on business, science, philosophy but I was wrong.

@ayeshamahmood7384

4 жыл бұрын

Can you explain why you were wrong?

@freiabereinsam-

4 жыл бұрын

Ayesha Mahmood because each one of those books teach you at least philosophical matters and gives insight to the author‘s minds. Adopt it or not. At least you will think critically, which is an integral trait of philosophy

@adityajain0107

3 жыл бұрын

No you were not wrong..

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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@A.ayegou

3 жыл бұрын

Only littérature can dive in human spirit

My personal favourites: - Jane Eyre - Wuthering Heights - Animal Farm - Lord of the Flies - Dracula - The Colour Purple - The Kite Runner - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

@cock_baitman6701

3 жыл бұрын

Wow sir good to see you like Dracula

@KimsLantern

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome books. ⚡️⚡️⚡️

@CatherineDoII

2 жыл бұрын

Wuthering Heights 👌🏻💖

@MohamedAdel-kl1nn

2 жыл бұрын

I just finished jane eyre like two days ago , and I gotta say that it was amazingly in a way that's pure joy to read and the plot itself was incredible. salute you for recommending it

@jonhinson5701

2 жыл бұрын

@@cock_baitman6701 I love that Dracula is written in the form of diaries and it makes it more intimate and scarier.

Of mice and men - John steinbeck The way of kings - Brandon Sanderson Band of brothers - Stephan E. Ambose Nothing new on the western front - Erich Maria Remarqur Three Comrades - Erich Maria Remarqur Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne

Pride and Prejudice is amazing. I think Darcy is an amazing character! Such humility!

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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@aclark903

2 жыл бұрын

Austen is a wonderful writer but she fails at writing men. Her heroes are too good to be true.

@sandraelder1101

Жыл бұрын

Humility he has to learn as the story goes on.

@hgjh9765

Жыл бұрын

I love Mr Darcy but i think Lizzy's character was way ahead of its time.

I read Jane Eyre when I was 13. Till this day, it has remained my favorite novel♥️ A brilliant masterpiece!

@oceanbrzzz

5 жыл бұрын

Manaswita Rajguru I watch movie versions several times a year. Last year I discovered the BBC tv series starring Timothy Dalton, wow! I believe it is my favorite. Although, many movies are good and some are not so good, leaving out important pieces of the book. 🤓

@StutiRajguru

5 жыл бұрын

@@oceanbrzzz Yes, I have watched the movies too, though not the BBC series. The 2011 movie is my favourite, and the 2006 one was good too. The movies do leave out or alter some scenes, particularly the ones with Rochester's first wife and her portrayal. Hannah's death was also shown a little differently in one of the movies, I can't remember which one.

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

(Habits, wisdom and mindset of highly successful people) this book is really revolutionary so different than others. Available on Kindle..

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

@@oceanbrzzz (Habits, wisdom and mindset of highly successful people) this book is really revolutionary so different than others. Available on Kindle..

Jayne Eyre is pronounced Jane AIR

@stevenirwin4376

3 жыл бұрын

And is spelt Jane

@stephenmaniloff8493

3 жыл бұрын

“Jump and Double Jump Mr. King”........☄️🗽🔫👀🚂

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

(Habits, wisdom and mindset of highly successful people) this book is really revolutionary so different than others. Available on Kindle

@TheMaryaBell

3 жыл бұрын

Thank goodness you noticed!! I couldn't believe what I was hearing - and we're supposed to think the silly female on this vid. knows what she's talking about?

@racheldemain1940

3 жыл бұрын

I hate it when these people can't even pronounce the names of Authors when they are recording material that goes out all over the world.

Reading books gives a new perspective, choices, options, and literally godly wisdom

Les Miserable is the book ever haunting my soul.

@elizaeri1295

4 жыл бұрын

I remember the feeling of awe when I finished the it's last page years ago... my heart was totally moved...

I am an English Major. I have read most of the books on your list. You have picked some treasured jewels in the finest of literature. I plan on reading Daniel Deronda and Bleak House, as well as rereading The Count of Monte Christo. My life is richer from having read War and Peace. I would like to see Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky on your list!

Wow, I read Flowers for Algernon in 9th grade English class. Almost forgot about it. Dickens had a lot of good ones too: Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, and David Copperfield.

@shramanamondal4624

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about Pickwick papers and A tale of two Cities.

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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I am halfway through "The Brothers Karamazov" right now. It is already blowing my mind! If humanity were to choose candidates for the single greatest novel ever written, this would easily make the list.

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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@richardbenitez1282

2 жыл бұрын

“I’m reading Brothers now. With David mcDuff translation. This is 3rd time. With the Russians the translators are everything.

@preciousamaechi5887

Жыл бұрын

I thought Crime and Punishment was the greatest?

My all time favorites:- 1) pride and prejudice 2) Jane Eyre 3) wuthering heights 4) Villette 5) the mayor of casterbridge 6) woman in white 7) Jude the obscure 8) David Copperfield 9) bleak house 10) Oliver twist 11) great expectations 12) Les miserables 13) of human bondage 14) Madame Bovary 15) middlemarch 16) heart of darkness 17) the scarlet letter 18) sons and lovers 19) a passage to India 20) War and peace 21) Anna Karenina 22) crime and punishment 23) the brother Karamazov 24) Dr. Zhivago 25) life and fate 26) master and margarita 27) Rebecca 28) gone with the wind 29) the great Gatsby 30) the grapes of wrath 31) 1984 32) to Kill a mockingbird 33) beloved 34) lord of flies 35) The awakening 36) 100 years of solitude

@sandraelder1101

Жыл бұрын

Woman in White is on my short list too. Not too many these days have heard of, let alone read it. A gem.

Any top 15 that doesn't include George Orwell - especially in our present time, is seriously remiss.

@lorla85

3 жыл бұрын

“1984” showed up on the part 2 video

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

(Habits, wisdom and mindset of highly successful people) this book is really revolutionary so different than others. Available on Kindle

@brucethomson9923

2 жыл бұрын

@Blue Moon New weird conspiracy theories should not invalidate the genius of the writing. It's like arguing that Shakespeare is shit because dicaprio starred in a lame Romeo and Juliette...

- Catch 22 - 1984 - Great Gatsby - To Kill A Mockingbird - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

@raydarable

4 жыл бұрын

Mockingbird is in the video already.

@troyseffrood4635

3 жыл бұрын

YES! Everyone should read Alice! I almost forgot.

@bloom.3254

3 жыл бұрын

1984 is a great novel.

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

(Habits, wisdom and mindset of highly successful people) this book is really revolutionary so different than others. Available on Kindle

Short Stories are great way to ease into the classics. I’m currently teaching 5th graders The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. With help, they understood and loved them all! Don’t dumb stuff down for kids. I was reading many of these books myself by age 10-11, no problem.They shape a person!

Huckleberry Finn!.....mmmh something is missing, oh now I remember Tom Sawyer...my personal great novels by Mark Twain.

@marcelosantana9311

5 жыл бұрын

Next time next time watch until the end. 🤫 surprise. 😉

@skojigoquist9288

4 жыл бұрын

They don't recommend Tom Sawyer because it's "racist". Which is kinda insane but they insist that Tom is misstreating Joe the little black servant in his household. It's next to imposdibke to buy a copy of that book in Canada.

@CelestialWoodway

3 жыл бұрын

@@skojigoquist9288 Huckleberry Finn is also controversial and has been banned.

@skojigoquist9288

3 жыл бұрын

@@CelestialWoodway I know. One of my favourites :( robinson crusoe and the jungle book are also banned. I'm puzzled - because it's part of our history - is it possible to delete the whole entire history?

Pride and prejudice is incredibly amazing

@jankovic_ana

5 жыл бұрын

I completely agree with you 💕

@Shinybuddies

3 жыл бұрын

@El trovador Mudo Why do you think only women are capable of appreciating "Pride and Prejudice"?

@badshahkhan8120

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah read it

@VenuGopal-js1qu

3 жыл бұрын

K by

@jerper7961

3 жыл бұрын

@El trovador Mudo you said it yourself: YOU love that type of literature. You don't represent every man on earth, neither does every woman like or enjoy Pride and Prejudice

Russian lit can be a slog, but once you figure out that each character has three names, it's easier. Always gems of truth to be found in them.

No better companion than a good book. I have read quite a few from your list and likely to read as many more as the life permits. I am grateful for providing the list.

I have read them all. Some of them were hard to get through and left me exhausted. Others were delightful. Jane Auston is one one of my favorite authors. She was genius.

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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JUST ADD THE "PERFECT STROM" THE DESCRIPTION OF DROWNING BLEW MY MIND

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

(Habits, wisdom and mindset of highly successful people) this book is really revolutionary so different than others. Available on Kindle

I recall growing up in the 69s and 70s that guys l knew, who didn't particularly like to read for pleasure LOVED the Outsiders and other of Hinton works. All described the world we grew up in.

I have read Mob-Dick as a young teenager. Read War and peace once in my early 20s and second time in my late 20s. Read The picture of Dorian Gray only last week and loved it.

Don't forget A hundred years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marques, a fantastic novel about the history of Macondo, a fictitious town and the Buendia family. Also Don Quixote of la Mancha, the most important novel of Cervantes and the universal values of pursuing impossible dreams and justice.

The video hasn't started but I'm sure I'm gonna love it. I've been a subscriber of Alix for long now and I genuinely love your content. I really like the new format of the videos in which you talk about people and things. I request you to make a video shining some light on Leonardo Da Vinci's life and also some facts related to him. There are not many polymath who are as well known and unique as this Renaissance man. It'd be great on your part if you comply to my request. Keep making content as good as you always do. Thank you.

Beautiful video as always. I totally agree that there are books that every man should read. I am a lover of books and the knowledge I have acquired from reading books has contributed a lot to helping me live soundly. "The Richest Man in Babylon", John Ploughman's Talk", Life Triumphant": these are three of the books I will never forget and will always be glad I read. Some of the ideas I share with people in my videos are from these great books and several others. I have not read all the books listed here, but I definitely hope to check out those I have not read. Thanks, guys, for a great job.

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

(Habits, wisdom and mindset of highly successful people) this book is really revolutionary so different than others. Available on Kindle..

I have read Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, Jane Eyre, To Kill a Mocking Bird, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Picture of Dorian Gray. I'm currently reading both War & Peace and The Count of Monte Cristo.

Many Thanks Alux for a list of classic recommended books... Though there is a confusion on picking books...because there is a lot diversity in Indian & English culture... Because of that many things Will not be related by this side of the world... Though will try with 1 or 2.. Again many thanks...

Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangaremba was truly life-altering for me. It changed my perception in how I view the world, patriarchy and my inherited racial struggles.

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

(Habits, wisdom and mindset of highly successful people) this book is really revolutionary so different than others. Available on Kindle..

War and Peace The picture of Dorian Gray Pride and Prejudice

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

(Habits, wisdom and mindset of highly successful people) this book is really revolutionary so different than others. Available on Kindle

I've read No. 2 ,3 and 12 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (which took me 6 months, with a dictionary(book), no Google then!). ITS a MASTERPIECE and my English has improved so much since reading Classic Books, are much more difficult to read as a second language.

I have read : -Lew Tolstoi-War and peace -Alexandre Dumas-Monte Cristo -Charlotte Brontë-Jane Eyre -Mark Twain-The adventures of Huckleberry Finn

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

(Habits, wisdom and mindset of highly successful people) this book is really revolutionary so different than others. Available on Kindle..

I can’t get over the pronunciation of Jane Eyre & Charlotte Bronte

The bible! The most important and popular which has from poetry to history, and every thing in between. A story of God's love for us.

@Me-rd7po

4 жыл бұрын

yeah, but take the quates with a grand of salt :/ the advice they give can be a bit out of date. ( No hate , but I saw too many people think that if it's the Bible it is alright and I don't want that to happend to new readers.)

@readthebibleonamountain934

4 жыл бұрын

@@Me-rd7po isn't the point not to judge? Or a least to put ourself in someone else's shoes? The bible is the most read book and purchase. On the contrary of being out of date, it has cut through my heart and change me for the better, and true I got a long way to go.

Big magic is a great book too. Talks about creativity.

The brothers Karamazov is the best novel I've read in my life

@micheleminello5571

5 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@programSense

4 жыл бұрын

BK was the longest I've devoted to a book, not because of it's page lenght but because of its thought provoking wisdom. The true genius to me was the inter woven relationship between the characters. And the grand inquisitor, just materfull work by a virtuoso.

@MrCmon113

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, I guess it depends on whether you share Dostojewski's opinions.

I absolutely love the book selections you all have listed!

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

(Habits, wisdom and mindset of highly successful people) this book is really revolutionary so different than others. Available on Kindle..

I've read Jane Eyre, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and To Kill A Mockingbird. I would like to suggest to you Night by Eli Wiesel even if it is not a fictional story, it is one of the best book ever written. Good reading y'all!

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

(Habits, wisdom and mindset of highly successful people) this book is really revolutionary so different than others. Available on Kindle..

@nawaababdul9667

Жыл бұрын

Society went wrong it put God of the picture, not to SAY you won't achieve your dreams which is a classic effort to succeed. But HELL will break lose in your home. WHAT'S YOUR SUCCESS NOW??? I'M NOT PROCRASTINATING. READ THE GREATEST BOOK. THE BIBLE.

The Picture of Dorian Gray is fantastic. Someone wrote about "The Beautiful Boy as Destroyer" and that says a lot about this book. It is not a long book but it is worth reading.

I also recomend..... Rebecca and Gone with Wind,

My favorite book is Charlotte's Web. Maybe it's on the next list. I think it is a perfect story of friendship and I read it ever summer. Of the books mentioned, I have read Pride and Prejudice, Tom Sawyer, To Kill A Mockingbird, Jane Eyre, Little Women and I think Bleak House.

And 5 more .... - Emma, Jane Austen. - The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins - A Tale of two Cities, Charles Dickens - The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare - Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov.

How is it possible that Sir Quixote of La Mancha and the Bible are not in this list? Two classics that, whatever your background is, should be read. They are so rich in lessons to be learned and are litterature master pieces by the way they were writen. It is not a coincidence that they are the top 2 books to be sold.

@aarnavchaturvedi2552

5 жыл бұрын

So bible, is fiction... Correct

@babysisdolls3336

5 жыл бұрын

yes, i agree just posted about Don Quixote, Yes the Bible is the greatest book ever 1. it's the best book on human behavior ever written. reading it teaches you to be a human being and not a human animal.

@aarnavchaturvedi2552

5 жыл бұрын

@@babysisdolls3336 no, it's an overrated trash heap.

@victorschlim4644

5 жыл бұрын

@@aarnavchaturvedi2552 Fiction was not stated in the title, it's simply a classic whatever your opinion is about it.

Kind of shocked not to see any Hemingway, Shakespeare, or Checkov!! Read all of Chekhov!

Please include Godfather by Mario Puzo in the part two. Novel that can help you learn to love your family and understand business. A perfect book for an entrepreneur

The many pronunciation gaffs of the narrator make me think she probably didn’t read many of them herself. I like the list though.

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

(Habits, wisdom and mindset of highly successful people) this book is really revolutionary so different than others. Available on Kindle

@fesimco4339

3 жыл бұрын

I specifically sought out a comment mentioning this. Yikers!

@johnpeterson2987

3 жыл бұрын

I think its a bot reading a script. The script sounds like it was written by an easterner. The video was obviously made simply for clicks.

@misselder1

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnpeterson2987 Yeah. I find bot-readers irritating and patronizing. One of my local radio stations plays weather updates from some computer-generated voice. Every time he says “This is Rafael,” I feel like I’m being lied to.

3:35 This totally reminds me of the first time I read To Kill A Mockingbird.

I’ve read six of the books! I definitely will read a couple more!

No body ever mentions Rebbeca anywhere ...but I think it is the best book ever written

@user-iq9wb4cg9d

3 жыл бұрын

I really liked this work. I advise you to read Jane Eyre

I've read The Picture of Dorian Gray, To Kill a Mockingbird, Little Women, and Jane Eyre. All great books.

May I add another great novel to the list: _Nostromo_ by Joseph Conrad. Conrad served in the merchant marine for 17 hard years, & traveled to several continents & countries during that time (the turn of the century into the late 1910's). If you want an intuitive understanding of the differences between developed, orderly nations & undeveloped ones (what was once called "the Third World"), read Nostromo. It not only portrays life & politics in an undeveloped country, but also what often happens when well-meaning idealists get involved in an attempt to improve such a country. After reading Nostromo, you'll have a different perspective for news on other parts of the world.

Oh my god I didn’t think Oscar Wilde will be in it. I am so happy!!!

The Outsiders is awesome! I also like Orwell,Dostoyevsky and Camus but my favourite will always be Watership Down.

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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@spongebobexistentialpants2747

3 жыл бұрын

@@bubunbubun7602 are you going to paste this everywhere? Are you getting a cut of profits on the sale of this title or what..

@unrandomcualquiera5291

2 жыл бұрын

@@spongebobexistentialpants2747 he hasn't got enough money yet to annoy us on Ad section.

A Streetcar named Desire by Tenesse Williams (Realism at it's best....Film stars Marlon Brando himself! It's a play so its a shorter read) English Transalation of the Indian Historic Epic - The Mahabharat by Bibek Debroy Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Pride and Prejudice & Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (Dark, dark story) Malgudi Days by R.K. Narayan (Nostalgia)

Still skeptical about the source, but agree generally with the list. Nice job.

This is a very good list! I’ve been looking at these types of lists today on KZread, and most have been very disappointing. Well done!

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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The last book "Flowers for Algernon" was made into a movie. I think it was called " Charlie" excellent movie. Two great books I think everyone should read are "Boss" the story of Richard J. Daley by Mike Royko and The autobiography of Malcolm X.

@Sparkball

3 жыл бұрын

stephen murphy book is way better. Made me cry when I finished it last week

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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My favourite book has always been Great Expectation by Charles Dickens. Identified a KZread channel that has done some excellent work. Combined the book's audio with videos of water scenarios, making it feel like for you are say by river banks whilst you listen to or read this classic. I think the channel was something like High School Literature books. Beautiful peace of work.

Ive read the majority of these a long time ago,im presently re reading some classics, thanx for reminding us about these fantastic books 👏

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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I would also add Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens The Diary of Anne Frank (not fictional, but it's a very good book)

@folksurvival

4 жыл бұрын

The Diary of Anne Frank *IS* fictional.

@skojigoquist9288

4 жыл бұрын

Anne frank - hmhnhn not really. If you are into this there is Zlata Filipovich - she was 12 and wrote her diary during the yugoslavian war in 1992. Its pretty gripping. Oliver Twist -totallly! I was in shock that in Canada people don't know this book! It's one if my favourites :)

@folksurvival

4 жыл бұрын

@@aleksgorrekifan1236 False.

@folksurvival

4 жыл бұрын

@@aleksgorrekifan1236 It's a fictional tale written by Otto Frank.

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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One flew over the cuckoos nest! absolute masterpiece

I read "The Count of Monte Cristo" in the sixth grade. I started reading Classics Illustrated comic books when I was very young, and I found this story so intriguing that I had to read the novel when I saw it on a library shelf. My favorite Classics Illustrated comic was "The Man Who Laughs," and I made an attempt to read an old 1894 translation, but the book was unreadable.

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

Hi friends,(Habits, wisdom and mindset of highly successful people) this book is really revolutionary so different than others. Available on Kindle.

i just finished the picture of dorian gray and it was fantastic!

My review of the ones i have read... 1. Pride & Prejudice - Good book. Jane Austen will teach many men better English as well. 2. Dorian Gray - Brilliance. At times I call this the best book ever written. 3. To Kill A Mocking Bird - Average. This makes its way in many lists and I found it nothing special. 4. War & Peace - If you have a fear of reading or worse have a fear of reading big books, simply read this and you will never fear any book again. This book changed me in ways that if I mention in words would seem too simple. I have read 4-5 books that are of the same size since reading this book. Moral of the story - this is as good as classic literature gets. This is not Tolstoy's best however. 5.The Color Purple - Read it this year. Amazing book. Powerful. 6. Brothers Karamazov - This book is a drug. The writing will make you feel you are hypnotised. Fyodor Dostoevsky is even better than Tolstoy and the finest classic author in the world. 7. Flowers for Algernon - I shed tears. This is luminous brilliance. I will read three more of the remaining books you mention. Classic books are my favourite genre of books. It has not only enhanced my attention span but made me a better more rounded human devoid of paucity. PS I dont care which moron recommends Moby Dick. Don't ever read that garbage.

@HeronCoyote1234

5 жыл бұрын

Kanwar Anand, I agree with you about Moby Dick. I tried reading it, listening to it; I just could not get into it.

@apostolismoschopoulos1876

4 жыл бұрын

Can't say I don't relate with moby dick

@princesspastel8309

4 жыл бұрын

What’s wrong with Moby dick? That’s my whole book

@laladoingwhatiwanna9489

4 жыл бұрын

I just love your comment.

@shramanamondal4624

4 жыл бұрын

I have read Pride and prejudice too. I really like Austen's simple yet classical way of story-telling.

How about Voltaire's Candide-also not difficult and key to opening up one's mind

@marichristian1072

4 жыл бұрын

Glorious satire!

Being made to read 1, 3, in US high school in the early 60's detracted from their greatness. I read Moby Dick on my own in 76 and Flowers for Algernon in the Navy in 69.

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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@aryavirsangwan6837

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service, sir.

All James Baldwin, Studs Terkel, Maya Angelou, Malcolm X,William Faulkner,Jean Sasson,Iyanla Vazant, Alice Walker,Ernest Hemingway, Foote, Herman Hess..Siddhartha.

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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It’s a shame that Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky didn’t make it to her list....and also Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.

@kriketprayme

3 жыл бұрын

Just finished reading Crime and Punishment and I've just started to read Wuthering Heights. What a coincidence that you mention both!

I have read Pride and Prejudice, To Kill a Mocking Bird and Persuasion and they are absolutely brilliant books. The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Color Purple and Little women are on my bookshelf. Can't wait to pick them up. Great video 😀

@niharikasahay8620

5 жыл бұрын

I loved To Kill a Mockingbird.

@ilyyes5154

5 жыл бұрын

You should read the brothers Karamazov too

@pradeepezn43382

5 жыл бұрын

Read Flowers of Argegon it’s so good ,

@tc5334

5 жыл бұрын

@@ilyyes5154 I Agree. I would even say that The Brothers Karamazov is the greatest book ever written

@ilyyes5154

5 жыл бұрын

@@tc5334 the greatest novel I would say .

I have read some of these plus many more as well as Faustus in German and I still own my Campanion to Caesar which I have owned since 1968, personal favorite I will pass down .

los miserables, crime and punishement and great expectactions. for me a clear must read

In Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, one of the characters, Quentin Compson, committed suicide after his Freshman year. Though it is never quite clear why, eleven of the books selected here were on his Sophomore reading assignment.

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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@spongebobexistentialpants2747

3 жыл бұрын

@@bubunbubun7602 copy paste 🤷‍♂️ ffs why?

My list: 1) The Bible 2) Quran 3) A.de S. Exupery "Le Petit Prince" 4)"The Chronicles of Narnia" C. S. Lewis 5) Alexander Pushkin "Соловей и Роза" 6) Лесков " леди Макбет Мценского Уезда" 7) Brat Farrar, Josephine Tey 8) Н. Гоголь "Тарас Бульба" 9) Абайдын кара создеры 10) Rumi - all his poems

I'd like to recommend any of the books by Prof. Chaim Potok, but especially "My Name is Asher Lev". Also, James Michener, a prolific writer. I loved his "Hawaii".

@lisaryherd4685

3 жыл бұрын

Val B James Michener is good!!

@anamariaguadayol2335

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent choices, I had forgotten about them.

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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Thanks for the recommendations. Pedantic points: the video is entitled '15 books' but the written description if you click on it below the title lists 16. The written list also says Moby Dick is by Charles Dickens, although the narrative correctly says Herman Melville. ('Well, I knew it was like some dead Nineteenth Century guy!) Pronunciation: I am British so our pronunciations are different. In some cases American pronunciation preserves the original sound better than modern British, so please takes these as differences, not that one is right or wrong ('you say tomado and I say tomahto, you say Gillian and I say Jillian, you say panties and I say knickers' etc.) In modern British 'Eyre' as in Jane Eyre is 'Air'. What the Brontēs would have said in Nineteenth Century Yorkshire I don't know but the spelling may reflect early pronunciation. Most English people pronounce 'Dumas' as in the author of The Count of Monte Christo & The Three Musketeers, more like modern French way 'Dumah', although the spelling probably reflects the French pronunciation of several centuries ago when they would have spoken the 's' on the end. Likewise Louis in modern French, followed in modern English pronunciation of French names is Lou-ee, American (and probably ancient French) is like Lewis.

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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You lose a lot credibility when, talking about books, you say that Moby Dick was written by Charles Dickens. You lose the rest of your credibility when you don't fix it for over a year.

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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Today, there is only one book everyone needs to read, 1984.. that is where we are now

@holddat13

3 жыл бұрын

..no...

@fasmin8904

3 жыл бұрын

Why d'you say that? Because there's lockdown everywhere?

@brazen6850

3 жыл бұрын

@@fasmin8904 he's referring to the political climate in the USA where radical leftists denounce any one who differs in their opinions and dub them as bigots. Much like in 1984, the very language is now being pushed to be regulated and free speech is becoming infringed upon. Leftists wish to control thought and 'vaporize' any one who should be so bold as to tell the truth of reality.

@smk77097

3 жыл бұрын

@@brazen6850 jee, their ideology sounds good. But I must admit I don't exactly understand this. First of all america is a democracy, you guys can just get on the streets and protest to get what you want. But this isn't from the ruling party ,is it? Secondly this sounds like a big deal, how come I've never come across it in newspapers? pls explain

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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Would add The Prince-Machiavelli and, of course, Things Fall Apart-Achebe as well as some Ibsen and definitely read Abraham Maslow

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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I've read some of them like adventures of huckleberry Finn, count of Monterey Cristo and pride & prejudice.. nice list. But some books like Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, the prince, and even recent works by authors such as Robert Green should grace this list. I'm off to go watch part two...

The outsiders is currently my favorite book. I haven't read many

@deadstar962

2 жыл бұрын

Since May I’ve read beloved, animal farm, the old man and the sea, and the secret garden. The old man and the sea is my currently my favorite

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, one of the greatest books written

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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The last half of my senior year of high school I chose Russian literature for my independent study topic. Dostoyevsky,Tolstoy, Solzhenitsyn, Chekov, and more. Flowers for Algernon, also in high school; I had an exceptional English teacher. Catcher in the Ryen To Kill a Mockingbird The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Can't wait to catch the next 15 and start filling in gaps.

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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I agree with your list, thank you. I really will read again (or for the first time ) your selection

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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Gone With the Wind, Pilgrims Progress, Tragedy & Hope, The Good Earth, Brave New World, The Prince, A Christmas Carol, Little Women, The Book of Enoch, The Bible.

@lynekexve844

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for including A Christmas Carol, it’s one of the classics!!

Don quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Les Miserables by Víctor Hugo

@244889i

4 жыл бұрын

Don quixote shoudn't be read at early age. It killed my love for books forever lol

@244889i

4 жыл бұрын

@Beerley Jean Pierre because at early age it is too boring, and you don't get it, why the fuck you should read two tomes of mocking of Spanish popular literature at that ages, about knights and their deeds. Now I might have thought to read it because I get it, but I got bad mark for my exam, because of how boring that book was for me, and I don't want to read it again as a grown up :D

@osobear4365

4 жыл бұрын

@@244889i I read it when I was about 27 years old and even then when halfway through the novel I tought about quitting more than one time, but I pushed myself until I finished it. It has stayed with me for a long time, it made quite an impact on me. But yeah I can see how it killed your love for books at a young age.

my classics list: 1) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 2) Les Miserables by Victor Hugo 3) The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot 4) Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 5) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 6) Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray 7) All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 8) Dracula by Bram Stoker 9) Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 10) Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier 11) Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak 12) The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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i have a kind request any recommendations on books to cure myopia am tired of glasses

How about some of the French classics like les misérable of victoire Hugo

Finished almost every book in this list except 15th one, but the best one for me was - to kill a mocking bird.

@GojoTorrance

5 жыл бұрын

How did you get the Alux symbol beside your name?

@prakashpandey4885

5 жыл бұрын

@@GojoTorrance it's alux membership.

@HeronCoyote1234

5 жыл бұрын

I just reread To Kill a Mockingbird (my stepdtr had a copy for school). I didn’t want it to end.

@mingaswarttz9927

3 жыл бұрын

Marvelous.

I read the color purple after this recommendation and I truly enjoyed it. Thanku for showing it to me🙏

@bubunbubun7602

3 жыл бұрын

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Amazing books every Wednesday I wait for your video📚📚