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22. Sounds good. I could use a good laugh.

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Classical Literature [View all] IrishEyes Feb 2018 OP

Catcher in the Rye, The Wizard of Oz nt Phoenix61 Feb 2018 #1

Douglas Adams - A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Xipe Totec Feb 2018 #2

A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is on my bookshelf IrishEyes Feb 2018 #15

It's mostly harmless nt Xipe Totec Feb 2018 #16

I recently re-read Utopia backtoblue Feb 2018 #3

I really like Great Expectations. IrishEyes Feb 2018 #42

Have to read Jack London Bradshaw3 Feb 2018 #4

I have so many on my list. Here are a few I have read in the last decade or so. GreenEyedLefty Feb 2018 #5

I liked To Kill a Mockingbird and The Great Gatsby a lot. IrishEyes Feb 2018 #17

The Scarlet Letter. An American Tragedy, Native Son, Moby Dick, The Jungle, anything by Tolstoy or charlyvi Feb 2018 #6

Thanks for the list. IrishEyes Feb 2018 #18

Anna Karenina is one of my favorites. charlyvi Feb 2018 #32

I love Tolstoy (War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Death of Ivan Ilyich [novella]), Dostoevsky (Crime smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #61

One of my favorite college classes was on the short story. GreenEyedLefty Feb 2018 #7

Sherwood Anderson could be funny as hell. charlyvi Feb 2018 #11

Sounds good. I could use a good laugh. IrishEyes Feb 2018 #22

Pride and Predjudice MaryMagdaline Feb 2018 #8

I'm embarrassed to say that I have never read anything by Jane Austen. IrishEyes Feb 2018 #19

Good character studies - all of her novels MaryMagdaline Feb 2018 #31

"On the razor's edge" by Somerset Maugham FSogol Feb 2018 #9

I love The Razor's Edge! I thought the movie was great as well -- altho. they tweaked the diva77 Feb 2018 #28

Theres a 1984 version with Bill Murray and Theresa Russell charlyvi Feb 2018 #37

Of Human Bondage is a good S. Maugham as well. n/t charlyvi Feb 2018 #29

The Great Gatsby and Huckleberry Finn n/t sarge43 Feb 2018 #10

I like both of those novels a lot. IrishEyes Feb 2018 #20

They're the crown jewels of American literature. sarge43 Feb 2018 #53

Catch-22. Slaughterhouse 5. To Kill a Mockingbird. n/t TygrBright Feb 2018 #12

I recommend "Galapagos" by Kurt Vonnegut n/t FSogol Feb 2018 #51

The Pearl, Steinbeck; Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway RestoreAmerica2020 Feb 2018 #13

"Tortilla Flat" by Steinbeck is one of my favs. n/t FSogol Feb 2018 #50

Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden.... RestoreAmerica2020 Feb 2018 #55

Little Women, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Black Boy---many mentioned above. nt Atticus Feb 2018 #14

I LOVED Heart of Darkness CrawlingChaos Feb 2018 #44

Vanity Fair, by Thackeray. Wuthering Heights. yardwork Feb 2018 #21

Frankenstein MissMillie Feb 2018 #23

Wuthering Heights and Bleak House... First Speaker Feb 2018 #24

Bleak House will be my next Dickens. IrishEyes Feb 2018 #35

I live about 2 miles from Wuthering Heights The King of Prussia Feb 2018 #46

Count of Monte Cristo, Les Miserables JI7 Feb 2018 #25

The Count of Monte Cristo is my all time favorite novel. n/t Mister Ed Feb 2018 #36

1984 Sanity Claws Feb 2018 #26

Yes, that is definitely a classic. IrishEyes Feb 2018 #60

David Copperfield -- my favorite Dickens novel! diva77 Feb 2018 #27

The Good Earth mainstreetonce Feb 2018 #30

a few I enjoyed: IcyPeas Feb 2018 #33

The Master and Margarita, and Anna Karenina fierywoman Feb 2018 #34

Agree with the Count of Monte Cristo GeoWilliam750 Feb 2018 #38

I loved the Iliad and the Odyssey IrishEyes Feb 2018 #40

I honestly loved War and Peace blur256 Feb 2018 #39

I have been meaning to read War and Peace. IrishEyes Feb 2018 #41

i loved it also and what i learned from it has always stayed with me JI7 Feb 2018 #47

Uncle Tom's Cabin. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #43

Moby Dick CrawlingChaos Feb 2018 #45

Moby Dick was wayy ahead of it's time JI7 Feb 2018 #48

YES! And profoundly relevant to our lives today.. CrawlingChaos Feb 2018 #49

Yes, yes, yes!!! TuxedoKat Feb 2018 #54

I admit that I never read Moby Dick. IrishEyes Feb 2018 #59

I have three suggestions. madaboutharry Feb 2018 #52

I remember pretty much loving most everything OriginalGeek Feb 2018 #56

I read Beowulf recently. IrishEyes Feb 2018 #58

Here are some TuxedoKat Feb 2018 #57

Some 20th Century musts: In Cold Blood, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Grapes Of Wrath... VOX Feb 2018 #62

Thank you all for your suggestions. IrishEyes Feb 2018 #63

All of the above plus 'On The Road' by Jack Kerouac panader0 Feb 2018 #64

Animal Farm and Fahrenheit 451 Upthevibe Feb 2018 #65

Anything by Willa Cather. llmart Feb 2018 #66