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Not a big fiction reader but time to take a break from other stuff. So, what should I read? Yes, I'm picky. I want to catch up on reading classics, etc., something to help me learn, be better educated and prepared to teach, but part of me wants to just do light, easy reading. A friend suggested getting into the A. McCall Smith books Ladies No. 1 Detective Series....

 

So, what do you suggest? No romance novels!

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I think there are lots of books that are classics, but are also entertaining and easy to read. Many of them are even pleasurable to read. I don't think The Dostoevsky's The Idiot or James Joyce's Ulysses fall into these categories, but many other books do. :)

 

Some examples, at least for me:

 

To Kill a Mockingbird

 

Lord of the Rings

 

Brave New World

 

1984

 

Cat's Cradle

 

Dune

 

Heart of Darkness

 

The Handmaid's Tale

 

The Age of Innocence

 

Starship Troopers

 

The Left Hand of Darkness

 

Beloved

 

Something Wicked This Way Comes

 

Fahrenheit 451

 

Rebecca

 

Frankenstein

 

Dracula

 

Jane Eyre

 

Wuthering Heights

 

Persuasion

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