My favourite classics 📚 classic lit recommendations

[@evien190]

I am 22 years old, and I am severley ill. I have been for two years now. I can no longer leave the house, and am confined to my bed. I want to say that I recieve so much comfort and joy from your videos, Emma. I used to study English lit at uni too, and had always read voraciously before my illness. To borrow a phrase of Anne Shirley's, I see in you a true kindred spirit. Someone in whose deep passion for books and humanity, I see my old self. It is such a bittersweet pleasure to me to watch someone immerse themselves so fully in life the way that you do.

[@Comicbrooke]

Beautiful words, thank you for sharing ❤️

[@booksinbed]

I'm a longtime viewer that is also primarily bedbound, and I just wanted to say thank you for writing your comment! When you're physically isolated, I find it's so easy to feel like you're the only one experiencing this life. It makes me think of a book you might enjoy if you are able to read: The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating. I remember the author writes of being confined to bed that we are like snails, a colony made of hermits. Thank you again for sharing your experience!

[@xx.x8]

The Courage To Be Disliked: How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness by Ichiro Kimishi and Fumitake Koga

[@milaces1323]

Nothing useful to say, just sending you a big hug and lots of love ❤❤❤

[@evien190]

​@artemis thank you for your reply! Possibly the most brutal thing my illness has taken from me is my ability to physically read, it's a massive struggle to do so now. It's been like losing a part of my soul that I thought would always be there, which is another reason I take so much comfort in Emma's videos. Thank you for your recommendation, if I can find it on audio I might be able to listen to it, it sounds really good! You're right about the experience of severe illness being very isolating - I was wondering, do you have any social media? I'd love to connect with you

[@svs03]

I love that you have picked a lot of books that you read for your around-the-world reading challenge.

[@tade91]

1) The Fall - Albert Camus 2) The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas 3) Frankenstein - Mary Shelley 4) Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe 5) Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka

[@anitas5817]

Hey Emma could you do a video about your reading schedule or how you fit reading in to your day or something like that? You obviously read several hours a day at least. It would be interesting to see how a literature major/enthusiast keeps up with the reading. And how do you approach a big book - you said something about 15 pages a day for David Copperfield. Do you set a pace like that for books when you have a deadline? So interested in how you fit in all the reading.

[@halloweenjax]

I second this! :)

[@aliflower4361]

Yesssss

[@wmd8840]

Funny thing about Copperfield… my copy is 1057 pages long, so dividing that into the number of chapters (64) you get 16.5 pages each, on average. Pretty close to what Emma is reading (but I think her edition has fewer pages). To me that’s a better way to divide things (if possible), since the author divided it there too.

[@emmiereads]

I definitely can make a video like that! Audiobooks are a huge part of my life as well and they’re amazing!

[@Kevinakletva]

@@emmiereads they are saying around is that you are that "Adam Medvidović" that wrote that "Night in Zagreb".It is known that "Adam Medvidović" is a pen name, but actuall writer is unknown. Wanted to ask you is it true, that its your male pen name? You are a genius for writing that

[@LexieMoon321]

My grandmother passed away on Tuesday. I needed this video more than ever. Thank you so much for being a shining light ♥️

[@claaaaaara]

Emma, I gotta say, you're the first person who actually made me want to read Pedro Páramo (and I studied Spanish in uni!!). Listening to you talk about your favourite classics is really a wholesome experience! Especially because you're an english speaking person who reads a lot of non english written books, which is so rare and makes all the difference.

[@jwsjourney]

When I retired I wanted to start reading classics. My daughter and I are reading classics together. We have read 16 classics so far and my Favorite is The Count of Monte Cristo.

[@karlareadstheclassics217]

I think that's awesome as I read with my daughter when she was younger also. She's now almost 40 & still loves to read Classics & biographies. I invite you to listen to readings of classics on my channel under the Podcast tab.🙂

[@gabrielaminucelli5011]

Hey! I'm Brazilian and i gotta say: Is SO GOOOOOOD to see Machado de Assis on your list. It warmed my heart.

[@EricKarlAnderson]

I only read Frankenstein for the first time a few years ago and I was amazed how moving it was. Totally unexpected. I agree with you. It's so real and gut wrenching.

[@ileanaaaaa]

Love everything mentioned here Emma! My favourite classics has to be: War & Peace, Pride & Prejudice, 100 years of Solitude, Pedro Páramo, Dorian Gray, Mrs. Dalloway, Anna Karenina and Emma 😊

[@oliviaacosta6239]

Those are my favorites. Read Rebecca it’s a classic too

[@CapriSt-uf5om]

Basic white woman

[@caasi4969]

The reason the coffee doesn’t taste as good is because the process of microwaving works by using electromagnetic forces to move particles in the food but the forces only vibrate the polar molecules (molecules where one part of the molecule is more negatively charged and another more positively charged, e.g. water) and the particles in the part of the coffee that are responsible for the good flavour don’t get heated up as much and therefore don’t taste as good and I just made this whole thing up.

[@juneychick]

Lol 🤣 I was just reading this thinking I really wish I nee more about chemistry and physics

[@rubyanddelilahandnani]

You got me 👍🏼

[@Jeroeny]

Love it :D

[@nilulal545]

Omg you had me going too!! Your narrative is believable 😂❤

[@FlaschDJ]

I thought it was because the fratistat was misaligned

[@luckyluna62]

You re-introduced me to Mexican literature and since I’m from Mexico (but haven’t been back) I’ve been reading it in Spanish and it’s been a delight ❤❤❤

[@emmiereads]

Ah amazing I am all ears if you have any recommendations!

[@nicolastrixy7430]

@@emmiereads Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar is a great one

[@juli3836]

​@@nicolastrixy7430Cortazar is not mexican

[@alexacaceres9496]

You might like something by Jorge Ibargüengoitia 👁️

[@sebastian.2.311]

​@@alexacaceres9496he is trash

[@biancaparreira1052]

I'm brazilian, so I'm pretty happy to see that you read a classic book from my country and you liked! Machado is one of the most important names in our national literature, hope you can read more from him soon, love u 💕

[@liam0122]

My favorite classics (so far) are: -Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, the language was a bit difficult but the story was just amazing. - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, she is such strong character and I loved following her story. - The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, so short but every single page was brilliantly written. The ending left me in shock for a while. - Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, I love Mary Shelley and her life story. When it comes to Frankenstein I finished it in one sitting which is not something I would usually do, so it is amazing. - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, a very famous and brilliant story but that one chapter... Still ignoring it... - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, yes I am a man but the whole book just warms my heart... Love it. - Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe, every story was beyond interesting and his writing style is so easy to get through. "The Black Cat" will forever be my favorite story.

[@OnyinyeOfunwa]

As an Igbo Nigerian im glad u loved things fall apart i remember my aunt gifting it to me when i was 12 years old and i still remember it ever since!!!

[@vp8671]

OOOO id love to read your paper on Frankenstein! Such a good list you got here

[@AdrianasWonderland]

each of your movies affects me like warm tea on winter days. every movie fills me with warmth and it makes me happy to listen to you because you are so wise and aware. you have no idea how your videos help me. I am sending you much love

[@elllisgrey]

obsessed with the way that you have introduced me to so many classics i had never heard of, especially foreign classics! thank you, emma!

[@leireadsandrates1617]

You just talking about books while holding a cup of coffee in your hand is just so dreamy and cozy. I’m a mom and I read classics too. I enjoy them because they have more substance and essence for me compare to contemporary fiction. I just loveee hearing classic book recommendation!!! I loved Things Fall Apart too. We studied at one of my classes back in college. ❤️

[@jinuelzymon]

my fave classics, my top 3: one hundred years of solitude, the posthumous memoirs of bras cubas, and the count of monte cristo. i actually got most of my classic recommendations from you and a huge THANK YOU emmie for introducing me to south american lit! also i recently bought hour of the star by clarice lispector and collected stories of machado de assis

[@aaryakurne5777]

you are the sole reason I started reading classics and I don't think there are words in which I can thank you enough! Please keep doing what you do!!❤

[@Geet99]

I can listen to her talk about Frankenstein for hours❤

[@doaadikrallah]

my favorite classics so far have to be - the bell jar by sylvia plath (one of my fave authors) - a room of one’s own/ mrs dalloway by virginia woolf (fave too) - a farewell to arms and the old man and the sea by hemingway - frankenstein obviously! so beautifully written and so philosophical, love that - 1984 orwell was life changing so definitely have to include that here

[@sausana2501]

I love Orwell! But I think Animal farm is even better than 1984

[@Oogrilla]

1984 was good but a story's ending has never made me so mad before.

[@sausana2501]

@@Oogrilla same

[@ashitakedia5814]

@@sausana2501 I haven’t read 1984 but I absolutely adore the animal farm

[@joyaalexandra7718]

@@OogrillaI absolutely hated 1984, but it is well written I can't lie. BUT IT WAS SO FRUSTRATING AND SLOW

[@ceciliadebarberie5518]

I absolutely recommend All Quite on the Western Front. It is so good and made me cry.

[@Weirder_the_better]

This video brought me UNBRIDLED JOY. Frankenstein is my all-time favorite book, so I loved hearing you gush about it.

[@predovilela]

I’m sooo glad to see Bras Cubas in this list! Another great work by Machado de Assis is Dom Casmurro, a story about a distrusting husband set in the Rio de Janeiro of the Brazilian Empire. Trust me, this is a 5 star book as well.

[@chelseaseashell22]

I love that im watching this even though im pretty sure i can guess about 85% of the books you're about to recommend. Also, your book of the month ads are the absolute best! If they ever stop sponsoring you i will start a riot

[@Pursuitsofmybookishheart]

Hill house is such a hoot to read. While we differ so much between our favourite classics, i love hearing people talk of their favourites. There is always a part of me that thinks « Maybe I should give them yet another reread in case I missed something the first times ». It brings out my optimistic nature for sure. My favourite classics are Anna Karenina, Little Women, and Mrs. Dalloway. They feel so intimate, cozy, flawed, but human.

[@Cubehead27]

I'm very close to finishing Things Fall Apart (almost definitely finishing it today) and I'm really loving it, it's fantastic

[@0210fnunez]

I want to read it can you please give me the author thanks.

[@Cubehead27]

@@0210fnunez It's by Chinua Achebe. (Incidentally I did in fact finish it, and it was excellent).

[@0210fnunez]

@@Cubehead27 Thanks you're very kind. 😁

[@Cubehead27]

@@0210fnunez Happy to help! ☺

[@5hif7yx86]

i read the Phantom of the Opera because of one of your previous videos and it was amazing. I loved every page of it. Thank you.

[@bongo9694]

watching the coffee in your cup being very close to spilling is so stressful ahaha but love your recs

[@chrisb_1753]

16:35 funny that you mention “the Angel” here (the Angel of Poetry, perhaps?) and then proceed to talk about the Phantom of the Opera (which I’m 65% through now, thanks to your recommendation long ago!)

[@mattkean1128]

Things Fall Apart was one of my favorite books we read in high school. I feel Ice Palace calling to me.

[@rachaeldiviney712]

Do it! I read it a few weeks ago and it's amazing!

[@lujainsair9194]

Same! It is calling to me too! Imma go read it right away!!✨

[@warlockofwordschannel7901]

A friend of mine put this book in my hands, he's no longer with us, but our talks about books live on in my memories.

[@chuucake]

classic literature yes !!! 😍 i love them so much aaa im such a classics lover ♡♡♡ thank you for introducing them emma^^

[@beatrizmiranda576]

omgg classics and emmie

[@vitoriar8753]

happy birthday!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@emmiereads]

HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY

[@beatrizmiranda576]

@@vitoriar8753 thank you so much!!! 💘

[@beatrizmiranda576]

@@emmiereads omg thank you emmie 💘💘💘💘😭😭

[@tonibauer8051]

Oh Emmie, I love your videos so much... Your intros and just realness is amazing ... I have all these books, thank you for the recs. I Loved The turn of the screw, Things Fall Apart, Frankenstein, A Farewell to Arms, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Phantom of the Opera, Bras Cuba's was HILARIOUS!!! Dorian Gray is just a MUST READ, War and Peace broke me and I loved it, I haven't read Season yet but it is in my tbr, Haunting of Hill House was good as well... I am still trying to finish David Copperfield and I am loving it... Thanks for another great video Emmie .. love from Ohio

[@anitas5817]

A Farewell to Arms was a hit for me. I plan to reread it as well. I am loving the Game of Tomes!

[@ES-dj9lh]

Loved your list :)) I've already tried to add Things Fall Apart maybe 3 times to my tbr because it sounds so good. Ice Palace also sounds amazing! My favorites include: The Hunger Angel - Herta Müller The Wall - Marlen Haushofer Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck Narcissus and Goldmund + Beneath the Wheel - Hesse The Yellow Wall-Paper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman Loco Afán - Pedro Lemebel Mr Palomar - Calvino The Artificial Silk Girl - Keun The Bell Jar - Plath Marie Antoinette - Zweig Everything by Ingeborg Bachmann (she's a genius)

[@moshecallen]

New to the channel. As a reading polyglot, this video is gold. Most recommendations only stick to things written in their own language.

[@wamyarabel1288]

Not only classics and recommendations, but they're by Emma, cannot possibly get any better.

[@paulaquilina1103]

Coffee oxidises relatively quickly. So it’s best to make it from freshly crushed beans,percolate or if you’re rich put it into your 3\4,000 $ MACHINE, and drink it in one sitting. If you’ve made a jug and the rest of it is sitting on a low heat,to keep it warm by the time you’re ready for the next batch it’s bitter because it has oxidised. Microwaves are too intense at cooking ,I don’t have one. I keep my beans in funnily enough ,coffee jars with stopper tops to keep the air away from them and each morning I grind /percolate and really enjoy my usually only cup of caff for the day. I’d drink much more cause I love it but have had fibromyalgia for 40 years so have to tread lightly. It’s why I read so much, and why I really appreciate what you and all the other book-tubers who talk about classic/modern /pm fiction do in helping us become exposed to a much wider range of books ,than we would on our own. Cheers Emmie

[@throneofpages]

when you were reading out some of frankenstein's quotes it reignited my **need** to reread for a 5th (6th? I've stopped counting) reread 😭😭 it's one of the most gorgeous books i will probably ever read in my life 🥹

[@dominiquemitchell5534]

Hey Emma I read 100 years of solitude after I watched a video where you recommended it. You spoke about it with such passion, I was very intrigued. I jumped into it blindly. As you say it does come with its challenges but wow ! What a book. Near the end of the book I read a couple of passages to my boyfriend and that’s when I realized I was reading something truly amazing. I’m currently reading the picture of Dorian Gray. Thanks for your videos

[@Ambermarie13]

This video brings me so much joy! One of my favorite humans with lots of my favorite books 🥰

[@sophiaisabelle027]

Thanks for recommending your favorite classics, Emmie. Stay true to yourself no matter what.

[@mishal8749]

honestly i’ve been waiting for another one of these v recently and i was so happy when you posted 😭 i started reading again recently and its safe to say I’ve fallen down the classics rabbit hole so this was amazing timing

[@MaryReadsToLive]

Wonderful recommendations! I am reading Moby-Dick for the first time, and oh man it is so much better than I thought it would be, and I am loving it!

[@jamesduggan7200]

It's truly a shame that 5 star class is so long because so many readers miss out on something probably they would like a lot.

[@jasminesmith6361]

All of those are such amazing recommendations!!! I'm surprised The Blind Owl wasn't on there! It quickly became one of my all-time favorite classics and all-time favorite books thanks to your recommendation! 🥰🥰🥰

[@emmaopaline]

This video is an absolute delight ! ❤️ One of m'y favorite classics are : Grapes of wragh, and Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Wuthering Height by Emilie Brontë

[@gin.k]

I love your add skit.🤣 Made my night.

[@halloweenjax]

Favorite classics! (I can't put them in an order, it is impossible.) 1984 and Animal Farm - George Orwell, Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte, Brave New World - Aldous Huxley, Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut (all the Vonnegut, really,) The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde (which I read because of your recommendation and it was so good,) The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera, Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov, The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter, East of Eden - John Steinbeck (which I really think you would love Emma,) The Stranger - Albert Camus, Battle Royale - Koushun Takami I swear this is the narrowed down list. Classics are my jam. Thanks for even more for the TBR! :)

[@jamesduggan7200]

Yes, I like most of those two, particularly Vonnegut, who, sadly, has fallen out of fashion in this current generation.

[@sausana2501]

Why narrow it down? Give us more 🤣💗

[@halloweenjax]

@@sausana2501 It's been forever but I just saw this haha. I also love Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, really all the Vonnegut (Cat's Cradle and Mother Night are personal favorites though,) Pride and Prejudice, Catcher in the Rye, and Lord of the Flies were all books I HATED in high school but have loved reading as an adult. I am Shakespeare obsessed and I think Hamlet might be the pinnacle of the written word but most of the plays and the sonnets are great too. What else...? Snow Country by Yusunari Kawabata is a newer one I've read. Sometimes I want to make a BookTube because I am so excited about books but it sounds like so much. Read anything good lately? :)

[@sausana2501]

@@halloweenjax thats some fine taste! My favorites are Stoner by John Williams, anything Dostoyevsky, Giovannis room, and Children of Gebelawi

[@chy8697]

the ice palace is so good! it's definitely about to be popular this year.

[@JulietIsDeclining]

Bought a farewell to arms this weekend!! Hearing you and Carolyn speak about it made me need to read it, planning on starting it after tests and I’m so exited

[@anaclarabouzon6185]

oh, the timing of this video! I've been searching everywhere for classics recs cause out of nowhere I've felt this urge to start reading them and I definitely trust your taste!!

[@anaclarabouzon6185]

and I'm so glad you recommended Machado de Assis!!! 🇧🇷 It's a obligatory read for high-schoolers here in Brazil!

[@mrodriguez377]

As a treat to myself I’m reading The Picture of Dorian Gray on my bday weekend (the last weekend of March) and I’m soo looking forward!

[@limeparticle]

I just read Frankenstein for the first time and it was so much better than I had expected! Then right after, I read Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson - highly recommend!

[@rachaeldiviney712]

I read the ice palace a few weeks ago because of you and its amazing! The scene of Unn in the ice palace was genuinely hypnotic. I highly 2nd your reccommendation

[@rondoflicflac]

I couldn't concentrate on what you were saying bc I couldn't keep my eyes off your mug fearing your coffee would be spilled all over your shirt 😂

[@Blondie101010100]

Can I just say how well the cover of "Chess" matches your outfit and nails! 😍

[@wiredayan9719]

I read Pedro Paramo in 9th grade for school… and didnt got to enjoy it until i read it again as an adult…. Thanks for re-entroducing me to some classics

[@kristenp6547]

I am half way through War & Peace. I struggled with it in the beginning but am enjoying it now. So far I'd say I definitely prefer Anna Karenina.

[@0210fnunez]

Thanks for the recommendations, I'm actually reading "In Cold Blood" from Truman Capote which is consider a classic as well. Regards from sunny DR. 🇩🇴🇩🇴

[@anagord105]

on top of my head, some of my favorites are: Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka, Frankenstein, 1984, Death and the Dervish by Meša Selimović, Uncle Maroje - A Comedy in Five Acts by Marin Držić

[@2dTones]

Thanks for the reccs! I just got done with the Chiltern Classics ed. of Dorian Grey the other week, love love love that range, big recommend. Gonna pick up one of their Frankensteins now, no idea why I always tuned that book out :)

[@isabellepinheiro4335]

Very happy to see Machado de Assis here. A recommend all of his books

[@JJpersonalvlogs]

Hi Emmie, I recommend How Green Was My Valley. I’m so sad it’s not as known, but it was adapted as a film in 1941.

[@morgannerose]

im going to go reread frankenstein now!

[@Ana-ldqm]

I’m so happy to see Machado de Assis on your list 💕

[@garay_riveros]

Emmie, your ad breaks are the best in the entirety of KZbin. Book of the Month is probably making millions off your partnership.

[@alexandrareadsbooks]

Your videos are always so fun and interesting! I enjoyed hearing about Ernest Hemingway. I just got done with The Old Man and the Sea and loved it, and I remember loving Farewell to Arms when I was younger. I read Things Fall Apart in high school as well, but I should give it another read since I hardly remember some of the details!

[@greywaren3111]

Your skits and book recs are elite

[@karenyates6797]

Emmie, so humorous and fabulous YOU are! One of your best reviews of the classics. I love all of your choices!!! Wish I could say I've read them all too, but nevermore...:/

[@misasa460]

I recommend you anything Kafka honestly. This man and his work has a GRIP on me, unimaginable. For instance as I was reading "the trial", it was so interesting and had so many layers or just generally leaves so much room for interpretation but I KNEW that as I was reading some pages, that I just did not understand the passage and the intention with which Kafka wrote it like- just amazing, beyond amazing honestly. It makes me so emotional and empathetic too like I DO NOT EVEN know this man😭 But yes highly recommend Kafka and also his short stories to start with maybe too!!

[@huppickeart6915]

My favorite classics: Pasternak: Dr. Shivago, John Crowley: Little, big, Proust: In search of lost time and Ottfried Preussler: Krabat

[@ameliareads223]

I am definitely going to read some of these! I have never heard of Ice Palace until now. Frankenstein is so good and a great introduction to classics since it’s exciting and a bit easier to understand!

[@camscornerbooks]

You always post when I need distraction and comfort most. Love and books always ❤ 📚

[@pasolero]

100 Years of Solitude was my favorite of all time until I read War and Peace a few years ago. Definitely two masterpieces. Love your analyses by the way.

[@ewelinahernon6556]

1. Orlando 2. Mrs Dalloway 3. The Waves 4. Frankenstein 5. The Picture of Dorian Gray 6. Wuthering Heights 7. Jane Eyre 8. Anna Karenina 9. 100 years of solitude 10. The Pickwick Papers 😊

[@sausana2501]

How did u get into virginias writing? I find her writing style very difficult 😥

[@ewelinahernon6556]

@@sausana2501 I know she's not for everyone, but I just really love her writing style/voice.

[@noahlazarides941]

Can't believe you're sleeping on To the Lighthouse

[@ewelinahernon6556]

@@noahlazarides941 I love To The Lighthouse as well, but I limited myself to 3 novels by her ( not the easiest thing to do) just so I could include some other authors.

[@jennyyeh4730]

Yessssss!!!! So happy for this video

[@jennyyeh4730]

@emmie you’re the reason I started reading / still read classics !

[@kurlykaitlyn]

Love a number of these. My other favorites are The count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas, the Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Beloved by Toni Morrison, I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou, In our Time by Hemingway, Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury, Hard Times by Charles Dickens, and Anna Karenina by Tolstoy

[@MartinDSmith]

I've been trying to get into Mary Shelley's biography of late,her parents were incredible people.I have still to finish A Farewell To Arms and some of the names on the page are places I have been to many moons ago so in that sense I feel a strong connection with the book.

[@ClassicBooksandMusic]

Great recs! We have a lot of classic audiobooks and a couple from the list!

[@AllyEmReads]

Your ad skits give me life

[@arvidjohansson3120]

The coffee reacts with oxygen and oxidises, the reheat causes some magic stuff to happen that creates more molecules that tastes bad. To avoid this, use a insulated mug with a lid.

[@lalala2013]

You have such a calming voice, I could listen to it all day ❤️😍

[@book.binger95]

I think my preference of literature matches perfectly with you. Because of your recommendations I read The Picture of Dorian Gray and Frankenstein, and OMG! I can't ever thank you enough for them. I look forward to your videos, just to note down your recommendations, so that I can put them in my TBR and enjoy the hell out of them. Thank you for these videos. Thank you for being the way you are. ♥️

[@melancholy0003]

My favorite classics (in no particular order🙃) are: 1. The Scarlet Letter -Nathaniel Hawthorn 2. Dracula -Bram Stoker 3. A Little Princess -Frances Hodgeson Burnett 4.The Outsiders -S.E. Hinton 5. Frankenstein -Mary Shelly 6. David Copperfield -Charles Dickens

[@blingbunni]

Picnic at Hanging Rock: Joan Lindsay is my favorite classic, I love books about supernatural disappearances in forests, or water. Another favorite classic is We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson, I loved the creepy girl, family madness, and mysteriousness.

[@palomaeli5091]

Fave classics: the brothers karamazov, one hundred years of solitude, east of eden, thibgs fall apart, Frankenstein, carmilla, the outsiders❤❤

[@river3516]

I'm gonna recommend just one of my favorite classics (and favorite overall): The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. It's one of those books I don't want or know how to talk about, it's so special and unique to me, and it WILL break your heart if you read it.

[@oliviadonahue430]

I have always loved Farewell to Arms and All of my friends think I'm crazy. Thank you!! it's so beautiful.

[@Tolstoy111]

Why would your friends think that? It's an American classic. A very famous novel.

[@capturedbyannamarie]

I love Hemingways writing. It’s just so good

[@kristinas1240]

A book that isn't talked about enough in my opinion is Martin Eden by Jack London. It is written so beautifully and it was very thought-provoking. It might seem like a romance in the very beginning, but the book is just so much more than that.

[@Ricky-es9vg]

When you reheat coffee in the microwave it increases production of caffeic acid and quinic, which is what gives it that particularly bitter taste.

[@daisy.4682]

Omg i’m adding all the ones i haven’t read from these straight to my tbr

[@ritabilal2531]

Just what I needed!

[@melancholiclamb]

the ice palace has been in my cart for months, just ordered it, all i needed was the push.

[@cmondya4919]

Thank you !

[@Bette_459]

Thesis - Yes! Phantom of the Opera! I especially enjoy the edition you held up - the translation by Mireille Ribiere and who doesn't absolutely love her quote about Mozart! (p. 55)

[@daisy.4682]

you just reminded me to reread the ice palace because it was my first read of summer 2022 and i’m not sure it was the best climate to be reading it in