tier ranking classic books 📚 | sorry mr. hemingway

We always try to sprinkle some classic literature into our tbr, and have accumulated a decent amount between the two of us. If you are anything like us, you probably have a love-hate relationship with classic books because they can be hit or miss sometimes. Let us know what you think about our rankings and if there are any classics you think we would like!
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Books mentioned:
On Booze - F. Scott Fitzgerald
No Longer Human - Osamu Dazai
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Bronte
Sula - Toni Morrison
The Flowers of Buffoonery - Osamu Dazai
Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
Carmilla - Sheridan Le Fanu
The Waves - Virginia Woolf
The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
Animal Farm - George Orwell
1984 - George Orwell
The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison
The Souls of Black Folk - W.E.B. Du Bois
The Old Man and The Sea - Ernest Hemingway
Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dune - Frank Herbert
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Orlando - Virginia Woolf
Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
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[@michelleferguson7212]

Noooooo. Pride and Prejudice should not be compared in quality to Bridgerton and somehow be at the bottom of this list.

[@Tolstoy111]

Jane Austen invented the modern novel. She was the first to take marriage seriously and not just tack it on at the end as a sentimental climax. She was one of the greatest satirists to ever write in English. "Pride and Prejudice" is high comedy at the Shakespearean level.

[@hpflo13]

Happy 6 months! 🎉. Mondays are good because of you guys! Xo

[@brooke5258]

Giovanni's Room is absolutely 'no notes.' One of my fav books.

[@masterofwheat]

Ashame call of the wild isn’t on there. That one’s my favorite.

[@stephaniedouglas9907]

What a great introduction to your channel and so many books that I need to read! Some of my favorite classics are Slaughterhouse Five, Picture of Dorian Gray, As I Lay Dying, and Persuasion

[@booksmitin]

This was super fun! Excited for more of these tier rankings.

[@MikaDoesStuff23]

I agree with your Hemingway rankings 😂

[@rnee1000]

Great ranking. I have not read these all but of course I need to!

[@Patsaintsfan]

Jon, can we geek out on 🎾 for a minute!? Who are your current favorite players? And past? I have adored Rafa for years. I currently root for alcaraz and sinner. NOT a Djokovic fan!

[@azu_rikka]

Yes Jon, I fully agree with you on Catcher in the Rye. I am a woman and I don't find men who like the book 'problematic'. Your analysis is spot on😊!

[@samantharose1001]

Congrats 🥳 glad y’all’s channel is hereee

[@Loganfry10]

I feel so validated with your ranking of The Old Man and the Sea - I LOVED that book when we read it in high school and everyone else hated it. Glad to know you loved it too 😎

[@peoniesandparchment]

you guys are adorable x

[@YourTrueShelf]

Wooooow 6 months 🎉

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

So far my fav Hemingway is A Farewell to Arms....i hope y'all like it. 😅

[@LizzylovesLobo]

someone trying to live their life based off catcher in the rye is so crazy to me like holden gets mugged, almost SA by a man, and passes out all within like 48 hours. I also think he’s constantly stressed and nervous like why would u want to live your life like that i couldnt romanticize being beaten and mugged by a pimp😭😭 he cares too much about what everyones thinking of him but hes also 15 so idk very hard book to romanticize IMO

[@MYMOTHERISAFISH-ci2ts]

I agree that Wuthering Heights is great fun but still doesn't really explains why it's so famous.