What are classics that everyone must read?

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SUGEY

I want the read the classics that every adult should have read. For example i think that some of the classics would be: 1984, Night, Odepieus (dont know how to spell it), Grapes of wrath, Pride and prejudice. Heres what i mean. So im 26 and im talking to a group of people that love to read and their talking about the great books theyve read ever since college. What books should i have read that might be mentioned?

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oh wow, this list can go on forever but just off the top of my head:
Jekyll and Hyde
Animal Farm
War and Peace
Anna Karenina
The Great Gatsby
Catcher in the Rye
To Kill A Mockingbird
Heart of Darkness
Hamlet
Romeo + Juliette
Lord of the Flies
Wuthering Heights
Siddartha
Huckleberry Finn
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Great Expectations
Don Quixote
Candide
Frankenstein
The Tell-Tale Heart

I could go on and on but its not like you could read all of those in one year anyway. I would advise you never to pretend to have read any classic though, for the sake of looking cool, its very easy to spot a fake.

What books do you think are required to consider oneself "well read"?

Eric H

Just curious! I love reading and I am always looking to read great books. For the last few years I have really been into science fiction, but I have been thinking about re-expanding my horizons to some old/new classics that I have not touched yet!

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I think being "well read" would include reading some of Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare. Perhaps dabbling in some Faulkner, but I wouldn't say he's required. Usually things considered "classics."

But that's just for the old stuff. To be "well read" as far as novels go, I think you also need to be up and in on the newer books -- The Kite Runner or Three Cups of Tea, for instance.

I also think that "well read" encompasses more than books; you should read poetry, newspapers, magazines, that sort of thing.

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