As a book lover, I enjoy reading classics and must read novels. There are thousands of these and there are some that everyone should read. That is why we created a list of the ten books that everyone that everyone should read at least once in their lives!
There are a lot of books out there and we won’t be able to read most of them. That is why we flock towards novels that are the best of the best. And for the most part, classics live up to the hype. Some of it may come down to preference but I have found myself enjoying many books that are considered must reads.
We added books that we believe everyone should consume. And when talking about everyone, we mean people that read books. Whether it is 10 books a year or a 100, these are the ten books that you should read. You can see the full list below!
The Ten Books That Everyone Should Read Once In Their Lives
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
- The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Count Of Monte Cristo
One of my favorite classics of all time has to be The Count of Monte Cristo. It is an adventure novel unlike anything else. The book is entertaining and has held up well centuries later. Who doesn’t love a good revenge story?
To Kill a Mockingbird
I first readTo Kill a Mockingbird in school and couldn’t put the novel down. The story is told by the viewpoint of Jean Louise Finch and tells the story of Atticus Finch defending Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of raping a white woman in Maycomb, Alabama.
Beloved
A powerful novel that everyone should read is Beloved. It is a story of a former Kentucky slave that is haunted by her past life. The novel went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It is considered one of the best works of fiction and there is no other novel like it.
Conclusion
These are the ten books that everyone that everyone should read at least once in their lives. Some are centuries old while others are recent. There are even more books that we could have included but that can wait another time. How many of these books have you read? Let us know in the comments below!
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What about Middlemarch by George Elliot it’s an amazing story that does not get the praise it deserves
What about Gibran Kahlil Gibran book : “The Prophet” translated into 22 languages and the most read book after the Bible abd the Qur’an.
The Count of Monte Cristo is probably the best book o have ever read. I have read the book 3 times over the years and have enjoyed it every time. Great book and I’ll take your advise on some of the others that I haven’t read.
Beloved is OVER RATED DIVERSITY BOOK OF THE MOMENT… look at some of the long forgotten Nobel Prize winners from the 1920s….
For a book to be GREAT it should have TRUE LASTING POWER AS LITERATURE.