Comments on: Classic Books Bucket List: 25 of the Best Must-Read Novels

By: Draagonfly

Draagonfly — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:36:37 +0000

In reply to Annette White. Try The Count of Monte Cristo to compare to 50 Shades. ;)

By: Barry C.

Barry C. — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 02:56:04 +0000

In reply to William Wilkes. I have to wholeheartedly disagree. Ahab is perhaps the most fascinating character of all classic literature. It takes more than a cursory read to understand this book but if you take the time to understand what you are reading it is well worth the investment.

By: Rosalind Rafea Dawson

Rosalind Rafea Dawson — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 06:51:00 +0000

Ralph Eliison’s Invisible Man.

By: jossef salman

jossef salman — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 11:05:48 +0000

nothing can compare to classics, amazing list you have shared but i really no so fan with fiction. thank you

By: Steven Kay

Steven Kay — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:13:51 +0000

In reply to Morella Poe. Victor Hugo was French and these novels were originally written in the French language

By: James

James — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 06:19:10 +0000

Moby Dick, I put it down twice, third time was the charm. I’m glad that I finished it, one of the best endings of any book.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 17:53:30 +0000

I love these suggested classics, thank you! Do you have any recommended poetry lists by chance?

By: William Wilkes

William Wilkes — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 19:00:29 +0000

This seems to be the month everyone presents their lists of must read books. I have no problem with your list – they are all worthy. But after seeing Moby Dick on virtually every list, I must finally comment that Moby Dick is perhaps the most boring book I’ve ever read. It didn’t even occur to me that War and Peace is over twice as long, and Les Miserables, which I read in high school is longer yet. They were both far more interesting. Nuf said.

By: Jayne Herzig-Harrison

Jayne Herzig-Harrison — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:32:17 +0000

I love these. Pity none of Thomas Hardy’s are there. He writes so well about women.

In addition, I think it’s good to reread Jane Eyre after reading Jean Rhys Wild Sargossa Sea.

By: Morella Poe

Morella Poe — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 17:46:36 +0000

I’ve read most of these, but I have a few quibbles about your list. First, how in the World can you list Tom Sawyer and not Huckleberry Finn, which is widely considered one of if not The Greatest American novel?!? Also, you give a brief summary of the plot of Dracula (which I datesay pretty much everyone already knows), yet you give not even one sentence about why the modern reader should peruse this admittedly dated classic (same applies to Wuthering Heights).

One more nitpic: How could you omit the immortal Victor Hugo from this list? Both Les Miserables and the Hunchback of Notre Dame rank high among all collections of classic English literature.