Must Read Books

‘One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.’

Carl Sagan – Astronomer, Cosmologist, Astrophysicist, Astrobiologist

This list is a compilation of Modern Day Classics (Fiction and Non-Fiction).

When choosing your next book consider the following for a balanced selection:

Make sure you have a balance between male and female authors.

Try and pick books set in different cultures.

Make sure you have read a couple of translated texts.

Try and spread your selection across history and into the future.

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

A children’s classic set in the English countryside following the antics of the animals that live there.

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January 23, 2019February 20, 2019

Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier

Gothic; Monte Carlo and country estate in England; 1880s; Female Author

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January 23, 2019January 23, 2019

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

Britain; First World War and 1970s; Male Author

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January 23, 2019February 21, 2019

Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne

A children’s classic about the adventures of Christopher Robin and his bear Pooh; Male Author

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January 23, 2019February 21, 2019

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Comedy Science Fiction – Male Author

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January 23, 2019February 21, 2019

His Dark Materials – Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

Fantasy; Male Author – Won the Carnegie Medal and Whitbread Book of the Year for the books in this trilogy.

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January 23, 2019February 21, 2019

The Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy; Male Author

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January 22, 2019January 23, 2019

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

USA; 1951; Male Author

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January 22, 2019February 17, 2019

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Gothic Horror; Transylvania and England; Male Author

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January 22, 2019June 18, 2019

Ulysses by James Joyce

Ireland; 1904; Male Author

The link below provides helpful ways in which to approach and read this book:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/14/jeremy-corbyn-on-joyces-ulysses-dont-beat-yourself-up-if-you-dont-understand-it?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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