Topic: Book recommendations for someone very not well read at all

Anonymous A started this discussion 2 years ago #113,163

So English isn't my first language but I can read and write well. I think haha

Anyone have recommendations for classics or "must reads"?

I want to feel like I've read the books the average English native has read. I'm talking classics you're forced to read in the school and the popular books. Maybe books that make you a well rounded reader.

I mean it when I say this : I have read about two English books. Of mice and men, and the first Harry Potter book.

If you had to produce a list of maybe 5 or 10 books, what would they be? Please nothing obscure or very inaccessible, but also nothing child-like.

I didn't know how exactly to word this request but I hope it makes sense.

Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 2 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #1,253,695

Maybe if you could rewind time and read 5 or 10 books, what would they be? I just want recommendations generally I guess

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 4 minutes later, 5 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,253,697

A Brave New World

tteh !MemesToDNA joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 8 minutes later, 13 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,253,700

I hated much of what I was made to read in secondary school. I'm not sure that's what you're after. I'd rather spoon out my eyes than read Atlas Shrugged again.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 10 seconds later, 13 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,253,701

The Gravediggers Series.

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 2 years ago, 1 minute later, 15 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,253,702

To Kill a Mockingbird

The Color Purple

tteh !MemesToDNA replied with this 2 years ago, 7 seconds later, 15 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,253,703

@1,253,697 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
Homage to Catalonia and We are also good reads that are pretty friendly.

I think Animal Farm is a fairly universal experience.

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Anonymous D replied with this 2 years ago, 1 minute later, 16 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,253,704

Are you looking only for fiction?

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 1 minute later, 18 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,253,705

@previous (D)
Fiction mainly but I'm open to non fiction too
@1,253,697 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
@1,253,702 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
@1,253,701 (D)
@1,253,703 (tteh !MemesToDNA)
thanks!

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Anonymous D replied with this 2 years ago, 47 seconds later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,253,706

@previous (A)
If you're looking for non-fiction, check out the Bible.

Anonymous D double-posted this 2 years ago, 12 seconds later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,253,707

King James Edition.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 2 minutes later, 21 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,253,708

@previous (D)
I do actually have this but it is a bit hard at times. I look up a lot of the wording before I understand. Or, I cross reference with other language copies I have to understand the English..

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 2 years ago, 17 minutes later, 39 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,253,710

Have you read any of the Little House on the Prarie books?

boof joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 7 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,253,785

Perhaps the most important and compelling nonfiction I have read is Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World. Cocksucking fundamentalist maniacs are just another stripe of fascist and they are very busy in the world.

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 2 years ago, 2 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,253,800

Flowers for Algernon?

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 1 day later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,078

I would recommend kids books if you are still learning English. Here’s my favorite books as a kid…

Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings
Narnia
Oz
Redwall
Roald Dahl books

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 2 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,079

@previous (G)
Definitely anything by Roald Dahl

Anonymous G replied with this 2 years ago, 58 seconds later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,080

If you want something more “classic” I liked Tom Sawyer, Count of Monte Cristo, anything by Robert Louis Stevenson and HG Wells

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 2 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,082

Where the Red Fern Grows

Bridge to Terabithia

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 6 hours later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,245

Please use this thread to discuss book recommendations, not have ancillary arguments about things no one is interested in. Thanks!

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Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 2 years ago, 3 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,248

Anything by

Judy Blume or

Beverly Cleary

Anonymous D replied with this 2 years ago, 5 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,253

Dangerous Personalities: An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People by Joe Navarro, Toni Sciarra Poynter

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 2 years ago, 27 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,274

Number the Stars

Summer of my German Soldier

The Giver

The Handmaids Tale

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe

Best Christmas Pageant Ever

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Kook !!rcSrAtaAC double-posted this 2 years ago, 16 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,277

The Joy Luck Club

Island of the Blue Dolphin

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC triple-posted this 2 years ago, 1 day later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,570

Hatchet

The Great Gilly Hopkins

The Chocolate Wars

Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 4 hours later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,636

The complete works of Poe and Dickens.

dj coco nutty joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 25 minutes later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,637

i liked gay comedy memoirs as a kid. like augusten burroughs and david sedaris
they were easy to read and funny

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 2 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,638

@previous (dj coco nutty)
I love them both

David Sedaris' last book shocked me regarding Tiffany. Thinking about everything I've read about the situation, makes me feel ill

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dj coco nutty replied with this 2 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,639

like, they weren't child like but were plainly written and entertaining. i remember enjoying 'dry' and 'me talk pretty one day'
the latter had something to do with the author learning another language and struggling even

dj coco nutty double-posted this 2 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,640

@1,254,638 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
oh no I didn't know about that. did he get into it in the book?

dj coco nutty triple-posted this 2 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,641

nobody said the hobbit. the hobbit is a cute little book

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 2 years ago, 4 minutes later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,644

@1,254,640 (dj coco nutty)
Yes

Do you remember how they sent Tiffany to one of those kid behavior academies similar to Elon and how she never got over it and eventually killed herself?

Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 21 hours later, 4 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,836

finnegan's wake by james joyce

Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 31 seconds later, 4 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,838

@previous (L)
It is very accessible!

Anonymous J replied with this 2 years ago, 47 seconds later, 4 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,839

War and Peace, in Russian

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 2 years ago, 2 minutes later, 4 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,254,842

There's a series of books about a rural veterinarian starting with All Things Great and Small

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC double-posted this 2 years ago, 18 hours later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,255,100

The Secret Garden

A Little Princess

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Anonymous N joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 1 day later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,255,295

@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
I'll meet you in The Secret Garden at Midnight, darling.

Anonymous N double-posted this 2 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,255,296

@1,253,702 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
You wouldn't harm a Mocking Bird, Kook. NOONE could convince me otherwise.

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 2 years ago, 3 days later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,255,956

Ella Enchanted
Indian in the Cupbaoard
The Phantom Tollbooth
I am the cheese
Maniac Mcgee
The Great Brain
The Cay
Freak The Mighty
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
The borrowers
Holes
The Girl with Silver Eyes
Watership Down
Harriet the Spy

Anonymous O joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,255,957

@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
> fiction

lol

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 2 years ago, 8 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,255,958

@previous (O)
Yes he wanted a list of books people are forced to read on school

Anonymous O replied with this 2 years ago, 49 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,255,959

@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
I don't care. You really just recommended children's books of fiction to this anon.

Find God.

dj coco nutty replied with this 2 years ago, 50 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,255,960

@1,255,958 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
*in

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 2 years ago, 50 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,255,961

@1,255,959 (O)
Yes I did

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC double-posted this 2 years ago, 8 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,255,963

@1,255,959 (O)
Did you enjoy reading as a child? What were some of your favorite books?

Anonymous O replied with this 2 years ago, 44 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,255,964

@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
I can't remember any books I red as a child.

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 2 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,255,965

@previous (O)
Do you have any favorite books as an adult?

Anonymous O replied with this 2 years ago, 25 seconds later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,255,966

@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
The Bible is my favorite book right now.

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is also a good one.

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Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 2 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,255,967

@previous (O)
What about books you've enjoyed in the past?

I wonder if you would like this one?

https://www.amazon.com/Denial-Death-Ernest-Becker-ebook/dp/B002C7Z57C/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?adgrpid=122159961346&hvadid=580770586512&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9012291&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=b&hvrand=16968310576881366566&hvtargid=kwd-354279641207&hydadcr=15151_13523043&keywords=denial+of+death+becker&qid=1694743810&sr=8-1

Anonymous O replied with this 2 years ago, 18 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,255,970

@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
Looks like some athiest crap.

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 2 years ago, 18 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,255,979

@previous (O)
I don't think it is. Its about how humans do things to combat knowing that they are mortal

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Kook !!rcSrAtaAC double-posted this 2 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,255,981

@1,255,970 (O)
Do you not read as an adult?

Anonymous O replied with this 2 years ago, 34 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,255,983

@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
No? Why would I?

Green !BEERiVqJJw joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 3 weeks later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #1,261,177

His Dark Materials is great. I've just finished it. Thinking of reading The Picture of Dorian Gray now.

Minichan