20 Classic Books I would recommend. Since I read in german and english, those of german origin are listed in the german editions here. For other languages, I added the english edition.
Twenty Classics you should read Public
Created by Paranoid Fish
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Der Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
3 stars
»Harry Haller ist in das kulturlose und unmenschliche Inferno unserer prunkenden und lärmenden Gegenwart vorgedrungen und steht mit seinem Begriff …
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Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (Enriched classic)
5 stars
The original story of science gone berserk: one that changed how far our dreams can stretch. Imagine a human created …
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Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
5 stars
Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit …
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Last Exit To Brooklyn by Hubert Selby, Jr., Hubert, JR. Selby
5 stars
Last Exit to Brooklyn is a raw depiction of life amongst New York's junkies, hustlers, drag queens and prostitutes. An …
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To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
This novel is an extraordinarily poignant evocation of a lost happiness that lives on in the memory. For years now …
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Die Blechtrommel by Günter Grass
5 stars
Oskar Matzerath ist ein Kind, dessen „geistige Entwicklung schon bei der Geburt abgeschlossen ist“. Mit drei Jahren beschließt er, nicht …
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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (Wordsworth classics)
Wuthering Heights is the wild, passionate story of intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling …
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To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
5 stars
One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, …
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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
4 stars
A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. It is …
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
4 stars
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good …
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
4 stars
A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the …
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4 stars
This diary style book by Bram Stoker continues to put fear into the hearts of many who read it. Count …
