Dutch student in search of interesting literature

[Ellen]

Hello,

Let me first excuse myself for my English, should I make grammar and/or spellingmistakes. I am a Dutch student and am in my last year of high school. For English, I have to read 2 books this year: literature.

Last year, I read Jane Eyre: I liked it, but I would like to read works that are more recent. For example, written after 1970. Does anyone have ideas or tips for me? Titles of books that I could read for school? Thanks very much!

Ellen

[Mark F.]

20th century :
Hunter S. Thompson - Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
J.D. Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye
Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
George Orwell - 1984
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms
Bret Easton Ellis - Laws of Attraction

[mono]

Hello, Ellen. Do not worry about your English, warning us for any mistakes, because it looks perfect. :nod:
For something fairly recent, such as in the last 35 years, try literature by John Updike (good ethical, almost spiritual, books), and the same for Joyce Carol Oates; Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou wrote a lot of literature since that time very worth reading; and depending on your taste in literature, you could try some works by Kurt Vonnegut.
Good luck! ;)

[Scheherazade]

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0099740915/qid=1125943709/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/202-3243082-7995066

The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0099450259/qid=1125943890/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/202-3243082-7995066

Both are very good reads and quite recent.

[subterranean]

Eco's Name of the Rose, Martell's Life of Pi, are just some from many..and can't argue Mono's pick on Vonnegut :)

Welcome on board.