My summer reading list. I need some more.

[kevinthediltz]

So I am going back up to my ranch within the week. Pretty much all I do up there is work, and then get home and read or write. (Now that I think about it I do waaaaaay more than that, there is never a dull moment with 7 people in one house) But anyway, I have compiled a short list that I am hoping to read this summer.
The Idiot
Brothers Karamazov
Crime and Punishment
Grapes of Wrath
Brave new world
As I lay Dying

Those should keep me busy, but I would like somemore if anyone has any suggestions along the same lines. (I like the classics)
I have never read much Dostoevsky, Which I have realized is unacceptable. And although I love stienbeck, I have never read Grapes of Wrath.

So I am open to suggestions. (just not, for gods sake, Twilight:sick:)

Thank you.

[LadyWentworth]

Are you a fan of war novels? I always like to recommend All Quiet on the Western Front. I love it. I just finished the 2 Pulitzer Prize winning Civil War novels Andersonville and The Killer Angels (fantastic book!). The Lost Weekend is another pretty good one. I am trying to think of some excellent books more along the line of the seriousness that you already have listed there. :)

[kevinthediltz]

I have heard of "All is Quiet on the Western Front." But its didnt exactly appeal to me. But I have never read it so who knows?
Thank you LadyW, Ill check a few of those out.
This list seems quite serious, I know. :lol:

[JBI]

Autobiography of Red is great, as is Whylah Falls. You may want some Rushdie too, as you seem to be going for heavy reads.

[LadyWentworth]

I have heard of "All is Quiet on the Western Front." But its didnt exactly appeal to me. But I have never read it so who knows?
Well, it is worth a try. If you don't like it, you are more than welcome to complain about it to me. :)

[MissScarlett]

If you like the classics, how about some Thomas Hardy:

Tess of the d'Ubervilles
Jude the Obscure
The Return of the Native
Far From the Madding Crowd
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Woodlanders

Or D.H. Lawrence:

Sons and Lovers
Women in Love

Tolstoy:

Anna Karenina

Bulgakov:

The Master and Margarita

George Eliot:

The Mill on the Floss
Silas Marner

Thomas Mann:

Buddenbrooks
Death in Venice
The Magic Mountain

[skib]

War of the Rats. Amazing book.

[mayneverhave]

So I am going back up to my ranch within the week. Pretty much all I do up there is work, and then get home and read or write. (Now that I think about it I do waaaaaay more than that, there is never a dull moment with 7 people in one house) But anyway, I have compiled a short list that I am hoping to read this summer.
The Idiot
Brothers Karamazov
Crime and Punishment
Grapes of Wrath
Brave new world
As I lay Dying

Those should keep me busy, but I would like somemore if anyone has any suggestions along the same lines. (I like the classics)
I have never read much Dostoevsky, Which I have realized is unacceptable. And although I love stienbeck, I have never read Grapes of Wrath.

So I am open to suggestions. (just not, for gods sake, Twilight:sick:)

Thank you.

Depending on how fast you read, you may never get passed The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov, and Crime and Punishment. My advice (if you're still going to include all 3) is to definitely break them up with something lighter, like Steinbeck or Hemingway (light as in difficulty, not as in depth).

I'd also suggest (as this is what I, personally, am doing), adding some poetry and drama - also perhaps some nonfiction - to your list. A standard play is an easy one night's read and can break up the monotony of prose and longer novels.

[kevinthediltz]

Thank you all for the suggestions. I will have to thumb through them all.
Ben, who is that by?


Depending on how fast you read, you may never get passed The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov, and Crime and Punishment. My advice (if you're still going to include all 3) is to definitely break them up with something lighter, like Steinbeck or Hemingway (light as in difficulty, not as in depth).

Well I need to get those read. Purchasing them is the first step. If I decide to read all three over the next few months is another story. But I will most definately break them up.
Both Steinbeck and Hemingway I am more than farmiliar with. The only novel of either of them that I have missed is on the list.

[skib]

David L. Robbins.
Or I could write a novel and you could rip it apart.

[kevinthediltz]

David L. Robbins.
Or I could write a novel and you could rip it apart.

That sounds like fun. But you know me. I would missconstrue it into an antisemetic rant and have you jumped by seven large jewish men.

[skib]

Yeah, I should have thought of that.:(

[Mark F.]

You might want to check out some of the shorter Dostoevsky novels. The Gambler and Notes From the Underground are two of his best books.

[grotto]

Kevinthediltz, Seeing as your list isn’t much different from what I have going, (The Idiot and As I lay Dying or up soon to be read), I have a few recent novels that might be of interest. I have tried to read the Grapes of Wrath 3 times, I just can’t through it, but I love Steinbeck!

Immortality – Milan Kundera
The Fall – Albert Camus
Steppenwolf – Herman Hesse
Siddhartha – Herman Hesse
The Stranger - Albert Camus
Travels with Charley – John Steinbeck
I also agree with the previous poster, get “The Gambler” and “Notes from the Underground” by Dostoyevsky.

Have fun!

[Scheherazade]

You can always take part in our Summer Reading challenge

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43172

Or any of the other Book Club discussions :D

[PositiveEnergy]

I agree with All Quiet on the Western Front. Have you read Thoreau? Walden is a favorite of mine.

[bookworm_girl]

What sbout some of Anne Bradstreet's poetry? I have read some of it, and enjoyed it very much, but you won't like it if you don't like puritan literature

As far as poetry goes, I think Emily Dickinson is best. Her poems are always so deep and flowy, with their own cadence... bliss.

Personnaly, I think Walden is well-written and has some great ideas, but it can get boring having to read pages and pages of egocentricity... it's almost like Thoreau wants to force his ideas on you and make you accept them as absolute truth, but I may be exxagerating :blush:

[kevinthediltz]

I have many to look over now. I have read a few from above. I am currently reading walden for the 2nd time. The changing seasons prompted it. Thank you all!

[DeadAsDreams]

Journey To The End of The Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine.
I can't reccomend it enough.

[skib]

You could read a Hornady reloading manual. Those are always fun.

[mmccall7]

first post. hello all.

- 'A Farewell to Arms' - Hemingway
- 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' - Joyce
- ' The Road' - McCarthy

cheers

[Don Quixote Jr]

It looks like you've gotten plenty of good suggestions, but I'll put in my two cents worth for some novellas:
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Candide by Voltaire
Cannery Row & Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
Call of the Wild & White Fang by Jack London

[dfloyd]

read The Idiot, The Possessed, Crime and Punishment, The Insulted and the Injured, and The Brothers Karamazov. It will be a tremendous chore if you can get through these in one summer. If you can find the film of the Brothers Karamazov starring Yul Brynner, Richard Basehart, and William Shatner as the three brothers and Lee J. Cobb as Fyodor Karamazov, it will make tackling The Brothers easier.