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Sci-fi Geek here yankee87 Oct 2022 #1
Thank you. I like Sci-Fi stuff. I will check it out. IrishEyes Oct 2022 #4
Interesting. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2022 #29
Depends on what theme and genre you're interested in Docreed2003 Oct 2022 #2
Thank you for the suggestion IrishEyes Oct 2022 #5
While Catch -22 may be the greatest novel ever written, cachukis Oct 2022 #3
I haven't read anything by Dostoevsky. IrishEyes Oct 2022 #7
"The Idiot," is a good start. cachukis Oct 2022 #8
Both are excellent! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #15
"Brothers Karamazov" is an incredible choice! Docreed2003 Oct 2022 #10
Which translation of "Brothers Karamazov" do you prefer? Docreed2003 Oct 2022 #11
I read the Garnett version while living in a hammock on cachukis Oct 2022 #12
Garrett's is fantastic as well Docreed2003 Oct 2022 #13
"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens Glorfindel Oct 2022 #6
Can't go wrong with Somerset Maugham. OilemFirchen Oct 2022 #9
Depending on the timeframe you consider "classics," I have recently gone back to hlthe2b Oct 2022 #14
Cannery Row, Steinbeck SheltieLover Oct 2022 #16
Loved that book. applegrove Oct 2022 #19
Me too! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #20
Such characters. I've forgotten much of it. I should read it again. applegrove Oct 2022 #21
Theodore Dreiser, An American Tragedy LuckyLib Oct 2022 #17
Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Polly Hennessey Oct 2022 #18
Harper Lee "To Kill a Mockingbird" is my all time favorite. brer cat Oct 2022 #22
Lots of good suggestions already, I'll try to avoid repeating anything already mentioned: RockRaven Oct 2022 #23
pride + prejudice, jane eyre, perdition. i also really enjoyed dracula. OH!! THE DECAMERON!!! pansypoo53219 Oct 2022 #24
Was leighbythesea2 Oct 2022 #27
book better than the movies. pansypoo53219 Oct 2022 #28
pride + prejudice, jane eyre, perdition. i also really enjoyed dracula. OH!! THE DECAMERON!!! pansypoo53219 Oct 2022 #25
One Day in the Life leighbythesea2 Oct 2022 #26
Uncle Tom's Cabin. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2022 #30
"Catcher in the Rye" bif Nov 2022 #31
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