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3136393 No.3136393 [Reply] [Original]

Hey, I'm going on vacation soon and want to spend a lot of my time reading. I want to read some classic/modern classic books, but nothing too boring or hard to read.

Is The Picture of Dorian Gray an easy enough read? What else would you recommend?

>> No.3136408

I definitely encourage you to read The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Some other books you may consider for vacation reading:
Don Juan by Lord Byron
Adam Bede by George Eliot
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
Demian by Hermann Hesse
Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Transposed Heads by Thomas Mann
Wittgenstein's Mistress by David Markson
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

I'll leave it to you to determine which may suite you best.

>> No.3136426

>>3136408
>Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

This and Dorian Gray are fantastic reads, I highly suggest them.

>> No.3136452

>>3136408
Thank you for the list. The Recommended reading sticky was a bit overwhelming.

Are these books fairly easy to read?

Also, I'm fine with more modern books too. Ive been thinking about Catch 22, and Brave New World.

>> No.3136455

>The Picture of Boring Gay

Save your time and read ASOIAF

>> No.3136463

>>3136452
>Are these books fairly easy to read?
Yes. That's partly I picked them. :-)

>> No.3136465

>>3136455
I'm on Clash right now. But for vacation I want to mix it up. I can only do so much fantasy at a time.