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 (Suhrkamp Taschenbuch ; 175)
A story that focuses on the loneliness and suffering of the protagonist, Harry Haller, who feels that he has no …
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Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (Enriched classic)
4 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
4 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, JR. Selby, Hubert Selby Jr.
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
4 stars
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
4 stars
Set against the backcloth of National Socialism, [this novel] is told in the first person by the central figure, Oskar …
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4 stars
Jane Eyre (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë, published under the …
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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
4 stars
A tale of passion set in the bleak Yorkshire moors in mid 19thC, far from the Victorian uprightness, Wuthering Heights …
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To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
4 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 newly revised text for A Clockwork Orange’s 50th anniversary brings the work closest to its author’s intentions.
A …
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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
It tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so he may find new blood and …
