‘31 Dream Street’ – Lisa Jewell
‘Great Expectations’ – Charles Dickens
‘The Catcher in the Rye’ – J.D Salinger
‘Wuthering Heights’ – Emily Bronte
‘Madame Bovary’ – Gustave Flaubert
‘The Interpretation of Murder’ – Jed Rubenfeld
‘The Metamorphosis’ – Franz Kafka
‘Agnes Grey’ – Anne Bronte
‘Les Miserables’ – Victor Hugo
‘The Phantom of the Opera’ – Gaston Leroux
‘The Colour Purple’ – Alice Walker
‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ – D.H. Lawrence (just so I can find out what all the fuss is about!)
‘Beloved’ – Toni Morrison
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February 14, 2007 at 12:39 pm
gingermiss
I loved Great Expectations. Many people say it’s one of those books that people only read because they think they should, but I wholeheartedly disagree.
Wuthering Heights was never one of my favorites. I was turned off by the goofiness of it, but I did see how people really love it, and I think of it often in comparisons with other literature.
I haven’t picked up Beloved yet, but I’ve read The Bluest Eye, which is an incredibly disturbing, gut wrenching book. Well worth reading if you can stomach it.
February 15, 2007 at 4:35 am
gingermiss
No need to be dismayed by not getting into Wuthering Heights – I think that whole gothic romance genre is an acquired taste.
I did just finish reading Jane Eyre which may appeal to you. Still romantic, still very dark, less ethereal torment.
And I really like your sewing machine icon! I want my own machine when I move to someplace that’s not so deficient in extra room.