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I cycle from business to pulp fiction to classics to non-fiction to biographies. Right now I'm doing classics. I find that taking a month or two each year and
by DanielBMarkham 8y ago
I cycle from business to pulp fiction to classics to non-fiction to biographies.
Right now I'm doing classics. I find that taking a month or two each year and reading classics I may have overlooked makes all the other books I read that much better. (It also gives them a higher bar to reach!)
This month it's The Count of Monte Cristo and The Brothers Karamazov. I'm having a blast. I can't believe it's taken me this long to get to these.
- charlchi 8y agoIf you enjoy The Brothers Karamazov I couldn't recommend one of Dostoevsky's other books enough: Notes from the underground. IMO a must read for any intellectual that has ever struggled with anything from self-deprecating thoughts to superiority complexes.
- davedx 8y agoGoing with the "stuck on an island" theme, "The Magus" is another great classic. Definitely one of my favourite books in a while.
- KevanM 8y agoThe Count of Monte Cristo is fabulous, it sags a bit in Paris, but otherwise a rip roaring read. I was recently in Brittany and there was a sea gaol off one of the beaches that reminded me how great that book is.