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What's an exciting classic book you would recommend?

Posted on 3/18/20 at 11:45 am
Posted by Boo Krewe
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Posted on 3/18/20 at 11:45 am
Got rejected from library. But I really I haven't read many classics.

Looking for short story anthology too.
Posted by Sus-Scrofa
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Posted on 3/18/20 at 1:44 pm to
Call of the Wild is a quick read you should read if you haven’t before.

If you like Call of the Wild, read White Fang.
Posted by Decisions
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Posted on 3/18/20 at 2:50 pm to
Journey to the Center of the Earth
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

I always enjoyed Jules Verne.
Posted by SLafourche07
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Posted on 3/18/20 at 2:56 pm to
Animal Farm
Posted by VOR
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Posted on 3/18/20 at 4:04 pm to

Captains Couragrous, by Rudyard Kipling?
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
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Posted on 3/18/20 at 7:10 pm to
The Count of Monte Cristo
Posted by GeauxHouston
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Posted on 3/18/20 at 8:10 pm to
Count of Monte Cristo...
My favorite book EVER
Posted by mdomingue
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Posted on 3/18/20 at 10:26 pm to
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
Animal Farm as suggested earlier
Lord of the Flies
Brom Stoker's Dracula

Many of the Edgar Rice Burroughs series are entertaining if sometimes far fetched (Tarzan, John Carter)

Several Kipling options (not sure why he has somewhat fallen out of favor) I'm a big fan of The Jungle Book.

Edgar Allan Poe wrote great short stories.

If an ebook is acceptable amazon has decent prices, here is an example.

Edgar-Allan-Poe-Anthology-Illustrations-ebook

You may be able to find many of the authors on one of the public domain/free site like
https://www.gutenberg.org/

The Jungle Book Options
Posted by Macavity92
Member since Dec 2004
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Posted on 3/18/20 at 10:37 pm to
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Hamlet
Any Hemingway book of short stories
All Quiet in the Western Front
Slaughterhouse Five
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Posted by Boo Krewe
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 3/19/20 at 12:18 pm to
Thanks foe all the suggestion. Gonna start don Quixote

Arabic knights

Also looking for fiction books bout Kings of England and France
Posted by ecb
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Posted on 3/19/20 at 4:17 pm to
Wind in the willows
Posted by OldTigahFot
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Posted on 3/19/20 at 8:19 pm to
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Also looking for fiction books bout Kings of England and France


The Plantagenets - Dan Jones

eta sorry, not fiction.
This post was edited on 3/19/20 at 9:25 pm
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Posted on 3/20/20 at 3:07 pm to
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But I really I haven't read many classics.


The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain

Frankenstein - Marry Shelley

Dracula - Bram Stoker

quote:

Looking for short story anthology too.


Look for a good H.P. Lovecraft compilation.

Posted by Ace Midnight
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Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 3/20/20 at 3:07 pm to
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The Count of Monte Cristo


I should have listed that, as well.
Posted by Boss13
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Posted on 3/20/20 at 3:38 pm to
If you have the patience to get past the dissertations. Moby Dick has some very exciting parts.
Posted by Miner
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Posted on 3/20/20 at 4:00 pm to
Sherlock Holmes stories.
Posted by biglego
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Posted on 3/20/20 at 9:23 pm to
The classics are not usually exciting.
Posted by biglego
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Posted on 3/20/20 at 9:23 pm to
Try Bernard Cornwell’s Last Kingdom series. Historical fiction set in King Alfreds reign.
Posted by Boo Krewe
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 3/20/20 at 9:49 pm to
I like the show.

Really good recommendations, lovecraft is a good foray into goth horror
Posted by bAGginsAGinbarry
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Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 3/25/20 at 1:46 pm to
Watership Down.
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