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I'm Currently Reading 1984 And Considering Trying To Read More Classics. I Haven't Read Any Classics
I'm currently reading 1984 and considering trying to read more classics. I haven't read any classics since high school and did not enjoy any of the ones we were required to read. But people enjoy them and they're classics for a reason, right? I mainly read fantasy and/or romance, but I'd like to get over my avoidance of classic literature, and I'm sure literally no one will see this but by chance if any opinionated classics-lovers scroll by this then please please please what would you recommend I read next? (Under cut are the books I read in school.)
Middle school (what I can remember anyways):
Beowulf
The Pearl
The Giver
The Illustrated Man
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
High school:
Romeo and Juliet
Of Mice and Men
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Odyssey (...part of it)
Animal Farm
Lord of the Flies
Julius Caesar
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Great Gatsby
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Hamlet
Brave New World
I did read The Hobbit this year, which I loved on account of being a fantasy lover, and I'm excited to read Lord of the Rings at some point.
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