#book masterpost

"Why read the classics? A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say." These are a few recommendations, books everyone should read. Don’t let yourself be convinced they are good: read and decide for yourself!

(no particular order intended)

Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes

The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell

Hard Times - Charles Dickens

The Karamazov Brothers - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë

The Waves - Virginia Woolf

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

Hamlet - William Shakespeare

Richard II - William Shakespeare

Little Women - Louisa Alcott

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

Emma - Jane Austen

Anna Karenina - Liev Tolstói

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë

Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare

The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton 

Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

Lord of The Flies - William Golding

One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez

Persuasion - Jane Austen

War and Peace - Liev Tolstói

Macbeth - William Shakespeare

The Tell-Tale Heart - Edgar Allan Poe

Dracula - Bram Stoker

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar - Edgar Allan Poe

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka 

Moby Dick - Herman Melville

Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf

King Lear - William Shakespeare

The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand

Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell

Jean Barois - Roger Martin du Gard

Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger

The Only One [Amazon]

Sparks fly when Piper Vaughn, a Manhattan real estate agent, meets Richard Spencer, a wealthy English businessman in New York for a year on an extended project and looking for a place to live. She's blonde and beautiful, with a sweet smile and bubbly personality, while he's tall and lean, with bright blue eyes and a laidback demeanor, and also nearly 20 years her senior. Though the attraction is mutual and instantaneous, they try to keep their relationship strictly professional, but as soon as they close on Richard's new apartment, they can't resist each other any longer. A sweet and passionate romance develops between the two, but before they know it, Richard's project is over and he must return to London. This abrupt wake-up call is compounded by the return of Piper's ex-boyfriend, and she is faced with a life changing decision. Should she stay in New York, the city she never thought she would want to leave, or give everything up to start a new life in London with the man she loves? A romance that's both sweet and steamy, suitable for readers 18 and older, with a happily-ever-after ending.

Christmas With The Only One [Amazon] (short story)

A few months following the events of The Only One, Piper Vaughn is living in London with her boyfriend, Richard Spencer. Despite the adjustment period, their love has not wavered, and the pair are happily settled into their life together. Things couldn't be better, until a discussion one evening leads to a decision about where their relationship is heading, and opens the door to a new career path for Piper, culminating in a Christmas they'll never forget.

No Safe Place [Amazon]

Hannah Cole, a young graduate student attending George Washington University, and her father David Cole, a senior FBI agent, enjoy a happy life together in Arlington, Virginia. Due to the nature of his job, and having been a single father for most of Hannah's life, David has always been fiercely protective of his daughter and has taken great strides to keep her safe. But when Hannah is kidnapped from their home one night, their world is turned upside down. With the force of the FBI behind him, including his best friend Juliet Grayson, trusted partner Chris Tyler, and rookie agent Eli Shaw, David rushes to find his daughter, while Hannah struggles to stay alive, both of them racing against a deadline that could mean the end of Hannah's life.

Finding Home Again [Amazon]

Hannah Cole, a graduate student living in Arlington, Virginia, led a happy, seemingly charmed life, until she was kidnapped from her home one night. Now, she must try to put her life back together, while spending each day battling her trauma-induced fears, and being awoken each night by terrifying nightmares. Slowly, with the help of her father David, and her friends Juliet Grayson, Chris Tyler, and Madison Cartwright, Hannah's life starts to return to normal. Along the way, old friendships are strengthened, while new ones are formed, and a tender romance begins to develop between Hannah and Eli Shaw, the rookie agent who helped save her life.

These are all available on international Amazon sites as well! Just replace the .com in the Amazon URL here with the extension for your country’s Amazon site, and it should work. If it doesn’t, just drop me a note and I’ll give you the link.

Hey there! I really like to read but,, to read books, we have to purchase them :( and that requires money!! Which sometimes we just don’t have!

Of course, saving up works too! And you get to support your favorite authors (which is super important!!). But if you can’t do that, you can always access libraries! Online libraries!

I’ve compiled a bunch of sites I found and by no means is this a complete list. I’ll keep adding to this!

Happy reading/ researching!

Internet Archive- eBooks and Texts

This part of the Internet Archive gives access to public libraries or open university libraries around the world.

Open Library

Open Library is a subsection of the Internet Archive. They scan and upload books from libraries so people can access them easily. They have textbooks, biographies, fiction, non-fiction, classics, and etc.

Open Library has gathered more than 20 million records to date and this is my first site of choice to access books!

Internet Archive: Books to Borrow

This is basically a more direct link to a specific collection, in which you may borrow and download books for two weeks. I use Adobe Digital Editions 4.5 (free software) to access these books.

DigiLibraries

DigiLibraries is another online library for ebooks. It doesn’t have as much variety as Open Library, and I find that they tend to have older books.

LUMS Library

This library also contains free ebooks, but they lean more towards research papers and etc. LUMS is a not-for-profit university and have opened this library for their students and staff, although the general public can also access it.

Dystopian Fic/Sci-Fi

The Girl With All The Gifts - M.R. Carey (FAVORITE BOOK EVER)

Matched - Ally Condie

Mind Games - Kiersten White

The 5th Wave - Rick Yancey

Cell - Stephen King

Romance

Shiver - Maggie Steifvater

The Program - Suzanne Young

Horror

Gone - Michael Grant (This one is kind of horror, kind of sci fi)

Carrie - Stephen King

Pet Sematary - Stephen King

Science (because I freaking love science)

Pandemic - Sonia Shah

Spillover - David Quammen

Beautiful Creatures Series

The Secret Circle Series

Harry Potter Series

Maze Runner Trilogy

The Sword of Truth Series

Series 1 Warriors book 1: Into the Wild

Warriors book 2: Fire and Ice

Warrior books 3: Forest of Secrets

Warriors books 4: Rising Storm

Warrior books 5: A Dangerous Path

Warrior books 6: The Darkest Hour

Series 2 The New Prophacy: Midnight

The New Prophacy: Moonrise

The New Prophacy: Dawn

The New Prophacy: Starlight

The New Prophacy: Twilight

Series 3 Power of Three: The Sight

Power of Three: Dark River

Power of Three: Outcast

Power of Three: Eclipse

Power of Three: Long Shadows

Series 4 Omen of the Stars: The Fourth Apprentice

Omen of the Stars: Fading Echoes

Omen of the Stars: Night Whispers

Omen of the Stars: Sign of the Moon

Omen of the Stars: The Forgotten Warrior

Omen of the Stars: The Last Hope

Series 5 Dawn of the Clans: The Sun Trail

Dawn of the Clans: Thunder Rising

Dawn of the Clans: The First Battle

Warrior Guides Cats of the Clans

Code of the Clans

Secrets of the Clans

Warriors Field Guide

Battles of the Clans

Enter the Clans

Warrior's: The Ultimate Guide

Super Editions Bluestar's Prophecy

Firestar's Quest

Yellowfang's Secret

Tallstar's Revenge

Crookedstar's Promise

Skyclan's Destiny

Original Ebooks Hollyleaf's Story

Mistystar's Omen

Cloudstar's Journey

Tigerclaw's Fury

Hello lovely anon! : ) xx

Regarding your question, it usually depends on the person’s most liked genre for them to find the book interesting. But since you’re asking me I’m just gonna recommend you some historical fictions, dystopia and contemporary, which are my favourite genres. Although, some of the books I’m going to mention is still unread by me and are on my HUGE pile of desirable to-read books. 

Historical Fictions:

Khaled Hosseini’s books, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Schindler’s List, Outlander Chronicles, The Shadow of The Wind, In The Time of Butterflies, The Help, Between Shades of Gray, I am The Messenger