Have you read any of these books?

I will have to write a brief paper on one of these novels, so I'd like some recommendations please :D



I know the list is a bit lengthy so if you don't feel like looking at the entire list just look at these:

#21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 30, 38, 40, 41, 44

These are some of the more well known ones and they seem a bit more interesting to me.



1. Things Fall Apart by Achebe, Chinua

2. The Axemaker's Gift by Burke, James, and Robert Ornstein.

3. How the Irish Saved Civilization by Cahill, Thomas

4. Heart of Darkness by Conrad, Joseph

5. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Diamond, Jared.

6. The Great Warming by Fagan, Brian

7. Pathfinders: A Global Hisory of Exploration by Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe

8. The Classic Slave Narratives by Gates, Henry Louis

9. Son of the Revolution by Heng, Liang, and Judith Shapiro

10. Bury the Chains by Hochschild, Adam

11. King Leopold's Ghost by Hochschild, Adam

12. 1066: The Year of the Conquest by Howarth, David

13. Salt: A World History by Kurlansky, Mark

14. When China Ruled the Seas by Levathes, Louis

15. Worlds Together-Worlds Apart by Tignor, Robert

16. The Art of War by Tzu, Sun

17. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Weatherford, Jack

18. 1421: The Year China Discovered America by Gavin Menzies

19. The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan

20. Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King

21. Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

22. Germinal by Emile Zola

23. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

24. Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya

25. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

26. A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens

27. The Arabian Nights by Anonymous

28. The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer

29. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

30. Animal Farm by George Orwell

31. For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

32. Siddhartha by Herman hesse

33. Stone Woman by Tariq Ali

34. A Sultan in Palermo by Tariq Ali

35. The Rock by Kanan Makiya

36. The Hope by Herman Wouk

37. The Glory by Herman Wouk

38. Hard Times by Charles Dickens

39. The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas

40. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

41. Bridge on the River Drina by Ivo Andric

42. Red Poppies by Alai

43. Wild Ginger by Anchee Min

44. The Quiet American by Graham GreeneHave you read any of these books?
I loved Animal Farm. I read it numerous times on my own as a child--I can't recall if I was ever required to read it for school. It's about animals who become more like humans and develop their own society. It's a socio-political commentary, but it's enjoyable. I always reinvented my own ending for some of the characters I liked who didn't fare too well, though. Basically, the message of the story is that power corrupts.



Hard Times was horrible and boring. I hate everything I've ever read by Dickens, with the notable exception of A Christmas Carol, which I love.



I loved The Scarlet Pimpernel. It's about a Zorro-esque character who is heroic and helps save people's lives while living a double life.



I haven't ever read Arabian Nights, but that's one I'd pick out of that list to try. I've seen various film versions, and I'm guessing it would probably be an interesting read. It might be long, though. I don't know how much time you have.



Animal Farm has the advantage of being a relatively short novel.Have you read any of these books?
I've read #1. and # 30. I read them both within a day or two.

#30 is quite short =). Easy to read. About politics- related to Cold War and soviet russia put into a fictional setting where animals can talk and they take over the farm (getting rid of the farmer) but then things go bad.



#1 is about a character in a village called Umuofia named Okonkwo (fictional), who tries to get to the top of the tribal status, succeeds, falls down the ladder, then meets Christian missionaries who come to Nigeria and also the British colonial government, and faces the destruction of the tribe and their way of life.Have you read any of these books?
29. brave new world

26. a tale of two cities



for a report i would go for either Animal farm by george Orwell ( haven't read but some of my friends have read it and they said it was pretty good) or brave new world ( about 180 ish pages kind of science fiction pretty cool book)
30 Animal Farm by George Orwell (which speaks of communism) or #28. The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer ...... they were both very interesting to me and insightful. Hope you get a chance to read them, and like them as much as i did. Enjoy Reading :)