Glad to see A Tale of Two Cities as your #1, excellent book. Struggled a bit to get into it initially, but the further you read, the better it gets. Clearly need to get to more Dickens in the future as well! Also in your case I'd recommend you to read the Christmas edition of Walter Scott's novel: Ivanho-ho-ho! ... I'll see myself out.
I started "Don Quixote" around the summer months and I managed to reach close to the half-way mark. One of my favorite books so far! An incredible journey
Furioso not the top of my Epic Poetry list rn even after The Aeneid haha, but I do find it intriguing indeed! Proust is a…several years from now kind of thing 😅
«Ivanhoe» is a childhood classic of mine! As for myself, they are more on the MBR List then the TBR List, but I have: «The Brothers Karamazov» by Fyodor Dostoevsky «Kim» by Rudyard Kipling «Growth of the Soil» by Knut Hamsun «The Sea Wolf» by Jack London «Siddhartha» by Hermann Hesse Cheers!
The Sea Wolf was a good one; I reviewed that one what feels like a century ago 😭 Brothers Karamazov is high on my priority list - well, Dostoyevsky in general is, but that’s the one I think I look most forward to.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Ivanhoe this last year! A Tale of Two Cities is top priority for me for 2025. Also The Idiot by Dostoevsky which I’m reading with my brother and a friend.
It's amazing how Ivanhoe is one of those books that seems to be falling into oblivion, in fact any books by Sir Walter Scott. And I still need to read the book that takes place before, The Talisman. This year I've been reading mostly classics and sci-fi and I definitely plan to keep doing so.
@KingCrusoe It's been maybe over ten years since I read it, but I remember really enjoying it. I liked the prose and character arcs and to this day, when I think of a book in the romance genre, Ivanhoe is the first one that comes to mind.
And here I was thinking that you were going to join me in December for The Tale of Genji but I see you're already busy. I am interested in Dickens and would love to join but we will have to see how that goes. 😆
Another classic that I love that I don't see mentioned as often is Kristin Lavransdatter by Undset. It has some similarities to Anna Karenina but very different at the same time. I have Middlemarch and David Copperfield (I've loved everything by Dickens) for my classics next year. Maybe the Iliad/Odyssey if I get to it. I just read War and Peace and it was fantastic, I also want to read everything by Tolstoy. Actually, I wish Tolstoy were alive today to help us make sense of the present...
Can’t say I’ve heard if Kristin Lavransdatter but it is now on a list! Middlemarch and more Dickens are definitely of high interest to me someday, and I too need to read more Tolstoy. I DEFINITELY recommend The Iliad and the Odyssey both - they are fantastic; and you are right, so is W&P! 🙌🏻
Moby Dick, Illiad & Odyssey, Notre Dame,(yes) Blood Meridian, all the Romantics, . ... but my winter book is the first modern novel,(say some,)..... That little tale Don Quixote 😉
Glad to see A Tale of Two Cities as your #1, excellent book. Struggled a bit to get into it initially, but the further you read, the better it gets. Clearly need to get to more Dickens in the future as well!
Also in your case I'd recommend you to read the Christmas edition of Walter Scott's novel: Ivanho-ho-ho!
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I'll see myself out.
I’ll forgive you this trespass once 😂😂😂
I started "Don Quixote" around the summer months and I managed to reach close to the half-way mark. One of my favorite books so far! An incredible journey
Glad to hear! I have high hopes 🙌🏻
"Resurrection" is excellent. It was his last novel and lesser known.
I love "Don Quixote" so much.
Enjoy your reads!
Glad to hear good for Resurrection! Definitely have high hopes for it.
There is a disturbing lack of Orlando Furioso and Proust on this list, but good stuff on the list, especially DQ
Furioso not the top of my Epic Poetry list rn even after The Aeneid haha, but I do find it intriguing indeed!
Proust is a…several years from now kind of thing 😅
Don Quixote was a bit tough for me. I'm glad I did it, but it certainly felt like a longer book than it already is!
«Ivanhoe» is a childhood classic of mine!
As for myself, they are more on the MBR List then the TBR List, but I have:
«The Brothers Karamazov» by Fyodor Dostoevsky
«Kim» by Rudyard Kipling
«Growth of the Soil» by Knut Hamsun
«The Sea Wolf» by Jack London
«Siddhartha» by Hermann Hesse
Cheers!
The Sea Wolf was a good one; I reviewed that one what feels like a century ago 😭
Brothers Karamazov is high on my priority list - well, Dostoyevsky in general is, but that’s the one I think I look most forward to.
I also plan to read The Brothers Karamazov and everything by Hermann Hesse in 2025.
Sea Wolf is personally a favorite of mine.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Ivanhoe this last year! A Tale of Two Cities is top priority for me for 2025. Also The Idiot by Dostoevsky which I’m reading with my brother and a friend.
I’m glad that you enjoyed Ivanhoe so much and greatly look forward to it! I wish us both a merry time with AToTC as well 🔥🔥
Can confirm A Tale of Two Cities is fantastic, as is Notre Dame de Paris.
Glad to hear Notre Dame holds up from a fellow Les Mis stan 🔥
Very excited for AToTC 🙌🏻
It's amazing how Ivanhoe is one of those books that seems to be falling into oblivion, in fact any books by Sir Walter Scott. And I still need to read the book that takes place before, The Talisman.
This year I've been reading mostly classics and sci-fi and I definitely plan to keep doing so.
Yeah Sir Walter Scott seems to be completely absent in the current public consciousness, but I’ve always wanted to read Ivanhoe anyway
@KingCrusoe It's been maybe over ten years since I read it, but I remember really enjoying it. I liked the prose and character arcs and to this day, when I think of a book in the romance genre, Ivanhoe is the first one that comes to mind.
And here I was thinking that you were going to join me in December for The Tale of Genji but I see you're already busy. I am interested in Dickens and would love to join but we will have to see how that goes. 😆
Oh shit I didn’t realize that was planned hahaha
Well, unfortunately that book is a but too massive to hop on the band wagon for now 😂😂😂
Ivanhoe I'd like to get to in the next couple years. I've read and enjoyed all the others.
I hope you’ll be available when I am, as variable as that’ll be! 😂
Another classic that I love that I don't see mentioned as often is Kristin Lavransdatter by Undset. It has some similarities to Anna Karenina but very different at the same time. I have Middlemarch and David Copperfield (I've loved everything by Dickens) for my classics next year. Maybe the Iliad/Odyssey if I get to it. I just read War and Peace and it was fantastic, I also want to read everything by Tolstoy. Actually, I wish Tolstoy were alive today to help us make sense of the present...
Can’t say I’ve heard if Kristin Lavransdatter but it is now on a list!
Middlemarch and more Dickens are definitely of high interest to me someday, and I too need to read more Tolstoy. I DEFINITELY recommend The Iliad and the Odyssey both - they are fantastic; and you are right, so is W&P! 🙌🏻
Moby Dick, Illiad & Odyssey, Notre Dame,(yes) Blood Meridian, all the Romantics, . ... but my winter book is the first modern novel,(say some,)..... That little tale Don Quixote 😉