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In my college classes at both Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA and Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA, I sometimes do something I call — Chuck’s recommended readings. I ask the students to write the title and author I suggest and then tell the students that what they do with that information is entirely up to them. I have put together a partial list of some of the books I have suggested. Some of them I consider among the best and most important books ever written, and some I simply found to be wonderful and entertaining.
Now, the list of Doc Chuck’s Recommended Readings:
Agee, James and Walker Evans. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.
Allende, Isabel. The House of the Spirits.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451.
Brown, Larry. Fay.
Cervantes, Miguel De. Don Quixote.
Delaney, Frank. Ireland.
Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities.
Doyle, Roddy. A Star Called Henry.
Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose.
Gaiman, Neil. American Gods.
Grass, Günter. The Tin Drum.
Helprin, Mark. A Soldier of the Great War.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . The Pacific and Other Stories.
Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Homer. The Iliad.
. . . . . . . The Odyssey.
King, Stephen. Hearts In Atlantis.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . The Stand.
Lee, Harper. To Kill A Mockingbird.
Poe, Edgar Allan. Complete Works.
Rice, Anne. Interview With the Vampire.
Rowling, J. K. The entire Harry Potter series.
Shakespeare, William. The Collected Works.
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein.
Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath.
Stoker, Bram. Dracula.
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings.
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Zafon, Carlos Ruiz. The Shadow of the Wind.
Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief.
I am certain there are many books I have forgotten to mention. This is neither intended to be all-inclusive, nor is it meant to be authoritarian. I hope that someone may find a book or books from this list, read them, and enjoy them.
Happy reading!
Awesome list. I have read the entire Harry Potter series, and To Kill A Mockingbird. Although I haven’t read the Lord of the Rings trilogy yet, it is on my To Be Read List.
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A great list. I am going to dust off Frankenstein and give it another go. I’ve read the second half is really good. I must also read Anne Rice, I have not done so.
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Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles have many books in it!
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A good list, I know I can count on you- some I’ve read, and still some to go.
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Thank you!
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Those are wonderful selections. I’ve read about 90% of them.
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That is wonderful!
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We all have to start somewhere, right?
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Yes, we do!
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Good choices. I can check off about 15 of them already.
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Wonderful! Happy reading!
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I was happy to find I’ve read many on the list! I’m going to check out some of the others on the list I haven’t read. Thanks for the list!
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You are very welcome!
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What’s great list, Charles!
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Jennie, thank you!
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It was good to see several of my favorites on your list! You know, I think I should reread In the Name of the Rose. I loved that book.
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Thanks, Liz, and yes, it is an excellent book!
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Zafon, Carlos Ruiz. The Shadow of the Wind.
There it is again! I ‘ordered’ a copy from the local library as per your suggestion in a prior post. Our library opened on-line ‘ordering’ of books that can be picked up just inside the entrance doors without entering the closed library building…a great effort on the part of the public library! Now with our second (the first never left, really) wave of COVID, I’ve amassed a stack that should keep me happily sequestered in the name of self isolation…
Stay safe.
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I hope you enjoy it!
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I am amazed to find only four that I haven’t read!!! I better get busy! This is a great list … thank you!
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You are very welcome!
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Thank you for a great list. Some i had read – but only in German. Would become a great new experience reading in English language. Michael
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Michael, you are very welcome!
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:-))
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A great list. I’ve read about half of them and some many years ago. Time to get to the others..
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Thank you very much!
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