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Help me with a New Year's resolution
Lately I've been overwhelmed and disappointed by the large number of classic novels I have yet to read. I'm setting a goal to read 10 by the end of 2012. I need help with the list.
I own Wuthering Heights (I remeber that I loved it, but remember little from when I read it in highschool so I'm revisiting it.) I also own Pride and Prejudice, so those will be 2 of the 10. I've already read the Scarlet Letter, Little Women, Of Mice and Men and To Kill a Mocking Bird (although I don't remember too much of that either.)
What books would you suggest? This is a list I've thought of. Please give your opinions if you've read any of them, or add others that you loved.
-The Color Purple
- Anna Karenina
- A Farewell to Arms
- The Grapes of Wrath
- Jane Eyre
- Don Quixote
- The Great Gatsby
- The Cather in the Rye
- Great Expectations
- War and Peace
- Light in August
- A Tale of Two Cities
I know there are a million more to choose from. Help please. 
Re: Help me with a New Year's resolution
- Jane Eyre - loved
- The Great Gatsby - iffy, but a good, short read for a classic
- A Tale of Two Cities - LOVED, but I'm a huge francophile, especially of the french revolutionary era.
Other suggestions that I enjoyed reading - Lord of the Flies, Huckleberry Finn, Hamlet, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Madame Bovary
If you don't remember To Kill a Mockingbird, I'd reread...it's such a great book.
I think I will. Sadly, there were a few classics that I read in high school that didn't get the attention they deserved. Mostly because I was racing to finish them for an exam. haha
I asked over on the Book Club and Jane Eyre, The Great Gatsby, A Tale of Two Cities and Madame Bovary were all listed as favorites as well. Thanks!
I hated Catcher in the Rye more than I can possible put into words. The Great Gatsby was just okay for me.
Totally ditto To Kill a Mockingbird. That is one of my top favorite books ever. Lord of the Flies is also a good one.
I don't think it's a true classic yet, but I absolutely think The Handmaid's Tale will be one day and that it should be so I'd add that one if you can.
Probably I should do this too because I also haven't read most of the books on your list.
Thank you! This is what i was trying to avoid. lol
Emma also seems to be a popular one with The Book Club board.
Some of my favorite classics (mostly already listed):
Jane Eyre
To Kill a Mockingbird
Farhenheit 451
Lord of the Flies
1984
The Awakening