Nowadays, many works of literature of different times and peoples are available for reading to a modern person. Books, since the advent of the first alphabet, have been an integral part of the life of all people. They contain a colossal amount of information accumulated by humanity throughout its history.
With the advent of the World Wide Web, books have taken on a new digital format. Now it is not necessary to go to the store for a printed version, it is enough choose a good e-book and upload a digital copy of the work there.
However, among the many books around us, it is difficult to choose the one that will really bring real pleasure and pacification to our soul. The team of the book brotherhood "Flibust", well-known throughout Russia, made list of 10 best books everyone should read In my life.
Crime and Punishment
Author: Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
Genre: novel
Rating by Liters: 4.7 out of 5
The classic work of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky "Crime and Punishment" deserves special attention of each reader. This is one of the best books by our Russian writer. If for some reason you have not yet got acquainted with this masterpiece of literature, we advise you to do it quickly.
The book touches on many emotional aspects of human life. The main character of the work commits the most terrible crime - murder, and he does it not from a good life. Dostoevsky shows the complex emotional path of a person's soul from awareness of guilt to repentance. Reading a book helps you to understand yourself and set the right priorities in life.
Catcher in the rye
Author: Jerome David Salinger
Genre: novel
Rating by Liters: 4.3 out of 5
Jerome David Salinger is considered a cult classic of our time. His book Catcher in the Rye has been read by millions of people around the world. The emergence of the novel is associated with a turning point in all 20th century literature. According to Bill Gates, this is his favorite book.
The author tells the story of a 16 year old teenager living in America. He is young, ardent, courageous and ready at any time to give up everything for the embodiment of his ideas. The experiences of a teenager will find a response in the soul of any person who undertakes to read this book. Catcher in the Rye will help you remember or relive that wonderful age when it seems that everything is possible.
Anna Karenina
Author: Lev Tolstoy
Genre: novel
Rating by Liters: 4.7 out of 5
The most worthy work of the great Russian writer Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, which won millions of human hearts. The novel, ahead of its time by several years ahead, although it tells about the era of the 19th century. The author touches upon many interesting topics of the formation of a person's personality in different life situations.
The plot revolves around a married girl Anna Karenina and a talented officer Alexei Vronsky.The main character will be faced with a difficult choice, from which her whole future life will be the envy. An intricate love story, intrigues of nobles, wonderful royal balls and many fascinating details of the bygone world of tsarist Russia await you.
Master and Margarita
Author: Michael Bulgakov
Genre: novel
Rating by Liters: 4.7 out of 5
The mystical novel by Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov, on which the author devoted more than 10 years of his life. The writer managed to reveal several storylines devoted to the eternal questions of the meaning of life, the value of the human soul, the concepts of good and evil, love and hate, the nature of human existence.
"Flibusta" advises to re-read the novel several times, since with each attempt the plot of the book is revealed in a new way. The stories of the Master, Margarita, Woland and other characters from the first pages draw the reader into their mystical world, built by the pen of a genius writer.
Romeo and Juliet
Author: William Shakespeare
Genre: tragedy
Rating by Liters: 4.6 out of 5
William Shakespeare wrote the most beautiful tragic work about the young and ardent love of a man and a woman. The story will tell the reader about the collision and enmity of human hearts, show all the manifestations of human hatred, take Romeo and Juliet into the world of insane love. The tragedy has received many film adaptations and theatrical performances.
The feud between the Capulet and Montague families grows more and more every day. The tension is growing, and anyone is ready to kill their enemy. But it was at this time that the light and pure love of Romeo and Juliet, located on opposite sides of the barricades, was born. Nothing will stop them on the way to joint happiness, not a word from their father, not even death.
Flowers for Algernon
Author: Daniel Keyes
Genre: literature of the 20th century, foreign classics
Rating by Liters: 4.5 out of 5
Daniel Keyes has written a science fiction novel that has received worldwide acclaim. The plot is based on real stories of people from the environment of the writer. The idea of the book was formed by Kees for 14 long years. The first edition appeared in 1959.
Daniel told on paper a touching and instructive story about a man who suffered from developmental disabilities since childhood. Many laughed at him, but he was truly happy, as he did not notice human hypocrisy.
At one point, he undergoes brain surgery, which changes the entire thinking of the protagonist. Suddenly, a man is faced with many problems and questions that he had not even thought about before.
When looking for a given work, remember that there are two versions of this book - a story and a story. Both genres tell the same story, but with different events inside.
1984
Author: George Orwell
Genre: dystopia
Rating by Liters: 4.5 out of 5
George Orwell's novel 1984 was written over 50 years ago, back in 1949. In his book, the author touches upon the political issues of the totalitarian regime. With the help of a fictional dystopian world, the writer shows the true face of human nature, endowed with power.
The plot of the novel will immerse the reader in a world ruled by the one and only political party. However, the main character of the book, at heart, does not agree with the ideological slogans of the tyrants. He keeps a secret diary where he writes down all his "wrong" thoughts.
"1984" is a book dedicated to the aspirations of a person driven into the narrow framework of rules for freedom and equality. The novel is recognized as the best work that tells about the problems of a totalitarian society.
Triumphal Arch
Author: Erich Maria Remarque
Genre: novel
Rating by Liters: 4.7 out of 5
Erich Maria Remarque's novel about love that has arisen between people who are completely different from each other. The book was published in 1945, just after the end of the war. One year later, Arc de Triomphe becomes America's best-selling best-seller.
The events in the book develop around a talented surgeon who survived all the shocks of the First World War, and an Italian actress girl who lives only in dreams of future glory. A passion flares up between them, which leads them to a doomed relationship.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Genre: novel
Rating by Liters: 4.3 out of 5
Gabriel García Márquez is a Colombian author who excelled at writing magical realism. The book was published in 1967 in the amount of 8000 copies. The author shows the development of socio-economic society and its decline using the example of one settlement.
This is the village of Macondo, lost in the jungle, and the Buendía family living there. The author will tell you about a completely different world, where miracles are considered commonplace, and issues of social inequality are a mere trifle. However, all residents of Macondo have one significant drawback - loneliness.
Eugene Onegin
Author: Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin
Genre: novel in verse
Rating by Liters: 4.7 out of 5
Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin wrote another book that changed the world, which everyone should read. Eugene Onegin is a novel in poetic form, which tells about love, caught in the fetters of imposed values and stereotypes of tsarist Russia.
The main character of the work is a young nobleman who survived the death of his father, but inherited the estate of his uncle. Eugene falls in love with his complete opposite - Tatiana, whose thoughts are busy with reflections on foreign literature and loneliness. Moreover, at the time of their acquaintance, the girl had already managed to get married, but young love does not tolerate any obstacles.