Classic Literature - For Beginners

We all want to be better read, but when we look at classical literature it can become overwhelming as to where to start. As an English major, I read a lot during my college career and I think I have a bit of an upper hand on where to begin

Reads that are under 250 pages and are great for you to get your pallet wet!

Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck

The Art of War, Sun Tzu

The Awakening, Kate Chopin

Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston

Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys

Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka

A Rasin In The Sun, Lorraine Hansberry

In Watermelon Sugar, Richard Brautigan

Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote

Maybe you want to read a book and then watch the movie, or you've seen the movie and want to read the book. Well, this category is for you!

Sense & Sensibility, Jane Austen

To Kill a Mocking Bird, Harper Lee

The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown

Gone With The Wind, Margaret Mitchell

High Fidelity, Nick Hornby

The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

Love Story, Erich Segal

Carrie, Stephen King

Poetry is a great part of classical literature that is often overlooked, but I think it is so important to read these poems even if you may not completely understand what the author is saying.

The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe

The Sonnets, William Shakespeare

Selected Poetry, John Keats

Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman

Ariel, Sylvia Plath

Howl, Allen Ginsberg

Given Sugar, Given Salt, Jane Hirshfield

The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot

Where the Sidewalk Ends, Shel Silverstein

Which of these books do you think you'll start with?