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Feb 7, 2023
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ColoSpgs
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Count of Monte Christo is like an 18th century superhero movie
If you love Marvel, CoMC is your book.
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I have a goal to read one "Classic" book this year.
Future_Tacos
2/7/23 8:49am
Asimov
supertux
2/7/23 8:51am
The Count of Monte Cristo. And maybe A Tale of Two Cities.
Hawk in the 303
2/7/23 8:51am
Count of Monte Cristo. Best book I’ve ever read.
cruiserhead
2/7/23 8:52am
This book is a fantastic read and in my top 5
txblue
2/7/23 8:57am
Robin Buss translation is a must
Jimo Dashen
2/7/23 9:14am
Correct. While I have enjoyed different translations, this one is much better and enjoyable.
bag
2/7/23 9:36am
True. Earlier versions can be a bit cumbersome with archaic English.
Hawk in the 303
2/7/23 9:55am
This is my favorite.
ochobeeguy
2/7/23 9:17am
By far my favorite read of all time
cornellcoug
2/7/23 11:59am
American Pastoral, an American great. Anna Karenina. Not Lolita.
Plato
2/7/23 8:52am
Karenina is arguably the greatest novel ever written. American Pastoral is not.
LargeTalons
2/7/23 9:34am
I have read Tolstoy’s novels. I loved Resurrection and War and Peace. I couldn’t get into Anna Karenina—it was my least
Sandstone Cougar
2/7/23 11:09am
Lolita is fantastic. Extremely intelligent and the pedo aspect is not what you
LargeTalons
2/7/23 12:04pm
I read (well listened to) Grapes Of Wrath last year
Kdubb
2/7/23 8:53am
Thoreau - On Walden Pond
snowcoug
2/7/23 8:53am
Grapes of Wrath and a Farewell to Arms are two great American novels
inertiaman
2/7/23 8:54am
Loved Grapes of Wrath.
Cougarclaw
2/7/23 8:57am
East of Eden
darkcoug
2/7/23 8:54am
I have that goal also. This was mine last year. Watching this thread for ideas
Kilgore Trout
2/7/23 9:00am
I could never get to it. But couldn't put Grapes of Wrath down.
Plato
2/7/23 10:37am
Les Mis is amazing. It’s daunting but amazing
Cougz19
2/7/23 8:56am
Totally agree. I actually thought it was too short.
bluecheese
2/7/23 9:06am
365 chapters. Just read one a day
Turd Ferguson
2/7/23 9:19am
The Road, by Cormac McCarthy 2009. Dystopian sci-fi, Awesome!
DixiCoug
2/7/23 1:34pm
Couldn't put that one down, but may or may not fit the criteria.
Kilgore Trout
2/7/23 1:43pm
Gulliver's Travels always stuck with me.
Cougarclaw
2/7/23 8:57am
Great Expectations, War & Peace, Huckleberry Finn
OU Cougar
2/7/23 8:58am
Count of Monte Christo is like an 18th century superhero movie
ColoSpgs
2/7/23 8:59am
Except it takes place in the 19th century
Polemic
2/7/23 9:01am
The epic fantasy takes place in a 19th century setting but is still like a Marvel/DC comic book from the olden days
ColoSpgs
2/7/23 9:10am
And no superpowers. Although Edmond can certainly take care of himself.
Hawk in the 303
2/7/23 9:37am
I can see that, in a Jonah Hex kind of way (actually, that's DC).
Hawk in the 303
2/7/23 9:41am
Dickens is my favorite author. So something by him would be my recommendation. But not great expectations.
RalphWiggam
2/7/23 9:01am
I love Dicken's novels
snowcoug
2/7/23 9:07am
Totally agree--Bleak House and Little Dorrit are my favs as well
DC12
2/7/23 9:49am
And Tale of Two Cities
DC12
2/7/23 9:52am
+1 on David Copperfield
Jimo Dashen
2/7/23 9:53am
Sherlock holmes stories are good
supertux
2/7/23 9:03am
The Brothers Karamazov is good if you're looking for a pretty good story with lots of theological musings.
Perseguir
2/7/23 9:06am
Best of Dostoevsky, but I would put the Idiot up there too
LargeTalons
2/7/23 9:12am
I enjoy Dostoevsky, but wow is it depressing but that is life in Russia.
BYU Grounds
2/7/23 10:11am
In high school I had to read "Arundel" by Kenneth Roberts.
bluecheese
2/7/23 9:14am
If you like westerns/historical novels
LargeTalons
2/7/23 9:15am
To Kill a Mockingbird is an easy read and a great story.
bennerc
2/7/23 9:15am
War, What is it Good For - Tolstoy
fulano
2/7/23 9:15am
Another vote for 1) To Kill a Mockingbird and 2) Grapes of Wrath
Howard Bannister
2/7/23 9:21am
1984, A Brave New World, Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five.
paulb
2/7/23 9:26am
The Old Man and the Sea is only 72 pages.
Kilgore Trout
2/7/23 9:27am
Of Mice and Men, Old Man and the Sea, Gatsby, Train Dreams, The Bear
LargeTalons
2/7/23 9:39am
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives.
Sandstone Cougar
2/7/23 9:28am
War and Peace
Count Cougar
2/7/23 9:29am
Atlas Shrugged, On Walden Pond, Of Mice and Men
neboutefan
2/7/23 9:33am
Nobody suggested the Book of Mormon? CB is losing its edge....
Hawk in the 303
2/7/23 9:34am
I'll also throw out American Psycho. It. Is. Amazing.
LargeTalons
2/7/23 9:49am
No one has mentioned Jane Austen?
Courtimedes
2/7/23 9:52am
RE: No one has mentioned Jane Austen?
Kilgore Trout
2/7/23 9:53am
RE: No one has mentioned Jane Austen?
Courtimedes
2/7/23 9:56am
I do like the one about the women who are trying to find a husband who is
Kilgore Trout
2/7/23 10:03am
Ooh, I do like that one!
Courtimedes
2/7/23 11:03am
There's a few comedies tucked in there too
MarylandFan
2/7/23 12:49pm
A Tale of Two Cities
NumbersGuy
2/7/23 10:00am
This and Les Mis are two best I’ve read. Third would be Count of MC
BR549
2/7/23 10:58am
3 Musketeers is fun. Tarzan holds up well.
adrock
2/7/23 10:50am
They've pretty much made every classic book into a movie
BigHouse Coug
2/7/23 12:26pm
Les Mis is a phenomenal play. The book is far, far better.
Sandstone Cougar
2/7/23 2:43pm
Abridged Les Miserable - about 400 pages
NYC and Japan
2/7/23 2:24pm
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