We have been counseled to seek wisdom and enlarge our knowledge out of the best books. It would be wise to receive a proper balanced education of history, mathematics, philosophical, scientific, and other practical areas. Reading is truly essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary. We have been told that whatever principle of intelligence we attain in this life shall rise with us in the resurrection and if a individual gains more knowledge and wisdom through diligence and obedience than another that they shall have so much advantage in the world to come.
Everyone may have different opinions or preferences regarding the best books ever written. The standard works of course will provide the greatest knowledge on how to life a proper life. However, in the case of best books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you. Listed below is my list that is a great starter pack on where to begin that have been influential in my life.
Don Quixote-Cervantes
the Great Gatsby-F Scott Fitzgerald
Moby Dick-Herman Melville
Hamlet and/or MacBeth-William Shakespeare
Odyssey-Homer
Wuthering Heights-Emily Bronte
Catcher In the Rye-JD Salinger
Pride & Prejudice-Jane Austin
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn-Mark Twain
Alice/Adventures in Wonderland-Lewis Carroll
Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte
David Copperfield or Tale of Two Cities-Charles Dickens
Lord of the Rings or the Hobbit-JR Tolkein
James & the Giant Peach-Roald Dahl
A River Runs Through It-Norman Maclean
Canterbury Tales-Geoffrey Chaucer
Charlotte's Web-EB White
Robinson Crusoe-Daniel DeFoe
7 Habits of Highly Successful Men-Steven Covey
Count of Monte Cristo-Alexandre Dumas
Never Cry Wolf-Farley Mowat
Lion, Witch & the Wardrobe or the Chronicles of Narnia-CS Lewis
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea-Jules Verne
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde-Robert Louis Stevenson
Winnie the Pooh- AA Milne
the Jungle-Upton Sinclair
War of the World-HG Wells
Last of the Mohicans-James Fenimore Cooper
Old Yeller-Fred Gibson
Jonathan Livingston Seagull-Richard Bach
Raving Fans-Ken Blanchard
Where the Red Fern Grows-Wilson Rawls
The Illiad-Homer
Catch 22-Joseph Heller
1984-George Orwell
Man's Search for Meaning-Victor Frankl
Great Expectations-Charles Dickesn
Grapes of Wrath-John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee
Gulliver's Travels-Jonathan Swift
the Giving Tree-Shel Silverstein
Old Man & the Sea or Farewell to Arms-Ernest Hemingway
Leaves of Grass-Walt Whitman
Frankenstein-Mary Shelley
Gone with the Wind-Margaret Mitchell
How to Win Friends/Influence People-Dale Carnegie
the Scarlet letter-Nathaniel Hawthorne
Little Women-Louis Alcott
Treasure Island-Robert Louis Stevenson
All Quiet On the Western Front-Erich Maria Remargue
Call of the Wild-Jack London
Of Mice & Men-John Steinbeck
Sherlock Holmes-Arthur Conan Doyle
The Republic-Plato
Power of Positive Thinking-Norman Vincent Peale
Harry Potter/Philosophers Stone-JK Rowling
Red Badge of Courage-Stephan Crane
Tarzan of the Apes-Edgar Rice Burroughs
Uncle Toms Cabin-Harriet Beecher Stowe
Silas Warner-George Eliot
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