We all know that books are the best friends of all time in the whole living life. Though all kind of books don't carry us through positivity, Some books can do it always for all. Among all the categories or kinds Novels hold such aspects of life where you find love, war, sorrow, happiness and so on which might help you to get what actually life is.
Here, I have come with the review of 10 best and greatest novels which should be read. You can get their mini-description, 'where to buy from' link address and some more details.
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1. The Great Gatsby
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
This book is a novel, published in 1925. The novel tells the tragic story of Jay Gatsby, a self-made Millionaire and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman whom he loved in his youth. Daisy married another man named Tom Buchanan and had two children. This book concerns Jay Gatsby's passion and obsession to reunite with Daisy.
Some critics say that it is one of the best tragic novel of all time.
2. One Hundred Years of Solitude
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
This novel was published in 1967, one of the most greatest books ever and also the author's best work in his whole life. The book tells about the Buendia family and chronicles irreconcilable conflict between the desire of solitude and the need for love.
It is one of the brilliant, best-selling and landmark novels of all time.
3. Invisible Man
Author: Ralph Ellison
"Invisible man" is a groundbreaking novel in the expression of identity for the African American male. The narrator of the novel, a man who is never named but believes invisible to others socially. In every location, he faces extreme adversity and discrimination, questionable social movement in a wayward and ethereal mindset.
The novel is renowned for its surreal and experimental style of writing that explores the symbolism surrounding African American identity and culture. The book won the U.S. National Award for fiction in 1953.
4. Don Quixote
Author: Miguel de Cervantes
The book is very regularly regarded as one of the best literary works of all time.
5. Lolita
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
This novel is notable for its controversial subject. It tells a story about a professor under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert, is obsessed with a 12 years old girl, Dolores Haze, with whom he becomes sexually involved after he becomes her stepfather. 'Lolita' is his private nickname for Dolores. The novel was originally written in English and first published in Paris in 1955 by Olympia Press.
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
Author: Harper Lee
'To Kill a Mockingbird' is one of the best novel by one of the most influential authors ever to be believed. It was published in 1960 and became an immediate classic of literature. The novel examines racism in the American south through the innocent wide eyes of a clever young girl Jean Louise Finch.
This novel earned the Pulitzer Prize for its fiction in 1961.
7. Beloved
Author: Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison's spiritual and haunting novel Beloved tells a story about an escaped slave named Sethe. The novel investigates the trauma of slavery even after freedom has been gained, depicting Sethe's guilt and emotional pain after having killed her own child, whom she named beloved, to keep her away from living life as a slave.
It was published in 1987 and awarded Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988.
8. Jane Eyre
Author: Charlotte Brontë
This book was initially published in 1847 under the pseudonym Currer Bell to disguise the fact that the writer was a woman. Fortunately, a lot has changed with regard to women in literature since 1847, and Brontë now receives the credit she deserves for one of the most-groundbreaking novels about women in history. The novel’s eponymous character rises from being orphaned and poor into a successful and independent woman. The work combines themes from both Gothic and Victorian literature, revolutionizing the art of the novel by focusing on the growth in Jane’s sensibility with internalized action and writing.
This novel was often assigned for reading in school.
9. The Catcher in the Rye
Author: J. D. Salinger
This novel was originally intended for adults, but is often read by adolescents for its themes of angst and alienation, and as a critique on superficiality in society. It has been translated widely. Around one million copies are sold each year, with total sales of more than 65 million books. The novel's protagonist Holden Caulfield has become an icon for teenage rebellion.
The novel also deals with complex issues of innocence, identity, belonging, loss, connection, sex, and depression.
It was partially published in serial form in 1945-1946 and as a novel in 1951.
10. Anna Karenina
Author: Leo Tolstoy
An exceptional novel which tells a story of adultery, gambling, marriage plots and Russian feudalism. It was published in its entirety in 1878. This book holds up two major characters: 1) a tragic, disenchanted housewife, the titular Anna who runs off with her young lover, 2) a lovestruck landowner named Konstantin Levin who struggles in faith and philosophy.
It had been published in Time Magazine in that time and placed at the peak of the greatest novels list.
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