Listmania!
some of my varied favorites
By an Amazon.com customer
The OdysseyThe Odyssey by Homer
Buy new: $11.05 / Used from: $4.75
Greatest story ever told, a good translation and the edition is beautiful.
The Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)The Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Homer
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $6.98
Original war epic, Lombardo translation is also interesting
Ulysses (Gabler Edition)Ulysses (Gabler Edition) by James Joyce
Buy new: $14.25 / Used from: $6.00
Sometimes it seemed impenetrable, but so worth it!
Girl: A NovelGirl: A Novel by Blake Nelson
Buy used from: $0.01
I still love it as much as when I was fourteen.
Rule of the Bone: A NovelRule of the Bone: A Novel by Russell Banks
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.01
proving that the best story is about a journey
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Classics)The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Classics) by Mark Twain
Buy new: $7.00 / Used from: $0.38
there's a reason that they still make you read it
NakedNaked by David Sedaris
Buy new: $9.74 / Used from: $2.13
hilarious and self-conscious
The Song of the Lioness Quartet: Alanna: The First Adventure / In the Hand of the Goddess / The Woman Who Rides Like a Man / Lioness RampantThe Song of the Lioness Quartet: Alanna: The First Adventure / In the Hand of the Goddess / The Woman Who Rides Like a Man / Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce
Buy used from: $35.95
my dorky secret, my jk rowling.
Ten Plays (Signet Classics)Ten Plays (Signet Classics) by Euripides
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $2.35
medea would kick the sh** out of courtney love
Catullus: The Complete Poems (Oxford World's Classics)Catullus: The Complete Poems (Oxford World's Classics) by Catullus
Buy new: $9.50 / Used from: $1.50
from dirty jokes between friends to a lover's lament
If Not, Winter: Fragments of SapphoIf Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Sappho
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $6.70
the first, everything else is just regurgitation
William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, Deluxe EditionWilliam Shakespeare: The Complete Works, Deluxe Edition by William Shakespeare
Buy used from: $14.93
um duh
Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by John Steinbeck
Buy new: $9.00 / Used from: $0.01
oh lenny
Animal Farm (Signet Classics)Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.04
see that's why animals aren't in charge...
The Jungle: The Uncensored Original EditionThe Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition by Upton Sinclair
Buy new: $8.64 / Used from: $5.07
you'll never eat sausage packed by overworked immigrants again
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American MealFast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
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wow! progress!
A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present (Perennial Classics)A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present (Perennial Classics) by Howard Zinn
Buy used from: $7.96
although high school textbooks remain compelling
American Short Stories since 1945American Short Stories since 1945
Buy new: $54.10 / Used from: $30.00
the other collections didn't have "the lottery"!
WomenWomen by Charles Bukowski
Buy new: $11.52 / Used from: $5.61
just don't emulate him
High FidelityHigh Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.01
and the movie isn't bad, either
A Clockwork OrangeA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $4.00
and the movie's great!
Breakfast of Champions or Goodbye Blue Monday!: A NovelBreakfast of Champions or Goodbye Blue Monday!: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $5.48
my first vonnegut
The Basketball DiariesThe Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll
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still love jim carroll
Love in the Time of CholeraLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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oh my god
Candide: Or Optimism (Penguin Classics)Candide: Or Optimism (Penguin Classics) by Voltaire
Buy new: $8.00 / Used from: $0.63
identified way too much with him