Top 10 Books To Read Before You Die

“People say that life is thing, but I prefer reing.” — Logan Pearsall Smith

If a bookworm were asked to summarize ir love for reing, this quote would do perfectly well. A lover of books kws that only a few things can provide as much joy and comfort as reing a good book. However, every bibliophile does feel like y are missing out on a great masterpiece. As Frank Zappa said: So many books, so little time”. How are you, as a bibliophile, supposed to kw which books to re in limited amount of time granted to us? We will help you!

Here's a list of top 10 books to re before you die:

1. Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is a vel that beckons you over and over again with its eternal contemporariness. This book is a satire on rigid and shallow class structures and an expose on marri market of Georgian England. However, if you re this, you may be shocked to realize that that society probably has t changed much in modern times. 

2. Never Let Me Go

This science-fiction (sci-fi) vel written by bel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro is about intricacies of love, friendship, freedom, youth, loss, and acceptance. ‘Never Let Me Go’s’ main characters are flawed, much like aver humans, even though y are “clones” in a dystopic world. This book is an emotional re that teaches valuable life lessons and one of best books to re before you die.

3. Beloved

Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved’ is important to re for many reasons. One of m is fact that it was written by a woman of color, who won Pulitzer for this very book. This much-loved classic is a critique of slave tre in America. painful spirit of ‘Beloved’ that haunts main character is symbolic of America’s tainted past.

4. Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe’s ‘Things Fall Apart’ is an illuminating glimpse into African culture and literature. vel deals with shifting power dynamics in a colonized Africa. protagonist, Okonkwo, finds it difficult to accept laws and rms imposed on his community. Recommended by bibliophiles around world, ‘Things Fall Apart’ is among top books to re before you die, because it strengns your perspective on what civilization and community mean.

5. Frankenstein

Mary Shelly’s ‘Frankenstein’ is an incredibly important contribution to literary world. It can easily qualify as first sci-fi book to ever be written. plot revolves around an obsessed scientist, Frankenstein, and monster he creates. Having re this great piece of fiction, many questions about ethos and pathos of life will crowd your mind. most important question will be:  who is real monster in Frankenstein?

6. God of Small Things

If re was only one book to re before you die, Arundhati Roy’s ‘ God of Small Things’ should definitely be considered. Roy’s first fictional work and her debut vel earned her Booker Prize. Reers have described it as a hauntingly beautiful tale of caste taboos and what breaking m means in rigid and orthodox societies. 

7. To Kill a Mocking Bird

A timeless American classic, Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill A Mocking Bird’ is extraordinary and very educational in way it is written. It depicts oppressive power structure in America through eyes of its young and incent protagonist, Scout. This is one of must-re books before you die. Although it was written in 20th century, American society will seem eerily similar to you even today.

8. Great Gatsby

backdrop of this great American vel by F. Scott Fitzgerald is roaring 1920s. This was time when American society was steeped in decence and indulgence. When you re this book, you will learn all about fragility of American dream and lengths people can go to achieve it.

9. Handmaid’s Tale

Margaret Atwood’s ‘ Handmaid’s Tale’ can be best described as terrifying. vel’s disturbing yet plausible dystopic society is a sharp critique of patriarchal status quo and endangered women’s rights in America. Certainly one of most important vels to re before you die, this impactful book raises several political concerns for today’s world.

10. All About Love

Yet ar one of books you must re before you die, is Bell Hooks’ ‘All About Love’. It is an astounding book that teaches us all about ‘love’, most important quality a human possesses. vel asserts fact that love is more of a un than a verb. It also describes how our society has appropriated and distorted meaning of ‘love’. Re this book to kw how you can fall in love, stay in love, and cultivate love. 

w that you kw which books you absolutely should re, you can get started on your journey. As you move down list, you will find your life enriched in many different ways.