Best Books To Read Ever Fiction

These are some of the best modern novels and many of these realistic books straddle the line of literary fiction and popular fiction making them compelling highly readable and discussable books.

Best books to read ever fiction. R eading fiction in 2020 was an act of defiance of turning our attention away from the catastrophes playing out around us to engage in a quiet imaginative act. Great gatsby number 2. I ve read only about 50 of these books so my vote is not exactly fair.

But of the 50 i ve read my vote far and away above the other 49 would be for. The great gatsby by f scott fitzgerald. Lolita should be number one.

There s a reason why the great gatsby is commonly dubbed one of the greatest novels ever written fitzgerald s depiction of extravagance and greed challenges the idea of the american dream exposes the insincerity of the wealthy and illustrates how social class played a major role in your success in the 1920 s. Let us know what makes the cut for your top 100 novels. I generally trust best of all time lists voted by authors and experts over.

And the year s best fiction. To kill a mockingbird is good but seriously its not the greatest book ever. Some lists count more than others.

Harper lee believed to be one of the most influential authors to have ever existed famously published only a single novel up until its controversial sequel was published in 2015 just before her death lee s to kill a mockingbird was published in 1960 and became an immediate classic of literature. Whittling all historical fiction books into one manageable list is impossible truly. From don quixote to american pastoral take a look at the 100 greatest novels of all time the 100 greatest non fiction books the 2015 version of the 100 best novels.

Instead of putting together a list of the 223 546 best historical fiction books i opted instead for adult historical fiction showstoppers that present a wide array of time periods places characters and more. These contemporary fiction books will give you plenty of options to add to your lifetime reading list. Johnny got his gun by dalton trumbo this is the most powerful antiwar novel i ever read.