50 books to read before you die

THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R.TOLKIEN

1984 by George Orwell

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by JANE AUSTEN

The Grapes of Warth by John Steinbeck

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by HARPER LEE

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

WUTHERING HEIGHTS by EMILY BRONTE

A Passage to India by E.M.Forster

THE LORD OF THE FLIES by WILLIAM GOLDING

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

A BEND IN THE RIVER by V.S.NAIPAUL

The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald

THE CATCHERIN THE RYE by J.D.SALINGER

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

BRAVE NEW WORLD by ALDOUS HUXLEY

The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

DON QUIXOTE by MIGUEL DE CERVANTES

The Bible by Various

 THE CANTEBURY TALES by GEOFFREY CHAUCER

Ulysses by James Joyce

THE QUIET AMERICAN by GRAHAM GREENE

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

MONEY by MARTIN AMIS

Harry Potter Series by J.K.Rowling

MOBY DICK by HERMAN MELVILLE

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

HIS DARK MATERIALS TRIOLOGY by PHILIP PULLMAN

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND by LEWIS CARROLL

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME by MARK

HADDON

On The Road by Jack Kerouac

HEART OF DARKNESS by JOSEPH CONRAD

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope

THE OUTSIDER by ALBERT CAMUS

The Colour Purple by Alice Walker

LIFE OF PI by YANN MARTEL

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

THE WAR OF THE WORLDS by H.G.WELLS

 Men Without Women by Ernest Hemingway

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS by JONATHAN SWIFT

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

HUCKLEBERRY FINN by MARK TWAIN

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST by KEN KESEY

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO by ALEXANDRE DUMAS

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

THE DIVINE COMEDY by ALIGHIERI DANTE

The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde

'Reading is an occupation and there is not a specific age for it or a gift from
the nature that has to posses someone.No,reading is supposed to have just
a gram of will,in particulary a profound desire for knowledge.'

In my opinion,books are a priceless treasure, a book can make you laugh or

cry.A book sends you to another and so on,and all together forms the
enduring basis of our culture.A book doesn't just develop your
vocabulary,it makes us feel better,it helps us to get over difficulties more
easier,it makes us stronger.Reading helps observing the
environment,teaches students to think,enriches knowledge about
nature,world and life,cultivates the imagination and sensitivity,shapes
characters, and the most important helps the humans in their aspirations
toward self-improvement.

BOER ALEXANDRA-MIHAELA

10th F form