The reading of books is not only a wonderful past-time but, also keeps one mentally stimulated, reduces stress and increases knowledge, among other benefits.
The following quotes are an indication of how books are viewed by a few people who are regarded as literary scholars.
If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beware of the person of one book — Thomas Aquinas
In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody — Oscar Wilde
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page — Saint Augustine
Now, here are 15 books that one ought to add to their reading list:
- Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Little Women – Louisa May Alcott by Louisa May Alcott
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
- Hamlet – William Shakespeare
- The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Davy Desmond, Readers Bureau, Fellow
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