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10 Classics to Read
By: Aubrey Moulton

There are so many celebrated books to read. Classics are everywhere you look. But if you’re not an avid reader, there are too many books to read. Then it can be hard to decide which ones to choose. These 10 books are excellent stories to read for the first or even a fifth time.
1. 1984 - George Orwell
This is a remarkable anti-utopian work for elderly and young alike. Orwell writes of the political future designed for the world by forces the characters aren’t supposed to be aware of. This society ultimately goes mad with control. And eventually, "Big Brother," the eye of the government, holds back these characters from living normal lives.
2. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
This takes a look at racial inequality. There are a number of moral heroes throughout the book and the author addresses many subjects that affected American life in the deep South. It is a wonderful coming of age book.
3. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
With this narrative you become a part of the French Revolution. You are taught what unfolded in France and England during this time and what motivated these events. The book distinguishes the two cities and the types of people involved. Get to know these characters and empathize with the suffering of the period through Dickens' masterful writing.
4. The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Set during the Great Depression, this story details a a poor family of sharecroppers compelled to move from Oklahoma to California in order to find land and work. Middle America was actually a dust bowl and this explores the economic hardship families faced, and what these struggles did to them emotionally as well.
5. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
In the English aristocratic society the main character faces the issues of good manners, moral rightness, education and matrimony. Will affection be able to develop and overcome the prejudice and pride held by these robust characters and the society in which they live?
6. Call of the Wild - Jack London
A formerly domesticated sled dog is forcefully taken to the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush. You'll find ruthlessness and ferocity and an exploration of the primal nature of both man and beast.
7. The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
The themes in the volume take in hope, integrity, retribution, compassion, exoneration, and demise. The protagonist deals with unjust imprisonment but after a covert breakout he seeks revenge against those who betrayed him. Will he get his reprisal or let love swell in his heart?
8. A Farwell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway
This novel concerns an ambulance driver in the Italian militia during World War I. The character falls in love with Catherine Barkley and the novel looks closely at their relationship and the conflict. If you like terseness and despondency, you are bound to love this book, and all Hemingway ever wrote.
9. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
Tolstoy saw Anna Karenina as his first proper novel and it has been labeled in the Top Ten in 2007 as the “greatest novel ever written.” Russian critics have labeled it as a “middling romance of high life” but it is so much more. Tolstoy is a master of characterization. You will be deeply moved by his portrait of the agony of the main character.
10. Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
This South African author focuses the novel on apartheid. It covers the struggle for racial justice in South Africa and is one of the saddest and most bitter novels. You will learn a lot by reading this book.
Hopefully, this top 10 list can help you decide which novels to read or reread. They are classics that are dearly loved throughout the world and they include a variety of topics. These works will keep you interested with their various plot twists and deeply moving scenes. It is our hope that this list will help you determine the best classics to read.

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