Classics
Though I'm a sucker for a good fluff book, just full of action or drama or magic, I do love me a good classic novel. I'm not a connoisseur nor do I consider myself a book snob, but if a book is still read over a hundred years after it was first published, then it's got to be pretty good.
As the term "classics" can span quite a bit of books, I thought I'd at least break it down between older classics and more modern ones. If you're interested in tackling a good read, but not sure if you can handle the more challenging language found in the older ones, take a look at the "Modern Classics" section.
Old Classics (pre-1900's)
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott
Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Ten Days in a Madhouse by Nellie Bly
Washington Square by Henry James
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Modern Classics (1900-1960's)
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth Goudge
The Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton-Porter
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter