J.D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye
What is it about? About a boy of sixteen who has just been expelled from school. It seems nobody understands teenagers better than Salinger. The adolescent’s cynical observation of the world around him shows his alienation and all the doubts and troubles of the teenage life. You will enjoy the slang!
For all teenagers in the world, especially those who feel nobody understands them.
Julio Cortazar
Hopscotch
What is it about? Horacio Oliveira, an Argentinian writer invites us to the world of Parisian boheme. When Maga, the girl he loves, loses her child and disappears, Oliveira returns to Buenos Aires. It’s a love story but is also a riddle. The reader has to jump to the next page indicated at the end of each part to the next part of the story. There are a few ways to read it, like jumping in a hopscotch.
For romantic people and everybody who likes South America. For everybody who believes in love.
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings
What is it about? About Frodo and his company and battle between good and evil. A remarkable fairy-tale of modern literature, this epic trilogy has a great narrative power and its own language. When you enter this fantasy world, you will either love it, or hate it.
For everybody who loves fantasy and thick books. And who loved the movie.
Stephen King
Salem’s Lot
What is it about? A small town in America starts to be haunted by vampires. King’s classics is considered to be one of the most terrifying novels about vampires ever written.
For everybody who loves horror and tension.
Agata Christie
And Then There Were None
What is it about? A story of ten strangers invited to an island by the mysterious Mr. Owen. All of them are accused of murder and when they start dying one by one like in old nursery rhyme, the atmosphere becomes more and more dense.
For everybody who loves classic murder mysteries. A must!
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude
What is it about? The story of 100 years in the life of Macondo. Men who build castles in the air, strong women, madness and love. All can be found here. The book is a perfect example of Magical Realism.
For everybody who believes there are things which cannot be explained with the words of wisdom.
Umberto Eco
The Name of the Rose
What is it about? William of Baskerville, a 50-year-old monk is investigating a death at a Benedictine monastery. Then other monks start to be killed… This medieval whodunit is a pearl.
For everybody who likes crime, the middle ages, history and mysteries.
Ken Kesey
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
What is it about? It’s a story of a mental ward and its inhabitants – including the tyrannical Big Nurse and Patrick Mc Murphy – a new patient who manages to oppose the nurse. The battle is narrated by Chief Browden, a mute half-Indian patient.
For everybody who has ever thought about the border of the normal and the abnormal.
Fyodor Dostoyewsky
Crime and Punishment
What is it about? A story about a student, Raskolnikov, who commits a crime. A classic Russian novel set in prerevolutionary St. Petersburg.
A.A.Milne
Winnie-the-Pooh
What is it about? Well, everybody knows. Hundred Acre Wood and its inhabitants. Simply go there again! A classics that should never be forgotten and should be reread from time to time.
For everybody. Especially if you want to return to the childhood for a moment or you need comforting.
Improve your vocabulary!
expel – wyrzucić, wydalić ze szkoły
adolescent – nastolatek, młodzieniec
hopscotch – gra w klasy
riddle – zagadka
dense – gęsty
wisdom – mądrość
monk – mnich
monastery – klasztor
whodunit – kryminał
ward – oddział szpitalny
Did you know that…
J.K. Rowling is one of the richest writers in the world. She has probably finished her last book of Harry Potter adventures, as the gossips say. “Harry Potter” is the most frequently bought book, just after “The Bible”.