📚 My favorite books 📚
Reading is such a valuable activity that can help us learn, grow, and escape into different worlds. 🌎 Whether it's fiction, non-fiction, or something in between, every book has theof reading here and there, it's definitely worth it in the long run. 📖 Happy reading! In the list below, you can check out some of my favorite books! 😊Continue...
1984
A dystopian novel set in a totalitarian society where the government, headed by Big Brother, controls every aspect of people's lives. The protagonist, Winston Smith, starts to question the system and begins a forbidden love affair, leading to dire consequences.
George Orwell
Paperback (328 Pages)
Oceania (formerly known as Britain)
June 8, 1949
Secker & Warburg
0451524934
978-0451524935
English
None
Quote:
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
Animal Farm
A political allegory about a group of farm animals who overthrow their human farmer and establish a society based on equality. However, the pigs in charge gradually become corrupt and oppressive, leading to a new form of tyranny.
George Orwell
Paperback (112 Pages)
A farm in England
August 17, 1945
Secker and Warburg
0451526341
978-0451526342
English
None
Quote:
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
Eleven Minutes
A novel about a young Brazilian girl named Maria who goes to Geneva, Switzerland in search of love and adventure. She ends up working as a prostitute and finds that her experiences lead her to understand the true nature of love and sexuality.
Paulo Coelho
Paperback (288 Pages)
Geneva, Switzerland
August 2003
HarperCollins
0060589280
9780060589288
English
Brida was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (1999).
Quote:
Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn't have the courage to say “yes” to life?
Of Mice and Men
A novella about two migrant workers, George and Lennie, who are searching for work during the Great Depression. They dream of owning a farm together, but their hopes are shattered by tragic events.
John Steinbeck
Paperback (112 Pages)
Soledad, California, USA during the Great Depression
1937
Covici Friede
0140177396
978-0140177398
English
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award (1938), Spur Award for Best Juvenile Fiction (1938)
Quote:
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft a-gley.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
A novel that tells the story of the Buendia family over seven generations in the fictional town of Macondo. The novel explores themes of love, family, solitude, and the cyclical nature of history.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Paperback (417 Pages)
Macondo, a fictional town in Colombia
1967
Harper & Row
0060883286
978-0060883287
Spanish (original), English (translated)
Nobel Prize in Literature (1982), Neustadt International Prize for Literature (1972)
Quote:
Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
The first book in a series about three orphaned siblings who are sent to live with their distant relative Count Olaf, who is after their inheritance. The siblings must use their wits and skills to outsmart Count Olaf and his evil plans.
Daniel Handler
Paperback (176 Pages)
Unknown city
September 30, 1999
Scholastic Inc.
0439206472
978-0439206471
English
Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award Nominee (2002), Nevada Young Readers' Award Nominee for Intermediate Category (2001)
Quote:
...you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.
The Little Prince
A classic tale first published in 1945, telling the story of a pilot forced to land in the desert, and his meeting with a little prince who tells him wise and wonderful tales.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Hardcover (87 Pages)
Sahara Desert
January 1, 1945
William Heinemann
0434961604
9780434961603
English
Retro Hugo Award for Best Novella (2019)
Quote:
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
An epic fantasy about a legendary wizard named Kvothe who tells his life story to a scribe called Chronicler. He recounts his time as a traveling performer, student at a magical university, and his quest for revenge against those who killed his family.
Patrick Rothfuss
Paperback (662 Pages)
Imre, The University, The Waystone Inn, and various other locations in the fantasy world of Temerant
March 27, 2007
DAW Books
0756404746
978-0756404741
English
Quill Award for Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror (2007), Alex Award (2008)
Quote:
It was night again. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts.