Have you read any of these books?

Question

i got a reading list from my english teacher for the summer, and i have time for only 1-3 books. it would be nice to read all of them...but i dont have the time for it. so im trying to choose a few, but i dont know what to do.If you have read any of these books and could recommend any good ones, that would be great!

The Gift by Lewis Hyde
Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde
Metamorphoses by Ovid
The Republic by Plato
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
The Awakening by kate Chopin
Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Authobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
Long Day's Jounrey into Night by Eugene O'Neill
Matin Eden by Jack London
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
The Nick Adams Stories by Ernest Hemingway
Runaway by Alice Munro
A Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Straight Man by Richard Russo
Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

The only one of those I've read is Measure to Measure. Go ahead and read that! You can't go wrong with Shakespeare. :)

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Answer 2

I've read The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, and it is certainly interesting. He was quite a character and I would recommend the book. I'm not a huge reader of non-fiction, but I adored this book.

I've also read Song of Solomon, which is excellent. Toni Morrison is one of my all-time favorite authors. The stories, while they contain elements that could be considered "magical realism" are still very honest. The characters are well developed as is the storyline. I would highly recommend anything she has written.

I've also read Hemingway, and adore him as well. The Sun Also Rises is amazing. However, I've met people who hate it. So if you're considering Hemingway, you might read the first chapter or so to see if the style is for you.

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Answer 3

you should read The Republic, and anything about Hemingway.

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Answer 4

The Awakening, for American Literature class last semester. Yuck!

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Answer 5

I've read the Metamorphosis, The Awakening, The Republic, Walden and On the Road.

I'll give you this link to some stuff about the Awakening and recommend you go with that; it's a fantastic book: http://www.examiner.com/x-13594-Clevelan…

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