I just finished reading my 500th English language book. Here are my favorite works of fiction and poetry that touch our human side deeply:
To Kill a Mockingbird
Author: Harper Lee
Genre: Novel, Racism
The Little Prince
Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Genre: Novella, Phantasy, Symbolism
Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
Author: Emily Dickinson
Genre: Poetry, Feminism
Animal Farm
Author: George Orwell
Genre: Novella, Allegory, Communism
An Ideal Husband
Author: Oscar Wilde
Genre: Play, Humor
Of Mice and Men
Author: John Steinbeck
Genre: Novella, America
Honorable Mentions
Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë