Classic books that will change the way you think

Here, I have five classic book recommendations if you want to read something that makes you think (or rethink).
Featured in this video:
- The Little Prince by Antoine de St Exupery
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin
- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
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[@_elroyjetson]

I teach Brave New World to my 12th grade literature students, but I am able to do it because I taught them 1984 when they were in the 9th grade and then we read Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death afterward. It is a great combination that really makes for deep conversations.

[@rickwyant]

Les Miserable, The Leatherstocking Tales (5 books I think), Steppenwolf, Tale of Two Cities.

[@susangladstone357]

Thanks so much Carly!

[@charlesubaldi4566]

Thanks so much carly!!

[@zoobee]

what a wonderful idea for a video. I never heard of the Stones of Venice before. Thank you.

[@englishnerd5580]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jethroburns]

You have exquisite taste. I must try and find the Ruskin book.

[@englishnerd5580]

Absolutely! It's underrated, for sure.

[@zoobee]

just read a beautiful quote from that Ruskin book on the Wikipedia entry for the Stones of Venice. Am very inclined to read it now

[@englishnerd5580]

You totally should! No one talks about it, but the ideas and language are surprisingly beautiful.

[@zoobee]

you know I will think about this. when I think about it, many books I have read have changed the way I look at things. the list could be endless in a way because many of the ways you are changed by a book is in a sense of emotional understanding. but the Ruskin book makes me think. I once read a book called Ways of Seeing by John Berger. It made me look at art in a different way. Really this subject is inexhaustible really.

[@englishnerd5580]

I'll have to check out Ways of Seeing next!

[@kaycali4912]

I have a question about English grammar. How should we reference a term or a specific word in a sentence? For instance, in the holy book, the term "Alhamdulillah" means to praise God. Similarly, consider this sentence: In the holy book, the word "month" is mentioned 12 times, and "day" is mentioned 365 times. In these instances, should we use quotes or italics for these words/terms, or how do we grammatically reference them within a sentence?

[@englishnerd5580]

If it’s a foreign word, use italics. If it’s an English word (or whatever primary language you’re using), I’ve seen it done two ways: italics or quotation marks. I prefer italics across the board when referring to words as such because it makes formatting things like “I counted fifteen summertimes” much easier.

[@kaycali4912]

Thank you so much!@@englishnerd5580

[@markscovello]

Wow! you like negative utopias, huh? The My Dinner with Andre interpretartion of it is interesting. I assume you are talking about the, "What is essential is invisible to the eye," chapter. Great book, but it almost seems like calling Prufrock a book. Isn't it strange how Brave New World was so better at predicting the world than 1984 was? This was fun to listen to.

[@englishnerd5580]

I'm glad you enjoyed this list. :)

[@jameslincoln7736]

1984, Lord of the flies, and Of mice and Men were missing