Mark Manson Books - 47 Fiction Recommendations
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Mark Manson 47 recommended books. It is a list of the best fiction books according to Mark Manson the author of NYT bestsellers like The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F***k and Everything Is F*cked.
Mark Manson books to read if you are interested not only in science fiction or non-fiction literature, but also looking for some decent storytelling to stimulate your fantasy, get inspired by unusual plot twists, or boost your creativity!
Mark Manson recommends the top 47 books to read, with quotes and sources. This list can be used as an ultimate source of the most interesting books, accumulated through the history of humankind.
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Ulysses
Banned for obscenity in the United States, a stream of consciousness classic that follows one Irish man’s every thought for an entire day.
War and Peace
Often called the best novel ever written. Dozens of characters, stretching from Muscovite peasants all the way to Napoleon himself. The modern epic.
Anna Karenina
A hundred years ahead of its time, Tolstoy’s investigation of the silent, stifling life of women is an all-time great.
Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
Often considered Hemingway’s greatest work. A short novella about a Cuban fisherman. Hemingway won his Nobel Prize for this.
The Sound and The Fury
A novel told from the perspective of different members of the same family, including the mentally handicapped main character. Stretches all boundaries and brilliantly written.
East of Eden
'Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of a man.' California's fertile Salinas Valley is home to two families whose destinies are fruitfully, and fatally, intertwined. Over the generations, between the beginning of the twentieth century and the end of the First World War, the Trasks and the Hamiltons will helplessly replay the fall of Adam and Eve and the murderous rivalry of Cain and Abel. East of Eden was considered by Steinbeck to be his magnum opus, and its epic scope and memorable characters, exploring universal themes of love and identity, ensure it remains one of America's most enduring novels.
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Lolita
The scandalous love story of a man and a 12-year-old girl. As beautifully written as it is disturbing.
The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger
As if high school angst was chopped up, splattered onto pages and glued to binding.
The Great Gatsby
One of the “Great American Novels.” Timeless story of class divisions, love and the inevitability of loneliness.
1984
Orwell’s dystopian tale of a totalitarian government enabled by futuristic technology.
Beloved
A tale about an escaped slave who would go to any length to guarantee her and her children’s freedom. Winner of a Nobel Prize.
Gabriel Garci ́a Ma ́rquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude
Another Nobel Prize winner. No other book is even remotely like it. Descriptions don’t do it justice.
The Iliad
The classic Greek epic and possibly the oldest story of western civilization.
The Odyssey
The classic Greek epic and possibly the oldest story of western civilization.
Crime and Punishment
A character study of a man driven to murder for no rational reason and the aftermath. Russian novelists tend to be psychological and this may be the most psychological of all the Russian classics.
The Brothers Karamazov
A grand and beautiful portrait of a frayed family–three brothers struggling to understand and accept each other.
Don Quixote
Considered the first novel ever written. Cervantes’ classic story tells of a man who imagines himself a knight, heroically defending the land.
Great Expectations
One of the most universally loved novels in the English language, it’s still revered today.
A Tale of Two Cities
The best-selling English language novel of all time and a historical fiction about an English doctor who finds himself caught up in the French Revolution and Reign of Terror.
Jane Eyre
The coming of age of a young woman, this is considered the first book to ever follow a single person’s psychological and spiritual growth throughout their lives from the first person.
Pride and Prejudice
The timeless classic about love, romance, money, class, and family. Still as relevant as ever.
Wuthering Heights
A shockingly dark and twisted book critical of the stifling morals of 19th century England. Published posthumously, the book came under heavy attack at the time, but is considered prescient now.
In Search of Lost Time
The longest novel ever written, clocking in at an astounding 4,200 pages. You really will search for your lost time if you make it through this whole thing.
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