#5OnMyTBR — Classics

Hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook, #5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme where we talk about 5 books on our TBR on Mondays. You can learn more about it in E.’s original announcement or #5OnMyTBR page.

This week’s prompt: Classics.

I always buy more classics than I actually read, so probably one-fifth of my physical book collections are classics by now. Here are five classics that I already own and really need to read.

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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

• Original Publication Year: 1967
• Original Title: Cien años de soledad
• Keywords: fantasy (magical realism), Colombian novelist

I have lost count of the times where I encounter the title of this book in other novels. The most recent one was in Romina Garber’s Lobizona (review), one of my favorite books this year. If Manu loves it so much, I am reading it.

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Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

• Original Publication Year: 1813
• Keywords: romance, Darcy, English novelist

Is it a sin to have read half of this novel only to move on to something else? I wasn’t reading in the pacing I would have liked back then, but now, ten years later, I am so ready to read it again! Plus, I’ve been hearing so many great things about Jane Austen’s works from Emer @ A Little Haze Book Blog that I am super intrigued!

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反抗者 (The Rebel) by 卡繆 (Albert Camus)

• Original Publication Year: 1951
• Original Title: L’homme révolté
• Keywords: nonfiction, politics, philosophy, essays, French literature (Algerian)

Oftentimes, I read translated works in the language (English/Chinese) that is closest to its original one. But for L’homme révolté, I somehow bought a Traditional Chinese version. With everything (I am actually referring to Hong Kong in 2019) going on in the world, this seems to be a relevant and important read.

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Sometimes A Great Notion by Ken Kesey

• Original Publication Year: 1964
• Keywords: suspense, American novelist

This is probably not a well-known classic, but I love One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (review) so much I had to read more by Kesey. And what a title as well!

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金剛經・心經 (Diamond Sutra & Heart Sutra) edited by 賴永海

• Original Publication Year: pre-868 & pre-609
• Original Title: वज्रच्छेदिकाप्रज्ञापारमितासूत्र & प्रज्ञापारमिताहृदय
• Keywords: Buddhism, religion

I bought this Buddhist literature combo specifically for bringing it to the US to calm non-religious me when needed. Guess what I didn’t bring? If traveling is safe next year, I’m going home to pack a ton of books to the States, including this one. I just hope I won’t end up wanting to learn Sanskrit on top of all the other languages books have inspired me to learn.

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Have you read any of these books? What are your #5OnMyTBR of classics? Comment what you think!

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