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Dracula
Bram Stoker
Victorian anxieties wrapped in a horror novel. Stoker was processing his era's fears through fiction.
Frankenstein o el Prometeo moderno
Mary Shelley
The 1818 edition is better than the 1831 revision. Shelley's original vision is more radical.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Reading this made me realize how often I make irrational decisions. Humbling and enlightening.
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
Ahab's monomaniacal pursuit of the whale is the ultimate literary portrait of obsession.
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
The tension between passion and morality drives every page. A novel about a woman who demands equality.
Dracula
Bram Stoker
Mina Harker is the real hero and doesn't get enough credit. Stoker accidentally wrote a feminist character.
A Feast for Crows
George R. R. Martin
Better on re-read when you know what's being set up. Jaime's evolution continues to be the series' best arc.
The great gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Overhyped for me. The writing is gorgeous but the plot is thin and the characters are shallow by design.
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Sancho Panza steals every scene. His evolution from simple sidekick to wise companion is beautiful.
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