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1984
George Orwell
A chilling masterpiece that feels more relevant with each passing year. Orwell's vision of totalitarianism is terrifyingly prescient.
Dracula
Bram Stoker
The opening chapters in Transylvania are among the most atmospheric in horror fiction. Pure dread.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Changed how I think about thinking. System 1 and System 2 is such a useful framework.
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Austen's wit is unmatched. Elizabeth Bennet is one of the greatest literary characters ever written.
The great gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald's prose is like poetry. The green light at the end of Daisy's dock is one of literature's most powerful symbols.
A Feast for Crows
George R. R. Martin
The weakest of the first four books but still better than most fantasy out there. Cersei's POV chapters are riveting.
Frankenstein o el Prometeo moderno
Mary Shelley
Written by a teenager and it birthed science fiction. Mary Shelley was a genius. The creature's eloquence is the real surprise.
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
Jane's fierce independence was revolutionary for its time and still inspires today. "Reader, I married him" - iconic.
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
The first modern novel and still one of the greatest. Cervantes invented an entire literary tradition.
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
Call me Ishmael. Three words and you're hooked. Melville wrote the great American novel and nobody noticed for decades.
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