Novels I read for the sentences

Ranked list by Lena Kowalski · 18 items · 0 likes

I read slowly and for the prose. These are the books where I stop and read a line twice before turning the page.

1. One Hundred Years of Solitude Book

   The first line is the best opening in the language.

2. To Kill a Mockingbird Book

   The first book that made me want to write.

3. Middlemarch Book

   The long marriage chapters are quiet and brutal.

4. Mrs Dalloway Book

   A single day, and a whole life inside it.

5. Lolita Book

   Beautiful prose that makes you uneasy on purpose.

6. Ulysses Book

   Read it aloud, a few pages a night.

7. War and Peace Book

   The peace chapters are better than the war ones.

8. Anna Karenina Book
9. Pride and Prejudice Book
10. Beloved Book

    Morrison does more in one page than most do in ten.

11. In Search of Lost Time Book
12. Madame Bovary Book
13. To the Lighthouse Book
14. Crime and Punishment Book
15. The Great Gatsby Book
16. Moby-Dick Book
17. Don Quixote Book
18. 1984 Book

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