10 Year Reading List

2026: Pride and Prejudice

I really want to read this book in the next year because I've heard so many good reviews about it and recently just finished watching the movie (it was AMAZING). I just really want to open my perspective to other pieces of literature other than just what I've stuck to for most of my reading journey.


2027: One Hundred Years of Solitude

I have heard an insane amount of positive reviews about this book because it's so well-written and depicts family history so well. I heard that it talks about repeating history and the cycles in family trauma that I'm really interested in hearing about through a writer's perspective

2028: Lolita

I know this book is EXTREMELY controversial but I'm genuinely so interested in reading in the perspective of the protagonist in this book. I definitely don't really think I'm at the right age level yet for the book, so I definitely want wait a few years before reading it.

2029: Normal people

This is probably a simpler book on my reading list, but I'm interested in reading a book about firsts in life and transitioning from the youth to adult, while I'm also going through that process as well. I often enjoy books that I feel like I'm connecting and growing alongside with while reading it


2030: On the Road

This book is about finding yourself on a road trip, which I'm actually really interested in reading because it just sounds so interesting to read about life, especially after World War II and the setbacks that came with it, especially because I just learned about that era in one of the my classes.


2031: The Bell Jar

The Bell Jar is a book about a woman who's really going through it during an internship at a magazine in New York post-grad, and I feel like I'll really relate to this, especially because at this point in my life, I'll be out of undergrad and at a job, so I'll probably be going through my quarter-life crisis. It'd be nice to know that I'm not the only one struggling a bit. 


2032: Count of Monte Cristo


This book was originally written in French but was later translated to English, and it's basically an adventure story about a wrongfully-convicted prisoner escaping prison. It sounds pretty interesting and I'm sure at this point in my life, I'll need interesting. 


2033:
The Defining Decade

I'm really interested in reading this book because it makes it out to be like your twenties will be the define the rest of your life, which I personally don't agree with on the basis that the twenties are the years where you learn, however your thirties and so on are where you can define. I like entering books where I know I hold an opposing viewpoint to, because that makes books so much more interesting.

2034: Ready Player One

This book's main theme is escapism, and I find that really interesting as I think that a lot of people nowadays use escapism as a coping mechanism to what's going on in our current world. It'll be interesting to read what used to be viewed as a fictitious and dystopic book as something that could be very possible in the near future. 


2035: Fates and Furies

This is a dual-POV book about marriage that I really want to read, because I'm assuming at this point in my life I'll be settled down. I love seeing both sides of the story, and know that this book will do a really good job at blurring the lines between what is truth and what you want to believe. 


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