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War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy

This Tolstoyan masterpiece is one of the best-written books on War and its effect on people’s lives. The War is the Napoleonic war where Russia was invaded by a strong French army conquering Moscow, and the subsequent defeat and flight of the conquering army.

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Maurice – E.M. Forster

Maurice is said to be Forster’s homage to same-sex love. It is so. Belonging to the same lot, Forster must have felt a strong need to express himself through fiction.

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Les Misérables – Victor Hugo

This is one of the most beautiful and best books that is ever written about human suffering; a true masterpiece.

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February 9, 2026

The Adolescent – Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Adolescent narrates the story of Arkady Makarovich Dolgurky, the protagonist, who matures from a naive 19-year-old adolescent to a more understanding adult. Dostoevsky…

February 9, 2026

The Metamorphosis – Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis by Kafka is a complex work that explores multiple themes. I read it, however, as a work that exposes an ugly and…

February 9, 2026

The Grand Sophy – Georgette Heyer

Georgette Heyer’s The Grand Sophy is the best of her novels I have read so far. It is also her most popular, I think….

February 9, 2026

The Trial – Franz Kafka

When I first read The Trial, I disliked it. The story felt so tiresome. I hated the protagonist, Joseph K, and his egotistical behaviour….

February 9, 2026

Under the Net – Iris Murdoch

After my fallout with Iris Murdoch about a year ago, I was of two minds whether to continue with her or not. When I…

January 5, 2026

The Road – Cormac McCarthy

The post-apocalyptic novel, The Road, is one of the most depressing novels I have read. Thankfully, McCarthy’s spartan writing style, with its short, broken-up…

November 16, 2025

The Years – Virginia Woolf

I always say that Virginia Woolf doesn’t write stories, at least not in the conventional sense we know. She doesn’t have a proper plot….

October 18, 2025

The Library of Babel – Jorge Luis Borges

I’m new to Jorge Luis Borges. The Library of Babel was my first time reading him, and so, my mind was a blank canvas….

October 18, 2025

Oresteia – Aeschylus

With The Oresteia, I begin my journey of Greek dramatists. I’ve only read Homer, and both his works are epic poems, not plays. I…

October 18, 2025

Antigone – Sophocles

Antigone is another great play I have come across in my journey with Greek dramatists. This is my second play by Sophocles, and it…

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