25 fiction books to open up your imagination
1. “Room” tells the story of a young boy held captive in a single room with his mother.
2. “The Catcher in the Rye” is the coming-of-age story of a disaffected teenager wandering the streets of New York City.
3. “1984” presents a nightmarish vision of complete societal control and surveillance in an oppressive future world.
4. “Beloved” follows the lives of freed slaves post-Civil War as they grapple with love, death, and unspoken secrets from their past.
5. “A Thousand Splendid Suns” examines two generations of Afghan women struggling with extreme societal oppression and marital abuse against an everchanging landscape of violence and political upheaval in their home country.
6. “Brave New World” paints a dystopian vision of a future where people consume pleasure-inducing drugs and practice promiscuous sex to dull any sense of individual identity or dissatisfaction with life's rigid caste system.
7. “The Grapes of Wrath” tells a multigenerational story about an Oklahoma family forced to relocate due to economic depression during the Dust Bowl era in 1930s America.
8. “Slaughterhouse-Five” follows an American airman during WWII as he experiences a time-traveling journey through space and time while struggling to process his trauma after surviving the firebombing of Dresden, Germany.
9. “To Kill a Mockingbird” is set in depression-era Alabama, presenting themes of racial injustice, childhood innocence, and morality through its protagonist Scout Finch's unique perspective on life's struggles throughout her hometown's deep divisions between races, classes, genders and ages.
10. “The Alchemist” follows Santiago’s spiritual trek around the Mediterranean to find buried treasure but discovers that it is not money or material things Santiago ultimately seeks but wisdom from his journeys’ self discoveries.
11. “The Bell Jar” chronicles Esther Greenwood’s summer internship at Mademoiselle Magazine followed by her spiraling descent into mental illness while living in New York City navigating society’s expectations for women at midcentury America.
12. “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” is whimsical tale that follows Charlie Bucket who wins one golden ticket to visit Willy Wonka’s mysterious chocolate factory full of wondrous surprises hidden within it's walls .
13. “The Hobbit” follows Bilbo Baggins on a quest to help dwarves reclaim their lost homeland.
14. “Animal Farm” is an allegory about a group of animals who rebel against humanity and struggle with establishing and maintaining power amongst themselves.
15. “The Hunger Games Trilogy” follows teenager Katniss Everdeen as she competes in a series of violent reality TV shows in order to save herself and her family.
16. “Frankenstein Or, The Modern Prometheus” is the story of Victor Frankenstein as he attempts to create life from death with disastrous consequences.
17. “One Hundred Years of Solitude” tells the story of seven generations of the Buendía family, recounting their magical adventures amidst parables about Colombian history and politics.
18. “The Great Gatsby” tells the story of Jay Gatsby's pursuit for wealth and love, only to be brought down by moral corruption in 1920s America.
19. “Jane Eyre” is about an orphaned woman who finds both passion and freedom through fulfilling relationships with those around her despite obstacles of Victorian society expectations.
20. “Wuthering Heights” is a tragic love story between Heathcliff and Catherine across generations on a Yorkshire moor in 19th Century England.
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