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Salamz Friends!

I have keen interest in Novels.. So suggest me some best English Novels..
PS: Not limited to romance only, but historical though...

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The Forty rules of love by elif shafak

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Love Story ?? I suppose ...
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Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Old man and the sea by Earnest Hemingway
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Orientalism by Edward Said
Not a typical novel more related to history
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If you have not study "Animal Farm"then apparently this should be your first.
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If you have not study "Animal Farm"then apparently this should be your first.
I have read it .. Of course, it is one of the best book, I have ever got to read.
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Love Story ?? I suppose ...
Its not only about Love but u will taste different flavours and explore nwe horizonsHistory, philosophy, Sufism, religion and even LOVE are the main subjects.A must read book.
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Here is a list of fictions that you should look into. Most of them are short novellas and would take you about a week to finish.

The Veldt
Of mice and men
Cannery row
Animal farm
The yellow wallpaper
A room of ones's own
East of Eden (a must read)John Steinbeck
Tortilla Flat
The hobbit (what made me get into reading)
The little Prince---- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ( A book for kids that the adult must read p.s one of my favorite book)
Jonathan Seagull
The ones who walk away from Omelas
The call of the wild
Frankenstein
The Book Thief (a must read)
Fahrenheit 451
Metamorphosis
Kafka on the shore
The importance of being earnest
1984
1Q84
To kill a mocking bird
The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The wandering falcon
The Idiot
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Lord of flies
The Prince and the Pauper
The call of the wild
Northanger Abbey
A case of Exploding Mangoes.
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Here is a list of fictions that you should look into. Most of them are short novellas and would take you about a week to finish.
Thank You Naveed .. I will definitely look into it ..
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