31 Classics to Read Instead of Scrolling in 2026

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  @unsolicitedadvice9198 · 9 months ago · pinned

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  @TheronGJr · 9 months ago

  Calling it now before watching the video: &quot;The Brothers Karamazov&quot; is on this list.

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  @momo-e9s3r · 9 months ago

  The Count of Monte Cristo: 1200 pages have never gone by so fast. The narrative is formatted in a way that feels surprisingly modern: each chapter ends with a cliffhanger that makes you want to start reading the next, like Netflix autoplay. You will be hooked and unable to put this book down.

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  @AVC.1111 · 8 months ago (edited)

  Short Stories:<br>1. White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky<br>2. The Wall by Jean-Paul Sartre<br>3. Ozymandias by Percy Shelley<br>4. The Metamorphosis by Frank Kafka<br>5. The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe<br><br>Novellas:<br>1. The Fall by Albert Camus<br>2. A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov<br>3. War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells<br>4. Othello by William Shakespeare<br>5. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde<br>6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck<br><br>Funny Classics<br>1. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov<br>2. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard<br>3. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg<br><br>Ancient Classics:<br>1. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles<br>2. The Aeneid: Book 4 by Virgil<br>3. The Amores by Ovid<br>4. The Satyricon by Petronius<br><br>Big Name Readables:<br>1. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky<br>2. The Red and Black by Stendhal<br>3. The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy<br>4. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert<br>5. The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Goethe<br>6. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald <br>7. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson<br>8. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley<br>9. 1984 by George Orwell<br>(Bonus: Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell)<br>10. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen<br><br>Approachable Long Reads:<br>1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy<br>2. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky <br>3. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

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  @notreallydutchh6459 · 9 months ago

  I&apos;m currently reading Crime and Punishment and I really did not expect for it to be so readable. Somehow I was made to feel intimidated by it, but it&apos;s been a walk in the park and really engaging.

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  @Diba-c6x · 9 months ago (edited)

  I&apos;d be interested in the opposite of this list as well. Niche and not-that-well-known books that are difficult to read but are totally worth it in the end. You&apos;re clearly an extremely well-read person so I&apos;d love to know the stories/philosophy books that you&apos;ve enjoyed that the rest of us might never have heard of / be scared to pick up.

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  @Thompson8200 · 9 months ago (edited)

  Book Listing with Timestamps<br><br>Short Stories:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=36">00:36</a> White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=132">02:12</a> The Wall by Jean-Paul Sartre<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=290">04:50</a> Ozymandias by Percy Shelley<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=371">06:11</a> The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=473">07:53</a> The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe<br><br>Novellas:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=513">08:33</a> The Fall by Albert Camus<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=605">10:05</a> A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=715">11:55</a> War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=772">12:52</a> Othello by William Shakespeare<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=882">14:42</a> The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=952">15:52</a> Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck<br><br>Funny Classics:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=1026">17:06</a> The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=1101">18:21</a> Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=1168">19:28</a> The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg<br><br>Ancient Classics:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=1253">20:53</a> Oedipus Rex by Sophocles<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=1351">22:31</a> The Aeneid: Book 4 by Virgil<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=1432">23:52</a> The Amores by Ovid<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=1501">25:01</a> The Satyricon by Petronius<br><br>Big Names Anyone Can Read:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=1584">26:24</a> Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=1657">27:37</a> The Red and the Black by Stendhal<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=1741">29:01</a> The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=1842">30:42</a> Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=1913">31:53</a> The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Goethe<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=1969">32:49</a> The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=2034">33:54</a> The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=2135">35:35</a> Frankenstein by Mary Shelley<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=2235">37:15</a> 1984 by George Orwell<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=2355">39:15</a> Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen<br><br>Long Books For Beginners:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=2441">40:41</a> Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=2518">41:58</a> The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHORcFZVC28&amp;t=2595">43:15</a> Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

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  @ElijahMcCourney1 · 8 months ago (edited)

  I just finished “The Count of Monte Cristo” and it was spectacular!!

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  @StraitjacketFitness · 9 months ago

  Folleying my joe to this rn.

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  @Derelictiondinglenut · 9 months ago

  Anna K!<br>Read Anna K! I love it so much!!!!!!

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  @davidmusicmaker · 8 months ago

  Your favorite book is mine as well: The Brothers Karamazov.

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  @JCloyd-ys1fm · 9 months ago

  One of my favorite classics is “Candide” by Voltaire. It was written as a satire against Liebnitz’s and his philosophy, thoug you don’t have to know anything about him. It’s essentially a satire against toxic positivity and it’s hilarious.

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