What to Read? 3 Best Books To Read For A Beginner, Veteran and Expert from Each Genre – Part 6
If a book is too hard, you become frustrated and discouraged; a book that’s too easy is boring. Knowing your reading level is the key to match yourself with the most appropriate yet, challenging books. The best way to grow as a reader is by reading text that’s not too hard and not too easy, or what some call the “independent” reading level. A right book at your level is a book that stretches your reading skills just a bit — not so much as to make you frustrated but enough to continue your growth as a reader.
This post’s main objective is all about that – breaking down books into 3 distinctive levels (Beginner, Veteran and Expert) for all genres imaginable. We’ve collected suggestions from a group of passionate readers at Reddit, covering over 100 genres – so we’ll be breaking these large compilations into smaller posts covering 10 genres each. Do take note that one’s selections and definition of different reading levels may differ from one to another, but it’s definitely a great reference.
In this sixth post, we’ll be covering genres from Philosophy, Fantasy, Religion & Literature, Nostalgia, Science, Southern Gothic, Canadian Literature, 19th Century British / Irish Literature, Italian Classic Literature.
First post – Murder Mysteries, Out to Sea, World War 1, Graphic Novels / Comics, Southern Gothic, Science Fiction, Philosophy Texts, Children’s Books, Western and Horror.
Second post – Historical Fiction, Existential Narrative (fiction & non-fiction), Apocalyptic / Post-Apocalyptic, Magical Realism, Existentialist Philosophy, History of Esoterica, Stream of Consciousness, Coming of Age, Dystopian and Romance.
Third post – Classic American Novels, True Crimes, Southern Gothics, Indian literatures, Epic Poetries, Cities / Urban planning, Argentinian Literature, Non-Fiction Physics, Books Spanning a Full Lifespan or Multiple Generations and Horror.
Fourth post – Urban Fantasy, Coming of Age: Stories of People in Their early 20s-30s, Russian Realism, Poetry, British Literature, Post-modernism, Military History, Enlightenment Based Literature, Fantasy and Steampunk.
Fifth post – History, Fantasy, Scottish Fiction, Epic Fantasy Series, Science Fiction, World Building, Historical Fiction, Seafaring, Hard Science Fiction and Post Humanism.
We hope this compilation helps you in a lot of ways regardless of your reading levels, and do stay tuned for the continution of this “Post Series”.
Philosophy
The Top 5 Most Picked “Philosophy Books” of All Time
Source: Goodreads
- The Republic by Plato
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
- Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
- Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
Books for Beginners
Philosophy
Books for Veterans
Philosophy
Books for Experts
Philosophy
Fantasy
The Top 5 Most Picked “Fantasy Books” of All Time
Source: Goodreads
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
- The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Books for Beginners
Fantasy
Books for Veterans
Fantasy
Books for Experts
Fantasy
RELIGION & LITERATURE
The Top 5 Most Picked “Religion and Literature Books” of All Time
Source: Goodreads
- Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
- In the Shadow of World Literature: Sites of Reading in Colonial Egypt by Michael Allan
- Postmodern Belief: American Literature and Religion Since 1960 by Amy Hungerford
- Religious Experience and the Modernist Novel by Pericles Lewis
- The Gospel in Gerard Manley Hopkins by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Books for Beginners
Religion & Literature
Books for Veterans
Religion & Literature
Books for Experts
Religion & Literature
Nostalgia
The Top 5 Most Picked “Nostalgia Books” of All Time
Source: Google
- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
- The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
- Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
- Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
- Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
Books for Beginners
Nostalgia
Books for Veterans
Nostalgia
Books for Experts
Nostalgia
Science
The Top 5 Most Picked “Science Books” of All Time
Source: Google
- A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
- Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Books for Beginners
Science
Books for Veterans
Science
Books for Experts
Science
Southern Gothic
The Top 5 Most Picked “Southern Gothic Books” of All Time
Source: Google
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor
- As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
- The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
- The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Books for Beginners
Southern Gothic
Books for Veterans
Southern Gothic
Books for Experts
Southern Gothic
Canadian Literature
The Top 5 Most Picked “Canadian Literature Books” of All Time
Source: Goodreads
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
- Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Books for Beginners
Canadian Literature
Books for Veterans
Canadian Literature
Books for Experts
Canadian Literature
Fantasy
The Top 5 Most Picked “Fantasy Books” of All Time
Source: Goodreads
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
- The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Books for Beginners
Fantasy
Books for Veterans
Fantasy
Books for Experts
Fantasy
19th Century
British / Irish Literature
The Top 5 Most Picked “19th Century British / Irish Literature” of All Time
Source: Goodreads
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
- Middlemarch by George Eliot
- Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Books for Beginners
19th Century British / Irish Literature
Books for Veterans
19th Century British / Irish Literature
Books for Experts
19th Century British / Irish Literature
Italian Classic Literature
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The Top 5 Most Picked “Italian Classic Literature” of All Time
Source: InstantlyItaly.com
- La Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri
- Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
- Il Principe by Niccolò Machiavelli
- Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto
- Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis by Ugo Foscolo
Books for Beginners
Italian Classic Literature
Books for Veterans
Italian Classic Literature
Books for Experts
Italian Classic Literature
First post – Murder Mysteries, Out to Sea, World War 1, Graphic Novels / Comics, Southern Gothic, Science Fiction, Philosophy Texts, Children’s Books, Western and Horror.
Second post – Historical Fiction, Existential Narrative (fiction & non-fiction), Apocalyptic / Post-Apocalyptic, Magical Realism, Existentialist Philosophy, History of Esoterica, Stream of Consciousness, Coming of Age, Dystopian and Romance.
Third post – Classic American Novels, True Crimes, Southern Gothics, Indian literatures, Epic Poetries, Cities / Urban planning, Argentinian Literature, Non-Fiction Physics, Books Spanning a Full Lifespan or Multiple Generations and Horror.
Fourth post – Urban Fantasy, Coming of Age: Stories of People in Their early 20s-30s, Russian Realism, Poetry, British Literature, Post-modernism, Military History, Enlightenment Based Literature, Fantasy and Steampunk.
Fifth post – History, Fantasy, Scottish Fiction, Epic Fantasy Series, Science Fiction, World Building, Historical Fiction, Seafaring, Hard Science Fiction and Post Humanism.
We hope this compilation helps you in a lot of ways regardless of your reading levels, and do stay tuned for the continution of this “Post Series”.