I shall begin with a novel I’ve already read three times and plan to traverse again. For me, John Irving’s “A prayer for Owen Meany” ranks as a quintessential modern classic. Irving turns humor, irony, and dysfunction into pure poetry. There is no character, in modern and classic literature, quite like Owen Meany.
Next, is a much shorter and accessible opus: Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree.” Every parent has read this to a child and gained equal enrichment.
This list wouldn’t be complete without including Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol.” The film adaptations are fine – some are better than others – but, please, if you haven’t already done so, read the book.
At the risk of seeming like a self-aggrandizing jackass, I shall place a work of my own, The Bohemian, on the list. It has a nifty bent concerning relationships in the modern world, and it flows well.
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