Recommended classic books that young people must read

Nowadays, fewer and fewer young people like to read. They are addicted to checking Moments and Weibo every day, and they forget to read more books to enrich themselves. Young people still need to read more books. What books should young people read? Below is what I bring to you about recommended classic books that young people must read. I hope it will be helpful to everyone!

A must-read book for young people: "Blindness"

The masterpiece of Saramago, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, was selected by the Nobel Academy as one of the 100 best literary works of all times. The resourceful young woman, the submissive husband, the fiery prostitute, and the ruthless villain interpret a tragicomedy that is both ironic and ironic. The evil and good in human nature are vividly displayed in this book.

At a busy intersection, the green light turned on, but the first car in the middle lane stopped. The driver waved his arms behind the windshield. After the onlookers opened the door, they realized that he was shouting: I'm blind! No one would believe that his eyes were clear and bright, and his sclera were as white and dense as porcelain, yet he repeatedly shouted in despair: I'm blind! I'm blind!

A passerby sent When he returned home, he was infected with the strange disease of blindness. The ophthalmologist became the third casualty. Blindness spreads rapidly, and the entire city plunges into an unprecedented disaster.

A must-read book for young people: "A Story of Love and Darkness"

An autobiographical novel by Amos Oz, the most influential writer in Israel today, published in 2002 "A Story of Love and Darkness" has always been regarded by academic circles as Oz's best work. In just five years, it has been translated into more than 20 languages. Especially after the English translation by Nicholas Drangs, a professor at the University of Cambridge, was published in 2004, this work has aroused wider interest among Eastern and Western readers.

This novel of nearly 600 pages takes the main setting in Jerusalem, and uses a moving style to show readers the history and national narrative of a Jewish family for more than a hundred years, or a family story. and national history. The two clues of family and nation are intertwined in "The Story of Love and Darkness". It not only takes you into a Jewish family and understands its joys, sorrows and joys, but also allows you to get closer to a nation and get a glimpse of its gains and losses, its honors and disgrace.

A must-read book for young people: "Demian: The Wandering Boyhood"

Hermann Hesse, a German litterateur, poet, and critic. He won the Goethe Prize in 1946 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in the same year, bringing his world reputation to its peak. Died of illness in 1962 at the age of 85. Hesse's works are widely loved by readers for their sincere analysis and exploration of the inner world and the true meaning of life. Hesse, who pursued peace and truth throughout his life, was also a symbol of the moral conscience of German intellectuals during the era of Nazi dictatorship and tyranny.

?The bird wants to escape from its shell. The egg is the world. In order for man to be born into the world, he must destroy the world. Birds fly to God. The god's name is Abraxas. ? This "A Wandering Boyhood" describes the difficult journey of young Sinclair in his pursuit of self. The whole novel is written in Hesse's signature lyrical style. It is a psychological novel that describes the process of implementing the true self and explores one's own destiny. It can be said to be Hesse's monumental masterpiece.

A must-read book for young people: "Steppenwolf"

The masterpiece created by Hermann Hesse in his mid-term, it is also a milestone in his creative career. The novel has a rich fantasy color and profound symbolic meaning, and is considered to have a "surrealistic" style. Thomas Mann called it the "German Ulysses".

The protagonist of the novel, Harrell, is an upright writer. He despises the modern social lifestyle and often stays behind closed doors. The suffocating air makes him fall into a schizophrenic state. One day he accidentally read a short book "Comment on Steppenwolf", and suddenly woke up from the dream, thinking that he was a Steppenwolf with both "human nature" and "wolf nature" coexisting. Later, he was invited to a party and found that the attendees all had narrow nationalist views, and his anti-war remarks were reprimanded, making him feel even more lonely; when he returned home, he met Hermina, a bartender, and gained sensual pleasure; Hermina introduced him to the musician Pablo and the girl Maria. He forgot all his troubles and worries in the music and sensual enjoyment.

But when he saw Hermina getting close to Pablo, he became wolfish and killed Hermina out of jealousy.

A must-read book for young people: "A Case of a Self-Contained Virus"

Graham Greene is a master British novelist. He is extremely pessimistic and world-weary, but he is most concerned about the struggle and redemption of the soul; evil is everywhere in his works, violence, crime, betrayal, and fall are everywhere, but the most thrilling thing is the inner moral and spiritual struggle of the individual. The characters in his works are despicable and desperate to the extreme, but the brilliance of humanity can bloom in the mud; he can be called the most serious, pessimistic and religious writer of the 20th century, and a master storyteller. One of the most star-studded writers in the entire Western world and one of the most widely read novelists.

Greene divides his works into two categories: "serious novels" and "entertaining novels". "A Case of Spontaneous Virus" is one of the most famous "serious novels", based on the Congolese colony and the With the leprosy hospital as the background, it shows the mental journey of a European hermit who is extremely spiritually empty and desperate and gradually moves towards new life, focusing on exploring the possibility of spiritual redemption.

A must-read book for young people: "Antifragility"

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Nassim Nicholas Taleb), best-seller "Black Swan", "Random Walking Fool" ” author, one of the greatest thinkers of our time.

Why does the most stable country in the world actually have no government? Why is debt bad for you, and why is what we usually call efficiency? A fundamental lack of efficiency? Why do government and social policies protect the strong, But hurting the weak? Why should you write a resignation letter before joining the job? Why did the sinking of the Titanic save more lives? Nietzsche has a famous saying: "What doesn't kill me makes me stronger." ?Just as human bones grow stronger under stress and tension, and rumors or riots intensify when someone tries to suppress them, so many things in life benefit from stress, chaos, volatility, and uncertainty.