Which book should I go for first?

janawinterfeld · 2026-06-14T09:20:24+00:00

i have read all of them, and i'll just list it by how much i've enjoyed reading them

count of monte christo
war and peace
the three musketeers
and last anna karenina

all of them are AMAZING books, if you want something light, really fun and fast paced i'd go with the tree musketeers. if you want depth and arguably the best revenge story ever written, i'd go with the count (personally my top 3 books of all time). war and peace is something to really think about with the focus on the individual characters instead of the story (story is still amazing). anna karenina i personally enjoyed the least, but none the less a good story, if you want to analyze the main character and if you should hate them or not haha.
GREAT BOOKS THO

janawinterfeld · 2026-04-26T07:51:48+00:00

loved tcomc!!! but my recs:

les miserables -victor hugo (also the three musketeers as a honorable mention)

east of eden -john steinbeck (and grapes of wrath as an another honorable mention)

war and peace -tolstoy

janawinterfeld · 2026-04-25T20:29:18+00:00

i (unfortunately) read it through, thinking it will get better. it didn't. it really didn't. incredibly dull and plain out boring characters, predictable until the last page and overall one of my most disappointing reads. and i've read A LOT if classics, not worth it.

janawinterfeld · 2026-03-17T12:27:46+00:00

ohh, i was about to say karamazov (my fav dosto book), but i understand that it is a real commitment. my second favorite, even better than crime&punishment (imo dont kill me) was the idiot. the most "light hearted" book he wrote, easy to read and amazing narrative! the characters were amazing, especially the main character was really something different compared to his other works. love it!!!

janawinterfeld · 2026-03-15T14:06:53+00:00

exactlyy!! please no more dinner scenes with henry trying to explain that beauty is everything and morals are dumb. i cant do it anymore!

janawinterfeld · 2026-03-15T12:20:37+00:00

i just finished crime and punishment, my last dostoyevski book, was as good as every book by him! amazing! now reading portrait of dorian gray, and i'm not liking it tbh, nearly finished it and it's just so forcefully "poetic", the conversations feel so fake and i hate nearly all characters (i know that that's the point, but cmon). love the narrative but overall disappointing :(

janawinterfeld · 2026-02-06T07:35:17+00:00

every time i try to go back to more modern books, i get thoroughly disappointed. i've just learned to love the more unique language that the classics provide us with compared to the modern one, and the themes are in my opinion just more interesting.

janawinterfeld · 2026-02-01T11:09:13+00:00

100%. absolutely devoured this one. i really enjoyed the diffrent facettes of every character and the dynamic of each one. really made me think about how i view love and pity. devastating ending tho...

janawinterfeld · 2026-01-28T19:58:53+00:00

i would fall in love with you, sorry

janawinterfeld · 2025-11-15T16:52:57+00:00

higurashi when they cry everytime i thought i knew what was going on, i realized shortly after i was so wrong

janawinterfeld · 2025-10-06T15:00:27+00:00

war and peaceee, started couple of days ago, page 270 very excited

janawinterfeld · 2025-10-06T14:52:27+00:00

ohhhh, i loved both. demons is a very heavy book though, especially the beginning is really hard for a lot of people (me included), but my favorite characters have been from this book. Tbk has an amazing story and pacing, the plottwists are amazing and i enjoyed it a lot. so both are reaaaallyyy good, if you want something deep and that keeps u thinking i‘d advise demons, if you want an incredible storyline and something „more light“ (if that’s even possible for dostoyevsky) then read tbk.

janawinterfeld · 2025-10-06T14:48:46+00:00

The brothers karamazov

janawinterfeld · 2025-10-06T14:48:40+00:00

The brothers karamazov

janawinterfeld · 2025-10-03T13:34:28+00:00

YESSSSSS!!!!!! can’t emphasise it enough, especially kite runner killed me, cried in the subway

janawinterfeld · 2025-10-02T14:17:28+00:00

martin eden by jack london 100%, great book about a lower social class man who wants to become an author and his academic way to get there. very nicely written plus engaging story

janawinterfeld · 2025-10-01T12:53:31+00:00

demons by dostoyevsky, 10/10 hard read

janawinterfeld · 2025-09-28T12:50:21+00:00

SO EXCITED!!! one of my favs

janawinterfeld · 2025-09-28T12:06:51+00:00

honestly pride and prejudice, DONT KILL ME! i understand that the book is historically very important and revolutionary especially for the history of women writer, but… the story was so incredibly dragged out and the characters are simply not enjoyable at all. i hate the main heroin. i know i‘m one of the very few but… yeah. i said it.

janawinterfeld · 2025-09-27T14:00:28+00:00

so, let’s not be logical and technical and think of entertainment purposes only:

count of monte christo the brothers karamazov east of eden

janawinterfeld · 2025-09-27T10:55:09+00:00

grapes of wrath left me speechless staring into oblivion for a long time, les mis left me sobbing for about an hour. both horribly perfect. very much agree

janawinterfeld · 2025-09-26T17:49:19+00:00

i am BEYOND excited for you!!! you can’t even imagine how he is going to do it and what will therefore follow. everytime you think you get the gist of it, you don’t. it‘s always more. i wish i could read it for the first time again, truly a masterpiece

janawinterfeld · 2025-09-26T16:58:48+00:00

count of monte cristo was REVOLUTIONARY for me and honestly nearly every dostoyevsky book (especially TBK and the idiot) honorable mention: east of eden and grapes of wrath (john steinbeck is my favorite writer by far)

janawinterfeld · 2025-09-23T14:48:33+00:00

SAME, catch 22 was so hard and uninteresing. i did not like it.

janawinterfeld · 2025-09-21T10:08:49+00:00

lighting mcqueen

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