1. 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is set in Alabama in the 1930s and is told from a child's viewpoint. The story deals with race, outcasts and growing up. It is a quick, well-written book that is easy to enjoy.
2. 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' by Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a sensual novel about an African-American woman in rural Florida that was first published in 1937. While it is an important telling of the black experience, it is also a story of love and strength with a voice that will draw you in and hook you.
3. '1984' by George Orwell
1984 is a gripping, terrifying and suspenseful novel that is as relevant today as when it was first written.
4. 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley
Brave New World and 1984 are often lumped together on reading lists, although they paint very different pictures of what the future may hold. Brave New World is funny, clever and will help you better understand a lot of cultural references.
5. 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby is a short book about the American dream with great characters and descriptions of life (for the wealthy) in the 1920s.
6. 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker
Read the book that has inspired countless other books, movies and TV shows. Dracula is written through letters and diary entries, and will make you feel like an intimate player in a foreign world.
7. 'Les Miserables' by Victor Hugo
A story of love, redemption and revolution
8. 'The Grapes of Wrath' by John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath is the story of a family during the Great Depression, but the descriptions and symbolic imagery tell a much bigger tale.
9. 'The Things They Carried' by Tim O'Brien
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien is a collection of short stories that creates a bigger story. O'Brien writes about the Vietnam War and how it affected a group of soldiers.
10. 'A Prayer for Owen Meany' by John Irving
A great work of contemporary literature.
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