10 Best Books to Read in a Lifetime

Books are your best friends. They do not ask for anything in return yet share all the knowledge they have stored in them. Since time immemorial, over millions and billions of books have been written and published. But there are a very few interesting books to read, the ones that live in your hearts for eternity. In this list, we are going to share the 10 best books for reading before you breathe your last; of course, to make your life worth remembering even after you are gone.

1. 1984 (George Orwell)
It is a warning for the human race. It highlights the importance of resisting mass control and oppression.

2. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
This tells you how important is it to follow your dreams and what is the true meaning of life.

3. Beloved (Toni Morrison)
It is a novel about haunting, about the human inability to move on from the past and how easily it can resurface.

4. The Iliad (Homer)
Want to know which was the world's longest battle? It was the battle of Troy; in this legend.

5. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
In an era when women are expected to be brainless and ornamental, the protagonist Jane refuses to bow to those expectations.

6. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
The opening sentence of this book "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife" is enough to make you read this book.

7. War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
What more do we need in this hour but not war and just peace. This book speaks about it!

8. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Read this story of a crazy lover, ready to do anything and everything for his ladylove, even hurting her. Misery, duplicity, revenge, unhealthy family relationships – Wuthering Heights has it all!

9. Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
It has a violent world, in which two young people fall in love: their families not only disapprove, they are engaged in a blood feud. One of the classic books!

10. To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
This richly textured novel, woven from the strands of small-town life, lets readers walk in the shoes of one fully realized character after another.

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