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We are talking about books of different genres that you can read for your soul. These works will definitely not leave you indifferent.

This article is for people over 18 years old

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Well, when else, if not in winter, wonder what to read for the soul? When TV and social networks are tired, it's time to pick up a book. And we will tell you what you can read.

R. Bradbury "Dandelion Wine". Cold winter evenings make us remember the tender summer. Fresh air, birdsong, warm river, golden sunlight - it is in such an atmosphere that this work will plunge you. Together with the main character - a 12-year-old boy - you will live a carefree summer full of discoveries, sad and joyful events, pleasant impressions.

T. Pratchett "Unadorned Cat". No politics, no drama, only Their Majesties Koty. This book is a small encyclopedia that tells about the life and essence of felines in an easy manner. "Unadorned cat" will allow you to while away the evening in a warm and cozy atmosphere, and maybe you will even learn a lot of interesting things about mustachioed pets.

A. Exupery "The Little Prince". This is an allegorical tale-tale, which, despite the genre, is dedicated to adults. Together with the wonderful Little Prince, you will travel around the planets and learn to look at familiar things from a different angle.

This piece is from modern literature.This novel tells the story of a girl, Liesel, who lives during the Second World War. Interestingly, the story is told from the perspective of Death, and in Zusak's book this is a male character.

Ken Kesey "Over the Cuckoo's Nest." In this collection we tried to include works of different genres, and which book to read, you choose. "Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is a serious work, the characters of which are in a psychiatric clinic. The silence of hospital corridors and boring procedures reigns here, but everything changes with the appearance of Patrick McMurphy. this disobedient hulan turns everything in the clinic upside down, preventing his comrades in misfortune from submissively bowing to the outside world.

B. Pasternak "Doctor Zhivago". This book can also be read for the soul, but it is rather sad. The novel shows how historical events (in this case, the Civil War and the Revolution) affect the fate an ordinary person, by chance, ending up in their center.

Stephen King's Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Rescue. This is the story of how the main character, wrongly convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover, ends up in Shawshank prison, where corruption and violence flourish. The book is considered one of the best in the work of King.

M. Hansen, D. Canfield, E. Newmark “Chicken broth for the soul. 101 best stories ". If you have never come across a series of books "Chicken Soup for the Soul", then we advise you to pay attention to it. The series includes several books, each of which is a collection of stories about different people. You will learn about a boy from a simple family who met three presidents, about an actress who became happy thanks to cancer, about a girl who sold more than forty thousand cookies for her mother's dream. Here are collected amazing stories of ordinary people, in whose lives something incredible has happened, and you definitely cannot tear yourself away from them.

It's no secret that women love to read for the soul. Most of the beautiful half of humanity love to read about love. Love novels are also designed for a certain circle of readers, but if you want to read better and more interesting works, then you should pay attention to the following books:

Maya Kucherskaya "Aunt Motya" - a classic novel about love, betrayal and feelings;
Haruki Murakami "Norwegian Forest" - a novel about friendship, love and conscience;
Chingiz Aitmatov "Jamilya" - a love novel with gorgeous descriptions of steppes and mountains;
Janusz Wisniewski "Loneliness in the Net" is a novel about the modern world and the position of one person in it.
John Fowles "The French Lieutenant's Mistress".Much good is written in this novel. The author leads the reader to the conclusion that conscience is an individual choice of each person.

Are we wasting our lives on the wrong things? Or do we value unreal things? The life of a dying Lillian teaches readers how important it is to value time.

Anne Frank “Shelter. Diary in letters ”. The book presents the diary of a little girl who kept it in Amsterdam, hiding with her family from the Nazis. This is the tragedy of the twentieth century, which found its reflection in the notes of a fifteen-year-old girl.

Vladimir Nabokov "Lolita". This work can be treated with contempt or admiration. There is no third. A novel that rocked society and became popular on both sides of the ocean.

The reader himself chooses which literature to read, domestic or foreign. Of foreign literature you can choose very interesting books. Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is admired by readers around the world. This is a love novel that stands on a level above all other novels in this category.

Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights. The novel will transfer to England, where the girl fell in love with her cousin. This novel still remains a mystery.

Erich Maria Remarque "Arc de Triomphe". The text of this book diverges into quotations. The love story that develops in Paris occupied by the fascists cannot leave the reader indifferent. Paris, two lovers and doom - these are the main directions of the book.

Victor Hugo "Notre Dame Cathedral". The novel is also recommended for reading, because this book has withstood the centuries and has not lost its popularity. A story about what can hinder love.

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. The novel remains in demand decades later. If you are looking for a woman to look up to, then this novel is for you. The main character, Scarlett O'Hara, deserves to be inherited by women with diametrically opposed social views. thorns ". The family saga of an Australian writer. This is a story about the Cleary family, about their sorrows and joys, about their ups and downs, but the main feeling that permeates the entire novel is true and pure love.

Françoise Sagan "Hello, sadness." This is a novel about the experiences of the young girl Cecile. She spent some time in the monastery, and after returning to her father, she plunges into a bohemian life without rules. Until one day a mother's friend appears in their life, an intelligent and beautiful woman with her own moral values.

Mikhail Shishkin "Writer". The book is a correspondence between two lovers. The hero writes from the war in which he participates in a campaign against the Chinese. The girl writes from "citizen". Soon the reader realizes that the lovers correspond, but do not hear each other, and they live in different times ...

There are many interesting things about love among Russian classics. For example, "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy was filmed many times. Performances were staged based on its plot. The story of passion, love, which has a destructive power, makes you live with the experiences of the main characters.

Miranda Julai is a man-orchestra. In addition to filming a film, a director's project and a collection of short stories that won the prestigious Frank O'Connor Prize, Julai has a debut novel that also deserves attention.

“The First Bad Man” is a tragicomic story about an imaginary and real world; about loneliness, opposites and love. In the center of the plot is a sensitive and charismatic heroine, with her emotionality reminding each of us.

The light, sarcastic novel by British writer Zadie Smith won the Orange Prize, one of the main awards in the literary world of English. The main characters of the novel - Professor Belsi and Professor Kips - specialize in the work of Rembrandt, but this is where their similarities end.

Political views, art, the idea of \u200b\u200bmulticulturalism - throughout the entire work, their opposition only intensifies. Smith masterfully sneers at the university "war" and exposes the absurdity of all beliefs.

Billy Milligan is a multiple personality criminal who helped him avoid jail time. Daniel Keys wrote a documentary about the amazing characters (which only the parodist Steve or the little Christine are) that filled the essence of Milligan. In the center of the plot is the arrested main character, juggling with the memories of his lives.

The sensual narrative about the relationship with the famous drug lord follows the canons of the Latin American drama: the plot covers the rise and fall of the energetic Escobar and the history of his novel. The confession of the journalist Virginia Vallejo is a kind of excursion into the controversial, bright, dangerous era of the formation of the Medellin cartel.

Through the ironic, thoughtful novel by Amoor Towles, one can look at Soviet realities from an interesting perspective. The main character, the charming Count Alexander Rostov, is declared an enemy of the people and is forced to serve his sentence in the Moscow hotel Metropol, which he cannot leave on pain of death. This is how a new chapter begins in the history of the country and its own life.

Modern classic

An ironic novel about the hardships of family life. In the center of the plot - lawyer Abel Bretodeau and his wife Mariette, living another crisis of coexistence. The eminent French writer explores the "immobility" of marriage, fascinatingly talking about its pitfalls - every sentence is an aphorism.

The legendary novel about one of the most powerful mobsters in America was published in 1969 and inspired Francis Coppola to create the cult film of the same name. The unhurried story of Don Corleone's victories and misadventures enchants from the first pages: the author skillfully describes both the mechanics of gangster life and the difficult fate of the Godfather himself.

Not everyone knows that after almost 50 years, Bradbury published a sequel to the popular story "Dandelion Wine". In this novel, the main character Douglas Spaulding grows up and lives new, unforgettable stories.

The book that gave the writer the Booker Prize and inspired Boris Akunin to take on Coronation impresses with the authentic atmosphere of good old England. The story is led by the butler Stevens. Selfless service to Lord Darlington, detailed everyday life, dangerous intrigues, dedication and resourcefulness - one cannot help but empathize with the main character of this novel, the text is so mesmerizingly built.

Fantasy novels

The novel earned its creator the Carnegie Medal, an award for the best children's book of the year. Taking inspiration from the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin and his own sense of humor, the English writer creates a large-scale, non-trivial space. The imposing cat coexists here with the clan of rats, and in the dungeons there is an evil that cannot be overcome so easily.

One of the most famous novels of the American science fiction writer tells about the thin, subtle line between reality and illusion. In the near future, life does not end after death, and some people are able to turn back time. The world turns into a place where the supernatural is combined with the ordinary, and the heroes have to adapt to it and separate the wheat from the chaff.

The cult novel about Professor Challenger was published in 1912. The story unfolds on the territory South America: the main character and his colleagues go on an expedition, during which they discover a world untouched by time.

A complex story about two unusual worlds. Wonderland is something like modern Japan, where evil frogs are found, and the subconscious is amenable to control. The End of the World - gloomy Nowhere, in which there is a City and a Forest, and in libraries they read dreams from the skulls of unicorns. Like other bestsellers, this novel is a masterly combination of the familiar and the anomalous, magic and human power.

The famous American science fiction novel was published in 1955. The large-scale story tells about the organization "Eternity", which took over time. They control millions of eras and human lives. Global changes will begin with extraordinary events in the life of Andrew Harlan - a talented Technician who will encroach on the existing world order for the sake of love.

Detective stories

This novel is an artistic experiment by Lars Mitting, author of the nonfiction bestseller Norwegian Forest. The atmospheric plot develops according to the laws: sudden death of parents, short-term memory loss, return to a mysterious tragedy many years later ... In order to dot the i's, Edward Hirifjell will have to plunge into his dark past.

A hot, witty book from Booker Prize laureate Paul Baity. Shooting, drugs, cops and political strife, broadcast from the point of view of the fearsome Winston Fauchey - all this immerses in the novel from the first lines and allows you to look at the American elections from a different angle. The author does not skimp on gloomy descriptions and highlights the problems of life in the ghetto.

A large-scale disaster novel about saving the planet from the apocalypse. A flash on the Sun turns into a series of cataclysms that threaten to destroy humanity. Survival instructions are found in ancient writings covering a mysterious crystal column at the bottom of the ocean. Perhaps 12,000 years ago, humans knew a thing or two about a distant, sinister future.

The world is deceptive and illusory: good can turn out to be evil, an angel is a real devil of hell. In this novel, the "angel" depicts an atomic monster capable of destroying millions of people in an instant. Only Max Flynn, a super agent in the service of Her Majesty, can stop the disaster. This is an exciting story about the limit of human capabilities, courage and love.

Cozy Parisian home - a meeting place for Madeleine Green and Gaspard Coutance, who by mistake moved into the same apartment. The social-phobic playwright and the former police officer sought seclusion and instead discovered the mysterious past of the famous artist's rooms and each other. This is an atmospheric investigation novel, in which the search for the criminal is intertwined with the personal stories of the heroes.

The cinematic novel immerses the reader in a resort environment in the south of France. The scorching sun, a villa with a pool, two married couples and - a strange creature named Kitty French, shocking guests with immodest and perplexing behavior. In a few days, serenity will turn into anxiety and tension: where did this woman come from and what does each of the heroes of the book hide?

A heartfelt family saga about women with unusual abilities. Molly and her daughter Cassandra can foresee the future, but this gift does not bring them happiness: predictions play a cruel joke with them. This is a novel about fatalism and human faith, love and real miracles.

The touching, multifaceted collection of short stories earned the English writer the prestigious Frank O'Connor Award. Each of these texts praises love in all its forms. The author carefully observes how this feeling is born in painful, strange and unusual circumstances.

Life is unpredictable: you never know what little thing will lead to dramatic changes. For Emmy Hamilton, owner of a bookstore, such a trifle becomes an accidental find - love letters from the Second World War. These texts are a bridge between the mysterious past of the O'Shea sisters and the life of Emmy, who decided to find the key to their story.

This novel opens the saga "The Chronicles of the Kazalet Family", created by an English writer. In the center of the plot is the tragicomic life of one English family, where each of the heroes is looking for answers to the main questions. The story begins in 1937, and the relationship develops in an unsettling, pre-storm atmosphere.

A lightweight, witty book about a mating experiment: To drive away routine and boredom, ideal spouses Sylvie and Dan surprise each other. At first, a funny game leads to embarrassment and gives many reasons for jokes, but soon the main characters are really surprised: it turned out that each of them keeps skeletons in a closet.

A touching, inspiring text about the mysterious Vianne (in the Hollywood film of the same name - Juliette Binoche) and her chocolate shop. Her appearance in a quiet French town is a real event for local residents, followed by other incidents, one more surprising than the other.

The French novel, which has won overwhelming popularity around the world, tells the story of the fate of three women, each of whom is ready to fight for freedom and happiness. India, Sicily, Canada - charismatic heroines live on different continents and have never met, but it is no coincidence that their lives overlap.

The book, written in the genre of a psychological thriller, pleasantly surprised readers of modern literature and lovers of detective stories. The story is told from the perspective of three women - Rachel, Anna and Megan. The main character Rachel has to travel by train from the suburbs to London every day. Out of boredom, she watches from the window a married couple, who seems to her ideal, from day to day. But one day she witnesses a strange scene, after which her husband disappears without a trace. Rachel realizes that only she will be able to unravel the mystery of the disappearance of a woman, but is it possible to interfere in other people's life at all, even in such situations.

The novel turned out to be so successful that Hollywood decided to film it. It will feature Emily Blunt and Rebecca Ferguson. The Girls on the Train will premiere in September 2016.

The beginning of the novel takes place in England in 1940. Flora Lewis receives a tempting offer from a mysterious "flower thief". She must go to England to find an extremely rare variety of camellia in the garden of an old estate. Circumstances are such that Flora is forced to enter the house of a lord as a nanny. And soon she finds in the room of Lady Anna, who died under mysterious circumstances, an album for a herbarium with strange notes.

Then the reader is transported to modern New York, meeting a heroine named Addison. Her husband offers to go to the suburbs of London to be able to write a book there. After leaving there, Addison finds a story about a beautiful camellia that once grew in the garden of the queen herself. An interesting feature of the book is the alternating story of Flora and Addison, which appears in the book one chapter later.

Haruki Murakami's new novel cannot go unnoticed, as happened with the book "Colorless Tskuru Tazaki and the years of his wanderings." The main character of his work was young and inexperienced. The new Tokyo world was very different from the environment in which the guy grew up. The metropolis turned out to be much larger than he had imagined. Too many choices of what to do, too many people flow around, life rushes too fast. But he had a place for his soul, where he happily returned - the so-called "indestructible stronghold of harmony and friendship." However, in his second year, he learns that this place has disappeared without a trace.

Jannette Walls' work became a real sensation in the world of modern literature. The journalist decided to frankly talk about her difficult childhood and growing up in a large family. Her parents were supporters of strange parenting methods that raised many questions. From childhood, they were taught to stand up for themselves, go against the social system, acquire useful skills, and stick together. However, all these beliefs collapsed when the family began to have difficulties, the principles of unity sounded like a mockery, and being practically in the trash heap exacerbated the situation. But all these tests have taught Jannett one thing - if you plunge into the world of dreams, one day you create it to your reality.

Harper Lee is a writer who became famous for her book To Kill a Mockingbird. For many years this novel was considered her only work, which upset many readers. However, the list of new literature in 2015 unexpectedly dumbfounded book lovers around the world - the writer was preparing to release a book, which takes place 20 years after the events described in To Kill a Mockingbird. It turns out that this work was written first, but publishers have lost interest in it.

According to the plot of the new book, the main character Scout is forced to struggle with many problems, she tries to understand the attitude of her father to society and its structure, as well as to realize her true feelings in relation to the place where she was born and raised.

This detective novel, which became an instant bestseller, was written by "mom" - J.K. Rowling, hiding under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The book became the final part of a series of publications about private detective Cormoran Strike. In it, a convoluted story begins with a woman named Robin receiving a package containing a severed female leg. Her boss - the same Strike - identified several suspects at once capable of such a cruel act. While the police, focusing their attention on one of them, try to solve the crime, Cormoran realizes that this is a false trail. He takes matters into his own hands and plunges into a dark and confusing world, consisting of the mysteries of the past. The detective's translation should appear in early 2016.

The author of the famous post-apocalyptic novel promised his readers that he would turn the familiar and familiar world of his works upside down so that even for his fans there will be many discoveries. After such an announcement, a new book was published called "Metro 2035", which describes the events on Earth after the third world war. The planet is completely empty, but at a depth of tens of meters, at stations and in tunnels, people are trying to wait out the end of the world. There they created a new world for themselves instead of the huge lost world. They cling to life with all their might and refuse to give up. They dream of going back upstairs - one day, when the background radiation from nuclear bombings subsides. And they do not give up hope of finding other survivors.

I love the feeling when it's time to get ready for the sea or abroad on vacation. You need to go to stores to find new clothes and accessories. Everything summer, light, oh God! In anticipation of a vacation, the soul flies straight, and you yourself enjoy life.

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Many years ago, some people constantly called me on my home city phone and asked "Is this a substation?" I do not know which substation they wanted to hear, but, apparently, its phone number was as close as possible to mine in the set of numbers.

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Choosing a book is not a problem, but finding something interesting and exciting is not so easy. In order not to spend precious time on forums and literary chats in search of worthwhile literature, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with our list online right now.

Blake Crouch Pines. City in Nowhere "

After a car accident, a Secret Service agent wakes up in a hospital. He realizes that he cannot remember anything and has no idea where he is. Attempts to contact local residents and the authorities are making poor progress. There is only one way out - to leave the city. But all the roads from a small town called Lost Pines lead back to it. At the end of the work, an unexpected ending awaits you. Read the book online on our website.

Charles Dickens "Bleak House"

Bleak House is one of the most entertaining novels by the famous English writer. Dickens, a master of his word, painted the piece with mysterious secrets and intricate storylines. The author tells readers the story of Esther Summerson's life, which is intertwined with the criminal investigation of an astute Scotland Yard inspector. To find out the details, we suggest reading online for free.

Donna Tartt "Goldfinch"

The writer Donna Tartt has already received a number of awards and prizes for her book The Goldfinch. According to the plot, the main character, waking up from a strong explosion in the museum, receives an unusual ring and a picture from the hands of a wounded old man with the only request: to keep these relics safe. This request will become the stumbling block that will drag the hero to the bottom and that lifeline that will help him at the last second. Read online for free without registration right now.

Paula Hawkins "The Girl on the Train"

Dason and Jess. Such names were chosen by the main character for her "perfect" betrothed, whom she conducts daily observation through the window of a passing train... But at one point she notices something strange and shocking happening in their yard. This impression was enough in full to build a new idea of \u200b\u200bthis unusual family. Read the book for free and learn more.

Ian McEwan "Innocent or Special Relationship"

Ian McEwan's novel is also a love story, historical drama, psychological thriller and gripping detective story. The author describes the events taking place in post-war Berlin, on the border between West and East. The accompaniment is real events, although from the first pages there is an impression of a terrible farce. To check for yourself, start reading for free on our website.