12 AMAZING CLASSIC BOOKS TO START WITH 2023 - Where to start with the classics

Are you wanting to get into classic literature in the new year? Or do you want to get your friends into classic books? In this video we look at:

12 AMAZING CLASSIC BOOKS TO START WITH WHICH ARE NOT BORING.

Once you have become more and more immersed in classic books, the stories get better and better and your appreciation for them goes up. However, when starting, the classics can be intimidating to some. Or others feel that they are not fast-paced enough. These recommended classic books are all extremely entertaining and cover a range of styles and genres.

0:00 intro
03:29 Rebecca
06:40 Great Expectations
09:47 To Kill A Mocking Bird
11:40 Captain Blood
14:05 A Study In Scarlet
18:28 Three Men In A Boat
22:22 Scarlet Pimpernel
25:10 Northanger Abbey
28:08 Silas Marner
30:45 The Woman In White
35:18 Jeeves In The Offing
38:55 A Month In The Country
42:55 A Brave New World

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[MichelleFalco]

Well that's my 2023 TBR pile done! Thank you so much for this great list. I can't wait to spend time with a few old friends and make some new ones. And a video on building a classics library would be much appreciated!

[Shannon-bc]

I just started The Woman in Wite. Totally blown away by the beauty of the book and I am on page 64! An example: “Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service.” So very true.

[lezeltunbridge]

So I just discovered your channel YESterDaY and now I want to read every single book you talk about. 😂

[Dezertroze]

In high school we read The Woman in White; Rebecca; Silas Marner; The Scarlet Pimpernel; Great Expectations; ❤❤❤Then re-read them all as an adult and fell in love all over again. Thank u for ur channel.

[theresas]

I have never heard of Captain Blood. You talking about Rebecca and To Kill a Mocking Bird makes me want to reread them this year. They are two of my most favorite books ever.

[Sifaria]

Merle Oberon and Leslie Howard did a marvelous rendition of The Scarlet Pimpernel😃

[summerlakephotog]

A Study in Scarlet blew me away. I’m an Anglophile but also a resident of the Great Basin Desert which I love. I was amazed to discover that much of this novel is set in my Wild West “stomping grounds.” It’s a detective novel, western and Mormon historical fiction.

[severianthefool]

Hey man, your subscriber count has more than tripled since this video came out a year ago! Can’t wait to see it grow even more

[jemmills]

Just read Rebecca, One of the greatest pieces of literature I have ever read. Thank you for these recommendations. Looking forward to another one from the list.

[kidus]

I just finished 'A Month in the Country' based on your recommendation and it was an absolute treat. I don't think I can describe it better than you did. The last paragraph is one of the most touching things I've ever read.

[BoomerBookings-yfde]

I just yesterday finished THE WOMAN IN WHITE. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it and you are right I did sit up reading it at night.

[niraakara]

I am so glad you covered Wodehouse who is indeed a classic writer even if not in the traditional sense of what people think of when they consider classics. His wit is just unmatched!
I’ve read most of Jeeves series and the Blandings series and watched the TV series numerous times and still going back to it. Hugh Laurie’s portrayal of Wooster is just special and of course Stephen Fry’s Jeeves! I had borrowed Pigs have wings (from the Blandings series .i think) instead of my college books and was reading it sitting in every corner of the college (because I couldn’t wait to finish it!) and was laughing till my belly ached (by myself!). Be warned if you try to read it when a class is going on, you’re sure to get caught.

[smalltown]

Rebecca is great book and film. I highly recommend the Alfred Hitchcock/ David O Selznick version from 1940, starring Laurence Olivier as Maxim and Joan Fontaine as the new wife. Black and white of course but looks a million dollars, the best Danvers I’ve seen. I like your take on the classics and the different types and styles for different levels and experience of them, it makes a lot more sense than someone just rattling off recommendations for Don Quixote, Crime & Punishment and other giant tomes. Reading is a process and a journey. I started by reading comics as a child and wasn’t a very good student at school, a bit of a handful, my teachers would say, but I always read and still do. Middlemarch or Anna Karenina is next, after my current read. It’s taken me 58 years to get to these, well worth the effort though. I still read thrillers, espionage, serial killer paperbacks too and enjoy them very much, but to me they are dinner, whereas the classics I read are my dessert.

[MariaTrevor]

For those of us who want to take this list along to the library!
12 classic books to read ( by Tristan and the classics)

Daphne du Maurier - Rebecca
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Raphael Sabatini - Captain Blood
Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes/A Study in Scarlet
Jerome K. Jerome - Three men in a boat
Baroness Orczy - Scarlet Pimpernel
Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey
George Eliot - Silas Marner
Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White
P.G.Wodehouse - The world of Psmith Omnibus
JL Carr - A month in the Country
Huxley - Brave new world
Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Christo

[shermanbrendaoraas]

I am so frustrated. I am unable to read books anymore but have loved reading all my life. My library has all the books but not as audiobooks. So now I’m frustrated. Thank you, Tristan, I love to hear you talking about books.

[lindahoover]

Great list! Already in my stack to read: "A Study in Scarlet" and "Great Expectations". I've read "To Kill a Mockingbird" several times, but will reread. I've also read "Rebecca" quite a few times. Ordered just now: "Captain Blood" and "Three Men in a Boat." I've listened to "Woman in White" and didn't care for it - but I plan on reading it, regardless. The others that caught my attention: "Northanger Abbey, " "Silas Marner" (I've only listened to this one) and "A Month in the Country." Thanks for re-introducing me to my love of reading - which was laid aside 39 years ago when I started having children. I'm flashing back to what life was like in early life when I had a book with me at all times. I'm happy to say that, thanks to you, I'm again reading constantly when not at work or in the kitchen: in the early morning, late into the night, and while in line at the bank and grocery stores. Audiobooks filled in a huge gap for me over the years and I'm grateful for them - but it's just not the same experience as lingering over the word.

[Gwyndon]

Yes! We need a video for building a classic library

[ellenful]

I’m in the middle of Don Quixote. Loving 🥰 it. I have to go slow because of the way Cervantes has written it. Lots of new vocabulary for me. I’m becoming emotionally involved now with the beloved “knight errant”. We touch on all the books of chivalry from the past. We look at the history of Spain 🇪🇸 🌎 at that time. Anyway…❤ and cheers 🥂 to the Knight of the Mournful Countenance! By the way one of my favorite songs is The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha. 🎤 singing it as I take my walks.

[Lu.G.]

So many of my favorites! I *love* Rebecca, A Study in Scarlet, To Kill A Mockingbird, Great Expectations, Three Men in a Boat, The Woman in White and while I have only read *Leave it to Psmith*, * I love Wodehouse. I do consider myself to be a Janeite and you're right - Northanger Abbey is at the bottom of my list. However, hearing you talk about it makes me want to give it another re-read! 📚 Now I just need to get to reading the other books from your wonderful list! 🤓 Thank you for this, Tristan! 👏🏻

[bxp_bass]

I hated reading in school because of... school (which I hate to this day and I'm 34) But suddenly I found Captain Blood in my house and I played videogames about pirates a lot. So, I started to read. And I was blown away - I read all days for the week until I read all Captain Blood novels and I never ever experienced something like this. It was absolutely transcendental.
Since that time I read books. But CB to this day is one of the best things I've ever read.