22 Classics to Read in 2022

It's time to get to some classic books that I've been meaning to read for years. Here I discuss 22 novels and books of fiction that have special anniversaries or new film versions in 2022. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.

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Classic Books discussed & purchase links:

Ulysses by James Joyce

All About H. Hatterr: A Gesture by G V Desani

Kindred by Octavia E Butler

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy

1984 by George Orwell

They by Kay Dick

The Castle by Franz Kafka

Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu

Transparent Things by Vladimir Nabokov

Macbett by Eugene Ionesco

Kangaroo by DH Lawrence

Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf

The Wasteland by TS Eliot

The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

Siddhartha – Hermann Hesse

The Real Story of Ah-Q and other tales of China by Lu Xun

Manual of Painting & Calligraphy - Jose Saramago

In Search of Lost Books by Giorgio van Straten

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[lukemillett]

1:26 Ulysses
4:01 All About H. Hatterr A Gesture
6:00 Kindred
7:10 Middlemarch
7:46 Persuasion
8:50 Moll Flanders
10:15 Under The Greenwood Tree
11:43 Nineteen Eighty-Four
12:46 They
13:48 The Castle
15:00 Babbitt
15:40 In a Glass Darkly
16:16 Transparent Things
17:14 Macbett
18:06 Kangaroo
18:57 Jacob's Room
20:07 The Waste Land
21:08 The Garden Party and Other Stories
22:13 Siddhartha
22:43 The Real Story of Ah-Q and other Tales of China
23:30 Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
24:29 In search of lost books

[purplecrayon]

I was able to read Middlemarch while detained at Her Majesty's pleasure. Thoroughly enjoyed it. The book that is, not so much the detainment.

[dee]

Thank you Mr. Anderson! I have read some of your recommendations, but have a lot of catching up to do. Happy New Year!

[elizzievb]

Have read many of these books and found your suggestions interesting. Thank you for posting this - enjoyed it so much and you have a very bubbly and engaging persona that made it all the more fun! ❤

[trishbirchard]

Honey,
Whatever you suggest !
You are adorable .
As someone who has frittered away many hours in fiction this will be lots of fun ; am only four minutes into your presentation and can't wait to watch what books appear .
Don't change, Eric.

[rashone]

Thanks for this presentation..I’ve read some of these books quite some time ago...I’m going to try Lu Un and especially Jose Saramango....

[inarticulable]

I was so shocked to see This is the Canon in your video because I was thinking of getting it :D Happy New Year!

[kirstenelizabeth]

I had no interest in Moll Flanders....untill you read that title! I laughed out loud! Maybe I will get to that one day!!!

[JentheLibrarianreads]

I’ve not read much Austen but I really loved Persuasion so I do hope you like it too.

[suzannevaliantis]

Eric Karl Anderson thank you for covering Classic Literature luv the video this is exactly what I've decided to do for 2022 read all the classics out there even the modern ones.

[binglamb]

What was it in 1922 that made it such a watershed year for great books?

[mariatavares]

I love Saramago too but I'm portuguese. Wish you all the best for 2022.

[oconeemercantile]

Thank you for this list of suggestions.

[thebookishbryants]

I am reading Middlemarch in 2022 as well! We put up a similar video, but with a bunch of tomes I want to read next year.
Persuasion is my wife's favorite novel, and she was happy to see you will be reading it.

Good luck on your classics reading in 2022, sir!!

Scott.

[judica]

I am so happy to have found your channel. There's not enough space in comments to describes my love for classic books & my never-ending search for re-reads, not yet read & never heard of. I've made a list of the not yet reads & not heard of & I'll be on the lookout for them at my favorite book stores; which are thrift stores.
When Jane Austen began writing her friend (& admirer) suggested she read Henry Fielding's Tom Jones for inspiration instead of the female authors of the time. I'm glad she took the advise because the "flavor" of Tom Jones is evident in all her novels. Tom Jones is also an excellent classic read as are Camus The Plague, Voltaire's Candid & anything written by Dostoyevsky, just to mention a few. I'm so looking forward to reading your list & following your channel. Thank You.

[cozycomfy]

Was glad to see Sinclar Lewis included. Thoroughly enjoyed Babbitt..Main Street my favorite. You're the first book reviewer to include Lewis...don't understand why he's not more popular.

[cmmosher]

I haven't really jived with Austen myself either but I picked up Northanger Abbey last year so I am going to give her another try.

[susanm]

Good selection of titles. Glad that you will read Kindred. Butler is an excellent writer. Last year I read Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, and before the 2016 election It Can't Happen Here, and definitely want to read more of his works. For me 2022 is going to be the year of tomes: Anna Karenina, The Master and Margarita, The Portrait of a Lady (this year read Daisy Miller and Washington Square and James is not as intimidating as I feared), East of Eden, and the last 3 volumes of The Barchester Chronicles. Also have three short novels, The Tenant of Wildfeld Hall, Fathers and Sons, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, which I hope to get to.

[Lynne-]

Thanks for your enthusiastic INSPIRATION!

[shulamussnug]

Knowing that there are explanatory notes for Ulysses encourages me to try it. I’ve always avoided it because it is so big! Thanks.