Finally picked up Grapes of Wrath, and damn is it good. Steinbeck has such beautiful prose when he’s not writing southern dialect.
What other classics are still compelling today? If it’s any help, I don’t really dig Vonnegut, Asimov, and Huxley.
For Whom the Bell Tolls. Protagonist is fighting fascists
If you want to stick with some more Steinbeck check out East of Eden. One the best books I’ve ever read. I like Steinbeck a lot though. Also, Shirley Jackson and Flannery O’Connor are excellent
In the reading days of my youth I remember liking Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Also autocorrect tried to change his name to Ray Headbutt :data-laughing:
Steinbeck’s Of Mice & Men is a good quick read.
I still think To Kill a Mockingbird and Great Gatsby hold up well.
And the Waters Still Run by Angie Debo might be up your alley.
Have heard good things about The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah but personally have not read it yet.
