/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.3200617]

So my younger sibling is starting to get into reading, they are eleven and have read and enjoyed A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet and are currently reading Pride and Prejudice. What works can I give them to help cultivate this pleasure from reading as they go through school? I'd like to steer away from YA stuff.

I'm trying to think of things to give them now, and things to give to them when they are older.

[Franz !!8ZELb56UWUx No.3200621]

Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
Silas Marner by George Eliot
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

[Anonymous No.3200625]

Here's a list of literary classics I can think of that those around 12-13 could enjoy.

Candide
Treasure Island
The works of H.G. Wells and Verne
Sherlock Holmes' stories
The Lost World - Doyle
The Little Prince


Hope I helped

[Anonymous No.3200629]

>>3200621
I wouldn't recommend any of these.

>do Bleak House by Dickens instead
>no Eliot yet
>Sophie's World is good only if said sibling is inclined towards philo
>no Dracula (Frankenstein is better, or try Poe or Lovecraft)
>Dorian Gray is a better fit since it is so short yet so stimulating

[Anonymous No.3200642]

The Iliad by Homer
The Odyssey by Homer
The Aeneid by Virgil
Metamorphoses by Ovid
Shahnameh by Ferdowsi
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
The Book of Five Rings by Musashi
Artashastra by Kautilya

[Anonymous No.3200646]

Watership Down
The Thief of Always

[Anonymous No.3200647]

>>3200642
Got more where that came from?

[Anonymous No.3200649]

>>3200642
I know these may sound kind of advanced for 11yo, but my dad and bro made me start reading some of these when I was that age. So it's from personal experience

[Anonymous No.3200656]

>>3200647
Beowulf, Epic of Gilgamesh
can't think of any more off the top of my head

[Anonymous No.3200659]

>>3200647
Machiavelli also wrote an Art of War (and obviously the Prince should be added). Also try Anabasis by Xenophon

[Anonymous No.3200660]

>>3200649
Thanks, I'm worried I might overwhelm them and deter them from reading, I'll take your word for it. I think since they enjoyed Shakey a jump to some of what you mentioned wouldn't be too great.

[Anonymous No.3200669]

>>3200660
the first five are the mythology of the respective cultures, so they were pretty interesting and thus easy to get into. the last three are more philosophical, so you could probably hold off on those if they don't seem interested in that as much.

[Anonymous No.3200679]

When I was 10, I read Beyond the Deepwoods
Fuck all this clever shit, get them to read an awesome illustrated novel
Dat shit was cray

[Anonymous No.3200717]

Kafka and Orwell short stories.

Catcher and Bell Jar when they're older.

[Anonymous No.3200724]

Thanks for the recs guys, will be going through and looking for stuff for them to read. I remember I loved reading but had a distinct gap since I had no clue what to read, hopefully I can have them reading without this break.