'Reading Recommendations'

Reading is the food of a writer. Reading is what allows us to improve our writing without having to leave our seats and this puts all those that say we can’t improve our writing unless we engage in interactive activities to shame. If you don’t enjoy reading and do not read frequently then are you really a writer? Reader = better writer; remember that.
So, with that said, I’ve worked with Amazon’s best sellers and recommendations to compile my own little list of reads that would help you to improve your writing. It could be so that these tomes of knowledge bear in their leaves some of the best writing styles you’ve ever read and you may well want to learn from these styles. Perhaps the writer was a master of rhetoric and this would allow you to learn more about the technicalities of writing. Accessing the words imprinted within these pages grants you with the ability to write with mastery.
To begin, I have put in first place: ‘Great Expectations’ by Charles Dickens – a personal favourite of mine. It’s a tale of avarice, a mysterious and unanticipated benefactor with a suspiciously substantial amount of money, and unrequited love with a girl that can’t keep her cold heart from expressing its ice. Finally, and undoubtedly, it’s a tale of great expectations. Within, you’ll find much to learn and find confirmation that – as literary humanist theory argues – that literature is, indeed, a reflection of human life/disposition.
Next on the list is an Amazon recommendation – ‘The Magus’ by John Fowles. This book explores the complexities of the human mind in a sublime setting of a Greek Island.
On a completely different page, we have ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ by the one and only Oscar Wilde. This is a story of handsomeness and how it envelops a man. It takes Dorian Gray to levels of excessive pride, which could be deemed his hamartia. Dorian is oft heartless to those who care about him and the story allows us to assess the way in which the reader treats others, and if we find with maltreatment, what can we do about it before we stab a painting of ourselves?
In fourth place, we have ‘The Fault in our Starts’ by John Green. This book revolves around the magic and hope that love can bring to even the bleakest of times. With its plot twists and unpredictability, you can be sure to read this with an endless smile. Though to beware, for some readers have told that John Green’s books portray life in too much of a realistic manner and has ensured people begin to discover the reality of the world in which we live.
Last, we have the grand Shakespeare – all his works are tales that cannot be bettered. Simply because good old Shakespeare is in 5^th place, does not mean I regard his works as some of the lesser. In fact, I believe that direct opposite. He is a master and by reading just one of his poems or plays, you are bound to be inspired and will learn endless amounts of magic that will help you develop your writing skill without doubt.