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Frankenstein. Best book ever. I taught it a few years ago as part of women in lit course. It’s a fascinating work that has a lot going on in the background between Percy Shelley and Mary.

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Susan A's avatar

I am really enjoying War & Peace especially given world events. I bought the book after Putin's invasion and then felt daunted by its sheer size when I went to start it. I fortuitously Googled 'why should you read War & Peace' and stumbled across your post of nearly the same name. I signed up in April and had quite a lot of catching up to do, but it was totally doable given the pace of the assignment. I'm now up to date and really enjoying the weekly posts which give great insight, observations and historical context (more links welcome in that area!). I would definitely pursue this project again with another book. I have never read "Frankenstein" and with all the recent political references, that would top my list, but the others all seem good as well. Thank you Jeremy!

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