7 books that every author should read (you’ll be surprised with #1)
7. The Sun Also Rises Hemingway’s debut novel about a group of British and American expats - the Lost Generation - in 1920s France and Spain is arguably his greatest work. Perhaps the finest example of ‘show’ not ‘tell’, it documents Bret and Jake ’s romance (the brilliance is you really have to interpret this) in the years immediately after WW1, together with the hedonistic lifestyle that all too many of them lead. Featuring Hemingway’s distinctive- avoid similes and metaphors at all costs - prose style, it’s a novel that should be on every author’s reading list. Literary gold dust. 6. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone/Sorcerer’s Stone JK Rowling ’s eponymous debut propelled her to the top of the bestseller charts and international literary fame. It maybe a children’s (well middle grade) book but word for word it’s one of the best novels out there. Never have so many great protagonists and antagonists (don’t you dare reject the Dark Lord!) been thrust together in j...
