The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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This is a book that's pretty commonly read and analyzed in schools, and I can totally understand the complaints of it being boring and such. But if you haven'r read it in school, read it, and if you have, read it again.

The Great Gatsby is narrated by a young man named Nick, who comes to New York in the 1920s to try and make some money. He buys a small house, next to a fabulous mansion inhabited by the mysterious Jay Gatsby, and home to lavish parties every Summer night. As the book goes on, we learn more about both Gatsby's lifestyle now, and his tragic and murky past.

This book is about as close as you can get to reading a movie. The imagery is stunning, and even if you have to read each chapter twice, or three times, or seven, the beauty, meaning, tragedy and power of it will reach every aspect of you.

This book may have been written close to 100 years ago, but I honestly believe it transcends time.