I'm going to read a book (I know the plot): Homer's epic, Ten Years, Divine Comedy, Arabian Nights, Eugene onegin, anna karenine, Good Friends, Doll's House, Gitankari, Ulysses, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Catch-21 and Prince.
Movies seen: The Da Vinci Code, Diving Bell and Butterfly, Night Interview with Vampires, Colors of Heaven, Blue Sea and Blue Sky, Hoh Xil, World, Past Events in the West, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler List, Past Events in America, Godfather, The Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, Rock Breaking and Inland Sea.
The movie I want to see (I know the plot): City of God, Killing Bill, Bonnie and Clyde, New York Gangster, Reservoir Dogs, The Truman Show, Beautiful Mind, Lawrence of Arabia, Ben Xu, Muhammad Ali.
The above is the answer I gave when I answered other people's questions before. I copied it directly. For reference, my favorite is Jane Eyre.
Because you said "start", I guess you haven't seen much foreign literature before? Then my suggestion is that you should read some short stories first, such as Memories of Time, which is too long and difficult to remember, making people reluctant to read, so you can read Chekhov and Europe first. According to Henry's book, there is Kafka. Although his works are few, his influence on later literature is far-reaching. In addition, it is not recommended that you read some complicated or dark works first, which may easily lead to dyslexia. The Little Prince, Charlotte's Web, Bluebird, Daddy Long Legs and Travel in Your Room are all fairy tales, but they have profound implications. I don't know if you will like them. I think they look relaxed and moved.
Jane Eyre, How Steel was Tempered, Unbearable Lightness in Life, The Old Man and the Sea, The Catcher in the Rye, Oliver Twist, etc. These books are worth reading again and again. I find it a little hard to understand. It takes a long time to understand and read them well (in fact, I haven't understood The Old Man and the Sea yet), but compared with their value, those times are short.
If you don't hate poetry, then Shelley, Byron and Tagore are all good choices. If you like detective stories, Arthur Conan Doyle, agatha christie, ellery queen and john dickson carr are not to be missed. There is also a Japanese writer named Seicho Matsumoto, but I haven't read his works. I only know that he is one of the three great masters of mystery literature.
Then, anne rice, an American contemporary novelist, wrote a lot of vampire novels, and she was known as the "mother of vampires". The most famous is Interview with Vampires at Night, which was later adapted into a movie starring Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise.
Do you like watching movies? If you like, you can find some movies adapted from famous works to increase your interest in reading the original works, such as Dancer in the Dark, david copperfield, Vanity Fair, Piano Teacher, Million Pounds, Gone with the Wind and so on. Although it's a little uncomfortable, it doesn't hurt to watch it. The biggest advantage of movies is "fast".
Finally, I will give you a website. Someone listed a translation library on Douban, and I don't have the patience. You can find the books you are interested in, all of which have a brief introduction: /doulist/ 17 1368/? start = 125 & amp； Filter =