World Literature Suggestions

[sophiescat]

My mother is looking for books by authors who are neither American nor British who she can recommend to high school students (think summer reading type assignments).     She is especially looking for the sort of genre fiction (romance, sci-fi, mystery) that would appeal to reluctant readers or really those people who are never going to be English

Comments

[reginafuroris]

Alexandre Dumas was the author that I was addicted to in high school due to teacher Ralph. Good fictions in historical context. :)

Can't think of others, but I may.

[elwe]

parelle also recommends Dumas's short fiction and The Little Prince.

[elwe]

And Phantom of the Opera and Jules Verne. And now she says she'll try to think of some non-French stuff.

[madmyndi]

I second the Jules Verne. Journey to the Center of the Earth and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea were just GREAT. There are also fabulous 1950's movies versions of those two books, which can be fun for follow-ups.

[madmyndi]

I also rushed upstairs again to recommend the Little Prince, but I see I'm too late, so will second it, instead.