10 Brilliant Novels that Students Must Read

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George Orwell’s satirical novel Animal Farm sees a group of farm animals rise up against a totalitarian human farmer to create a worker’s utopia.

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Brene Brown’s nonfiction book considered 87 human emotions and ties them to common experiences for context purposes.

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Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment examines alienation and morality—two key themes for college students.

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East of Eden, a novel about two intertwining families and their struggles with morality, loss, and life, is an ideal book for college students.

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In Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom, the Berglund family struggles with infidelity and adolescent rebellion.

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Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist, originally written in Portuguese, details a young man named Santiago’s quest to locate an Egyptian treasure after envisioning it in a dream.

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The Nickel Boys, a novel by Colson Whitehead based on true events, takes place at a reform school during the Jim Crow-era in America.

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In Allison Larkin’s coming-of-age novel the People We Keep, a 16-year-old girl flees her family in search of a new home and meaning.

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Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit is a self-help book that explores how routines affect people’s behaviors.

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Kahneman explores why humans may make types of decisions in certain scenarios, including our biases and ability to respond to external factors.

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