After you read “The Odyssey”, wait 6 months and then read Charles Frasier’s “Cold Mountain”.

Other books that stuck with me:

“Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe

“Eat a Bowl of Tea” Louis Chu

“There Eyes We’re Watching God” Zora Neale Hurston

“A Suitable Boy” Vikram Seth (very long)

“Collected Poems” Langston Hughes

“Pillars of the Earth” Ken Follett

“The God of Small Things” Arundhari Roy

“Another Country” James Baldwin

“A Fine Balance” Mistry