<p>My cousin came over to my house and gave me the book, "Of Mice and Men". I read it and studied it and wow, was I blown away. I cried at the end and realized many things about life. Are there any other books that is like Of Mice and Men? I don't know. I started to read books by Steinbeck but I think of mice and men was a masterpiece. Are there any other books suggestions?</p>
<p>The question is, what is it that moved you so much about Of Mice and Men? If you like Steinbeck's style, try Winter of our Discontent. If it's the struggle of man against the tide of history, I would also recommend Styron, Sophie's Choice. If the classic Greek tragedy tale (which appeals to all of us, or should) is on your list, try Wolfe, Bonfire of the Vanities. These are all more-or-less contemporary stories that have all the attributes of timelessness.</p>
<p>It seems these days many schools don't assign the classics, so the literature classes have been rather rudderless. If you haven't already read them, try some Hemingway (The Old Man and the Sea and For Whom the Bell Tolls), Dickens (A Tale of Two Cities especially, and also Great Expectations), Flaubert (Madame Bovary), and of course, The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald.</p>
<p>I agree with The Great Gatsby. I love that book.</p>
<p>Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (great book especially for teenagers)
Brave New World by Huxley (dystopia, great classic)
Awakening by Chopin (i like it but if you don't like flowery language, skip this book)
Black Boy by Wright (about a African-American boy, I really really like this book)
Catch-22 by Heller (one of the most confusing book I've ever read but it is well worth the effort)
Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck (I am not much of a Steinbeck fan, but there are certain chapters that I really like)
1984 by Orwell (a great classic novel)</p>
<p>For a very contemporary classic take a look at Walter Mosley's Man in my Basement.</p>
<p>Rexrun:</p>
<p>I remember how wonderful I thought Of Mice and Men was when I read it in high school. There are some great suggestions above. Some more titles: Albert Camus, The Stranger; Stendhal, The Red and the Black; Robert Graves, Good-Bye to All That and Pat Barker's WWI trilogy (Regeneration, An Eye Through the Door, and the Ghost Road); Tim O'Brien, The Things they Carried and Going After Cacciato; Richard Wright, Native Son; Ralph Ellis, Invisible Man; Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day.</p>
<p>Happy reading.</p>
<p>Thank You Soooo Much!!!</p>
<p>My suggestion is Of Human Bondage. Amazing. It's long (600 pages) but the main character Philip can be relatable to every single person. I don't want to give too much away though...</p>
<p>I also reccomend:
The Metamorphosis
The Grapes of Wrath
Inherit the Wind (play)
Anthem by Ayn Rand</p>
<p>I, too loved Of Mice and Men on multiple levels.</p>
<p>I see... I started reading Grape of Wrath... very very interesting. I did read Black Boy and that book was marvelous in my opinion. I am possibly going to read all the book you guys have suggested to me. Thank You everybody! Any other suggestions will be appreciated!</p>
<p>I can't believe everyone has ignored Stenbeck's best book: East of Eden.</p>
<p>I agree with East of Eden, my favorite Stienbeck. I'd also recommend: Sometimes a Great Notion & One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey), A River Runs Through It (Norman MacLean); One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez); Bee Season (Myla Goldberg); and My Year of Meats (Ruth Ozeki). I hear the Bee Season has been made into a movie with Richard Gere. While two of the above books have been made into decent movies (Nest & River), I can't imagine that's possible with Bee Season.</p>
<p>I've never cried because of a book. East of Eden is the sole exception. </p>
<p>I also suggest some non-fiction like Guns, Germs, and Steel.</p>