Vlog: Classic Books which are Fun (and Painless) to Read (Part 1)



Classic Books which are Fun (and Painless) to Read (Part 2)



This is essentially just the video version of this list I published back in 2013: Classic Books Which Are Actually Fun to Read

For links to all the books referenced, see below.  (This includes not only the books on the list, but links to all the books I referenced in the video.)

Kim by Rudyard Kipling
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2010/04/kim-by-rudyard-kipling.html

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer-by-mark.html

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn-by.html

Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2015/11/tom-sawyer-abroad-by-mark-twain.html

Tom Sawyer Detective by Mark Twain
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2015/11/tom-sawyer-detective-by-mark-twain.html

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2007/01/connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs.html

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2012/11/around-world-in-eighty-days-by-jules.html

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2013/10/journey-to-center-of-earth-by-jules.html

Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume 1 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2007/01/sherlock-holmes-complete-novels-and.html

Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume 2 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2016/04/sherlock-holmes-complete-novels-and.html

The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2006/04/lost-world-by-sir-arthur-conan-doyle.html

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/03/treasure-island-by-robert-louis.html

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr.html

Kidnapped and Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/09/kidnapped-and-catriona-by-robert-louis.html

The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-black-arrow-by-robert-louis.html

Peter Pan
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4vL4WijnDUC0nWGQddTVcl

George Orwell's Essays:
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/09/george-orwell-essays.html

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-time-machine-by-hg-wells.html

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/10/war-of-worlds-by-hg-wells.html

An Arsene Lupin Omnibus by Maurice Leblanc
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2016/05/an-arsene-lupin-omnibus-by-maurice.html

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-three-musketeers-by-alexandre-dumas.html

Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2013/11/twenty-years-after-by-alexandre-dumas.html

The Vicomte De Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-vicomte-de-bragelonne-by-alexandre.html

Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/03/ten-years-later-by-alexandre-dumas.html

Louise de la Valliere by Alexandre Dumas
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/05/louise-de-la-valliere-by-alexandre-dumas.html

The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-man-in-iron-mask-by-alexandre-dumas.html

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-count-of-monte-cristo-by-alexandre.html

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2009/10/war-and-peace-by-leo-tolstoy.html

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2006/01/crime-and-punishment-by-fyodor.html
Video Review HERE: https://youtu.be/qio83jy-HXc

The Karamazov Brothers by Fyodor Dostoevsky
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-karamazov-brothers-by-fyodor.html

The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-age-of-reason-by-thomas-paine.html

God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2012/05/god-is-not-great-how-religion-poisons.html

The Iliad
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2010/10/defending-iliad.html

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2005/06/random-thoughts.html

The Trojan War by Olivia Coolidge:
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2005/06/because-im-bored-at-school-and-i-have.html

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2006/05/catch-22-by-joseph-heller.html

A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2007/01/martian-tales-trilogy-by-edgar-rice.html

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