Dec 23, 2009

60 | What Do I Read Next?

Some critics consider E. M. Forster’s controversial A Passage to India (1924) to be one of the author’s greatest novels. The book, which was published in the racially tense times when India was still under British control, examines whether or not it is possible for members of the two cultures to be friends.

In Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, originally published in 1923, the author and mystic offers his philosophy on many topics, including love, marriage, and religion. The narrative takes place in a sandy, timeless place that is similar to the metaphysical...