How to improve english Watching movies and reading books- Lists of top media creations and novels for improving Vocabulary:
List of 7 best short novels ( Novella ):
1) The Great Gatsby
2) The Old Man and the Sea
3) Siddhartha
4) The Catcher in the Rye
5) The Importance of Being Earnest
6) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
7) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
List of 7 best novels to increase vocabulary:
1) The Lord of the Rings
2) Romeo and Juliet
3) Holy Bible: King James Version
4) One Hundred Years of Solitude
5) Anna Karenina
6) Don Quixote
7) The Brothers Karamazov
List of top 7 books ( Fiction / Non-fiction ) to boost your vocabulary:
1) The Odyssey by Homer
2) The Aeneid by Virgil
3) The Castle by Franz Kafka
4) Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
5) Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
6) The 50 Classics series by Tom Butler-Bowdon
7) Freakonomics by Steven Levitt
List of best books on 8 specific fields:
Geeks- Ender's Game By Orson Scott Cardor
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Nerds- Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by N N Taleb
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward Tufte
Doctors- How Doctors Think by Jerome Gro opman
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures: Stories by Vincent Lam
Advocates- Storytelling for Lawyers by Philip N. Meyer
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Art Professionals- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors by Giorgio Vasari
Literature students- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Entrepreneurs- Screw It, Let's Do It by Richard Branson
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
Media Fellows: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man by Marshall McLuhan
List of 7 best movies for a sophisticated vocabulary:
1) The Big Lebowski (1998)
2) Closer (2004)
3) Stalag 17 (1953)
4) Double Indemnity (1944
5) My Dinner with Andre (1981)
6) Exam (2009)
7) V for Vendetta (2005)
List of best movies on 8 specific fields:
1. Geeks- A beautiful mind or The Imitation Game
2. Nerds- Star Trek or the social network
3. Docs- Awakenings or Something the Lord Made
4. Advocates- 12 Angry Men or A Few Good Men
5. Art Professionals- The Best Offer or The Adventures of Picasso
6. Literature students- Pride and Prejudice or The Man in the Iron Mask
7. Entrepreneurs- Blitzscaling 01 by Greylock partners or Pirates of silicon valley
8. Media Fellows: Network or Anchorman
Terms:
· Novel- A novel is a fictional narrative. It is typically longer than short stories.
· Novella- Work of fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel.
· Blizscaling- This term is related to German word blitzkrieg which means lightning war. A fast and heavy attack resulting in quick victory.
Legal Notice:
· Movies given here have different ratings in different countries, so read film certificate and ratings before watching any movie.
· Also before reading books, search on google about it. Some books mentioned might have adult or violent content.
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