7 amazing novels to accelerate your English learning.

 

 

Reading is arguably the most effective strategy and the fastest way to improve language skills in short time. By reading novels you can hone your vocabulary skills and ability to use diverse sentence structures and more importantly reading novel is a fun as it is entertaining.

 

Here is our list of favorite novels to enhance your English language skill fast.

 

Make sure to have a dictionary on hand while reading!

1.   Gulliver’s Travels– Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels is an exciting story telling the  adventures of a practical minded Englishman called Gulliver. The tale takes you through fantasy world of Lilliputians and Yahoos at same time reflecting political reality of 18^th century. While reading this classic, you will come across words like diminutive, lingua franca, victuals, and expedient. It is one of the masterpieces of the literature and lets the reader to be familiarized with novel expressions.

 

2 . The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame

This children novel is set in English pastorals of Edwardian era. The novel unfolds the adventures and the loveable tale of animals like Mole, Toad, Badger and Rat that live by banks of river Thames. The language style of Grahame is as pleasing as a melody and his vivid imagination makes the novel gratifying for the readers of all ages. Imperiously, ramble, copse, meander, sinuous are some of the words you learn as you read the novel.

              

3. Lord of the Flies – William Golding 

Lord of the Flies is a fantastic novel written novel by noble laureate William Golding. The novel is an adventurous tale of boys who were trapped in an uninhabited island and how they fight for survival in the absence of elders to guide them. Through the characters Ralph, Piggy and Simon, the author explored the landscape of human psychology. A must read for lovers of fiction and I’s sure that you’ll not miss out either.

4.The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway

This all time great novel by Ernest Hemingway is written in precise and uncomplicated writing style. Hence it is highly recommended for English language learners to develop their communication skills. It is a tale about a brave old man goes to sea for an adventurous fishing and his victorious battle with a giant marlin.  Hemingway’s vivid description and poetic narration lets the English learner to grasp the usage of some power packed words like iridescent, imperceptible, rapier e.t.c

5. Animal Farm – George Orwell

This allegorical novella by George Orwell is an interesting tale from animal world. It is about rebellious farm animals that drive away their master and hope to create a new world order for equality, liberty and happiness.

 Eventually, they find that the rebellion becomes a betrayal under the tyranny of a pig named Napoleon and they find that their situation is worse than they were under humans. 

The novel is a political allegory on communist regime under Stalin and it appeals to the readership of all ages

6. To kill a mockingbird - Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird is a masterpiece by the American author Harper Lee. This Pulitzer award winning best seller is set in 1930s in Maycomb. You should not miss this beautifully told tale narrated by the 6 year old protagonist Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch. The novel has an emotionally powerful story painted by intense words that helps the learner to boost their vocabulary power. Some of the most interesting words used in this novel are Malevolent, Antagonize, Chiffarobe, Assuaged etc.

 

7.  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon

This mystery novel by Mark Haddon tells the improbable story of an autism affected boy Christopher’s Sherlock-like investigation of a dog’s murder. It is a humorous tale of the boy who knows prime numbers and remembers country names along with the capital but has no human emotions. The captivating story is told from the boy’s perspective and hence it is easy for a beginner to understand this interesting novel.