I speak English and some Spanish. When I'm wanting to read in Spanish, I usually stick to poetry or books that code-switch back and forth. Typically something like Pablo Neruda where the English / Spanish versions of the poem are on opposite pages or books that have Spanish words in them. I'd say, pick your favorite book to re-read in your native language and then try that one in English.

Fahrenheit 451

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco. Many would recommend his more famous work, The Name of the Rose, but I think this one is much more readable.

Fifth Business by Robertson Davies.

Impressive list. I think I need to start reading more.

Beloved

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Its not for everyone, thats for sure

Good list but I would switch out The Stand for The Shining. I would also replace a lot of the childrens books with some more Faulkner, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, etc…

quicksand and/or passing by nella larsen

the heart is a lonely hunter by carson mccullers

stone butch blues by leslie feinberg

rubyfruit jungle by rita mae brown

not without laughter by langston hughes

plum bun by jessie fauset

the violent bear it away by flannery o connor

the house of spirits by isabel allende

oreo by fran ross

Suggesting A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul. Considered one of the great Caribbean classics by a Nobel prize winner.

Eu estou fazendo isso, entendendo pelo contexto e deixando umas palavras que não sei de lado justamente pela preguiça de ficar procurando haha Então você é italiano? que interessante! Qual foi o maior desafio de leitura até agora no português?

Ehhh... Seems unnecessary.

Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton is one I love and was very important for obvious reasons. Begs the question if a book from 1990 can be a classic yet. One of my favorite movies of all time but the book is so much better.

If you want to read a specific book but it's too hard, read a translation in your mother tongue first and then reread in your target language. But otherwise find an easier and more engaging book.

Kindred, by Octavia Butler

Goodreads description:

>The first science fiction written by a black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of black American literature. This combination of slave memoir, fantasy, and historical fiction is a novel of rich literary complexity. Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland. After saving a drowning white boy there, she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transported back to the present just in time to save her life. During numerous such time-defying episodes with the same young man, she realizes the challenge she’s been given...

ETA: Wow, I've read 36 of those (and given up on a few others). It's a really good list, but some are much longer/more dense than others. Funny seeing The Second Sex and The Old Man And The Sea on the same list. One you could finish on a long train journey, the other... you can't. Unless the train is taking you to Siberia.

I’ve read both and The Remains of the Day was way better.

You're welcome! :D I hope you enjoy your next read in English

The Player of Games, Iain M. Banks

Thank you for that, I think I'm gonna drop that book and look up for another one that isn't so dull like this one, you're right – the writing is really hard to understand I have to look up a lot of words, and thank you again for correcting me on that word.

Well, if you can speak English than you can read it, maybe with some problems but you can.
Just be aware that it will take a LONG time if you compare it to reading in you own language. You'll need to look up a fair amount of words you don't know (for us foreigners the most problematic ones are adjectives, because we use very little variety of them in day to day use).
Don't try to ignore the words you don't know unless they are very easy to tell from the meaning of the sentence. That's the only piece of advice I can give.

Você é brasileiro então? Eu tô morando aqui e esses conselhos usei também para começar a ler em português.. mesmo assim ainda não cheguei na velocidade que tenho lendo o italiano!

I think Hemingway's books aren't good choices for someone who is new to reading in English. I've been reading books in English for years and I still would have some trouble with those. Beginning with something simpler, especially with books you've read already in your native language. I started with Harry Potter, a lot of fanfiction, and books for children and young adults. Have a good dictionary handy, but don't bother with it much. It'll frustrate you. Try to understand the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases from context first.

My best tip is to read on ebook: that way by putting dictionaries on it you can see the meaning of the word instantly by touching it. If you're reading a physical book the best dictionary app for your phone is I think Wordreference.
As soon as you can I think it's important to start looking up every word you don't know, that way you can quickly expand your vocabulary. Often the same word is repeated so it's better to look it up the first time. If you don't know enough English for that yet start by looking up every word that's needed to understand the meaning of what you are reading. Or if you don't know enough English even to do that, I suggest reading a book you don't care about so that it doesn't always matter if you don't understand, a funny book or a so bad it's good book, that's what I did, the first book I read in English when I was a young teen was actually fifty shades of grey and I didn't understand but I found it really funny and I learned a lot of words without understanding everything. Next I read hunger games looking up every word and it was a very easy read and next I read Harry Potter which was harder and really expanded my vocabulary by looking up every word.
Btw "advice" is uncountable so even when it's plural it doesn't have the s

Yes, they “carefully considered” that they could do this and makes lots of money.

Beloved - it's a masterpiece!!

Where's your African literature? Need to add Chinua Achebe or Ben Okri or Wole Soyinka.

I'd also suggest something by Salman Rushdie, perhaps Midnight's Children.

I feel like this list could definitely benefit from more women!

The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, but only after you read Jane Eyre

Beloved by Toni Morrison

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver

I hope at least a few of these will interest you!