The above linked article names these books as good beginning books for those who want to start reading the classics. There is a video explaining why we should read classics, but it’s long, so I am watching it in pieces. The other thing that isn’t brought up is that most of these are easy to get at the libraries.
Don Quixote
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
To kill a mockingbird
Pride and prejudice
Frankenstein
Adventures of huckleberry Finn
1984
The odyssey
Moby dick