Apologies if some aren’t old enough but they are considered classics…. Window with a view Ethan frome 1984 A moveable feast The Death of Ivan Ilych The wind in the willows Billy Budd Sailor Bartleby the Scivenor (any Herman Melville short will honestly be good as a starting place) The metamorphosis Northanger Abbey (my favorite Jane Austen) We have always lived in the castle If Beale street could talk A Christmas Carol