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Books for learning English Lately I don't like English student's books. Maybe I'm not right but now I feel like learning natural, real language from real fiction books, movies and probably people. I just want to use English on a daily basis and don't only do exercises from a book. Sadly, my English still isn't improving. That's why I want to read a l o t. Constantly, every day. The issue for me is a choice of books. I've tried to read "The Lord of the Flies" since my school's English teacher told me it's easy and pleasant to read. Apparently, not for me. I understand the storyline but I don't get some details and there's tons of vocabulary which I don't know. I can't concentrate on reading while I have to check every second sentence in a dictionary, it irritates me. My English is definetly too poor for this book. As well as for many other books I'd like to read. Nevertheless, I'll try Nabokov's 'Real Life of Sebastian Knight'. I've read it in Russian twice so I hope it's going to be easier to comprehend.

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Yes, textbooks. Books for teenagers are just fine, usually they aren't too difficult. Lord of the Flies is an exception since it's classical literature, its vocabulary differs from contemporary teen books.
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What do you mean by English student books? Like textbooks? I'd like to correct your notebook entry, but I'm not sure what you mean. And have you thought about reading first novels for children? I'm learning French, and the books I find perfect are the ones geared towards 7-10 year olds. They have big text and pictures, but are still written in full paragraphs and chapters. I'd say Lord of the Flies is more advanced than that, more for teenagers.
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There are plenty of free e-books in English here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_nr_n_7?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=n%3A341677031%2Cn%3A!341678031%2Cn%3A341689031%2Cn%3A362270031%2Cn%3A4542673031&bbn=362270031&sort=price-asc-rank&ie=UTF8&qid=1419697864&rnid=362270031 Den The readers are here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/digital/fiona/kcp-landing-page?ie=UTF8&ref_=nav_shopall_kcp_ipad_mkt_lnd
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You're right about contemporary literature. I'll try something more modern too. :)
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Honestly, I'd never read any of these books unless you really love literature. On a personal level I'd read contemporary romance, crime, thriller, science fiction etc. The vocabulary is going to be more current, including idioms, and you'll possibly enjoy them much more. The Lord of the Flies is awful, in my opinion.

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