1. To be alive-Yu Hua: This novel tells the life of an ordinary farmer. By describing his suffering and tenacity, he aroused his thinking and cherish of life.
2. A Hundred Years of Solitude-Garcia Marquez: This is a classic of Latin American magical realism. By telling the story of seven generations of Buendia family, this paper probes into the themes of time, fate and loneliness.
3. "1984"-George Orwell: This is a dystopian novel, which describes the horrible reality of a totalitarian society and leads to thinking about power, freedom and individual rights.
4. A Brief History of Mankind-yuval harari: This book reviews the development of human history, from the cognitive revolution to the agricultural revolution, industrial revolution and scientific and technological revolution, which triggered the thinking of human evolution and social change.
5. Ordinary World-Lu Yao: This is a realistic novel, which shows the social changes and the complexity of human nature in China by telling the story of an ordinary rural family.
6. Fortress Besieged-Qian Zhongshu: This is a satirical novel. By telling the story of an intellectual's marriage and life dilemma, we can reveal all kinds of drawbacks and human weaknesses in feudal society.
7. The Kite Runner-Khalid Hosseini: This is a novel about friendship, family and redemption. By telling the story of an Afghan boy's growth, it triggered thinking about war, race and humanity.