Yes, I highly recommend you read the classics - read deeply and broadly (as much as you can).
You might try "The Old Man and the Sea," by Hemingway who, as you may know, won the Nobel Prize in Literature back in 1954 [?]. Unfortunately, I don't think this is in the public domain.
Also, you might try some Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens). His works are in the public domain [almost everything].
There's a lot more that I'm sure our members can recommend
ADDED: We have a huge number of free public domain titles, in our Library, here at Mobileread. They're available in different formats, such as epub, mobi, etc.
Last edited by Dr. Drib; 03-14-2014 at 12:14 PM.
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