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This is the book I most often recommend to others. It has a near-perfect balance of character, plot, and theme, which is almost impossible to find and very powerful. I also find it inspiring that English was Joseph Conrad’s third language. He wrote exceptional, elegant prose. Joseph Conrad’s books about sailing are some of his most compelling, drawing on his personal experiences, so that even someone like me, who grew up very landlocked, can feel every detail.

My high school English teacher used to urge this book, but I didn’t read it until years later, when I was struggling through a major health issue and had a copy that my grandfather passed down to me. Lord Jim was so absorbing that one of my two just-in-case pre-surgery goals became completing it. (The other was to finish editing my own novel.) Joseph Conrad’s story came completely alive, and finding out what happened to Jim became very important and personal. The language of the text is richly woven. This is an amazingly well-written book, and an all-time classic piece of literature.