I don't know the age and education of the landlord. If I am only a middle school student, I personally suggest reading short stories, focusing on studies and avoiding novels, love or works with profound cultural connotations.
On the basis of this age and education level, personal recommendation (except the works on the middle school "book list"):
Chen Rong's "Man to Middle Age" has never paid so much attention to the fate of intellectuals, which is shocking!
Liu Shaotang's Servant Liu's Home is an idyllic poem on the Grand Canal.
Ye Linwei's On a River Without Navigation, Turgenev's landscape poems and human feelings in the catastrophe.
Lu's Gourmet is a rare novel to explore food culture, and the story is humorous.
Wang Xufeng's "Ten Scenes of the West Lake" series of cultural novels (eight of which have been written) turns out that the folklore of the West Lake and unofficial history can be so touching, and Autumn Moon in Pinghu also reflects the persistence and watchfulness of contemporary intellectuals to culture.
Feng Jicai's Magic Whip and Three-inch Golden Lotus are historical novels full of Beijing flavor.
Wang Zhaojun of Cao Yu and Guan Hanqing of Tian Han are quite good historical dramas.
Huang Zongying's Wild Goose Love, Cabin and Xu Chi's Goldbach Conjecture are representative works of contemporary reportage, which are short in length and moderately difficult to read.
If the landlord is a college student, he needs to "recharge" in literature. At this age, he should be exposed to some high-level "voluminous" novels. Personal advice:
Lu Yao's Life and Ordinary World are important works to explore the current situation of rural bottom society.
Huo Da's "Muslim Funeral" is now basically a must-read for college students. It describes the life and love tragedy of a Muslim family for generations, but friends who are sentimental or have poor inner endurance should read it carefully (the ending is tragic).
Chen's White Deer Plain is controversial and highly appraised.
Gu Hua's furong town is the epitome of an era.
Liu's Ruyi and Tianqiao are full of humanitarian spirit.
Deng Youmei's "Wu Na", Ye Guangqin's "Picking Mulberry Seeds", the elegy of the children of the declining Eight Banners.
In Cao Guilin's Peking Man in new york, "If you love her, send her to new york; if you hate her, send her to new york" is firmly remembered by many people. Some college students in the 1990s didn't know this novel, and I like it very much. It is one of the earliest works involving overseas themes.
Li Ping's When the Sunset Disappears, "The pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty is the whole content of human spiritual life" (the original words in the book were discussed and debated by the whole people at that time)!
Dai Houying's "Man, Man", what does man-made "struggle" bring us? Please read the analysis in the book.
Li Cunbao, the leader of military literature, moved a generation with his "Garland under the Mountain".
If the landlord is already an adult at work, then I think we should read the following books on this basis:
Li Ling's Trilogy of Hundred Years of Brilliance (Allure, Young Emperor, Night Drum and Morning Bell-Young Kangxi), I like this woman writer's works because her description is feminine and delicate, with concubines, princes and ministers, civilians and pure Confucianism. The story is not loose, but the plot is compact and does not show off the regulations. Masterpieces in historical novels.
Jason's Emerald was very expensive in Luoyang in those days, and it is precisely because it is an exploration of "love" that I like it very much. I suggest you watch it when you are an adult (with profound connotation).
Liang's Blizzard Tonight, Syracuse and Time and Debt are tragic monuments of educated youth. The problem of educated youth is a complicated one, so such works are thoughtful and attractive, so I'd better have a look at them from time to time.
Zhang Xian's Corner Forgotten by Love is another epoch-making analysis of women's liberation after Lu Xun's Mourning for the Past. I suggest that mothers must watch it.
In Zhang Xianliang's Greening Tree, people need to struggle, need support and need spiritual pursuit in adversity. The works are rich in language and somewhat sad.
Of course, it is impossible for the landlord to read all the lists in a short time.
These books are enough for you to read for a long time. They are all novels based on traditional books, and there are no online novels. It is worth noting that these works do not necessarily have singles, and some can only be seen by looking for contemporary anthologies or writers' anthologies.
Personally, I think the works from 1978 to 1989 are the best, with a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending. Both the selection of materials and writing techniques have been diversified, and the publication of each new work can bring about a strong debate. To this day, when I look back on these works, I am still ignited by their passion for facing problems and still tightly bound by the fate of the characters in the book. Now the work is getting worse every year.