starvingartist Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 I have included a bit from multiple genres. What are your top picks I'm looking for some new reading material.Well here is my list:Fountainhead-Ayn RandCatch 22- Joseph HellerDante's InfernoGreat Expectations-Charles DickensCrime and Punishment- Fedor DostoyevskyThe Catcher in the Rye- J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby- F. Scott FitzgeraldRelativity- EinsteinThe Interpretation of Dreams- Sigmund FreudSelected Essays- T.S. ElliotTropic of Cancer- Henry MIllerFinnegans Wake- James Joyce (book with the best ending)Atlas Shrugged- Ayn Rand ( I have a thing for this author, hehe)The Stand- Stephen KingThe Sound and the Fury- William FaulknerCandide- VoltaireOf Mice and Men- John SteinbeckThe Republic- PlatoThe Prince- MachiavelliDeath of a Salesman- Arthur MillerMediatations- Rene DescartesOK I should stop listing now, hehe. What have you read and would highly recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivehadit Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 Originally posted by starvingartist I have included a bit from multiple genres. What are your top picks I'm looking for some new reading material.The Sound and the Fury- William Faulkner Definitely an amazing book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 Catcher in the RyeLovely BonesAnything by Nicholas SparksI'm sure i'll think of some more later:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocksteadyct Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 Robert Heinlein (Time Enough For Love, Cat Who Walked Through Walls, Moon Is A Harsh Mistress)Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash, Cryptonomicron)Chuck Palahnuik(sp?) (Fight CLub, Choke)thats who ive been reading the last 6 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siceone Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 you guys read?BTW Catch 22 Nice!!! a separate peace lord of the rings trilogy out of the silent planet malacadria peralandria screwtape letterscamelot v for vendetta ( graphic novel) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trancerxn112 Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Trilogy - TolkienArt of War - Sun TzuCount of Monte Cristo - DumasThree Musketeers - DumasForgotten Realms Saga - Salvatore Collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siceone Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 did anyone cry when george shot lenny in of mice and men ?I lost it for like days oh the great gatsby too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trancerxn112 Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Originally posted by siceone did anyone cry when george shot lenny in of mice and men ?I lost it for like days oh the great gatsby too poor lenny his only crime was being a mongoloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivehadit Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Breakfast of Champions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinnyc21 Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Who reads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlipsSOE Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 blow - bruce potterbehold a pale horse - william coopercatcher in the rye - jd salingerfew others. can't remember right now though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opticrush Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Trainspotting, The Acid House, Glue, etc. all books which are by Irvine Welsh.Hitchhiker's Trilogy by DOuglas Adams.Catch 22 was a great book.Irvine Welsh is a very sick man. Also very entertaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LavenderMenace Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 She Came to Stay - Simone de Beauvoir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemoncel Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 i've read only a handful of books in my life, those includeed areThe Sound and the fury - FaulknerDantes Inferno (all time fav)the Bible & the Koranand Hulk Hogans Autobiography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funeralhome Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 go ask alice - anonymousthe fountainhead - ayn randatlas shrugged - ayn randthe outsider - richard wrightnative son - richard wrighteverything by shakespearethe scarlet letterone flew over the cuckoos nestthe cider house rules - john irvingmemiors of a geisha - arthur goldengetting over it - anna maxtedflowers for algernonDEAN KOOOOOONTZZZZ!!!!!!!!when i was a puerto rican - esmeralda santiagoHARRY POTTER LOOOOOOOOOVE HARRY POTTER 1,2,3 and 4the good earth - pearl s buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funeralhome Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Originally posted by starvingartist I have included a bit from multiple genres. What are your top picks I'm looking for some new reading material.Well here is my list:Fountainhead-Ayn RandCatch 22- Joseph HellerDante's InfernoGreat Expectations-Charles DickensCrime and Punishment- Fedor DostoyevskyThe Catcher in the Rye- J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby- F. Scott FitzgeraldRelativity- EinsteinThe Interpretation of Dreams- Sigmund FreudSelected Essays- T.S. ElliotTropic of Cancer- Henry MIllerFinnegans Wake- James Joyce (book with the best ending)Atlas Shrugged- Ayn Rand ( I have a thing for this author, hehe)The Stand- Stephen KingThe Sound and the Fury- William FaulknerCandide- VoltaireOf Mice and Men- John SteinbeckThe Republic- PlatoThe Prince- MachiavelliDeath of a Salesman- Arthur MillerMediatations- Rene DescartesOK I should stop listing now, hehe. What have you read and would highly recommend? i LOVE ayn rand too...she definitely changed my way of thinking. Did you see the documentary on her life? I think they play it on Lifetime or one of those channels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudeboyyouth Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Street Justice - Chuck Zito Burmese Days - George Orwell Keep the Aspidistra Flying - George Orwell The Defense of Poesy - Sir Phillip Sidney The Faerie Queene - Edmund SpenserEdward II - Christopher MarloweTis Pity She's a Whore - Jonathan FordErotic Innocence: The Culture of Child Molesting - James KincaidThe English Teacher - R. K. Narayan Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce - John Milton The City Jilt - Eliza Haywood The History of King Richard III - Sir Thomas MoreThe Shoemaker's Holiday - Thomas Dekker Memoirs from the House of The Dead - Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Idiot - Fyodor DostoyevskyThe Gambler - Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Changeling - Thomas Middleton & William RowleyEchoes from the Macabre - Daphne Dumaurier Come and Knock on Our Door - Chris Mann Bartholomew Fair - Ben JonsonOroonoko - Aphra Behn Shakespeare: A Life - Park Honan Civilization and Its Discontents - Sigmund Freud Muiopotmos - Edmund Spenser The Road to Wigan Pier - George OrwellThe Warriors - Sol Yurick Rosemary's Baby - Ira LevinDeathtrap - Ira LevinThe Boys from Brazil - Ira Levin Critic's Choice - Ira Levin Penetrating Insights - Peter North The Fourth K - Mario Puzo The Fortunate Pilgrim - Mario Puzo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombardjef Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Ishmael by Daniel QuinnHow to DJ (Properly) by Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton Stupid White Men... by Michael MooreThe Power of Myth by Joseph CampbellThe Power of Now by Eckhart TollePigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser Kerouac: A Biography by Ann Charters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlipsSOE Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Originally posted by bombardjef Stupid White Men... by Michael Moorehow could i forget this one?? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigmagal Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Flowers in the Attic - VC AndrewsRainMaker - John GishamThen Green Mile - Steven KingThe Shinig - Steve KingKiss the Girls - James PattersonA stranger is watching - Mary Higgans ClarkAnimal Farm - George OrwellOf Mice and Men - I loved this bookI loved Judy Blume books when I was a kid. SuperFudge was my favorite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickhouse Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Don't read much anymore, but here's the ones that stick out in my head....Invisible Man (Ellison)Sound and the FuryCatch-22Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (about a million times better than the movie that was Blade Runner)Train to PakistanThe Stand (unabridged)Energy Flash (good book on electronic music + rave culture)Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot BTW, Flowers for Algernon was a short story, not a book.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvershoes Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 anything by Herman Hesse or Nick Horby... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lipeoci Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 "The Client" or any other work of John Grisham's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starvingartist Posted April 16 Author Report Share Posted April 16 Originally posted by FlipsSOE Originally posted by bombardjef Stupid White Men... by Michael Moorehow could i forget this one?? lol I have never heard of that book. What type of book is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starvingartist Posted April 16 Author Report Share Posted April 16 Originally posted by eckobarbie1 i LOVE ayn rand too...she definitely changed my way of thinking. Did you see the documentary on her life? I think they play it on Lifetime or one of those channels. No I have not. But I would be very interested in watching it. I think the Fountainhead was the most influential book on my views of life and career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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