Some New Reading Recommendations? Varied Genre suggestions needed.
Before you say "see previous threads", know that I have spent an hour going through them and amazon and have only slightly narrowed down my choices.
I'm finishing up with finals and boards and will be spending two and a half peaceful weeks on the beach in the Caribbean and need some fresh reading material.
I already have a non-fiction backlog of books I'm halfway through (GEB, the great influenza, the origin of wealth, conspiracy of fools to name a few) that I am setting aside temporarily.
I just finished Infinite Jest and rekindled my love for fiction.
Some of my favorites include Gatsby, Dorian Gray, anything Borges, Easton-Ellis, Vonnegut, catch 22, nabokov, dostoevsky, also enjoy sci fi-have read heinlein, card, adams.
Some books/authors I have noted from past threads:
Will prob pick one of these two I cant believe I havent read:
To Kill a Mockingbird
In Cold Blood
Read one? both? Which first?
Also looking into Eco or Roth? I wasn't really sold on the Amazon info/reviews.
Any ideas on short stories? Have obv read 9 stories. Also recently enjoyed Hempel and O'brien.
SciFi ideas: Cryptonomicron? Neuromancer? Ive heard good things about these.
Also, whats a good translation of Brother's Karamazov to read? I've read about half of a really poor one and want to switch.
Any other varied suggestions welcome.
Thanks in advance!
-JP
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