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the crying of lot 49 - thomas pynchon
On Top of the World: The Remarkable Story of Howard Lutnick, Cantor Fitzgerald, and the Twin Towers Attack - Thomas Barbash and i'll second the dude's recommendation of the harry potter books, though if you've actually been keeping up to the movies, they cover book 4 at this point*, so start with 5. * yeah, i know the 4th movie left out a lot of stuff, but so did 3, and reading the 4th book will seem like mainly a repeat to anyone who's seen the movie, even if they are missing some of the details that make things in the later books make sense. |
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MUST READ - Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurty
Others I like: Game, Set, Match - Hook, Line, Sinker - Faith, Hope, Charity, all by Len Deighton The Spy who Came in From the Cold - John LeCarre The Day Before Midnight - Stephen Hunter Shogun - James Clavell Tai Pan - James Clavell Noble House - James Clavell To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee |
#13
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Do you want to learn or be entertained?
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Could you be a bit less specific please? We only have every book ever written to chose from. Couldn't you ask for reccomendations of "good or bad things" instead, so we have a bit more material to work with?
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Native Son by Richard Wright (very compelling book about race, poverty, and class politics that is especially interesting because the protagonist is not at all a sympathetic character, and several of the antagonists are- in my opinion a great novel and some of the most intelligent writing about race in America that I've read)
Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges (lots of good mind-[censored]) anything by Kurt Vonnegut (BoC is good but not my favorite) The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham (highly recommended for anyone at a 'what-am-I-going-to-do?' phase of your life, ie just graduated high school/college, etc) A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (a quick, highly enjoyable read, despite the heavy content- don't be turned off if the first few pages read like gibberish to you) Chaos by James Gleick (I suck at science and found this a pretty manageable overview of a very interesting and complex field, it's pretty dated though so there might be something better and more recent that someone can recommend) |
#16
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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs - Chuck Klosterman
The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser (sp?) |
#17
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Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Most definitely the funniest thing you will ever read. [/ QUOTE ] AMEN! Onnel |
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DONT READ ENDERS GAME. The ending is such a cop out. It is almost as bad as when a movie ends with the whole thing being a dream. Read "The Alchemist". It will change your life perspective forever.
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Perfume - Patrick Suskind. I never know how widely known this book is, but if you haven't read it you should.
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The Dark Tower series by Steven King. I'd heard a lot about this series so I figured I'd give it a read. I'm nearly done with it (started it this summer) and I haven't been able to put it down. It's really good, very easy reading too.
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