help me pick something smart to read

[Oubliette]

count of monte cristo
confederacy of dunces

and nas -illmatic

[keikiwai]

NONFICTION THESE ARE BALLA

SCRIBBLING THE CAT by Alexandra Fuller (about a vet of the Rhodesian war and author's relationship with)

THE OATH by Khassan Baiev (about Chechen doctor who gets caught in the middle of the war there both ruskies and rebels out to get him after he gives aid to both)

WE WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT TOMORROW WE WILL BE KILLED WITH OUR FAMILIES by Philip Gourevitch (about Rwanda and amazingly well written and thought out)

[GrandmaStabone]

Also, 'Teaching as a Subversive Act'

[evank15]

'The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley'

Steinbeck ftw, a must-read.

[CaseS87]

I had quite a bit of trouble with this one. A lot of subtle metaphor and plot twists.

[evank15]

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I had quite a bit of trouble with this one. A lot of subtle metaphor and plot twists.

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BEAT: can't actually look inside.

[Mike_Hunt]

This one helped me solve a problem I battled for years...

[diebitter]

The Gambler - Dostoyesky
Silas Marner - George Elliot
The Old Man and the Sea - Hemmingway
1984 - Orwell
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
The Moon's a Balloon - David Niven

All v. enlightening and different view of people and society

For ideas: The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco.

[Kilillan]

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The Gambler - Dostoyesky
Silas Marner - George Elliot
The Old Man and the Sea - Hemmingway
1984 - Orwell
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
The Moon's a Balloon - David Niven

All v. enlightening and different view of people and society

For ideas: The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco.

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wow, have any books that weren't assigned in freshman high school english?

[TotalScience]

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins