A lifetime of must reads

[tw0please]

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read.

[luegofuego]

the picture of dorian gray and all the other stuff by oscar wilde
the liar by stephen fry

[luegofuego]

doctor glas by hjalmar söderberg

[rutang]

I think the best/most valuable fiction to read is

The moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein.

I'd recommend reading tons of Heinlein, but this is the most valuable.

Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlett is amazing, simple, and concise.

Zen and the art of motorcyle maintinence and Ender's Game are also worth the read

[Duke]

I've probably read more than 3000 books, and far and away the best of them all was Goedel Escher Bach.

Lifetime to read? Not hardly. I couldn't put it down. Reading that book will make you smarter.

[Jeff W]

Fiction that hasn't been mentioned yet:

Don Quixote by Cervantes (Greatest Novel)

Dead Souls by Gogol

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain

Shakespeare's Plays (Probably his poetry as well, but I haven't read much of it)

Chekhov's Short Stories

The Metamorphosis and The Trial by Kafka

Les Miserables by Hugo

[Dan B. Wright]

[Superfluous Man]

Some good choices in this thread (esp. 1984, Catch-22, Godel-Escher-Bach, and most Mark Twain). Here's some more:

A Hero of Our Time by Lermontov
Fathers and Sons by Turgenev
A Confederacy of Dunces by Toole

[elmo]

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I just started reading non-poker books again for the first time since college started, and this was my first read. It was recommended to me when I was in Vegas and it didn't disappoint. I've started to remember why books are so great- they don't need to appeal to the masses.

-alex

[stigmata]

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Fiction that hasn't been mentioned yet:

Don Quixote by Cervantes (Greatest Novel)


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