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Old 04-19-2007, 02:08 PM
MegaloMialo MegaloMialo is offline
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Default Help me catch up...(Books)

I guess i should tell a bit about myself first. 22 years of age, graduated through high school in Sweden, going to college now studying international economics.
Here is the thing, there are tons of good books that i haven't read and that i am not even aware of.
I would appreciate it very much if you could help me out and sort of make a list for me with the books (all kind of books) that i must read..classics, masterpieces, philosophy books, important psychology books etc.
I have a lot of catching up to do and if you like you can even make a complete list of must reads, or you can just make some suggestions.

Some good books that i enjoyed, the life o pi, the fountainhead, the great gatsby, catch 22 etc.

and by all means from authors all over the world!

By the way, not sure this is the right place to ask for this type of help.

Thanks for the help!
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Old 04-19-2007, 02:09 PM
Mondogarage Mondogarage is offline
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Default Re: Help me catch up...(Books)

John Irving - A Son Of the Circus
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Old 04-19-2007, 02:11 PM
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It's kind of a general question. But I just finished Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides and can wholeheartedly recommend it.
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Old 04-19-2007, 02:14 PM
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A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole

The Stranger - Albert Camus

The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway

Dante's Inferno
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Old 04-19-2007, 02:16 PM
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crime and punishment - dostoevsky (sp?)

a portrait of the artist as a young man - joyce
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Old 04-19-2007, 02:21 PM
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OP, "Fountainhead" and "Gatsby" are two of my all-time favorites. FWIW, I also loved "Atlas Shrugged" and "We The Living", but never really took to any other Fitzgerald.

Probably lots of web pages listing the great "Western Classics"....
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Old 04-19-2007, 02:22 PM
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"The Catcher in the Rye" FTW
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Old 04-19-2007, 02:31 PM
MegaloMialo MegaloMialo is offline
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Ty for your suggestions so far! please keep them coming.
What does OP mean? FWIW? FTW?

thanks!
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Old 04-19-2007, 02:39 PM
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Old 04-19-2007, 02:40 PM
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this site has lots of lists of varying quality - http://www.literarycritic.com/index.shtml

i think the "lifetime reading plan" (4th ed.) list is pretty good
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