Suggest to me a book to read

I got myself this majigger* for the holiday-thingy and have found again my love of language in written form and the knowledge that accompanies it.

What do you like to read? Make me a list and I'll build a library from it.
+10 cewl-points for nonfiction.

bitch supports .pdf, I bet anyone I'll never pay for a book again.
(beside for college, but fuh dah shih mayn)

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kama sutra.

 

The Alchemist

 

Depends on the kind of book your intrested in....i loved stephen kings cell

 

Non fiction: One River by Wade Davis or any of a number of Wade Davis' books all of which center around Mankind relating with the world around them...if your're interested in that sort of thing.

 

Heres 2

http://www.scribd.com/doc/4000379/Roger-Stephens-A-Dangerous-Book


http://www.scribd.com/doc/55482688/The-Good-Man-Jesus-and-the-Scoundrel-Christ-Philip-Pullman

 

Lord of the rings , if you read only one book before you die this is the one :2thumbsup:

 

"The One Hundred & Twenty Days Of SODOM"...

By Marquis De Sade...

I Found It A Very Inspirational Piece Of Literature...



Cheers Glen.

 

I an halfway through It by Stephen King and I love it. LOTR is next on the list, gotta reread the Hobbit too.

Thanks so far doodz, Ill check these out in the morning.

As far as my likes go, I love sciencey nonfiction to the max, and really the only non-classics Ive read have been King novels (my fav loves him)

 

One of my favourtie authors is Harlan Coban, especially his Myron Bolitar series, the characters jump off the page at you, especially the connection with Win. Even his books that are independent of that series always surprise with the twists he throws in.

I also love Minette Walters. Each of her books takes me on a journey of her making that I enjoy.

I also enjoy, Patrica Cornwell, John Saul, Jerffery Deaver (especially the Lincoln Rhyme series), Tess Gerritsen, Robin Cook...........

gonna stop as reading I love. Nothing in life beats being able to curl up with a good book and let all the rest slide as your mind in engaged in a plot.

 

really?

i found de sade to be "interesting."

i was going to recommend, "philosophy in the bedroom" by the marquis. now, that is really a very "inspirational" piece of "literature" indeed!


sick minds think along similar lines, right glenglen?
:biggrinjester:

the "grand" marquis was just not right in the head!

 

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe. Not sure if it's considered non-fiction but it tells a epic true story of love and betrayal, lust and suspense.

 

Hunters of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson

Sandworms of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson

Paul of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson

Winds of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson

Sisterhood of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson


Hotwater :2thumbsup:

 

I love Neil Gaiman - Anansi Boys is great, as is Good Omens, as is his short story book, Fragile Things.

Vonnegut is the shit. (I like Cat's Cradle. the Sirens of Titan is also pretty grand.)

 

for nonfiction science, anything by paul davies.

for nonfiction in general, anything by jon krakauer. He wrote Into The Wild, but I recommend Under the Banner of Heaven (meticulously researched book on the Mormon religion) or Into Thin Air (originally started as an article for an outdoor magazine. He went on an Everest expedition and it turned out to be the deadliest on record. So he wrote a book about it).

For fun and easy reading, Harry Potter. I used to make fun of Harry Potter until I started reading it a couple of weeks ago. Its actually really good shit.

my favorite classics are :

LOTR (glad you've already got that on your list my all time favorite)
The Jungle Books
Candide by Voltaire
Anything by JD Salinger. Just finished Frannie and Zooey and loved it.
On the Road by Jack Keraouac

My favorite modern books:

anything by Hunter S Thompson just for his writing style if nothing else.
The Road by Cormac Mccarthy. Every letter in that book is perfect.
The Kiterunner. I can't remember the author.
The life of Pi by Yann Martel
Anything by Augusten Burroughs but start with Running with Scissors. He's a memoirist so its not fiction. I think he's amazing.
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. It opened my eyes to the true nature of the United States.
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain.

thats all for now.

 

after reading that first post..id suggest a dictionary ....fo sho mayn

 

I gots all the words I need in my head mayn, it's the articulation that is the issue.

I told my brother "I want to learn to articulate better an....uh...whats the word...."

FML

It was enunciate.

Didn't even get my goal down enough to say my wish.


Anyway thanks for the help everyone, wonderful list!
+10^6 Sarah points for all.
(translates into mental rep)

Read Lord of the Flies in school, but half-assed my way through it (damn slacker), then I picked it up again the other week and it is pretty awesome.
All who support anarchy out there should read it, if they are the reading sort of people anyway. (I have found through countless failed discussions on anarchism with supporters that...the ones I spoke with are not the reading types)

I have also read Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which was suggested to me by an interesting friend, along with American Psycho (a weird tale, but written so beautifully in a very strange sort of way) and 1984, which I'm sure most people have read.

 

This is so odd. I've never seen someone match my reading interests so closely. I would've recommended most of what you've said, so I back this post up.
Especially surprised by the Augusten Burroughs recommend, I've never really met anyone else who's heard of him.

Oh, and also,
God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy.
I've never found a writing style I loved more than hers. Maybe not up your alley though unless you're a dreamy sort of person. Serious recommend.

Drown, Junot Diaz.
White Oleander, Janet Fitch.

Happy trails

 

This is the funniest book series i have ever read. Especially the first one, omg great read. I recommend to any age.