Off the top of my head: No Exit - Jean-Paul Sartre Animal Farm - George Orwell Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee Leviathon - Thomas Hobbes Iliad - Homer
Ender's Game, A Song of Ice and Fire (series with four out of eight books out), Hatchet, Blink, The Stand
I don't read much fiction, but here are some I liked: Gorky Park - Martin Cruz Smith (I enjoyed it, Cold War era, plot twists I think) Guns of Navarone - Alistair MacLean (WWII era, good characters) Force 10 from Navarone - Alistair MacLean ^^ A movie was made of both books. Animal Farm - I felt sad for the horses. Lord of the Rings - I read them before watching the movies, I enjoyed reading them and felt they were better than the movies immediately after I saw the movies. They have a lot of detail in the books. However I wouldn't read them after seeing the movies, because it is a lot more time-consuming reading them when you know what happens than watching the movies. Non-fiction: Courier from Warsaw - Jan Nowak (About the underground army in Poland in WW2, I think its non-fiction, although some names are changed I think.) The Bible: I've read it once, but I would like to read it again soon. It takes me longer to read it than most books though.
Here's some of my favorites as listed on my Facebook page... Ivo Andric - The Bridge on The Drina Paulo Coehlo - The Alchemist Charles Dickens - Hard Times Fyodor Dostoyevksy - Crime & Punishment William Faulkner - The Sound & The Fury Bob Frissell - Nothing In This Book Is True But It's Exactly How Things Are Aldous Huxley - Brave New World Carl Jung - Man & His Symbols Machiavelli - The Prince Gabriel Garcia Marquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude Kent Nelson - Land That Moves, Land That Stands Still George Orwell - 1984 John Steinbeck - Of Mice & Men John Steinbeck - The Moon Is Down Jon Stewart - Naked Pictures of Famous People Frank Herbert - Dune Stanislav Szukalski - Behold!!! The Protong Aleister Crowley - Love, Sleep & ?gypt Nick Cave - And The Ass Saw The Angel Iain Banks - The Wasp Factory Massimo Mattioli - Squeak The Mouse David Brin - Earth Leonard Shlain - Art & Physics Salvador Dali - Diary of a Genius Terence McKenna - Archaic Revival Gary Zukav - The Dancing Wu Li Masters Adrian Gilbert - The Mayan Prophecies Aleister Crowley - The Legacy of the Beast Thomas Paine - The Age of Reason Plato - The Republic Michael Baignet, Richard Leigh & Henry Lincoln - Holy Blood, Holy Grail Walpola Rahula - What The Buddha Taught P. D. Ouspensky - Fourth Way Paracelus - Four Treatises of Theophratus Von Hohenheim Called Paracelus Elaine Pagels - The Origin of Satan Henry Miller - Black Spring Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho Timothy Leary - High Priest Blair McKenzie Blake - IJynx Sun-Tzu - The Art of War
Wow, Sasha that is a fairly big list. Oh and I forgot 1984, didn't like Brave New World as much. I liked Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck as well. Oh and how is Plato's Republic?
It's hard for me to choose favorites. All those books to me deal about different things, and that's how I relate to them. They've in a way helped me become the person I am today. Though, it's only a fraction of what I've read. The Republic is an interesting read. It's the only thing I've read by Plato so far. I'd highly recommend it.
<div class="quote_poster">Casual Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Ender's Game, A Song of Ice and Fire (series with four out of eight books out), Hatchet, Blink, The Stand</div> Hell yea, Hatchet for the win. My favorite book though is Hearts In Atlantis by Stephen King.
Well my favourites list is a fraction of what I've read as well, however my list probably is 1/8 of the total number of fictional works that I have read. I think some people can read like 5 times as fast as me when it comes to leisurely reading. I actually picked up a copy of Plato's Republic for a dollar a month ago. I think it fell behind my dresser though. EDIT: Shard, Aww man, now I'm remembering Hatchet. If its the book I think it is I want to go camping.
<div class="quote_poster">Skiptomylue11 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post"> EDIT: Shard, Aww man, now I'm remembering Hatchet. If its the book I think it is I want to go camping.</div> Yep, great book for pretty much any age. I read it in elementary school, middle school, and even did a report on it in high school.
Not much of a reader but some I've liked... To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee The Last Season- Phil Jackson Holes- Louis Sachar Hatchet- Gary Paulsen Surviving Hitler- Andrea Warren
I am surprised no one said: NIGHT HOOPS!! My list: 1. Night Hoops 2. Holes 3. Full Court Fever 4. Night 5. BackField Package
<div class="quote_poster">A.F. Venom Wrote</div><div class="quote_post"></div> I read that book sooo long ago it isn't even funny. I don't even remember the story I think I was in like seventh grade when I read it.
<div class="quote_poster">Skiptomylue11 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I actually picked up a copy of Plato's Republic for a dollar a month ago. I think it fell behind my dresser though.</div> Move the dresser. Retrieve the book. Read the book. I'm reading Be Here Now by Ram Dass. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Wikipedia:</div><div class="quote_post"> Be Here Now is considered by many a manual to make the transition from a psychedelic lifestyle to a yogic lifestyle. It continues to be an influential spiritual catalyst, and has inspired many to follow their own path with renewed faith and passion. The book is broken up into four sections: Journey: The Transformation, From Bindu to Ojas, Cookbook for a Sacred Life, and Painted Cakes. The first is a short biography of Ram Dass' life focusing on his transition from Dr. Richard Alpert to Baba Ram Dass. The second, making up the core of the book, is a freeform explosion of metaphysical aphorisms accompanied by beautiful and poetic illustrations. The third is a manual or 'cookbook' for enacting this change in one's own life and, among a wealth of information, includes various techniques for yoga, pranayama, and meditation, as well as powerful quotations from great teachers of all religions and traditions. Finally, the last section contains an extensive list of recommended spiritual books, including books we should "hang out with."</div> Very good so far.
Ender's Game, The Partner by John Grisham, Catcher in the Rye, She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb, and Lord of the Flies.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting :</div><div class="quote_post">I actually picked up a copy of Plato's Republic for a dollar a month ago. I think it fell behind my dresser though.</div> That's an interesting read, especially if you're into philosophy. Kind of puts every body else's work into perspective. The chapter where he describes the allegory of the cave is one of the best I've ever read.
