Suggestions: Books To Read

[Pendlum]

I'm going to suggest one thing that you may (or may not) like if you want to read something and just laugh.

The Alphabet of Manliness - Maddox

 

[Notthe7]

I never thought of books to make me laugh. For a liberal, sure can be closed minded sometimes eh?

 

[prince_will]

For a laugh, i do like Nick Hornby. A Long Way Down and About a Boy are funny and very heartfelt. For lowbrow fratboy humor, i did like I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell.

Other recommendations:
The Kite Runner as everyone has said, but also the author's second book, A Thousand Splendid Suns.
The Time Traveler's Wife. God, i loved that book. So wonderful! The movie, not so much.

 

[Ethyl]

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. The best novel i've read in a few years.

The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. Fun stuff if you can suspend disbelief.

 

[prince_will]

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. The best novel i've read in a few years.

Oh, that is a great one. i loved the little footnotes. :biggrin1:

 

[justasimpleguy]

The Future of Peace, Scott Hunt.

The madman, a journalist, risks his life to interview peace activists around the world. Inspiring.

 

[CUBE]

Kindred by Octavia Butler...one of my faves. Not a hard book to read and you step into the lead like no other

 

[NewAgeMan]

the catcher in the rye - JD salinger

as i lay dying - william faulkner

a clockwork orange - anthony burgess

on the road - jack kerouac

into the wild - john krakauer (chris mccandless)

ham on rye - charles bukowski


all amazing books.

 

[masked_marauder]

the catcher in the rye - JD salinger

as i lay dying - william faulkner

a clockwork orange - anthony burgess

on the road - jack kerouac

into the wild - john krakauer (chris mccandless)

ham on rye - charles bukowski


all amazing books.

I was gonna suggest On the Road. I had to read it in college for my seminar "Car Culture in the United States".

Also:
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Nemesis by Agatha Christie
Selected Stories by Anton Chekhov (or similar anthology - quite enjoyable)
The Once and Future King by T H White (couldn't put it down)

 

[deleted22332]

Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer
Thank you for Smoking - Christopher Buckley
What is the What - Dave Eggers
And I second the Nick Hornby, Long Way Down is a good read.

 

[Mr. Hoops]

Read some Lauren Eiseley. The Immense Journey, or The Star Throwers are two of my favs. He is an essayist who focuses a lot on human development and nature. Some serious meaning of life type stuff. Uber deep and guaranteed to keep you entertained and mentally stimulated for hours! Enjoy.

 

[Mr. Hoops]

Ps. Heart of Darkness was epic. I just wrote an essay on it.

 

[D_Ellerby Eatsprick]

About a month back, I posted a list and short review of books I read this past year. (Of course nobody replied of course :redface:.... might be long, that's probably why)

http://www.lpsg.org/160197-compilation-of-books-with-review.html#post2468069

But you can check it out and see what I've read. There might be something in that list you liike ! And don't worry. There's no sci-fi in there

 

[HUNGHUGE11X7]

I'm looking for some pretty amazing books to read over the Christmas break. This can include prose/poetry. Any Suggestions?

Turn of the screw is an excellent choice !

An excellent book by the British scientist JAMES LOVELOCK is The Revenge of Gaia. He is one of the many who have warned us of the impending climate change and the role of humanity & what could happen as far back as the 70's but his heedings fell on deaf ears !


HH

 

[naughty]

I love Alice Hoffman, Isabel Allende, Toni Morrison.to name a few.

 

[morsecode]

100 Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I can't vouch for it's quality of prose in English, but in Spanish it was just marvelous.

 

[naughty]

100 Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I can't vouch for it's quality of prose in English, but in Spanish it was just marvelous.

He is a wonderful writer. Do you like laura esquivel as well?

 

[nudeyorker]

I just finished rereading Dazzle Gradually, it's definitely worth a look.
Amazon.com: Victor Fet's review of Dazzle Gradually: Reflections on the natur...

 

[naughty]

Kindred by Octavia Butler...one of my faves. Not a hard book to read and you step into the lead like no other

I Love this book.