Good Books Everyone Should Read

[everyonelovesjaron]

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well then… congrats on breaking 1k to you and Allison! (late too) [img]images/smiles/converted/smile.gif[/img]</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thanks to you too.

[Lysergic Beekeeper]

Big Ups on the Burgess and Orwell..just finished re-reading "1984" a short while ago–*very* pertinent to these times

Big big ups to Thought Police for the R.A.W. choices–I would recommend *any* of his books–but especially "Illuminatus" and the "Cosmic Trigger" series–excellent food for the thinking receptors

I also just finished Huxley’s "Brave New World" and J.G. Ballard’s "The Crystal World"–both are amazing!! Trippy in their own individual ways–and "Brave New World", like "1984" comes with it’s own built-in warning about technology and control.

I’d recommend Robert Heinlein’s "Stranger In A Strange Land" and Philip K. Dick’s "Ubik" also

[singingbear]

Thanks for mentioning Orwell, LB. I’m re-reading many of his essays at the moment. Genius.

[Annastefka]

I’m suprised no one has mentioned A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, wow, I really like his writing. If you see this one pick it up or go to library, My other favorites are All Over but the Shouting Rick Bragg and one of my all time, I can’t believe what a great piece of writing this is:

Story of a shipwrecked sailer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, I am not sure of the exact translation, I have seen it , and read it in English it hold up real well and is a quick read, one rainy afternoon.

[buckingham rabbit]

I recently read Flaubert’s Parrot by Julian Barnes and was very impressed. Picked up England, England by him as well but haven’t read it yet.

[Bucky Ramone]

‘Flaubert’s Parrot’ is great, but I didn’t like ‘England, England’ that much. Another great book by Julian Barnes: ‘A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters’, highly recommended by den Buck

[Carl.]

"dB stands for den Buck" wrote:

‘Flaubert’s Parrot’ is great, but I didn’t like ‘England, England’ that much. Another great book by Julian Barnes: ‘A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters’, highly recommended by den Buck

WOW.. Talk about a blast from the bast.. Julian Barnes.. Maybe I need to re-read History of the World and Flaubert’s Parrot again.. they were great..

[J Asskiss]

Foucalts Pendulum – Umberto Eco

[rambleon]

bleak house – charles dickens

[Aatos]

John Steinbeck.
Harry Potters..

[severedlips]

anyone who cares about where their food comes from, and is interested in becoming a more aware consumer should read "diet for a small planet" by frances moore lappe. this is the book that made me want to pursue the career i am now pursuing (ag. economics)…a tip though…the recipes mostly all suck

[Raw_Power]

"Jebus " wrote:

…in no particular order.

Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Women by Charles Bukowski
Junky by William Burrough (or try Naked Lunch if you’ve got an extra 10 months)
Hell’s Angels by Hunter Thompson
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald
Cosmic Banditos by ???
The Art of Being by Erich Fromm

Woman would definitely be a bad starting point for bukowski. Start on Post Office and then ham on rye.
Naked Lunch is a mind fuck of a book. So read junky first def.

[SonicD]

Lord of the Rings!

[erin the great]

I bought some books according to this thread cuz I had some extra cash lying around..

The Plague – Camus
Crime and Punishment
and some Stanislav Grof books I’ve never read any of these authors before

[james09ralf]

Hi,

I’d recommend anything by Haruki Murakami. And i forgot who wrote ‘The Train Man’ but that book was pretty interesting.

Regards,
James
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