Books you Should definitely Read

[accualyisdolan]

watership down

lord of the flies

jurassic park

citizen soldiers

 

[ISellMeth]

Executive Orders by Tom Clancy, the ending of that book was one of the most powerful things ever.

 

[EmperorKuzco]

Ishmael, Siddhartha, The Alchemist

 

[king.tubby]

yes, yes, and YES. great choices. wow.

 

[eastcoastplanker]

enders gametoys by james patterson

pretty much anything james patterson

the heart and the fist-eric greitens

^the last one is a little dry in some parts but its prettier humbling and motivation, and its a true story

 

[ski-swagga]

this, and...

 

[Panda_with_Guns]

I second the columbine biography

 

[EricaMN.]

these have probably already been posted

 

[SteveStepp]

The master of thriller novels

This is the 10 year research done that inspired the Da Vinci Code... amazing

A story themed around killing God

Possibly the greatest story ever told (my opinion)

A long but great story

Epic atheism

 

[youngdtay]

If that embed doesent work... Slaughterhouse Five, best book in the universe. It isn't a series, just so you know.

 

[Raptor.]

This is a great book. I'd highly recommend it

 

[Stepchild]

This. Brilliant man. Also any books by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, especially the Death Gate Cycle books

 

[vordulmega]

excellent list, im gonna throw in fear and loathing in las vegas just cos its my personal favorite

 

[EmperorKuzco]

On the Road

 

[disastertourism]

This so much

and Great Expectations is pretty sick

 

[MikeWeinerONE]

This

 

[yourthemannowdog]

A few essentials anyone should read if they can.

Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche

Nausea, Sartre

Ethics, Moore

The three critiques (Practical Reason, Pure Reason, and Judgment), Kant - I recommend starting with Judgment and ending with pure reason

The Prince, Machiavelli

The Republic, Plato

Euthphyro, Plato

Leviathan, Hobbes

 

[jayo.]

Philosophy major?

 

[Tamas]

The Alchemist- Paulo CoehloThe Mission and Exit Here- Jason Myers

 

[3mania]

Nobody's mentioned Charles Bukowski. I've enjoyed all his writing, but especially Ham on Rye

Hollywood

Women

He also writes some pretty awesome poetry.

 

[Brock.]

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THESE BOOKS. read them all when I was 12 years old. Don't remember much, but the illustrations are out of this world.

 

[1337]

 

[yourthemannowdog]

Not yet.

I forgot to add a few to the list, I was short on time

Phaedo by Plato. Phaedo is my favorite dialogue.

Either Or, Kierkegaard

The sickness unto death, Kierkegaard

A treatise of Human Nature, Hume

Science of Logic, Hegel. Purely to see the relations between Hegel and the sophists of Socrates's time.

 

[3mania]

I'm glad to see Bukowski evokes such powerful opinions. I didn't expect my karma to take a hit in a literary thread, but i'm sure Bukowski would be proud.

 

[j-bo]

Of Mice and Men-John Steinbeck

 

[lill_sominsomin]

If you're really into WWII era history, I'd recommend anything by William Shirer. Bit dry to read, but loaded with information. Also, "Colditz: The Full Story" for an interesting read on basically the "highest security" POW camp during WWII Germany.

 

[vordulmega]

The title of DOOM's most recent album, Born Like This, is derived from a Bukowski poem. And one the songs, Cellz, contains a excerpt from it. Cool stuff

 

[Brock.]

how could i have forgotten..

essential reading for our generation

 

[Gorilla.Steeze]

The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek

 

[FrysNation]

The Thief was good. i read it like 6 years ago after i finished it i became obsessed with lock picking. pretty sad but hey know i know how to pick a lock

 

[FrysNation]

Any good books on dreaming/lucid dreaming?

 

[JIBpsy^^]

The Dark Tower Series by Stephen king. i killed 250 pages in one day those books are so goof.

 

[cwphoto]

I'm reading the whole jack ryan series, probably my favorite book series. tom clancy writes amazing books. kinda funny all my friends are astonished that i read 800 page books.

my favorite

 

[EmperorKuzco]

The Art of Happiness!

 

[_Jeffrey_]

When i was younger i loved A Series of Unfortunate Events

 

[lill_sominsomin]

this should be on this list definitely too:

 

[EmperorKuzco]

 

[EmperorKuzco]

and I am currently reading...

 

[asfdfads]

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

 

[ihitchadsgap]

 

[Forcillo]

 

[Bodhisattva_]

goof as fuck

 

[Toaster-Tony]

If anyone enjoys listening to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis's bio, "Scar Tissue" gives you a crazy backdrop on his life. It was a great read and you can tell what almos every one of their songs is about from reading it.

 

[BlackCupid]

Some of these suggestions kill me. The Alchemist and Siddartha are both awful books. The only reason I could see anybody ever reading them is if you're high as fuck and you want something pseudo-spiritual to read.

A better book? Read The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien.

 

[cwphoto]

i didn't know he had a book. definitely going to read that

 

[rudager]

The Chrysalids, 1984, Hitchhikers Trilogy (5 books), On the Road, The Dharma Bums (any Kerouac)

 

[theBearJew]

Will this book inspire me to climb a mountain?

 

[ColinB]

The Power of One. easily the best book I have ever read. not to mention its one of those books that you won't want to put down.

 

[yourthemannowdog]

Probably not Everest. It isn't focused on hiking, it's about a tragedy from Krakauer's POV

 

[ColinB]

posted this before i read other replies, Im really surprised that nobody mentioned it before me.

on another note: Ender's Game has to be my second favorite, followed by The Golem's Eye trilogy