Good Books

The Lost Symbol by Dan Drown
Dream From My Father by Barack Obama
Into The Wild by Jon krakauer ... fucking epic book
Between A Rock and a Hard Place by Aaron Ralston... 127 hours anyone?

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, also pretty deadly
 
threads!

Faves include

+ Catcher in the Rye

+ all of George Orwell (his bio "Down and Out" was great)

+ Malcom Gladwell ALL HIS BOOKS will blow your mind

+ Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden (terrifying and gripping)

+ Lord of the Flies: not a cliche, a fantastic book

+ Summerland by Michael Chabon
 
Ayn Rand, Ugghh... However, what does my opinion count for. Good book? You can't go wrong with Ellison. The Promised Land - Nicholas Leeman.
 
If you're into fantasy and all that, look up "the name of the wind" by patrick Rothfuss.

Lord of the Rings, all 3 are amazing.

 
Yea I've read all Palahniuk's stuff + all the books you read in high school. Heres some books I'm considering. I'm looking to read some books that are interesting/worth talking about.

Freakonomics

One flew over the cuckoo’s nest

Blink, the tipping point, outliers – gladwell

House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski

Ulysseys

Into the Wild

The prince - machiavelli

 
Brave New World, as mentioned...is quality.

A lot of great autobiographies out there too. Ever read about JFK? The man was a genuine badass.

1984 is good, but the only problem i have with it is that these days anytime you see someone getting arrested or taken away by police, there's always some idiot who says "pft...1984 in real life." It's come to represent something that isn't at all accurate to what the book is.

Also, if you're willing to get historial...A man on the moon...is one of my favorite books. Read it once, and you know damn near everything there is to know about the space program. Another interesting read is "Hitler's Willing Executioners." But that's more of an academic thing, not something you sit down and read for pleasure. Extremely interesting, nonetheless.
 
The Catcher in the Rye is a great book as well. I also like The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Looking for Alaska, but those are just not for some people.
 
Seriously one of the best books I've read, fake or not. Such a good story. I love all chuck palhnuck(sp?)'s stuff too.
 
lets see if i can suggest some that no one else has

Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer

This Side of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald

the Myron Bolitar Series - Harlan Coben

Paths of Glory - Jeffery Archer

Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood

and my favourite

the perks of being a wallflower - stephen chbosky
 
i think to really enjoy it you have to really relate to charlie.

otherwise youll just think its stupid

its very similar to the catcher in the rye but i really didnt like the catcher because the character of holden pissed me the fuck off
 
Yeah, I agree with you. I definitely think that a lot of people can relate to him, depending at what point they are in their lives. I read it when I was a freshman in high school, and I was like eh, but then I re-read it this summer and it became one of my favorite books.
 
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
 
Sorry if someone already said this, but Scar Tissue is a really good book it's about Anthony Kiedis the lead singer of the RHCP. Also, A World Lit Only By FIre by William Manchester its boring at points, but some parts are very interesting.
 
agree 100%

im on my second round through the books now. ive found that while i have a general idea of whats going on from reading them the first time. they still read great, even the second time around. (it has been a couple of years though since i read them the first time)

im also gonna add in there joel Rosenburg The Last Jihad. a little spoiler, he basically wrote a book depicting what was going to happen on 9-11-01 only it was written years before it happened. again super good.
 
just finished reading Band of Brothers. Its real good. If you watch the tv series first it'll help you remember all of the names because there are tons of people
 
dub post but i just remembered...

Tuesdays with Morrie(sp?) was amazing. Changed my view on life after i finished that book
 
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance. youll be thinking for weeks to try and wrap your mind around some of that stuff.
 
Yes!! My freshman year science teacher read us a few pages from that book everyday before class. So good!
 
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