Post by: CattyKid on November 05, 2006, 12:15:00 PM
I just finished Death of a Salesman.. short but I thought it was very good. All Quiet on the Western Front was good as well. I also REALLY liked Slaughterhouse Five. Hmm... what else? Oh yeah... Witness for the Prosecution
Post by: w2kj on November 05, 2006, 02:02:00 PM
Still I'm lucky to make it beyond a single page since my stroke (Nov. 3rd; 3 years ago). Someday I may be able to finish it.
Post by: theperfekt001 on November 05, 2006, 02:48:00 PM
QUOTE(CattyKid @ Nov 5 2006, 03:22 PM) 
I also REALLY liked Slaughterhouse Five.
I just read that last week. Definitely an interesting read.
The Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox is a good one too.
Post by: Modderxtrordanare on November 05, 2006, 04:45:00 PM
QUOTE(theperfekt001 @ Nov 5 2006, 03:55 PM)
The Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox is a good one too.
Damn, you beat me to it.
I just did a report on that book for my english class. I'll probably get it back with some rude remarks on it and a 0.
Post by: Rylinkus on November 05, 2006, 06:01:00 PM
Grapes of Wrath & Travels with Charley
Post by: throwingks on November 05, 2006, 06:23:00 PM
Post by: Tripme on November 05, 2006, 06:35:00 PM
Post by: CattyKid on November 05, 2006, 06:52:00 PM
QUOTE(throwingks @ Nov 5 2006, 10:30 PM)
Where the Red Fern Grows
Oh man. We read that in sixth grade... brings back some memories. Little Anne and Old Dan. That was fantastic... end was so sad though
Post by: throwingks on November 05, 2006, 07:12:00 PM
The book I am reading now is Rich Dad, Poor Dad
... and Learn C# in 21 days.
Post by: CattyKid on November 05, 2006, 07:14:00 PM
QUOTE(throwingks @ Nov 5 2006, 11:19 PM)
... and Learn C# in 21 days.
How many days into it are you?
Post by: throwingks on November 05, 2006, 07:17:00 PM
Post by: awal on November 05, 2006, 07:53:00 PM
Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Post by: Himura on November 05, 2006, 08:38:00 PM
Tortilla Curtain
To Kill a Mockingbird
and one that I read in the 4th grade: Island of the Blue Dolphins
Post by: Rylinkus on November 05, 2006, 08:38:00 PM
QUOTE(metaldevil @ Nov 6 2006, 03:20 AM)
I like some King. I like about 50% of the stuff of his that I've read. Firestarter is my favorite King book.
I like the Dark Tower Series. (Im from Bangor, ME where he lives. I think Im legally required to own books buy him.)
Actually his best stuff is his non horror stuff. The Green Mile. The Body, (Stand By Me). Shawshank Redemption.
Post by: silentbob343 on November 06, 2006, 05:01:00 AM
Bret Easton Ellis; again pretty much all
Stephen King; Dark Tower Series, The Green Mile, and Desperation/The Regualtors
Hunter S Thompson; Fear and Loathing of course
In my youth I was a huge Hardy Boys fan.
I'm surprised that nobody mentioned writers from the beat generation, esp. Kerouac.
Post by: killerbootsman on November 06, 2006, 06:43:00 PM
Post by: biggieandmoe on November 06, 2006, 10:01:00 PM
To Kill a Mocingbird
Huckleberry Finn
Of Mice and Men
I've read these in my English class and I love them. There's some more but these were the only ones I can say off the top of my head.
Post by: Xombe on November 06, 2006, 10:27:00 PM
Dan Brown's Angels & Demons, The DaVinci Code, Digital Fortress, Deception Point. In that order. Really great page turners. I love how he alternates short chapters between sides to keep the pace fast.
Recent Sci-fi I've dug:
Iain M. Bank's The Algebraist. Great long term, epic span trip galaxy fiction.
Favorite series ever:
Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality. You heard about this? Each book is the story of a mortal who occupies the "office" of Death, Time, Fate, War and Nature. Absolutely fucking fantasic storytelling and plot weaving. He finished the series off with two books I never thought he'd write, For Love of Evil and And Eternity.. the storys of those who hold the offices of Satan and God, and how they get them.
I can't say enough about them. The science-fantasy methods of how Anthony dreams up how humans can assume an office, the tools needed to allow a mortal to do the job, and the battles and inner struggles of the oh-so-very human characters overseeing the world.
I even own the audiobook series.
Post by: thewickedjester on November 07, 2006, 10:25:00 AM
Any of my other favorites would have to be:
We
1984 (Brave New World was good as well, but Huxley as intelligent as he is, certainly is not a man of words, and the book its just hard to read at times, meaning, hard to keep going on reading it)
Alphabet of Manliness (Maddox > All. Need I say more?)
Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy (The movie was very well done, but you really have to read the book to get the full story)
Post by: Rylinkus on November 08, 2006, 03:54:00 PM
QUOTE(metaldevil @ Nov 6 2006, 05:15 AM)
^ I didn't know he'd written Shawshank. I saw the movie and thought it was phenomenal. I'll definitely have to pick up the book next time I hit up B&N.
It's written as a Novella in the Different Seasons book. It's entitled Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.
QUOTE(thewickedjester @ Nov 7 2006, 06:32 PM)
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. By far my favorite book ever. Deffinetly worth a read, so is most of his other stuff. The Wanting seed (A deffinite read for ANY 1984 or Brave New World fans, both good books as well).
Any of my other favorites would have to be:
We
1984 (Brave New World was good as well, but Huxley as intelligent as he is, certainly is not a man of words, and the book its just hard to read at times, meaning, hard to keep going on reading it)
Alphabet of Manliness (Maddox > All. Need I say more?)
Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy (The movie was very well done, but you really have to read the book to get the full story)
Farenheit 451 falls into the same lines as 1984 and Brave New World. Im really not sure which one my favorite is.
Hitchikers guide is ok, but as the books progress it just gets worse and worse.
Post by: Himura on November 08, 2006, 06:28:00 PM
QUOTE(biggieandmoe @ Nov 6 2006, 09:08 PM)
Of Mice and Men
Oh yeah, forgot that one. that and Beowulf also.
Post by: Hazanko on November 10, 2006, 05:16:00 AM
Post by: CJLee89 on November 10, 2006, 03:21:00 PM
Post by: metaldevil on November 14, 2006, 08:42:00 AM
Jeffery Deaver's an amazing author, too.
Post by: StrictPuppet on November 16, 2006, 11:17:00 PM
Some of my faves are: Wolfs Hour, Blue World, Night Boat, Gone South, Boys Life, and Swan Song.
I also enjoy Dean Koontz and Stephen King.
Post by: lostboyz on November 29, 2006, 08:17:00 PM
personally i love Chuck Palahniuk i just bought a bunch of them
Lullaby
Survivor
Diary
Invisible Monsters (best sadistical comedy ever)
Choke
Ayn Rand - Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged
I just picked up A clockwork orange
and of course maddox
Post by: lostboyz on January 07, 2007, 08:56:00 PM
Post by: Y26tav on January 07, 2007, 09:28:00 PM
Then we have the sword of truth series by terry goodkind\
The eighth habit by steven covey
The road less traveled i think that is Stephen Gould
The world is flat don't remember that author great book though
The Magic of Recluse series by Terry Brooks
I speak Pretty some day
Don't like the series but if you read the lord of the ring trilogy you need to read the first book in the Sword of shanara series it is hilarious a strait rip of those three books but smashed into one.
... I Will think of more....
Ah ha I thought of more. Neromancer by im thinking terry brooks
people are talking about school books so then we have.
Kaffer boy
dunkin ra
Lord of the flies
Brom stokers Dracula
Post by: SICKdimension on January 19, 2007, 09:56:00 AM
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
Currently reading: About a Boy - Nick Hornby
Post by: EverestX on January 19, 2007, 12:11:00 PM
Brave New World
The Doors of Perception <-- Rather difficult read for most...
Chrome Yellow
Some other necessary reads IMO are
Fahrenheit 451
1984
Animal Farm
Of mice and Men
Shooting an Elephant
Marxist Theory (Really is a good book.)
Civil Disobedience
Cain by James Byron Huggins, this book got a lot of bad press and horrible reviews but I simply couldn't put the book down from start to finish. I read it in less than 3 and a half days (400 pages).
And with all these books I like, here's a couple that totally take the cake for being suck-tastic.
Old man & the Sea.
Pride and Prejudice (it wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't as thick as my mattress)
Post by: wafflez on January 19, 2007, 10:03:00 PM
Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
Prey by Michael Crichton
Enders Shadow by Orson Scott Card
The Firm by John Grisham
The Pardon by i don't remember James Patterson maybe?
The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Brave New World by Huxley
.... oh and the list goes on
the best ones are bolded
i agree with metal devil on Dan Brown's books.... also... Angels and Demons is the best of them
Post by: Alex548 on January 19, 2007, 10:09:00 PM
The Stranger and The Plague by Albert Camus.
The Sun Also Rises, The Summer of My German Soldier, Madame Bovary were also decent books I read during high school.
Of course, when I was a kid . . . Anything written by Shel Silverstein.
Still have tons of his poems in memory.
Edit:Wow. . . just visited his website. Brings back memories. So much to interact with on there.
Post by: Rylinkus on January 20, 2007, 06:06:00 PM
QUOTE(EverestX @ Jan 19 2007, 08:18 PM)
And with all these books I like, here's a couple that totally take the cake for being suck-tastic.
Old man & the Sea.
Pride and Prejudice (it wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't as thick as my mattress)
How do you not like the Old man and the Sea? It's a great book. Almost anything he's written is great. I think I'm partial to his short stories for the most part.
Post by: Modderxtrordanare on January 21, 2007, 12:31:00 AM
Post by: EverestX on January 22, 2007, 12:19:00 PM
QUOTE(Rylinkus @ Jan 20 2007, 07:13 PM)
How do you not like the Old man and the Sea? It's a great book. Almost anything he's written is great. I think I'm partial to his short stories for the most part.
Well to be honest, I liked some of his other works. As for old man and the sea, it failed to entertain me, and it pretty much lacked any sort of content that made me want to keep reading it. It came across as an old guy in a boat with only a whale to talk to, not my preferred reading material. At some points it was too dry and others overly descriptive.
Post by: CJLee89 on January 22, 2007, 08:26:00 PM
QUOTE(metaldevil @ Nov 14 2006, 10:49 AM)
^ Yeah, I like Grisham, but his endings feel rushed sometimes (e.g., The Brethren).
Jeffery Deaver's an amazing author, too.
maybe a little but my favorites are "The Broker" and "King of Torts". even though i dont really no anything about law, i really like the law books he writes.