I recommend His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman and any books by Diana Wynne Jones.
I just finished "Please Don't Come Back From the Moon" by Dean Bakopoulos. Good read. Right now I'm reading "The Pagan's Nightmare". Pretty funny novel. I can't remember the author and I left the book in my car, so google it yourselves.
Tag: Became a freaking mod and a complete douche, coincidentally, at the same time.
RockSmith372 said:
In a sense i am. I enjoy reading books because it makes me think. I am currently reading Catch-22. My friend is going to give me Of Mice and Men to read next because he said it is one of his favorites. |
Dude this is gettin crazy..I ordered catch-22 yesterday....LoL
Favourite book everybody knows - 1984
Favorite book no one knows - The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time
and some more from me:
Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
Robert Louis Stevenson - Dr Jekyll and mr Hyde
George Orwell - Animal Farm
My favourite book is probably Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow.
Though I've read nothing more times than The Count of Monte Cristo or The Three Musketeers.
insomniac17 said:
I have read all four (ex-girlfriend made me do it), and I completely understand why people say they're awful; because they are. The idea behind the story isn't a bad one, but horrible writing, bland characters, no plot, and almost no action make these books a great doorstop. That said, I'd recommend Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game. It's not particularly long, but it's an entertaining read. |
Wow.. that's devotion.
I could barely sit through one of the movies.. it was just the worst kind of awful.
damkira said:
Wow.. that's devotion. I could barely sit through one of the movies.. it was just the worst kind of awful.
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It was a trade, actually. She really wanted me to read them, but she'd never seen any Star Wars movies. Now she's seen all six. I figured it was a worthy sacrifice. The fact that she was constantly shoving them down my throat was one of the reasons why we are no longer dating.
I don't plan on seeing the movies though. Movies based on books are usually worse than the books, and the mere thought of that has me shaking.
| Opa-Opa said: Anything by William Faulkner ... Although if you're new to him, try "As I Lay Dying." |
No Faulkner book should be your first piece of literature, either. I can imagine some guy never having read a book by Faulkner, and trying to read The Sound and The Fury, and his head exploding.
Someone said Ender's Game, what they really meant to say is this whole series (as well as the Ender's Shadow series). Ender's Game is really just the prelude.
Other Books:
Ridley Walker - Russell Hoban
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austin
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
Cry, The Beloved Country - Alan Paton
The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde
Dubliners - James Joyce (This one is almost as difficult as The Sound and The Fury, though)
| tarheel91 said: Someone said Ender's Game, what they really meant to say is this whole series (as well as the Ender's Shadow series). Ender's Game is really just the prelude. |
I said Ender's Game because I haven't read any of the other books. Well, I tried to read Speaker for the Dead, but I never got into it. This was years ago, but I never bothered to try and read any of the others again.
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