List of books to read

[freetibet]

I have made a list of books i'm going to read. The list is:

To Kill a Mocking Bird

Catcher in the Rye

As I lay dying (novel not band)

Anarchist cookbook

Finish Bible (I got halfway through and stopped)

Quran
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Anyone have anything I should add to the list? Comments, concerns, questions?

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art of war
Grapes of wrath
animal farm
1984
the prince by maciavelli
wealth of nations
how to win friendsa nd influence people
the master and margarite
blubeard
The young man's guide


maybe
white noise
brother karamozov
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Dearly Devoted Dexter
Dexter in the Dark
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btw the reason i'm reading some of these is because they're banned in certain states and I want to create a collection of banned books

[Buddha]

I read catcher in the rye, I think I missed something.

I just finished grapes of wrath the other day.

[frankenstein]

lame you should read

John Stuart Mills, On Liberty

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein

Plato's Ion

The Apologies Of Socrates by Plato

The Fabric Of The Cosmos

The Secret of Life DNA
and
Einstein His Life And Universe

those would be my suggestions

[deathlord888]

shooter - gunnery sgt. jack coughlin, USMC
inside delta force - command sergeant major Eric L. Haney
8 lives down - major chris hunter


and catcher in the rye blows

[freetibet]

I'm gonna add grapes of wrath to the list. and i'm not really one for military books so i doubt i'd like and USMC books. could you guys name why you think i should read those books?

I don't really want to research every suggestion

[ItsAPoorlyKeptSecret]

I'd suggest either Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead both by Ann Rand. Why: Because she sort of invented this new philosophy(Objectivism) through her books and its worth a read to see that but at the same time really intresting story. They're bout the fight for the "self" against society as the "we" and the bullshit they try to shove down your throats of "for the greater good". and its like only a select few who dont buy into that and just try to do there thing which makes them great but since its not "their"(society) way its the wrong way. So i think both those books are awesome and good reads if not for the philosophy side, for the story of struggling to be great, sort of cliche.

If your not sure bout reading them cause i couldnt sell it to you, another of her books the first Anthem is pretty much a short story with the same message just less detailed or at least less complex sort of simpled down to "I am Me not We" that is the same message in all the books. So thats a good like sample to see if you want to read the others or not which are way more complex.

So def suggest reading: The Fountainhead then Atlas Shrugged. and Anthem at the very least, at least.

[MISFlT]

art of war?

gotta read some Stephan king shit...
favorite was Tommyknockers

[jimhc]

Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Dearly Devoted Dexter
Dexter in the Dark
- Jeff Lindsay
Three books about a serial killer who works for the forensics dept of the Miami Metro PD...If you like the show on Showtime, you must read the books.

[Buddha]

I'm gonna add grapes of wrath to the list. and i'm not really one for military books so i doubt i'd like and USMC books. could you guys name why you think i should read those books?

I don't really want to research every suggestion


Grapes of wrath is a good book. I think I'm gonna read Animal Farm by George Orwell next, or maybe I'll just re-read catcher in the rye.

[ItsAPoorlyKeptSecret]

buddha you should re read catcher in the rye since reading a book the first time you might not follow along so well but now that you get where its all heading might find you do like it after all

[Buddha]

I started re-reading it yesterday. It's better than I remember. The kid in the book totally has the same thought process as me. First time I read it I thought he was going to come to some great big epiphany and his life would be better for it, and therefore my life would be better. Then in the end nothing happens and I threw the book at the wall.

[freetibet]

hahahaha i love it

i'm gonna edit the list. this site helped:

http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/14/100-must-read-books-the-essential-mans-library/3/

[ItsAPoorlyKeptSecret]

I started re-reading it yesterday. It's better than I remember. The kid in the book totally has the same thought process as me. First time I read it I thought he was going to come to some great big epiphany and his life would be better for it, and therefore my life would be better. Then in the end nothing happens and I threw the book at the wall.

but he does have an epiphany at the end. the whole reason he is the way he is is because he's messed up and depressed bout his brother deep down. He feels responsible like a kid whos parents just got divorced thinks its his fault or that there must have been something wrong he did and that he should of saved his brother. So being messed up bout that he gets all the more depressed when he sees all the bad things he think should be kept from kids, like he was to save them, (catch them if they fall of that cliff in the rye). like when the word Fuck is written on the wall he thinks bout the kids and mad at whoever wrote it. And at the end he, i dont kno, sort of sees how he cant protect them he has to let them learn for themselves and blah blah. thats his epiphany that its out of his hand no matter how bad he wants it or good intention he is.

[Zamato Elite]

All of those books suck.

[freetibet]

should I add some porn for you zamato? lol

[Zamato Elite]

should I add some porn for you zamato? lol

Now we're talking.