Personal recomendations for books

[CrazyCory564]

Please note that these are books I personally enjoy, and you may feel differently about certain books. Disagreeing is one thing. If you flame me for my personal choice in literature, I am going to assume you are retarded. Just felt I'd put that out there.

Atlas Shrugged- Ayn Rand (Shows the importance of individualism)
Breakfast of Champions- Kurt Vonnegut (Dark, sarcastic look at America's future)
Catch 22- Joseph Heller (Satirical look at war. Humorous and witty)
A Clockwork Orange- Anthony Burgess (Dark book about the moral choice of good and evil, as well as taking that choice away. Very graphic. A twisted mind is a plus if your reading this)
The Jungle- Upton Sinclair (Shows the corruption of the Industrial Revolution, more specifically the meatpacking industry)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas- Hunter S. Thompson (Two people take a trip to Las Vegas and take a shitload of drugs. Very... Distorted and trippy?)

Feel free to post your personal opinion about any books posted or to post your own suggestions. I'll probably post some more books tomorrow or something. I'm pretty tired now. Peace

[selfishyouth]

ayn rand - the fountainhead
chuck palahniuk - survivor
mark twain - fables of man

definitely my favorite fictions.

[frankenstein]

The fabric of the cosmos by brian greene any book by plato. all the books list above i think suck because they are merely entertainment when you are finished reading those books you have not learned anything from them. and i would rather watch something if i am not going to learn from it.

[selfishyouth]

all the books list above i think suck because they are merely entertainment when you are finished reading those books you have not learned anything from them. and i would rather watch something if i am not going to learn from it.

that was an ignorant statement. the fountainhead covers such important topics as internal vs external struggle and individualism vs collectivism. not to mention anything about the absolute PLETHORA of other subject matter.

also, fables of man is one of the most satirical examinations of god, life, love, hate, etc. that i have ever read and should be considered a crucial read to everyone except blatant white trash.

oh yeah, and in 1991 the library of congress survey noted ayn rands atlas shrugged as the second most influential book in american history beyond the BIBLE.

[CrazyCory564]

The fabric of the cosmos by brian greene any book by plato. all the books list above i think suck because they are merely entertainment when you are finished reading those books you have not learned anything from them. and i would rather watch something if i am not going to learn from it.

I personally find plato's style too drawn out. It's great if you like reading logical books, but they are very plain. A perfect example of his completely logical style is The Republic.

I also find your statement ignorant. The only book that is up in the list (mine and youths) that is mostly entertainment is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Every other book has a moral purpose, most of which are very strong.

Dante's Inferno [aka The Inferno of Dante] (This is the book that the very idea of hell came from in detail. It is very very hard to understand (it is translated from... Latin I believe) due to the archaic language used, but it is worth it to read)

Cirque du Freak series- Darren Shan (twisted 8 part series about vampires (none of that prissy twilight bullshit) and other mystical creatures in a war. Very interesting and entertaining)

Demonata series- Darren Shan (takes place in the human realm and demonic realms. Intense storyline that is very climatic)

[exial]

where the red fern grows

[Jim81Jim]

I personally find plato's style too drawn out. It's great if you like reading logical books, but they are very plain. A perfect example of his completely logical style is The Republic.


I actually enjoyed some of Plato's works. Personally though if I want to read the works of a stoic I stick with Marcus Aurelius or Epictetus. I liked Epictetus style when it came to getting to the point; he just cut through the crap and had many great one liners. Then again it's hard to say it was "his" work. Just like Socrates Epictetus didn't write down his own thoughts and ideas it was instead a disciple of his that did after he had died. Aurelius is a great read and I was a bit surprised that he took an entire chapter to thank every person he had ever known who taught him something.

[Wolkkkk]

Solaris by Stansilaw Lem