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I was never a big reader but recently read Dan Brown's "Angels & Demons" and "The Da Vinci Code" and now I'm hooked on his books. Those 2 were simply amazing.
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11-21-2003, 04:11 PM
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Another book that comes to mind is Hermann Hesse's "Glass Bead game" (also published as "Magister Ludi" ). A wonderfully deep book.
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11-21-2003, 08:07 PM
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1984
Had to read it for school but really found it fascinating....
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11-21-2003, 08:14 PM
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"Creature" by John Saul.
It is one of the very few books I have ever read. It was about a small town in colorado somewhere, where all the children were being used as experiments with growth hormones. Interesting book.
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Book(s) Recommendations
I've been reading a lot during the summer, mostly American fiction. I'd like to broaden my horizon in this area, because I don't know nearly enough American authors. I've read a lot of British literature both for school and at home, but I've read some great American books lately and I would like some input on where to go next.
Here are some of the books I've read and liked: Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse 5, Breakfast of Champions(Slaughterhouse 5 was absolutely amazing!) Hunter S. Thompson: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, The Great Shark Hunt, The Rum Diary, Hell's Angels(My favourite author along with Hemingway) Joseph Heller: Catch-22(One of my all-time favourites) Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451 On my 'To Read List': Tim O'Brien: The Things They Carried and Jack Kerouac: On the Road What would you recommend me reading next?
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08-11-2005, 01:59 PM
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Re: Book recommendations?
Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace. It's a commitment, but it's well worth it.
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08-11-2005, 03:21 PM
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Quite frankly, I'm...
 
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Re: Book recommendations?
Good thread. I'll make this one sticky.
Here are my recommendations: To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway It - Stephen King Scaramouche - Raphael Sabatini The Dark Tower Sequence - Stephen King A Song of Fire and Ice Saga - George R. R. Martin 1984 - George Orwell Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury(You already mentioned that) The Curious Incident of the Dog at Nighttime - Mark Haddon Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. We - Yvegny Zemyatin Master and Margarita - Mikhail Buglakov Hard Times - Charles Dickens Silmarillion - Professor Tolkien Lord of the Rings - Professor Tolkien Iron Council - China Mieville The Fifth Head of Cerebrus - Gene Wolfe The Thomas Covenant Books - Stephen R. Donaldson Maggie: A Girl of Streets - Stephen Crane Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury Dracula - Bram Stoker Kane and Abel - Jeffrey Archer The Testament - John Grisham A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess Mission of Gravity - Hall Clement Foundation - Isaac Asimov Stranger In a Strange Land - Robert Anson Heinlein The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula Le Guin Lyonesse - Jack Vance On the Road - Jack Keurock Bridget Jones Diary - Helen Fielding Non-Fiction The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank [Disclaimer: I cannot vouch for the spellings since I am writing this from immediate memory and haven't double-checked them] Enough? 
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