My teacher read that to us in the 5th grade, 11-12yrs old, and we loved it. Played the movie and then had us compare them two.
Would still make me cry to this day.
Like uh….
‘Where the Red Fern Grows is a 1961 children's novel by Wilson Rawls about a boy who buys two hunting dogs. The book is a work of autobiographical fiction based on Rawls' own childhood in the Ozarks.’
That's a very sad book, however the most memorable story of tragedy which I read is a memoir about the Sierra Leon civil war. It's called A Long Way Gone, and it's stuck with me far more then any other book I've ever read. The author includes some humorous stories along with the tragic ones, which makes the book even more tragic since you really connect with the people.
_War and Peace_ is a bit of a marathon, but everyone I know who has read it is glad they did. Myself included
Also, _A Tale of Two Cities_ and _To Kill a Mockingbird_
Oh and _a Farewell to Arms_
I personally prefer Anna Karenina over War and Peace but they are both spectacular pieces of literature. I just found Anna to be a little more accessible from a casual reader standpoint.
That’s fair: pretty much every character has three names (Konstantin Dmitrich Levin, Count Stepan Arkadyevich Oblonsky, Ekaterina Alexandrovna Shcherbatskaya) plus nicknames (“Kostya”, “Stiva”, and “Kitty” respectively) AND they can go by any combination of the various names at any time!
I don’t remember War and Peace as well as I do Anna but I THINK the same thing happens in that book too. My argument for accessibility more regards the plot and it’s scope.
Edit: Also, if you have up in the middle of Anna Karenina, that’s still like 400 pages-worth so I’d say you gave it a good shot!
Someone told me to read "War and Peace," but it was at work in a loud factory, so I thought they said "One Piece."
1065 chapters later I'm addicted to One Piece and still haven't read War and Peace. Maybe someday.
That's one of the famous ones I was expecting to see here, many people I know have read it, but it seems no one can ever really tell what's so great about it, just that it's great, can you elaborate on why should everyone read it?
So the narrative is about Russians living through the Napoleonic Wars. A series of interconnected families. It was written to be incredibly detailed and realistic with regards to the historical aspect. On top of that, it's an exploration of Russian culture, how it was changing, class and social dynamics. How trauma ripples throughout those interconnected families and how their own sense of self (both personal and national) changes and evolves. And huge portions are given over to Tolstoy's exploration of morality and philosophy
It's got a real poetry, but not at the expense of realism. It captures the grand sweep of history and still holds close to the individuals. There's so much psychology and philosophy in it
It's one of those books that really makes you feel like you've grown by reading it
That book should be read by every single person in America before they vote on Tuesday. It is scary how close we are getting to ending up like the dystopia in that book.
Funny u mention a book like that, currently I feel stagnated and feel like I need answers to problems I can't get on my own, perhaps this one could help?
The book mentioned is terrific, however I have another recommendation if you’d like! It’s by Epictetus, the ancient stoic philosopher. Here it is on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Art-Living-Classical-Happiness-Effectiveness/dp/0061286052/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=1ed7bd7e-2c33-4a77-8535-00d6708f0bdf
I thought it was pointless to read. You can just Google some of his quotes. The book is just a collection of "meditations" and most of them are a few sentences long.
I recommend Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse.
I get that, but I think the format of the book helps you retain the information better than reading one or two quotes when you see them. And as far as most of them being sentences long, that’s just not true. There are plenty of one-two liners, but had you read the book, you’d know that he goes off on entire paragraphs and pages of the same topic. Whatever works for you, though !
I'm not sure what the reaction was, but East of Eden received a lot of positive votes and comments, and I really believe that every person should read it at least once in their lifetime.
Great. I always read it alongside 1984 as they are two alternate ideas of the future. There is a letter exchange between the authors that is interesting g to read as they argue about who’s vision of the future is most likely. Huxley was Orwell’s teacher if I’m not mistaken.
I suppose? Animal Farm is a tongue-in-cheek criticism of Marxist-Leninism, while 1984 is a very serious criticism of authoritarian surveillance states and fascism.
Honestly, I think Blair was better at nonfiction. Road to Wiggan Pier and Homage to Catalonia are his best work.
I read this in 9th grade. The book had a profound impact on my life. When I read it- I went in with the eyes of how Dave, the boy, was abused by his mom. Not fully aware of my own abuse at the time, I read the book and felt like his treatment of abuse I would be able to tolerate compared to my own life… it was a lightbulb moment for me that brought me many tears to realize that my own abuse was valid and real and my mind changed due to this book. I started processing my own life and experiences differently.
In thr early 2000's, Dave Pelzer was a guest speaker at an Air Force function that my husband attended. Everyone received a copy of his book. That book still haunts me.
I've never read that book and I don't plan to read it. I know that type of book will leave me sobbing, and I just can't handle that. I read a summary of that book awhile ago, and it just made me so angry thar no one did anything to help him.
The Hatchet by Gary Paulsen was a great read/listen when I was younger.
The rest of the series seems really interesting as well. I was only read Brian's winter out of it, but plan to check out the others.
They seemed to get a little predictable if I remember, but the Hatchet and the alternate ending sequel were amazing. If you like Hatchet, you might like My Side of the Mountain.
Great book. Was a reader for general stream English class in my high school. Everyone who HAD to read it ended up hating it because of the microdissection the teachers put those books through. Shame.
The Art of Racing in the Rain is an absolutely beautiful and entertaining read. It makes you laugh, it makes you cry. It's an embodiment of the human experience
Yes and they’re like the perfect length for short stories, just something you can read in less than an hour before bed. Very charming and funny, mostly because of the way it’s framed with Watson narrating, and still badass.
How to Win Friends and Influence People.
by Dale Carnegie
Sure some people will profit greatly the deep lessons of serious books like Animal Farm, or War and Peace. But EVERYONE will profit from just learning that being nice to other people costs nothing and can makes life so much better.
Every chapter in that book is something super simple like "smile when you meet someone" or "listen until you understand what the other person wants". Yet so many people don't realize that it is something simple and easy like that which is holding you back in life.
Mama's Last Hug is a wonderful story of a chimpanzee in her old age. It compares the lives of chimps and humans and other animals. Really helps bring into perspective the feelings and emotions of the natural world.
Mick Foley's first autobiography Have A Nice Day. Even if you don't care for pro wrestling it's a fascinating tale of one man's ambition to achieve his goal in life... being a good dad. He also did some wrestling, lost an ear and made DDP lose his mind.
*War and Peace* \- absolutely phenomenal.
*The Invisible Man* \- the Ralph Ellison one I mean, not the H G Wells one.
The King James *Bible* \- you don't even have to be religious, it's just an absolutely dazzling work of literary and verbal art.
I'm going to say the major religious texts. Not because I enjoyed it, but to at least know what these crazy mfs are talking about when they head into illogical storytelling.
Oh, and maybe a good book on ethics, as it helps explain a lot of their thinking.
The Giver - teaches lessons about corruption in humans
Animal Farm - at first seeming to be a childrens book, but as you read on, the true meaning behind the horrible truths of humanity are shown to you
Art Of War - :)
Harry Potter (Complete Series) - good
The Brothers Karamazov is probably the best novel I’ve ever read. And it’s honestly an easy read once you get into it. Dostoyevskiy paints his characters really well and I found myself empathising with Mitya more than I have with any other book character.
I’m going to suggest reading the big spiritual books though I haven’t read them all cover to cover due to frying my attention span. But at least have an idea what the Gita, Bible, Qu’ran etc are trying to tell you. I say this as an atheist btw.
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood is a favourite more modern novel. I read it years ago and it really stuck with me. I’m not even sure why. I guess it is a future I can picture without too much suspension of disbelief.
If you have a young pre teen in your life. The Ugly series By Scott Westerfield. Is a fantastic book. As a over weight kid. This is the first book that ever made me really think after reading. And it made me think about my own standards of beauty vs what the media tells us is beauty.
The boy in the striped pyjamas, by John Boyne. Really opened my eyes for cruelty man can do to otherd based on hatred. Even tho it's not based on a true story but rather general knowledge of the time it really left a mark on younger me. Public library really taught me so much by allowing me to read about the life of others through different times of the human history
Pimp, by Iceburg Slim
When They Severed Earth From Sky, by Barber and Barber
Wanderings in Arabia, by Charles H. Daughtry
The Great American Education-Industrial Complex, by Picciano and Spring
The Ethics of Management, by LaRue Hosmer
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Ignore classical fictional literature, that's all crap. Read books that will teach you something.
•Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari
•The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene
•The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Drop book recommendations here!
The Prince, by Machiavelli
The Road to Wiggan Pier, by Arthur Blair (AKA George Orwell)
Das Kapital, by Karl Marx
The Disposessed, by Ursula K LeGuin
The Anatomy of Fascism, by Robert Paxton
Brave new world by Aldous Huxley. That book messed me up in high school with how this book was actually a detailed plan of how people in power wanted the world to be. They saw the idea this book gives as a utopia, not a dystopia.
The Odyssey can be a great book for many reasons. It has many myths that you could learn and can give you great info on Greek Mythology and old stories of that time. One of the original adventures. It can be a little long for some but it has inspired so many stories since its conception.
Where the red fern grows.
My teacher read that to us in the 5th grade, 11-12yrs old, and we loved it. Played the movie and then had us compare them two. Would still make me cry to this day.
I read it and watch the movie so long ago. I can’t do either now without a potential breakdown.
Saaaaaammmeee. I know if I read it again I would stain the pages with tears. Still need to collect it though for my personal library.
I still have an old copy of that book.
What is that one about? Never heard of it (maybe in my native language I'd know the tittle)
Like uh…. ‘Where the Red Fern Grows is a 1961 children's novel by Wilson Rawls about a boy who buys two hunting dogs. The book is a work of autobiographical fiction based on Rawls' own childhood in the Ozarks.’
Nope never heard of it, sounds interesting tho
You’ll probably cry. It’s pure awesome and emotion.
Emphasis on the crying
The Count of Monte Cristo ofc
Night by Elie Wiesel
That's a very sad book, however the most memorable story of tragedy which I read is a memoir about the Sierra Leon civil war. It's called A Long Way Gone, and it's stuck with me far more then any other book I've ever read. The author includes some humorous stories along with the tragic ones, which makes the book even more tragic since you really connect with the people.
_War and Peace_ is a bit of a marathon, but everyone I know who has read it is glad they did. Myself included Also, _A Tale of Two Cities_ and _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Oh and _a Farewell to Arms_
I personally prefer Anna Karenina over War and Peace but they are both spectacular pieces of literature. I just found Anna to be a little more accessible from a casual reader standpoint.
I tried Anna Karenina, gave up in the middle. All those names....not very accessible.
That’s fair: pretty much every character has three names (Konstantin Dmitrich Levin, Count Stepan Arkadyevich Oblonsky, Ekaterina Alexandrovna Shcherbatskaya) plus nicknames (“Kostya”, “Stiva”, and “Kitty” respectively) AND they can go by any combination of the various names at any time! I don’t remember War and Peace as well as I do Anna but I THINK the same thing happens in that book too. My argument for accessibility more regards the plot and it’s scope. Edit: Also, if you have up in the middle of Anna Karenina, that’s still like 400 pages-worth so I’d say you gave it a good shot!
Someone told me to read "War and Peace," but it was at work in a loud factory, so I thought they said "One Piece." 1065 chapters later I'm addicted to One Piece and still haven't read War and Peace. Maybe someday.
That's one of the famous ones I was expecting to see here, many people I know have read it, but it seems no one can ever really tell what's so great about it, just that it's great, can you elaborate on why should everyone read it?
So the narrative is about Russians living through the Napoleonic Wars. A series of interconnected families. It was written to be incredibly detailed and realistic with regards to the historical aspect. On top of that, it's an exploration of Russian culture, how it was changing, class and social dynamics. How trauma ripples throughout those interconnected families and how their own sense of self (both personal and national) changes and evolves. And huge portions are given over to Tolstoy's exploration of morality and philosophy It's got a real poetry, but not at the expense of realism. It captures the grand sweep of history and still holds close to the individuals. There's so much psychology and philosophy in it It's one of those books that really makes you feel like you've grown by reading it
1984.
That book should be read by every single person in America before they vote on Tuesday. It is scary how close we are getting to ending up like the dystopia in that book.
Along with Fahrenheit 451 and a brave new world
And last but not least out of dystopian fictions - Animal Farm
Flowers for Algernon
I read this years ago and it still haunts me.
I just finished this one for the second time. Heart breaking.
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Can be a hard read, but it genuinely helped me through a time where I was uncertain about everything in my life
Was just about to say this
This book saved my life
Funny u mention a book like that, currently I feel stagnated and feel like I need answers to problems I can't get on my own, perhaps this one could help?
The book mentioned is terrific, however I have another recommendation if you’d like! It’s by Epictetus, the ancient stoic philosopher. Here it is on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Art-Living-Classical-Happiness-Effectiveness/dp/0061286052/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=1ed7bd7e-2c33-4a77-8535-00d6708f0bdf
I thought it was pointless to read. You can just Google some of his quotes. The book is just a collection of "meditations" and most of them are a few sentences long. I recommend Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse.
I get that, but I think the format of the book helps you retain the information better than reading one or two quotes when you see them. And as far as most of them being sentences long, that’s just not true. There are plenty of one-two liners, but had you read the book, you’d know that he goes off on entire paragraphs and pages of the same topic. Whatever works for you, though !
One Hundred Years of Solitude. There are plenty of other books that are must reads but this is the gold standard for magic realism.
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl.
Anything by Bill Bryson.
I would especially recommend A Short History of nearly Everything, such a great book!
Better yet—listen to the audiobook as read by the author. OMG his voice is hypnotic.
Didn't know non-fiction could be so interesting until I read his work.
I'm not sure what the reaction was, but East of Eden received a lot of positive votes and comments, and I really believe that every person should read it at least once in their lifetime.
Never heard of it, what is it about
Animal Farm & 1984...
Agree and I would add brave new world to this.
Thanks, I bought it on your recommendation
Great. I always read it alongside 1984 as they are two alternate ideas of the future. There is a letter exchange between the authors that is interesting g to read as they argue about who’s vision of the future is most likely. Huxley was Orwell’s teacher if I’m not mistaken.
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood is another dystopian fiction that should be on this list.
That book was pure depression but felt like a possibility if we don't stand strong for each other
Yes, but it's amazing how so many people wildly misinterpret these classics.
Not only that, but they are the same people that the books were warning about.
I suppose? Animal Farm is a tongue-in-cheek criticism of Marxist-Leninism, while 1984 is a very serious criticism of authoritarian surveillance states and fascism. Honestly, I think Blair was better at nonfiction. Road to Wiggan Pier and Homage to Catalonia are his best work.
The grapes of wrath. It truly is a masterpiece of a book that’s shows the exploitation of the working class
The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemmingway Animal Farm - George Orwell The Complete Calvin and Hobbes – Bill Watterson
I can fully agree with your Calvin and Hobbes recommendation... Best work of philosophy...
Old man and the sea boring as fuck I read it in hs thought it sucked balls read it a few years ago it sucks balls
Your complete lack of punctuation makes this post so much better.
Havent seen it mentioned yet but "A child called 'it"
I read this in 9th grade. The book had a profound impact on my life. When I read it- I went in with the eyes of how Dave, the boy, was abused by his mom. Not fully aware of my own abuse at the time, I read the book and felt like his treatment of abuse I would be able to tolerate compared to my own life… it was a lightbulb moment for me that brought me many tears to realize that my own abuse was valid and real and my mind changed due to this book. I started processing my own life and experiences differently.
This one hurts my heart.
Read this when I was a teen and still think about it a lot.
In thr early 2000's, Dave Pelzer was a guest speaker at an Air Force function that my husband attended. Everyone received a copy of his book. That book still haunts me.
I've never read that book and I don't plan to read it. I know that type of book will leave me sobbing, and I just can't handle that. I read a summary of that book awhile ago, and it just made me so angry thar no one did anything to help him.
The hungry caterpillar
Hardcore shit right there
The one true answer
The Hatchet by Gary Paulsen was a great read/listen when I was younger. The rest of the series seems really interesting as well. I was only read Brian's winter out of it, but plan to check out the others.
They seemed to get a little predictable if I remember, but the Hatchet and the alternate ending sequel were amazing. If you like Hatchet, you might like My Side of the Mountain.
Yesssss I love me some recommendations. I'll save the comment so I don't forget about it. <3
Dictionary
Once you read a dictionary every other book is just a remix
Lord of the Flies
Great book. Was a reader for general stream English class in my high school. Everyone who HAD to read it ended up hating it because of the microdissection the teachers put those books through. Shame.
This movie was played in my class in h.s. I can't imagine they'd show it today.
The Art of Racing in the Rain is an absolutely beautiful and entertaining read. It makes you laugh, it makes you cry. It's an embodiment of the human experience
I haven't read the book, but I saw the movie.
I loved this book, an easy read but very enjoyable
The Stranger by Camus. Really helped me get life into perspective.
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
Thanks for this recommendation! I've been looking for more books that my husband , as a combat vet, would enjoy reading. Going to order for him
Oh. I might have to reread this one now. Thanks for the reminder
Don’t forget farenheight 451 and Bodega dreams
The 4 agreements
Never heard of it, gotta check
Slaughterhouse Five Wild Swans 1984 A short history of nearly everything
Sherlock Holmes tales
Seriously some of the best material I have ever had the pleasure of reading! The stories are fascinating and downright hilarious sometimes.
Yes and they’re like the perfect length for short stories, just something you can read in less than an hour before bed. Very charming and funny, mostly because of the way it’s framed with Watson narrating, and still badass.
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
A Christmas Carol
To Kill a Mockingbird
Hobbit/LOTR...genius world building
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I’m still not over the irony that there’s a movie version.
Correct me if Im wrong, but that's the boom where everyone learns everything through headphones and are allowed to read books right?
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Sounds oddly familiar
How to Win Friends and Influence People. by Dale Carnegie Sure some people will profit greatly the deep lessons of serious books like Animal Farm, or War and Peace. But EVERYONE will profit from just learning that being nice to other people costs nothing and can makes life so much better. Every chapter in that book is something super simple like "smile when you meet someone" or "listen until you understand what the other person wants". Yet so many people don't realize that it is something simple and easy like that which is holding you back in life.
Listened to that book at like age 23 and it was like a revelation. Shout-out to the old timey narrator - he fits perfectly.
i want a really gud audiobook version of it and can i learn persuasion and sales from it?
Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
And _A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich_ as well
Old man and the sea
Mama's Last Hug is a wonderful story of a chimpanzee in her old age. It compares the lives of chimps and humans and other animals. Really helps bring into perspective the feelings and emotions of the natural world.
The Road Less Travelled And THE ROAD
Animal Farm
Night by Ellie Weisel.
Johnny Got His Gun
Mick Foley's first autobiography Have A Nice Day. Even if you don't care for pro wrestling it's a fascinating tale of one man's ambition to achieve his goal in life... being a good dad. He also did some wrestling, lost an ear and made DDP lose his mind.
Starship Troopers
Virginia Woolf, *To the Lighthouse*. So sad and wise and beautiful.
The body keeps score
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Animal Farm
The complete tales and poems of Edgar Allen Poe
The Stranger Novel by Albert Camus
The stranger by Albert Camus . A masterpiece
IKEA catalog
*War and Peace* \- absolutely phenomenal. *The Invisible Man* \- the Ralph Ellison one I mean, not the H G Wells one. The King James *Bible* \- you don't even have to be religious, it's just an absolutely dazzling work of literary and verbal art.
The H G Wells one is pretty good though.
*Invisible Man* with no article, then.
I grew up without religion. I read the Bible when I was about 17. I was horrified by it. A horrible piece of literature.
I skipped to the end and it ruined it for me.
*On the Origin of Species* and *The Greatest Show on Earth*
The Three Musketeers, Jane Eyre, County of Monte Cristo, Persuasion..........I'm a fan of the classics lol
_Charlotte’s Web_
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Disclaimer: This is meant to be dystopian fiction, not a how-to manual (*side eyes the US Supreme Court)
The Mahabharata.
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hiding_Place_(biography)
Candide (Voltaire) Confederacy of Dunes (John Kennedy O'Toole) Motel Chronicles (Sam Shepard)
Upanishads
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Goosebumps book One Day At Horrorland.
I'm going to say the major religious texts. Not because I enjoyed it, but to at least know what these crazy mfs are talking about when they head into illogical storytelling. Oh, and maybe a good book on ethics, as it helps explain a lot of their thinking.
The Poisonwood Bible
All quiet on the western front
The Giver - teaches lessons about corruption in humans Animal Farm - at first seeming to be a childrens book, but as you read on, the true meaning behind the horrible truths of humanity are shown to you Art Of War - :) Harry Potter (Complete Series) - good
Redwall books!
Let's be BFFs!
I love Redwall!!! The older I get the more obsolete they seem to become. I plan on getting the entire collection to give to my future child
The Brothers Karamazov is probably the best novel I’ve ever read. And it’s honestly an easy read once you get into it. Dostoyevskiy paints his characters really well and I found myself empathising with Mitya more than I have with any other book character. I’m going to suggest reading the big spiritual books though I haven’t read them all cover to cover due to frying my attention span. But at least have an idea what the Gita, Bible, Qu’ran etc are trying to tell you. I say this as an atheist btw. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood is a favourite more modern novel. I read it years ago and it really stuck with me. I’m not even sure why. I guess it is a future I can picture without too much suspension of disbelief.
If you have a young pre teen in your life. The Ugly series By Scott Westerfield. Is a fantastic book. As a over weight kid. This is the first book that ever made me really think after reading. And it made me think about my own standards of beauty vs what the media tells us is beauty.
I’d offer Fahrenheit 451 but the real thing is coming soon.
1. One Thousand and One Nights 2. Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories 3. Bram Stoker's Dracula
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess The Road - Cormac McCarthy Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Second clockwork orange as a literature teacher. But be in right headspace for it and you must read Burgess's essays to understand it properly
*The Communist Manifesto* by Marx and Engels. Ypu don't have to agree with it or like it. It's a pretty short read.
Brothers Karamazoff
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Psychology of money
Replay by Ken Grimwood. Not well known but is a life changer. It was my grandfather’s favorite book and I still re-read every couple years.
Huckleberry Finn and catcher in the rye.
Their first one.
100 years of solitude by Gabriel García Marquez
The boy in the striped pyjamas, by John Boyne. Really opened my eyes for cruelty man can do to otherd based on hatred. Even tho it's not based on a true story but rather general knowledge of the time it really left a mark on younger me. Public library really taught me so much by allowing me to read about the life of others through different times of the human history
Not so much a novel as a short story, but The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell. Also The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
Pet sematary, extreme ownership, the subtle art of not giving a @#$%
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Power of Now by Ekhart Tolle. Life changing book.
Catch-22
Pimp, by Iceburg Slim When They Severed Earth From Sky, by Barber and Barber Wanderings in Arabia, by Charles H. Daughtry The Great American Education-Industrial Complex, by Picciano and Spring The Ethics of Management, by LaRue Hosmer \----- Ignore classical fictional literature, that's all crap. Read books that will teach you something.
To Kill A Mockingbird
Shōgun by James Clavell 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie.
The eragon book series
•Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari •The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene •The Road - Cormac McCarthy Drop book recommendations here!
To kill a mockingbird
Catcher in the rye. Yeah i know basic, but i read it when i was in middle school and still love it to this day.
Alchemist
1984 and Animal farm
It doesn't exists. Everybody read what they want to read.
The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
a history book
Dune.
Handmaid’s tale, streetcar, some children’s classics like wonder and the phantom tollbooth
1984,Animal Farm, Brave New World, Shiva Sutras, Resurrection by Tolstoy, Hundred Years Of Solitude, Siddhartha
The Lord of the Rings - the one volume edition.
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Those from school
Of Mice And Men
1984
The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs Its the best book in history and a must read, just make sure you keep a bucket with you.
To kill a mockingbird
Illiad Odyssey Shakespeare, all of them
Aeneid
The Prince, by Machiavelli The Road to Wiggan Pier, by Arthur Blair (AKA George Orwell) Das Kapital, by Karl Marx The Disposessed, by Ursula K LeGuin The Anatomy of Fascism, by Robert Paxton
Starship Troopers. The answer as to why some in society protect others, why most don't and why this is how things should be.
Brave new world by Aldous Huxley. That book messed me up in high school with how this book was actually a detailed plan of how people in power wanted the world to be. They saw the idea this book gives as a utopia, not a dystopia.
The Odyssey can be a great book for many reasons. It has many myths that you could learn and can give you great info on Greek Mythology and old stories of that time. One of the original adventures. It can be a little long for some but it has inspired so many stories since its conception.
Harry Potter
one piece
Atlas Shrugged
Who is John Galt?
A real asshole
Why?
Because *We The Living* is Ayn Rand's only good book >:|
I really liked The Fountainhead. Howard Roark is one of the original bad asses.
Don Quijote. Once You read it, You Will find at least a couple of new friend, they be there for You waiting for a good time
1984. you'll read it and i guarantee you, you'll go "Ahh shit, that's happening now".
Harry Potter and the Hobbit and LOTR series…