Steven Pressfield’s historic fiction novels especially the Gates of Fire
Anything by Gene Wolfe.
Ayn Rand - The Fountainhead
Anything James Rollins (like Dan Brown or Clive Cussler)or R.A. Salvatore (geeky lord of the rings stuff).
Frankenstein was probably my favorite book though.
Apt Pupil - Stephen King
Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption - Stephen King
The Body - Stephen King
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King
Cycle of The Werewolf - Stephen King
Tietam Brown - Mick Foley
The Books of Blood 1-3 - Clive Barker
Out of anything you read, read “The boy in the Striped Pyjamas”. If you haven’t seen the film, read the book first, amazing.
It be Stephen King
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Generation Kill by ??
Salem’s Lot by Stephen King - I’m not a reader and I read 500 pages of it in two days.
I Used To Know That: stuff you forgot from school - Caroline Taggart
Basically is split into English, literature, math, science, history, geography, general studies and has a bunch of simple concepts from each that you might’ve forgotten if you’d been out of the school system for a while.
Rules of writing, lists of poets, american presidents, general geography, etc.
Confederacy of Dunces, Infinite Jest, The Corrections (fiction) -one i read a while ago, the others recently
The Other Mirror, A Multicultural Look at American History.
[quote]cyruseven75 wrote:
Confederacy of Dunces, Infinite Jest, The Corrections (fiction) -one i read a while ago, the others recently
The Other Mirror, A Multicultural Look at American History.
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Holy shit man, I clicked on this thread specifically to recommend a confederacy of dunces, and the last post does just that. Gdam collective consciousness shit. Either way, great book and damn for beating me to it.
[quote]MikeHunt wrote:
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Disregard all suggestions and read this book.
Comedy: Dennis Leary, Why We Suck.
Sports: Jim Bouton, Ball Four.
Campy Sword Action: David Gemmel, Take your pick, there all good.
Military action: Mattew Reilly, same as above, there all good.
Stephen King: The Stand, his best book by far imo.
[quote]artw wrote:
I’ve also recently started reading some books by Don DeLillo, all of which I’ve enjoyed so far. Underworld, Libra and White Noise.
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White Noise was pretty good IMO, pretty relevant thematically even if the way the book ended was kind of disappointing to me (not some much the events themselves, it just wasn’t enough is all).
If I remember correctly, Underworld is thicker than a rap video vixen’s ass, but it’s won awards. Feel free to give an update on whether the book’s worth reading, if this thread is still up. I’d definitely appreciate it.
Gotrek and Felix - First and Second Omnibus, and Giantslayer. Rest is crap.
King’s Gambit - Paul Hoffman
Crooked Little Vein - Warren Ellis
I Hope they Serve Beer in Hell
Emergency - This Book will Save your Life
The Driver - My Dangerous Pursuit of Speed and Truth in the Outlaw Racing World
“Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies” by Jared Diamand. I think everybody should read this book, It gives incredible insight into the history and trends of human civilization.
The Dark Tower Series 1-7 by Stephen King
Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox
Everyone Poops by Amanda Mayer Stinchecum
The Lovely Bones
And I second anything by Terry Pratchett, or Neil Gaiman for that matter.
Incredibly loud and extremely close is also good.
Atlas Shrugged if you have the time.
Any of Ayn Rand’s NON-fiction.
Sophie’s Choice by William Styron - a work of genius.
KLUGE - reading it right now, non-fiction, but it’s all about why people act in the STUPID ways they do - all about human behavior. Insightful.