books to read

[Bobcrackerlacker]

brett easton ellis is awesome, youll dig his shit if you like chuck palahniuk. david sedaris is pretty similar.

[Blue Fescue]

brett easton ellis is awesome, youll dig his shit if you like chuck palahniuk. david sedaris is pretty similar.

  American Psycho, Fight Club and Santaland Diaries pretty similar? I guess they are all gay and writers though.

[Blue Fescue]

Also, last three books

Great book about the western NC mountains in the early 1900's



RZA - pretty good but but a lot of crap in there as well



The Poisoner's Handbook - really good about the beginning of modern forensic science in New York, interesting and well written

[sectachrome]

RZA - pretty good but but a lot of crap in there as well

I got about halfway through that but lost interest because of all the 5 percenter BS.

[verbal ham]

i definitely recommend this book to everyone<br>
takes place in an asylum and this guy comes through and lifts everyones spirit, made me laugh so many times
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[EricLogan]

[VictoriousOG]

Good autobio on his life.

[kilgore.]

good stuff.

[VictoriousOG]

Just got this from the school.
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I heard that it's similar to 1984.

[scootboard]

fucking recommended

[sven thorkel]

stoked, got this for $32


its got animal farm, burmese days, a clergyman's daughter, coming up for air, keep the aspidistra flying and nineteen eighty-four

[DMH]

Re-reading the Grapes of Wrath. People really lose sight of how good this book is because of its length and its attention to detail.

[oyolar]

fucking recommended

I really want to read this. I'm a big fan of de Sade, so I figured that I might as well read the other half of S & M. This book is definitely on my short list of books to read (and yes, I also have a long list).

Just got this from the school.
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I heard that it's similar to 1984.

I don't know if it's like 1984, but I hate Ayn Rand. She's a shitty pseudo-philosopher that crams her beliefs into novels. A good friend of mine is (was?) an objectivist and another one of my friends talked about how great the plot to "Atlas Shrugged" is and how Rand is a good writer. I haven't read an entire book of hers so I do not have a truly legitimate opinion, but from the parts I have read, she doesn't seem to be anything special. Part of me wants to give her a fair try, but another part of me also never wants to read any of her books just to spite my buddy.

[odp]

Re-reading the Grapes of Wrath. People really lose sight of how good this book is because of its length and its attention to detail.

steinbeck was a great writer.

in dubious battle is one of my favorite books.

[pee]

stoked, got this for $32


its got animal farm, burmese days, a clergyman's daughter, coming up for air, keep the aspidistra flying and nineteen eighty-four

that's nice! i've read burmese days and coming up for air besides the obvious 1984 and they are all really really good. one of my favorite authors for sure.

[chorizo]

i gotta do some project in a class that involves reading a 'self improvment' book.. anyone got any ideas?
something like the wealthy barber or the road less travelled i guess

[everypennyfedcar]

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stoked, got this for $32


its got animal farm, burmese days, a clergyman's daughter, coming up for air, keep the aspidistra flying and nineteen eighty-four

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that's nice! i've read burmese days and coming up for air besides the obvious 1984 and they are all really really good. one of my favorite authors for sure.

I've wanted to read burmese days for a while now, and have often times just about got it.
Next books to read are:


Also, anyone else read Conrad's Secret Agent?

[VictoriousOG]

Started this last week.

[Locbrew]

I need a new book to read, I reread The Road yesterday at work, any suggestions?

[verbal ham]

^
catch-22
takes a while to get use to the non-chronological format, but i loved it

[dripping clit]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Inquisitor

Book 5 from The Brothers Karamazov. Really pessimistic way to view God but so fucking good.

[Locbrew]

^
catch-22
takes a while to get use to the non-chronological format, but i loved it

thanks man, I'm going to my dad's this weekend, he'll most likely have it.

[HBeezy561]

a good read

Jonathan Safran Foer amazing
http://www.amazon.com/Extremely-Loud-Incredibly-Close-Novel/dp/0618711651/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266336095&sr=1-1

[everypennyfedcar]

Blood Meridean is one of my favorite books ever written.

I heard there's a tree full of dead babies. My professor said it's one of the most brutal books out.

[Vegetable Lasagna]

This was just recommended to me.



Should I go for it?

[Alan]

Of course.


Reading this



Burmese Days up next. Got it a last week for super cheap on ebay, couldn't pass it up.

[odp]

This was just recommended to me.



Should I go for it?

it's only one of the better books that you could choose to read. space travel, ww2, human zoos, and optometry. scope it and enjoy

[sven thorkel]

go for it. im reading hocus pocus right now

[dripping clit]

This was just recommended to me.



Should I go for it?

Yes.

"What happens when a suicidal psychologist makes a death pact with a Zuni shaman? So begins The Looking Glass Man, a unique and enchanting novel about two men on a spiritual journey who struggle with the conflicts between spirit and flesh, and who, through the wisdom of the Looking Glass Man's extraordinary philosophy, teach each other the secrets of life and death in a world burdened by the weight of aggrandized culture."

Never heard of this author until some chick let me borrow this book. Google doesn't even turn up much about him but this book is worth reading.

[HBeezy561]

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Blood Meridean is one of my favorite books ever written.

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I heard there's a tree full of dead babies. My professor said it's one of the most brutal books out.

think im gettin this next