<p>Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer.</p>
<p>Just finished The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. AMAZING!! It's similar to 1984 but even better.</p>
<p>twilight series.
paulo coelho.</p>
<p>for some reason, The Brethren by John Grisham.</p>
<p>Before that:
Freakonomics
H2G2</p>
<p>Harry Potter 1-7
Lord of the Rings
The Golden Compass
The Color Purple
Like Water For Chocolate
Lillith
Grendel
Five People You Meet In Heaven</p>
<p>yea...i think that's it lol</p>
<p>the handmaid's tale is pretty amazing..i think everyone should read it</p>
<p>if you like kurt vonnegut, try TOM ROBBINS and start with jitterbug perfume. he's amazing & even quirkier than vonnegut, if that's possible :)</p>
<p>i'm reading twilight right now and it's not impressing me too much--i wouldn't place it anywhere above the cheesy "chick lit" i read sometimes when i'm in a light mood. i think maybe it's because the series is a little too young for me & her writing isn't very well-crafted stylistically. also i'm definitely not a big fantasy person..</p>
<p>i love historical fiction but haven't found anything good lately..anyone have any suggestions?</p>
<p>Basketball Diaries and Forced Entries by Jim Caroll
1984
I am America, and so can you- Stephen Colbert
Cry, The Beloved Country</p>
<p>Any Henry Miller. His work is lifechangingly good. </p>
<p>Crime and Punishment</p>
<p>Grishman for an entertainment fix.</p>
<p>I am America, and So Can You! by Stephen Colbert is truly hilarious.
HARRY POTTERRRRRR.
Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, and Northanger Abbey by Jane Austin, if you're into romance and such...
Also, all of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, they're really funny.
Of course, other classics have already been mentioned such as Great Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye, etc. etc.</p>
<p>Charles Bukowski books are AMAZING. He's by far my favorite author.
Women
Ham on Rye
Post Office
Factotum
Notes of a Dirty Old Man
All sick nasty books. :)
It's also good to see people reading Kerouac. Big Sur is my personal favorite book by him. Dharma Bums and Lonesome Traveler are also good.
Other favorite books:
"The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test" by: Tom Wolfe
"Bonfire of the Vanities" by: Tom Wolfe
"The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by: Carson McCullers
"Cat's Cradle" by: Kurt Vonnegut
anything by Hunter S. Thompson!
"Demons" by: Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Crime and Punishment" by: Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Notes From Underground" by: Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Journey to the End of the Night" by: Louis-Ferdinand Celine
"Jane Eyre" by: Charlotte Bronte
"Ask the Dust" by: John Fante
"The Sound and the Fury" by: William Faulkner
"The Sun Also Rises" by: Ernest Hemingway
"Hunger" by: Knut Hamsen
"East of Eden" "Cannery Row" and "Travels with Charley" by: John Steinbeck
"Terms of Endearment" by: Larry McMurtry
"Lonesome Dove" by: Larry McMurtry</p>
<p>If you want good poetry, read Bukowski also. Dangling in the Tournefortia is the best and Love is Dog From Hell.
More poetry:
The Cantos of Ezra Pound
Howl and other Poems by Allen Ginsberg </p>
<p>Also for light reading "White Oleander" is a really good book. I read it a few weeks ago, but I'm not sure who the author is. </p>
<p>That was probably the longest post I've ever written. I love books. :)</p>
<p>GATES OF FIRE.
Elantris.
The Stranger.
Dubliners.</p>
<p>Try:</p>
<p>E. coli O157; The true story of a mother’s battle with a killer microbe (Mary Heersink,. 1996)--gripping and highly readable. Unforgettable non-fiction story.</p>
<p>A Place to Call Home by Deborah Smith</p>
<p>Madame Curie, written by her daughter, Eve Curie, who never did much with her own life, and her wist-fulness comes thru in this lyrically written book. My niece was in college when I gave her a copy, and she said she nearly flunked her exams, because she couldn't bring herself to put it down.</p>
<p>Nicholas and Alexandra (about the Russian tzar). First part is so good, I couldn't read the rest after they were captured--I already knew the dreadful end.</p>
<p>Day of the Triffids--science fiction. My brother said it was the best book he read as a teenager. Pretty gripping.</p>
<p>I loved that dated (1950's era) book, Alas Babylon. About the aftermath after the Russians drop nuclear bombs on US and we retaliate.</p>
<p>Bram Stoker's "Dracula". It was incredible.</p>
<p>The Jungle, although long, is a pretty good story. It really reflects the Gilded Age in America and the lack of concern for the working class.</p>
<p>postsecret!!!</p>
<p>The Thirteenth Tale by an author whose name I've forgotten >.<
HP and the Deathly Hallows. I wasn't a huge fan of the other books, but I love this one!
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Fahrenheit 451</p>
<p>I love books. I wish I had more time to read them.... :(</p>
<p>Calvino - confusing and convoluted, but once you get into it, it's engrossing and addictive.</p>
<p>Oscar Wilde, Joseph Heller, and F. Scott Fitzgerald are some other authors that I have always loved.</p>
<p>definitely dostoevsky! read the brothers karamazov and it will change your life.</p>
<p>crime and punishment...anything by david sedaris...nything by samarago</p>
<p>I can't believe nobody said Voltaire's Candid. The funniest and most witty book I've read thus far. Catch-22, East of Eden, Crime and Punishment, and Ethan Frome--all excellent.</p>