<p>After 17 golden years of living, I haven't read much at all; I usually read the first couple chapters or so until I get edged into boredom. After all, I much rather do something stimulating, like instigating a discourse with the opposite sex, or maybe even lucid dreaming--the land of infinite possibilities. I should indeed read on before I become illiterate!</p>
<p>This is such a great book: World War Z. It’s about a zombie apocalypse :D</p>
<p>World War Z!! I own that book; it’s amazing.</p>
<p>Why yes, yes you should. </p>
<p>Books needn’t only serve mere escapism though – plenty of them exist that can be used to challenge and educate! What books have you been reading that bore you so?</p>
<p>I find it useful to use books (non-fiction ones at least) as a reference when learning things on my own. Maybe you should browse the science section of your local bookstore and read a few titles and then seek out what they depict to observe for yourself?</p>
<p>You should read Alice in Wonderland. Reading it is kind of like lucid dreaming.</p>
<p>Try reading some nonfiction, then ease your way into fiction with nonfiction-y fiction.</p>
<p>The thing with books is that you have to either A) have some quality time with nothing else to do or B) really, really like the book. A good book should swallow you in, so that it’s just as engaging as any conversation you might have. And I’m not talking about escapism stuff; Omnivore’s Dillemma was really engaging, and it’s about CORN.</p>
<p>If you want to find a book that does the above, be prepared to spend A LOT of time looking for it. A trip into Borders often takes me an hour, sometimes more. Read the first page of whatever book’s cover catches your eye; you should be able to tell VERY quickly whether you like it or not. Browse different sections, go out of the Young Adult (or whatever) and into the Literature, the History, the Religion sections even. I know it sounds really lame, but it’s the second best way to find what you like to read. (And I think everyone likes to read SOMETHING, it’s just finding what that’s tricky).</p>
<p>The best way, is, of course, to ask friends for book suggestions, but I think you’re smart enough to do that on your own, yeah?</p>
<p>If you do want specific suggestions, PM me. I’ve read a lot of books over the years.</p>
<p>(I’ll only give you one here: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green. It’s really funny, easy to read, and smart. Plus, he has a vlog (on youtube), which is awesome too.)</p>
<p>If you have the stomach, read Chuck Palahniuk’s stuff. It pretty hard to get bored within the first few chapters. In the same vein, John Irving is highly entertaining. Both writers are very, um, interesting. Or read plays! Harold Pinter and Edward Albee are easy, fun, and quick to read because they’re both very conversational. A lot of people I know like Jeffrey Eugenides, but from what I understand he starts slow and builds up, so he might not be the best writer for someone with your problem.</p>
<p>The Dumbest Generation (or Don’t Trust Anyone under 30) by Mark Bauerlin</p>
<p>read the lord of the rings trilogy- magnificent
- not a penny more, not a penny less
- the count of monte cristo
- hitch- hikers guide to the galaxy
And if all this fails, I say you should read something scandalous like Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bouradin or something erotic by Julie Garwood.</p>
<p>Briane Greene’s “Fabric of the Cosmos” and James Loewen’s “Lies My Teacher Told Me”
Essential reading for anyone.</p>
<p>David Sedaris is really funny and not very boring. Try Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and/or Naked and/or Me Talk Pretty One Day. </p>
<p>Really, do it.</p>
<p>Crime and punishment by Dostoevsky
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<p>nonfiction all the way! i agree about david sedaris and the omnivores dilemma. Also check out the best creative non-fiction vol. 1-3! Read some poetry too, itll make you think differently.</p>
<p>The Perks of Being a Wallflower is pretty good</p>
<p>yeh! i was gonna suggest that too, and its kind of a funny story</p>
<p>Nonfiction packs a lot more into 300 pages than fiction. Good engaging stuff! And you get to pepper close acquantances with random facts.</p>
<p>Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin - traces evolutionary history from fish to mammal. In case that sounds boring, it’s got fish[y] pushups.</p>
<p>Mary Roach books (just don’t read all of them at once) Subjects include corpses, the afterlife, and sex (woohoo)</p>
<p>Behavorial economics - or the less snooze-inducing description, how people think and make decisions. Great eye-openers, and they’ll probably change the way you think. Check out Predictably Irrational or Nudge.</p>
<p>oh yeah! not exactly reading, but the arrival by shaun tan is beautiful… [Picture</a> books](<a href=“http://www.shauntan.net/books.html]Picture”>http://www.shauntan.net/books.html)</p>
<p>anyone ever tried Three Cups of Tea? i’m reading it now and i love it even though i’m not finished yet. All Quiet on the Western Front is also a pretty amazing piece of historical fiction that you may like. Huck Finn is amusing too. it really depends on the genre you like to read.</p>
<p>I’m really bad at sticking with books. I read like the first five chapters then I start another one 
HS/Jr. High have been pretty good at absolutely obliterating any desire I once had to read.</p>
<p>I was going to say The Perks of Being a Wallflower too! Coincidence? Or… not…</p>