Books you recommend

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<p>LOL, that was a "textbook" we used in high school. I remember having to summarize/outline and writing a paper on each "chapter" at one point.
I suppose it wasn't bad but wasn't the juiciest reading! Still, it DOES increase your knowledge bank so... I suppose it is recommended!</p>

<p>o_o Candide was another required high school reading for me, done in my English class. Hrrhmm.</p>

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<p>Alphabet of Manliness</p>

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<p>Enders Game. definitely keeps the mind interested.</p>

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<p>The Fountainhead...a/b 700 pages but I couldn't put it down. Great plot and it has an incredbile theme a/b mankind/community/individualism.</p>

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<p>I like Voltaire's Zadig.</p>

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<p>a TEXTBOOK??</p>

<p>haha im actually enjoying it, but i cant wait to tell my dad that he's making me read a textbook...</p>

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<p>I'm not really in to crime, so I have no suggestions there. Quirkily's rec (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Eggers) isn't bad if you enjoy personal narrative with a modern twist. I also recommend any David Sedaris for that (Me Talk Pretty One Day, Naked, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim). If you want to read about the grossly violating food industry, check out Fast Food Nation (Eric Schlosser) -- it's Super Size Me-esque, if you've seen that. For a classic read, check out Invisible Man by Richard Wright. I've been meaning to read The Fountainhead, and it looks pretty good, although maybe not so much as a mind-numbingly fun read.</p>

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Me Talk Pretty One Day is hilarious. There's a scene described where Sedaris is on his knees with a straw desperately trying to find some remnant of coke... but it's much funnier when he tells it.</p>

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<p>Me Talk Pretty One Day was good but not as good as I'd expected since everyone I know raved about it ... </p>

<p>Invisible Man isn't by "Richard Wright"</p>

<p>Check out all of Grisham's books, particularly The Brethren and The Chamber if you haven't read them before ... he also wrote some non-crime books like A Painted House which is awesome. The Alienist by Caleb Carr is a creepy thriller that reminded me of the Jack the Ripper crimes, I definitely recommend that one, too.</p>

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<p>"Invisible Man" is by Ellison, right?</p>

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<p>a river runs through it my norman mclean is a great book.</p>

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<p>in cold blood by truman capote. yes, i jumped on the capote bandwagon after i saw the movie.</p>

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<p>The Bourne Identity and Supremacy (Ludlum--thriller, government conspiracy, assassins, all the good stuff), The Great Gatsby, Without Remorse (Clancy), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (play based on characters from Hamlet), Catch-22, The Runaway Jury (John Grisham, my favorite from him), On the Road, Harry Potter 2-5 (I never cared for #1, and #6 you read only because it's #6...can't wait for 7, damn it.), The Beach (quick read), Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, The Things They Carried (fascinating).</p>

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<p>Richard Wright wrote Native Son, which is another good book.</p>

<p>Aaand it is a crime story, though not exactly from your typical perspective.</p>

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<p>Ishmael and The Holy, both by Daniel Quinn. Also, I'll second The Fountianhead and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. They don't match my thinking at all, but are amazing works and are worth reading.</p>

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<p>yeah Ralph Ellison</p>

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<p>A lot of you guys are way too smart...yeah guns germs and steel is great weekend reading! sure....lol A great book that not a lot of people know is the secret history by pratt, and memoirs of a geisha is awesome too</p>

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<p>i've been thinking a/b watching that movie...memoirs of a geisha...anyone seen it? as good as the book?</p>

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<p>The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, by Michael Chabon. It's long, but you'll breeze through it because it's so entertaining.</p>

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<p>personally i didn't think Memoirs of a Geisha was such a great book. But i hear the book is better than the movie.</p>

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<p>Opium: The Diary of a Cure by Jean Cocteau
Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre</p>