<p>I was wondering can you anyone of you CCers reccomend any good books? I'm interested in books with gangs, violence, or war. I enjoyed 'The Outsiders' by S.E. Hinton, do you know any books that similar?</p>
<p>A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess</p>
<p>This isn't exactly a gang book, but I loved:</p>
<p>The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini</p>
<p>I know it sounds weird, but that book is one of the best I've read in my entire life.</p>
<p>That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton is like the Outsiders but better. I loved it!</p>
<p>Gangs of New York
The Godfather</p>
<p>I second DisneyGuy. The Kite Runner is an AMAZING book.</p>
<p>Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
All Quiet on the Western Front</p>
<p>Here's what the college board recommends. There are some great books on their list:
<a href="http://collegeboard.com/student/plan/boost-your-skills/23628.html%5B/url%5D">http://collegeboard.com/student/plan/boost-your-skills/23628.html</a></p>
<p>And some other reading:
<a href="http://collegeboard.com/student/plan/boost-your-skills/23630.html%5B/url%5D">http://collegeboard.com/student/plan/boost-your-skills/23630.html</a></p>
<p>I second Clockwork Orange. Also try The Things They Carried by O'Brien (great book about Vietnam) and Ceremony by Silko (also about Vietnam)</p>
<p>All Quiet on the Western Front
Catch-22</p>
<p>If you think you can stand it, try *Prisoners of the Japanese *by the Australian writer Gavan Daws. </p>
<p>But be warned, it's harrowing.</p>
<p>I second Catch-22. It's my favorite book of all time. I'm semi-addicted to it- instead of reading NEW books, I just read parts of Catch-22 over and over and over again... =)
But I am reading The Sound and the Fury now. It's difficult, but worth it.</p>