<p>The Fountainhead
Atlas Shrugged (this is better than fountainhead)
Anthem </p>
<p>I just started We The Living. Then I'll read An American Trajedy and Catch 22. (I felt so stupid yesterday...I said something to a customer to which he replied "That's a Catch 22" and I couldn't relate...I haven't read it yet. I HATE when that happens!)</p>
<p>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Absolute fav! The ultimate story of overcoming oppression/conformity and one's martyrdom for a great friend - how great it is for the Chief do what he did at the end!</p>
<p>Other favorite books:
The Stranger - I second the first person on this book; it's really captivating and filled with dry humor
Invisible Man - Great story of the treatment of blacks during the 1920s and how different the South was from the North; a lot of content and messages in the book
The Great Gatsby - the ultimate story of materialism and how it leads to self-decadence; really quite a sad ending (at least the funeral part)
Catcher in the Rye - Some people think Holden is annoying, but I empathize with him a lot. Really touching story, though somewhat an odd and incomplete ending.
Contact - Just a neat science-fiction book with love and religion tied in as well - the movie was excellent as well</p>
<p>Anyone have good recommendations? I like Sci-fi, D&D, books with meaning like Gatsby. I'm specially interested in reading any philosophy books.</p>
<p>Here's mine:
Lord of the rings collection
Entire RA Salvatore series</p>
<h2>...I need to start reading more realistic books.</h2>
<p>"Catcher in the Rye! Been my favorite book for many years... Has anybody ever read the Long Walk, I believe it is a Stephen King book."</p>
<p>Is it just me or do Steven King books always have some disabled kid, an old man that hides what he knows, and a crazy man?</p>
<p>crypto stole mine...</p>
<p>One flew over the cuckoo's nest, kesey
brave new world, huxley
farewell to arms, hemmingway
oh, and Goodnight Moon.</p>
<p><em>A Clockwork Orange</em> by Anthony Burgess (creative language usage... about delinquent teens who commit violent crimes in a britain of the future.... great movie)
<em>His Dark Materials trilogy</em> by Philip Pullman (best sci-fi I've ever read)
<em>Walden</em> by Henry David Thoreau (transcendentalist tome...defies classification; weird, orgiginal structure. difficult to get through; contains great insights about life, society.)
any of <em>Uncle John's Bathroom Readers</em> (erraneous information... short articles, stories, trivia... anyone who likes jeopardy will like this.)</p>
<p>What's the dark materials trilogy about?</p>
<p>some of my favorites are
Hitchikers guide to the galaxy (Dougles adams)
the godfater(Mario puzo)
the 4th k(puzo)
bourne identity(robert ludlum)
1984 (orwell)</p>
<p>I forgot 1066 and All That :D</p>
<p>Steppenwolf,
Hegemony vs. Survival.
Selected works of Nietzsche.
All of Dan Brown's books. (Love em', has anyone read his new one, its called Matter?)
Gandhi.
(And the list goes on)</p>
<p>The entire "A Song of Ice and Fire" series thus far, actually.</p>
<p>1984 (I read it in one day - couldn't put it down)
A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson (from Hanover, NH - really funny writer, had a passage of his on an SAT)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself - (Bryson exploring his fascination/love/disdain for America)
The Great Gatsby
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk - an odd book with some good messages -- don't read Guts though - you won't eat for awhile</p>
<p>oh, like an above poster I also enjoy Nietzsche (later in life especially)</p>