<p>YAY to Richard Dawkins :D</p>
<p>secular sabotage by bill donohue</p>
<p>Ayn Rand: The Fountainhead; Atlas Shrugged</p>
<p>Terry Goodkind: The Sword of Truth series</p>
<p>Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter was a surprisingly interesting read!</p>
<p>Anything by Chuck Palahniuk, Bret Easton Ellis or Mitch Albom.</p>
<p>Lorrie Moore’s short stories (particularly in her newest collection, Birds of America) are amazing. They are brilliant, visceral, gripping microcosms of human psychology. </p>
<p>Also in the literary-but-exciting-to-read category is Curtis Sittenfeld’s American Wife.</p>
<p>The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy</p>
<p>I second the hitch-hiker’s guide to the galaxy. it is a very funny book.
also Atlas Shrugged, probably my favorite book of all time.</p>
<p>Well I am new here and I was browsing around and I saw this thread. I have a duty to spread the word about the best book no one knows about. Read “The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss, I generally hate fantasy books but this is so well done and entertaining, you should definitely check it out.</p>
<p>if you like travel books, you should read anything by bill bryson. my old math teacher used to rave about how funny bryson’s stories about traveling were.</p>
<p>Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam, Jr. (the basis of the movie October Sky). Great read, and wonderful book-to-movie transition–they obviously left stuff out, but it’s the closest cinematic interpretation of a book I’ve seen yet. </p>
<p>And the movie title is an anagram of the book title, which I think is just cool.</p>
<p>New Here. Couldn’t not post to this one as I LOVE To read. Currently reading “Band Of Sisters” by Kirsten Holmstedt. It’s about female miliatry personale fighting over in Iraq and Afghanistan. Not the ones over there pushing paperwork, but the ones fighitng on the lines. So far great book. I’d reccomend it. </p>
<p>Now the book I want to tell you guys about. It’s a modern classic and ranks right up there with “Catcher in the Rye”. You’ve got to read or re-read “Flowers for Algernon”. Remember the smart little mouse who died? What about the smart man who made dough at the bakery for the first time or his first date with a teacher?</p>
<p>Enjoy your summer and keep reading.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for all of the suggestions!!</p>
<p>Atlas Shrugged has been recommended several times; I own this book but haven’t read it because it is so long!! So many of you have suggested this book so I will start reading this book tonight!</p>
<p>Not only should you read Hitchhiker’s Guide, but you should read the whole series. It is so good. Next on my reading list is Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency which is also by Douglas Adams.</p>
<p>Anything by Mark Helprin, in particular, A Soldier of the Great War.</p>
<p>Shawnee: Atlas shrugged is definitely a beast. I think the version I have is somewhere around 1200 pages with smallish print. and there are a couple parts in the book that drag by, but overall it is a really wonderful book, and since your on summer break you’ll have plenty of time to finish it, even if you do have to take a break from it lol.</p>
<p>Ayn Rand is known for being long-winded (I had to read the Fountainhead in high school… boy did she drag that story out), but when she gets to her point, it’s great.</p>
<p>I love Gone With the Wind - read it in seventh grade, and ever since then, every time I read it, it speaks it different ways to me. Not only is it a historical novel, it also has so many other thematic elements that I was able to relate to (and still do!). I would highly recommend it. </p>
<p>My second all-time favorite book is The Catcher in the Rye. It’s very different from other classics, but Holden really grabbed my attention and it’s such a unique insight into social conformity at the time.</p>
<p>The Things They Carried, an amazing book. Or, yes I’ll go crazy, read Atlas Shrugged–amazing.</p>
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I am in love with Atlas Shrugged, I had to read it for AP English. I was one of the only people who actually enjoyed it… I did think she took forever to get to the point, but her philosophy was phenomenal.</p>