<p>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.</p>
<p>I highly recommend you reading any book written by David Baldacci. I promise you won’t regret it. (:</p>
<p>I second the David Baldacci recommendation. Also I recommend anything written by John Grisham, James Patterson, Catherine Coulter, and Sue Grafton.</p>
<p>Milan Kundera- the Unbearable Lightness of Being
Jonathan Safran Foer- Everything is Illuminated
Albert Camus- the Stranger
Ken Kesey- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
William S. Burroughs- Naked Lunch</p>
<p>Anything by Chuck Palahniuk is a compelling beach read. His best are Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, and Lullaby. </p>
<p>If you like a good old-school mystery, grab some Agatha Christie. </p>
<p>Everyone’s keen on recommending Catcher in the Rye- if you want another great Salinger title, check out Franny and Zooey. Amazing book.</p>
<p>Dean Koontz is a great author, especially the Odd Thomas series.</p>
<p>1984, lolita, slaughterhouse five</p>
<p>Me talk pretty one day by David sedaris. by far the funniest book you will ever read.</p>
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<p>No not just ANYTHING written by James Patterson. You really just want to stick to the Alex Cross Series and even then you want to read them 1) in order 2) stop after you reach the 7th one because quality of book severely decreases after “Violets are Blue”</p>
<p>Thus read the James Patterson’s in this order
- Along Came a Spider
- Kiss The Girls
- Jack and Jill
- Cat and Mouse
- Pop Goes the Weasel
- Roses Are Red
- Violets are Blue</p>
<p>i’ll second david sedaris and “me talk pretty one day”. we had to read it for AP lang my junior year and i will always be grateful for my teacher exposing me to him. very funny, very sarcastic.</p>
<p>Has anyone here read Franny & Zooey by J.D Salinger? I didn’t like Catcher in the Rye for the reasons listed above, although I didn’t hate it and I have nothing against Salinger. Anyway I was thinking of reading it, just wondering if anyone recommends it.</p>
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<p>Completely agree. One of my favorite books ever.</p>
<p>I found Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture inspirational.</p>
<p>Hey soccerguy315, I’m reading Legacy of Ashes (History of the CIA) right now.</p>
<p>Unbelievable.</p>
<p>Michael Crichton is a good pick. Just started reading State of Fear on the commute to work , can’t put it down.</p>
<p>The Dragonbone Chair (Sorrow, Memory, and Thorn series – in some order) by Tad Williams.</p>
<p>Excellent high fantasy.</p>
<p>if you read helprin, also go for winter’s tale.
terry pratchett is amazing
the brothers karamazov
actually, there’s an unlimited list of books to choose from
jonathan strange and mr norell is a good read</p>
<p>Hey, thanks for all the recommendations! I absolutely love to talk about books, so I’m going to offer my bit as well.</p>
<p>Some of the recommendations here are great but dense books - hard to get into, but worth the effort. That means Murakami, Catch-22, Lolita, The Great Gatsby, and my own personal favorite book of all time, One Hundred Years of Solitude. These are all great books but if they aren’t what you want out of summer reading, you can get more accessible books without sacrificing quality. </p>
<p>Standout books/authors for summer: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (which is Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett together - their light and dark blend together really well), John Green, Kurt Vonnegut, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. All of these are/have written books that captured me from the first sentence and wouldn’t let go, which I love.</p>
<p>Can anyone recommend a book on the Russian Revolution? Maybe something straightforward with good journalism and not too academic?</p>
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<p>Oh my gosh, I started reading this book during final exam week and I’d read it during whatever time I had left before the exam session ended… and I was SO into it. By the second day, I couldn’t wait to finish my exam just so I could read the book.</p>
<p>This is why I love his books so much, because they reel you in and make it so hard to put down.</p>
<p>Entrepreneurs and Web techies must read the book “Rework”. It’s written by the founders of 37 Signals. Its a phenomenal book.</p>