<p>I need to read more for pleasure. All the reading I've done has been either for school or books I felt like I should read because they're on some list. I've read the Bronte sisters, The Divine Comedy, the works of Shakespeare, Dodsworth, and The Stranger. Now I want to read some fun things that will lengthen my RAS (reading attention span).</p>
<p>Just list anything you've read and really enjoyed, or anything you've heard others praise. Nothing is off limits.</p>
<p>Ready?
Go.</p>
<p>While it’s not really “pleasurable” it’s a very good book- Beloved. </p>
<p>What kind of books do you like?</p>
<p>War and Peace~ Very Good
The Discworld Novels</p>
<p>I second Beloved (by Toni Morrison, right?)</p>
<p>And the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett (sp). Very funny, lots of satire. My favorite is Small Gods.</p>
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I posted that too… </p>
<p>I’ve had to request most of them on interlibrary loan so I’m only on Wyrd Sisters</p>
<p>Yes on Beloved- Toni Morrison (amazing author) :].</p>
<p>What books do I like? I like books.</p>
<p>Hmm, straight off my Facebook books app favorites section:</p>
<p>Someday this pain will be useful to you-peter cameron (LOVE this book…very funny in a sarcastic, snarky way)
Little Earthquakes-Jennifer Weiner (girly book,very chick lit but nicely written)
I Am the Messenger-marcus zuzak (good, also book thief by him)
In Cold Blood-Capote (disturbing, but addictive)
Poisonwood Bible-Kingsolver (nice, long book about female relationships)
Fight Club-Palahniuk (great as movie, very quotable)
Overachievers-Robbins (appropriate!)
The Other Boleyn Girl (& rest of Tudor series)-Philippa Gregory</p>
<p>anything by Kurt Vonnegut</p>
<p>It’s a younger read, but it was a good book- PANDEMIA</p>
<p>Atonement by Ian McEwan is absolutely phenomenal and vivid…</p>
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You’re funny :D</p>
<p>Harry Potter books
Ayn Rand- Fountainhead, Anthem
Nietzsche- he invokes thinking
The Great Gatsby</p>
<p>^ oooh, we read The Great Gatsby for school, but i liked it :)</p>
<p>Lighter, funnier reads: anything by David Sedaris.</p>
<p>Also, because I adore him, I’m going to suggest David Levithan. His books are written mostly for teenagers/young adults, and a lot of them deal with homosexuality (I’m just saying that now so that people don’t PM me later with “Argh you’re trying to convert me!”).</p>
<p>I second David Sedaris.</p>
<p>Also, the Bourne trilogy by Robert Ludlum-very different from the movies.</p>
<p>Dostoevsky short stories (esp. White Nights)</p>
<p>We The Living by Ayn Rand (this rarely appears on anyones list of literature dealing with the struggle of a young woman). The English translation is a bit different than the original, but IMO, worth reading.</p>
<p>I’ve fallen in love with Johnathan Safran Foer. Read both “Everything is Illuminated” and “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”. They are very character driven, and Foer creates some great characters. I fell in love with Oscar from ELaIC, he’s the kid I always wished I was.</p>
<p>Definitely check out anything by Chuck Palahniuk, as well. I finished “Choke” last week, and started “Haunted” today. “Choke” was dark, it takes a look into the mind of a sex addict. It becomes a kind of absurd social commentary. I enjoyed his writing style.</p>
<p>Some older, random suggestions…
“America, The Book”. - John Stewart
“I Am America, and So Can You!” - Stephen Colbert
“Dune”- Frank Herbert
“The Gunslinger” (series)- Stephen King
“The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” (series)- Douglas Adams
“The Sirens of Titan”- Kurt Vonnegut</p>
<p>I gave my D “Lovely Bones” for Christmas and she really enjoyed it.</p>
<p>I second Vonnegut, and would like to note the absence of plays here. I like Shakespeare, Wilde, Aristophanes, Beckett, Eliot, and others, and now I’m reading Bodas de Sangre by Lorca.</p>