<p>...as opposed to depressing books. </p>
<p>I'm tired of reading Dickens (orphans), Poe (plain creepy), and Rand (arghhh). </p>
<p>Have any recommendations?</p>
<p>Yes any suggestions?</p>
<p>Jane Austen</p>
<p>Princess Bride!!!</p>
<p>Anything Hermann Hesse</p>
<p>jonathan safran foer</p>
<p>Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz</p>
<p>That book is just c-r-azy</p>
<p>Maybe this isn't the most happy book, but my favorite is "The Ciderhouse Rules."</p>
<p>I don't find Rand to be depressing. Quite the opposite, actually.</p>
<p>"I don't find Rand to be depressing. Quite the opposite, actually."</p>
<p>Yes but most of her books (ex. Anthem or We the Living) are miserable in the beginning until the last chapter when the character finds hope/understanding blah blah blah...at any rate, Rand annoys me b/c you can sum up what she has to say in less than a page instead of going through 400+ pages of repetitive crap.</p>
<p>David Sedaris</p>
<p>Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, etc. :)</p>
<p>Any Calvin and Hobbes compendium. Trust me, it counts as philosophy. It may be cynical, but it's funny as anything.</p>
<p>wiat, I'm just curious. BelleReve, your name...does it come from "A streetcar named Desire?"</p>
<p>I have to agree with Emeraldkity, I love David Sedaris.</p>
<p>Herman Hesse? I hated Siddhartha.</p>
<p>A few happy books are:
Anything written by Elizabeth Peters
Mary Stewart's Merlin trilogy
Sophie's World<a href="nice%20intro%20to%20philosophy%20as%20well%20as%20fun%20reading">/u</a>
Jan Karon's Mitford series
Joseph Girzone's Joshua series</p>
<p>Nom - I LOVE Calvin and Hobbes. I second that suggestion even though it may not be a novel.</p>
<p>"wiat, I'm just curious. BelleReve, your name...does it come from "A streetcar named Desire?"</p>
<p>Yes, it does ^__^</p>
<p>do you classify that book (play) as happy?</p>
<p>happy people usually dont write good books, depressed writers on the other hand....</p>