<p>brave new world ftw. it pwns f451 and 1984</p>
<p>Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut</p>
<p>Harry Potter :D</p>
<p>If you're feeling a little masochistic, The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner is always a good choice. :)</p>
<p>If you're looking for something enjoyable and simple but relatively acclaimed, I recommend Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. There's a Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet movie coming out based on the book. Other books I recommend - Atonement by Ian McEwan and Lolita by Vladmir Nabokov.</p>
<p>The Catcher in the Rye might not be AP Lit reading standards, but it's my favourite book of all time so do give it a read if you haven't. ;)</p>
<p>Just read any piece of **** you can find in Sparknotes.</p>
<p>^I love how I keep getting real advice, and then something like that pops up</p>
<p>What are your favorite books? That should help us understand what sorts of books to recommend to you better.</p>
<p>schooOL IS FORRR fooOOllssssss</p>
<p>booKksss AREE dfhokjdfhkafokg</p>
<p>the kite runner. perfectly fluent ...
also to kill a mockingbird but you really have to think about it, spend some time on.</p>
<p>I'm reading Anna Karenina and I really enjoy it. I'm reading the translation by Pevear and Volokhonsky. They're excellent translators of Russian literature. After I'm done with Anna Karenina (I'm on Part Four) I'll tackle the second and last book of my summer reading list -- War and Peace.</p>
<p>I second the suggestion for Madame Curie's biography. I loved that book.</p>
<p>^ I was reading Anna Karenina, but then I misplaced it...So now I'm reading The Brothers Karamzov. OP- "Cancer Ward" by Solzenhitzen. I love that book.</p>
<p>I'd go for both Anna Karenina and War and Peace also. I'm reading Anna Karenina right now (I'm on Part 2) and I'm loving it. I also plan on reading War and Peace once I'm done as well. If you don't like extremely long books, however, I wouldn't go for these. </p>
<p>Life of Pi is also very good. I had to read it this summer for Brit. Lit. and it was amazing. It wasn't that long and it almost never got boring.</p>
<p>Hemmingway's The Sun Also Rises was another good read, but I do know some people who didn't like it. You have to like his style I suppose to really get the feel for it.</p>
<p>Madame Bovary is one of my favourite books of all time.
I also really liked The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway</p>
<p>I'm sorry, but please don't read The Old Man and the Sea. I don't think I have high standards for books, I liked most of what I read in high school, but I couldn't stand that one. I don't think anyone in my class liked it.</p>
<p>As for a recommendation, The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon. It's short but it's renowned and it's really good.</p>
<p>No, Liist is right, Sparknotes is a very good way to expand your knowledge and efficiently learn your material. go sparknotes!</p>
<p>Btw, I wasn't kidding about Pokemon(ONLY the first book in the series) /Almanac/Dracula. All fantastic books that are worth the classics of a lifetime and beyond.</p>
<p>Also you can try out the greek mythology books if you're interested since I was required to read them...Homer/Odyssey.</p>
<p>You may want to check this out on Wikipedia/Amazon first to make sure it'd be something you'd like, but "Kafka on the Shore" by Haruki Murakami is an amazing book.</p>
<p>Thanks, everyone.</p>
<p>Middlesex.
The Road.
The Amazing Adventure of Kavalier and Clay</p>
<p>They're all pulitzer winners that are really good.</p>
<p>The author of Middlesex went to the same high school as my mom...</p>
<p>the fountainhead by ayn rand</p>
<p>Godfather by mario puzo...</p>
<p>it's of equal literary merit as any other book you'll read in school and its enjoyable</p>