<p>hi. i'm looking for a great book to read. any suggestions? (i'm pretty much open to anything... but not so hot on the si-fi). thanks!</p>
<p>Two superlative must reads are Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. Also, see the Red Badge of Courage. If you wish to read something more modern, read "A Walk in the Woods", a tale of two inexperienced backpackers on the Appalacian Trail.</p>
<p>Catch-22
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
On the Road
The Things They Carried
The Beach
Brave New World
The Bourne Identity</p>
<p>The Things They Carried is ehh. Unless you're really into War Stories.</p>
<p>unless you're an english person, Jane Eyre isn't that great.</p>
<p>there was a thread like this like 2 weeks ago, check it out</p>
<p>War and Peace</p>
<p>1984, From Burmese Days, The Gulag Archipelago</p>
<p>the da vinci code is one of the greatest books i have ever read. although its kind of boring in the beginning, it really picks up. it was almost impossible for me to put the book down. you should try reading it.</p>
<p>I should actually begin reading books for my own self, for those books I labeled above I read sometime before 9th grade, the last time I read any non-school literature.</p>
<p>I'd suggest books by Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Turgenev, and Austen, as well as Les Miserables (Hugo), and Watership Down (Adams) (personally, I love this book, but I've known people to be turned off by the fact that the majority of the characters are rabbits). If you enjoy science/math books, you might like A Tour of the Calculus by Berlinsky (but if you've already taken calc, it may be rather boring), and would also reccomend books by Feynman, Hawking, and Simon Singh. Finally, if you enjoy history, try McCullough's John Adams.
I hope you find something enjoyable to read! Good luck. :-)</p>
<p>Finally, Mathematics from the Birth of Numbers by Jan Gullberg was the best science book I have read; it traces the development of mathematics complete with the techniques and applications, reducing 14 years of school math into a single reference book.</p>
<p>I agree with mangogo, if you want a great read, pick up The Da Vinci Code. I kept thinking about the book and its theories long after I finished reading it.</p>
<p>Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote</p>
<p>I Hope they Serve Beer in Hell. </p>
<p>The most hilarious book ever written.</p>
<p>"Gone With the Wind' is still an amazing book. And I just finished the great gatsby. I loved it.</p>
<p>1984 is a good one</p>
<p>phillip pullman writes great books</p>
<p>hitchiker's guide to the galaxy</p>
<p>This may also sound weird, but as someone who attempts to understand the cultures and systems of another country, reading Confucius' Analects was interesting, given some of its viewpoints and attitudes towards how society should be run. I must pick up a copy of one of the sutras of Mahayana Buddhism next. AP World has an interesting ability to draw one to books and authors rarely known of in America.</p>
<p>btw, i read great gatsby and i hated it. well, maybe because i was forced to read it for english class.</p>
<p>Wuthering Heights and Gone With the Wind are great books. 1984 was interesting. A Rumor of War and The Jungle are great picks. The Pursuit of Loneliness: American Culture at the Breaking Point is a must read.</p>
<p>And of course, everybody should read "Endangered and Threatened Plants of the United States." That should be a requirement for all schools.</p>