<p>try The Sword in the Stone (if you don't look down on children's literature that is :)) Its an awesome book</p>
<p>The Song of Ice and Fire Series
The Silmarillion (for guys who've read Lord of the Rings)</p>
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<p>only if you are very deeply in love with Middle Earth and revel in footnotes :p
(Which I do btw :D)</p>
<p>I strongly recommend Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, even for people who arent really into Science Fiction and A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin even if you arent really into fantasy. Both are very well written and very compelling :)</p>
<p>Brave New World - by Aldous Huxley
Walden - by Henry David Thoreau
Babbitt - by Sinclair Lewis
Cat's Craddle - by Kurt Vonnegut, read anything by Vonnegut
The Stranger - Albert Camus</p>
<p>I wouldn't recommend silmarion unless you 1. know a lot about lord of the rings and 2. you are truly beyond a doubt in love with the tale, it is not an easy read my friend, though I do love it so.</p>
<p>Tractatus Logico Philosophicus - Ludwig Wittgenstein</p>
<p>a hope in the unseen - ron suskind
the handmaid's tale - margaret atwood</p>
<p>A room with a view- E.M. Forster is amazing
The awakening- Kate Chopin</p>
<p>I've noticed that a lot of people have put down One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest as their favorite book in this thread and the other one. If you are interested in Ken Kesey, the author of that book, then you should read The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe. It talks not only about him but also his group, the Merry Pranksters, and how they eventually launched the hippie movement.</p>
<p>Whoever said "The Stranger" above, I second that. I love Camus.</p>
<p>A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers. Enough said.</p>
<p>P G Wodehouse rocks for light reading :)</p>
<p>This might sound childish, but I recommend Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield" or if you want something lighter, "Great Expectations"</p>
<p>I liked these two :) But you've perhaps read em both....</p>
<p>Rabbit Tetralogy by John Updike.</p>
<p>Let's get some REAL and DIFFERENT literature in here folks, not the usual "read me, I'm reccomended" types.</p>
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<p>I found David Copperfield lighter than Great Expectations (I loved both though)</p>
<p>By "lighter" I meant shorter :)</p>
<p>Blindness by Jose Saramago is AMAZING. It's unlike anything I've ever read. I love the style in which it is written. I hate to talk about the plot because I don't want to ruin the book for anyone who might want to read it, but for those of you who are familiar with Plato's Allegory of the Cave, Blindness carries a similar message (in my opinion). I think I'd go as far as to send my copy to anyone who might want to read it (provided they would be willing to discuss it with me afterward).</p>
<p>Later,
Amy</p>
<p>Angela's Ashes by Frank Mccourt just rules! It has been an addictive page turner for me since 8 am in the morning. I'M LOVING IT!</p>
<p>a song of ice and fire - george r r martin
freedom from fear - daw aung san suu kyi
letters from burma - daw aung san suu kyi
godel, escher, bach - douglas hofstadter</p>
<p>On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Giver by Lois Lowry</p>