<p>its a little to late for me to be finding hooks...</p>
<p>but if i ever become president, my library will have david sedaris books in it</p>
<p>ha, she'd probly burn them...reactionary bizznotch</p>
<p>are you serious?</p>
<p>you should complain! that lady doesn't sound like a very good librarian</p>
<p>no she doesn't!</p>
<p>you should definitely read a million little pieces by james frey, even though it's kinda in that grey area between fiction and nonfiction. it's really really really good. i promise.</p>
<p>we've been complaining...she's old and has tenure though</p>
<p>eww tenure. it's good in ways, but bad in others.</p>
<p>hmm. don't you guys have a public library in your city though?</p>
<p>yea..but im too lazy to walk and gas is too expensive for me to drive all the time...so I always used the schools while I was still in school</p>
<p>but now that you're out of school you can spend the summer walking to the library and reading David Sedaris! lol
Why can't summers ever turn out like that?</p>
<p>well, now that I have some ideas of books to read (and reread) I think I'll go to bed.
Good night everyone!</p>
<p>I suggest reading "A Civil Action". One of my absolute favorites.</p>
<p>John Adams by David McCullough. I LOVED this book.</p>
<p>Collapse--Jared Diamond
Guns, Germs, and Steel--Jared Diamond
The Peloppenesian War--Thucydides
The End of Poverty--Jeffrey Sachs
Art and Physics--Leonard Shlain
Development as Freedom--Amartya Sen
Ben Franklin: An American Life--Walter Isaacson
Elizabeth I--Anne Somerset</p>
<p>I am currently reading Self-made Man. A woman disguises herself as a man for a year and offers great insight into the world of men that's not easily obvious. </p>
<p>Read Frank McCourt's 3 autobiographical books, especially the first one - Angela's Ashes. </p>
<p>Read A Child Called It if you didn't do so already. </p>
<p>Read a Million Little Pieces, even parts of it are fabricated... you will like it, I promise. </p>
<p>If you read Sedaris and like his writing, try Augusten Burroughs, who has a very similar style. </p>
<p>I LOVE non-fiction :)</p>
<p>If you're into science and physics, I suggest:</p>
<p>The Universe in a Nutshell - Stephen Hawking
A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
The Elegant Universe - forgot the author</p>
<p>I think Feynman wrote the Elegant Universe.</p>
<p>has anyone read "guns, germs, & steel"?
I was just wondering if it was a good book, I have to read it for college over the summer</p>
<p>I have. I recommended it above. It's a totally badass book; it completely turns what you learned in HS on its head. I loved it.</p>
<p>aight, cool...i just dont want that **** to be boring or anything
and the fact that its not fiction is good too</p>
<p>No it's not boring in the least. It's incredibly insightful and well-written. Unlike some books that deal with the same subject matter, the prose is concise and eloquent. The book is scrupulously researched. I finished it in about a day.</p>
<p>I thought the China portions of Guns, Germs and Steel were weak.</p>