Please recommend me some books

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<p>I second The Jungle by Upton Sinclair--it's my favorite. It'll put you in a good capitalism-is-the-devil mindset, perfect if you're going to a liberal school. </p>

<p>I see a few people recommend 1984 and Brave New World. I read 1984 first and loved it, but then I read Brave New World (which actually came out before 1984), and thought it was 1984 again, except 1984 was better written. Then I read We by a Russian writer (I think) which is supposed to be the predecessor to both of them, and it was boring as anything (you could make the case that it was written that way to convey the dryness of futuristic life, but in any case, it just doesn't make for fun reading). If you only read one, 1984. If you choose to read more than one, read them in order. That's my suggestion.</p>

<p>I also really like Flannery O'Connor and Tennessee Williams. The Hunchback of Notre Dame was really good. No Exit by Sartre. I, Claudius is another favorite by Robert Graves.</p>

<p>On my list for this summer is Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee (because I liked the movie), All Quiet on the Western Front, and a book of Russian history.</p>

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<p>My recommendations:
1984
The Shadow of the Wind***my favorite book EVER!
Veronika Decides to Die
The Alchemist
Angels and Demons
The World is Flat
Moneyball
Kite Runner
Life of Pi</p>

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<p>I would reccomend reading, Tippint Point, Why we buy, Nickel and dimed, Black Trials, the world is flat, freakonomics</p>

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<p>The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason </p>

<p>By: Sam Harris</p>

<p>A really good book, and relates well with the world's current international issues. </p>

<p>Then again, 1984 does to an extent haha.</p>

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<p>Tipping Point and Freakonomics were awful. They certainly do not belong in the same boat as World Is Flat.</p>

<p>Currently reading; The United States of Europe. This book is an exceptional insight as to potential economic rivals of the United States (that being the European Union.)</p>

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<p>The Da Vinci Code</p>

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<p>Five People You Meet in Heaven, The Art of Travel</p>

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<p>Who will cry, when you die by Robin Sharma. I second the Kite Runner and The World is Flat.</p>

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<p>The World is Flat sounds like a good book, I'll have to head over to Borders Tuesday and take a look at it.</p>

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<p>We the living by Ayn Rand
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Short Stories of Langston Hughes
Our Lady Of The Flowers by Jean Genet</p>

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<p>Kaffir Boy
Chienne De Guerre (book about Chechnya, which i loved)
blowing my cover: my life as a cia spy
a heartbreaking work of staggering genius (good humor, good read)
anything by Chuck Palahniuk, Hemingway or Fitzgerald is also good.</p>

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<p>War and Peace</p>

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<p>A Suitable Boy, Two Lives. Both by Vikram Seth.</p>

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<p>Old man and the sea... oh lordy don't read that thing. I read it when i was in 1st grade (because i read alot of classics then) thinking it was going to be interesting. Well, of course it wasn't.</p>

<p>But I had some other books I thought was boring in the 1st grade, of course. I read them later and I was like "Wow these books are amazing!"</p>

<p>So I thought Old man and the sea would be more interesting since my intellects grew or something... Nope. Still boring. unless its for a school assignment, like moby dick, its very boring... Books that look short but feels like thousands pages are..:</p>

<p>The Prince
Old man and the Sea
Moby Dick (<- well this is long to start out with but it just feels extra longer)</p>

<p>I would say read crime and punishment if you havent already.. Tess of the D'Urbervilles is interesting too.</p>

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<p>Le Petit Prince.......in English if you don't take French.
I second Tuesdays with Morrie. Good movie too.
Native Son is good but I personally hated the main character. With a flaming passion.
100 Years of Solitude</p>

<p>Sorry, I don't know any fun books to read except the Alice and Harry Potter series. Sort of stopped reading fun books when I got to high school. Although if you are a girl, the Sweet Valley books and Anne of Green Gables stuff are a good read. The character Anne Shirley annoys me though. Never liked her.</p>

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<p>if you could only read one, would it be the world is flat, tipping point, or freakonomics?</p>

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<p>I really didnt think freakonomics was that good... a bunch of random claims with only slightly substantiated evidence... it was interesting I guess...</p>

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<p>I really enjoyed the tipping point more than the world is flat...guns germs and steal sounds good</p>

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<p>Also check out Heart of Darkness - has some good insight to the "colonization" and "civilization" of countries.</p>

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<p>In fantasy, if you want a long series and not a tremendously difficult read: The Dragonlance series by Hickman and Weiss (there are many authors but this is the only part of the series i have read)
of course, Harry potter
Atlas Shrugged, Fountainhead, Pride and Prejudice, A Tale of Two cities, Wuthering Heights, oh god and cannot even say them all but some of them you should have read already</p>