Reading

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brown University
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<p>Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietszche, The Republic by Plato, Inferno by Dante...Read them all</p>

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<p>"so many books, where to start... "</p>

<p>lol I agree. I'm reading the Inferno in school right now. I'm going to drop by the library before class tonight and check out some of the books recommended here. Thanks for all the responses!</p>

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<p>Lolita is a good pick, although I recommend you read sparknotes with it, you'll be amazed how much there is to that book you missed.</p>

<p>Don't read Obasan, it's awful.</p>

<p>If you want REALLY light reading, I recommend Jenna Jameson's autobiography.</p>

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<p>Jenna is sharp.......if you want ultra light, perhaps to the point of defying gravity - you know, like those Three Musketeers candy bar commericials -, you should read Pamela Anderson's "Star".......Delish.</p>

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<p>More funny-meets-serious:</p>

<p>"The Corrections" by Jonathan Frantzen</p>

<p>"Henderson the Rain King" by Saul Bellow</p>

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<p>funny/littleserious: a confederacy of dunces. great book. and of course i could list a million</p>

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<p>Has anyone read "from pieces to weight"? I'm wondering if I should get it.</p>

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<p>A Prayer for Owen Meany-John Irving
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time- Mark Haddon
Tropic of Cancer- Henry Miller
The Trial- Franz Kafka
Any book by Italo Calvino
and any poems by Allen Ginsberg.</p>

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<p>Oooh, another Italo Calvino fan here. Start with "If On A Winter's Night a Traveller" cause it might just blow your mind...</p>

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<p>yes...thats the one i own and love...</p>

<p>Invisible Cities is also pretty good</p>

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<ul>
<li>a clockwork orange (burgess)</li>
<li>a wild sheep chase (murakami)</li>
</ul>

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<p>i love Victor Hugo's Les Miserables - an amazing book</p>

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<p>Les Mis is a really good book, once you get over the length.</p>

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<p>"The World According to Garp" and "The Cider House Rules" by John Irving. Critical, wise, sarcastic, absolutely biting at times, honest, dynamic, complex characters, epic in length and ambition...just two purely amazing novels.</p>

<p>Any poetry by Pablo Neruda.</p>

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<p>we've read a lot of Neruda in AP spanish</p>

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<p>Mmm... Neruda...</p>

<p>If you like Neruda, read some Lorca. Totally different, but equally fascinating.</p>

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<p>oh yeah i'd second the john irving... great author... even his early stuff like the water-method man is hilarious</p>

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<p>The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safan Foer</p>

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<p>Oooh! Yes, I second the recs on The Bell Jar and The Historian. I just finished The Historian a few weeks ago and it was amazing. I now have an odd fascination with eastern Europe.</p>

<p>I finished reading Siddhartha a few weeks back as well and it's a relatively short read. I think it was only about 100 some pages.. my only warning, it's very philosophical. Those crazy Romantics, lol. </p>

<p>These are on the top of my favorites list right now:</p>

<p>The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Orlando by Virginia Woolf</p>

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<p>A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (sp?)
Pride & Prejudice by Austen [sorry, had to stick my favorite book in here!]</p>

<p>My ultimate recommendation would be the Belgariad and Mallorean series by David Eddings, but this is a big investment of time, as the two series span ten books. There are also three more books that go along with the story arc. You don't have to be a Fantasy/SF fan to enjoy these, either--Eddings writes more about the nature of humanity than he does sword and sorcery.</p>

<p>Also
The Belles of Solace Glen - Susan James
Anything by Anne George!</p>