<p>Hey, im not a big reader but have been picking it up lately for a class im in.</p>
<p>For an essay I have to write, my teacher told me to pick a stimulating or provocative book to read...Any ideas?</p>
<p>The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. Excellent book. Well written, about a lot of the internal conflicts of soldiers in Vietnam</p>
<p>^^or his other book tomcat in love which was kinda better</p>
<p>1984, The Pillars of the Earth(if you can sit through 1000 or so pages), and anything Shakespeare!:)</p>
<p>Wartsandall had a good thread about this a while ago. Go stalk him :]</p>
<p>guns, germs and steel; talent is overrate; outliers: the story of success (?); in-n-out:burger; fast food nation!</p>
<p>Walden by Henry David Thoreau</p>
<p>yeah there was a post about this not too long ago.</p>
<p>Lolita is pretty stimulating. It’s multifaceted, has more than one layer of depth, etc…</p>
<p>plus it’s practically a classic:)</p>
<p>Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky</p>
<p>Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen</p>
<p>Never read it myself, but my sister loves it.</p>
<p>lolita first comes to mind at provocative.</p>
<p>then catcher in the rye in controversial.</p>
<p>i wouldn’t say it’s provocative but the great gatsby is like the canon of american literature.</p>
<p>Brave New World brings up ethical topics and is a pretty easy read.</p>
<p>Brave New World is very good. I loved Great Gatsby too.</p>
<p>Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut </p>
<p>A novel/anthropology thesis (really)</p>
<p>on the road
the trial
the stranger
all are interesting reads which won’t take too long and raise interesting ideas.
if you watn something challenging i would say sound and the fury.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions</p>