<p>i took AP English and i am offical done with that.. ive read quiet a lot of book...</p>
<p>ie. Things they carried, pygmalion, frankenstein, iliad, some bible, the flies, numerous plays...</p>
<p>what to read for the summer !!</p>
<p>master and margarita
some palahniuk (fight club, lullaby, diary)
american psycho</p>
<p>none of this "AP Engilsh" stuff, fer serious.</p>
<p>As in books that might prep you for college literature/philosophy courses or leisure books?</p>
<p>im reading for prep but it would be nice to know what pple were talking about in class if they mentioned a book..</p>
<p>Batman - The Dark Knight Returns</p>
<p>isnt that a comic... i read it in the library.. where i work..</p>
<p>Yea it's a comic, but it's still a book nonetheless. And a great one at that. It's pretty deep once you start analyzing it.</p>
<p>Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand</p>
<p>Here's my summer reading list (self-selected):
err, I haven't written in the author names for some of them. </p>
<p>The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Milan Kundera
Everything is Illuminated – Jonathan Safran Foer
The Elementary Particles – Michel Houellebecq
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius –
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter –
Cat’s Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut
The Handmaid’s Tale –
The End of the Affair –
The Namesake – Jhumpa Lahiri
A Confederacy of Dunces –
Siddhartha –
The Picture of Dorian Gray –
The Other Boleyn Girl –
Blue Shoes and Happiness –
The Road – Cormac McCarthy
Water for Elephants –
Love in the Time of Cholera –
Life of Pi –</p>
<p>Handmaid's Tale by Atwood was horrible.</p>
<p>I'd recommend Stranger in a Strange Land, Brave New World, and As I Lay Dying.</p>
<p>^ I second the recommendation for Stranger in a Strange Land. Also, read Time Enough for Love (same author).</p>
<p>Siddhartha is very good, don't let the setting put you off.</p>
<p>hesse is fantastic, read spme of his short stories...and demian(my favorite)</p>
<p>jonathan safran foer is so overratted.</p>
<p>I disagree that The Handmaid's Tale is awful. Not one of my favorite books, but I found it to be an enjoyable read.</p>
<p>However, I <em>love</em> As I Lay Dying...much more than I like Handmaid's Tale, so I still approve of your literary tastes. And I do like Brave New World. Never read Stranger in a Strange Land...now I want to look into that.</p>
<p>How can anyone suggest anything from Ayn Rand? The woman is psycho.</p>
<p>I would suggest anything by Kurt Vonnegut</p>
<p>He's pretty much awesome</p>
<p>The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Webster's dictionary, the influence of seapower upon history, War and Peace, Sun Tzu: The Art of War (original edition.)</p>
<p>For a healthy mix of leisure and school prep, I'd go with:</p>
<p>Homer- Iliad
Socrates- Four Texts
Italo Calvino-Baron in the Trees; Invisible Cities; Cloven Viscount
Jhumpa Lahiri-Interpreter of Maladies; The Namesake
Matt Ridley-The Genome
Kafka-Metamorphoses
Henry James-(anything)
Shakespeare-King Lear
Joseph Heller-Catch 22</p>
<p>Niiiiice. I'm starting on a German philosophy summer with Kant and company.</p>
<p>yeah, you basically cant go wrong with vonnegut, i love him. ive read some of this stuff for school, but i definitely want to read some of these ones that i havent.</p>
<p>"native son" by richard wright is something that every english teacher i've ever had has recommended, as well as "the fountainhead" by ayn rand.</p>
<p>"a rose for emily" by faulkner is something that both of my aunts who were english majors read 4-5 times in college. however, i would definitely avoid reading too much faulkner. bah.</p>
<p>orwell is a safe bet, as well as kerouac's "on the road", and vonnegut is definitely required.</p>