<p>I felt as if I have completely been detached from reading for pleasure ever since school started, so somebody recommend me a book =).</p>
<p>Oh, and if someone says The Real ACT Prep Guide or the Fiske Guide to College, I seriously might leave CC.</p>
<p>Society of Spectacles by Guy Debord
here is the opening </p>
<pre><code>“But for the present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, representation to reality, appearance to essence . . . truth is considered profane, and only illusion is sacred. Sacredness is in fact held to be enhanced in proportion as truth decreases and illusion increases, so that the highest degree of illusion comes to be the highest degree of sacredness.”
</code></pre>
<p>In societies dominated by modern conditions of production, life is presented as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has receded into a representation.</p>
<p>Awesome, isn't it?</p>
<p>I'm reading Lolita right now.
Aside from it being the most disturbing piece of literature I've read so far, it's really good.
Going back to the classics eh?
And if you're looking for sentimental, there's always the Kite Runner.</p>
<p>I have a few favorites.
"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
"Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
"A Time to Kill" by John Grisham</p>
<p>And I know this is a school book, but it is one of the best books I've ever read:
"The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas</p>
<p>The best book I have ever read is, without a doubt, The Stand by Stephen King.</p>
<p>I am obsessed with that book. It is like my bible. I only hold it with two hands, and I never let it touch direct sunlight without bowing towards it 5 times at it's altar (lol jk). But it is a very good book, I couldn't put it down!</p>
<p>But if you're into sci-fi, remember the andromeda strain, by Michael Crichton? He's written another good book recently, called NEXT. It is my favorite science fiction book.</p>
<p>But if you're in simply for a good easy read, I recommend a David Baldacci book. He is the best writer of all time IMO, although his latest booked called "THE WHOLE TRUTH" is definitely not one of his better works.</p>
<p>I'm really into Crime and Punishment right now. I've read it numerous times in the last week (yes I know, I'm a nerd).</p>
<p>Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul....</p>
<p>Also, Brave New World. I love books with beautiful language and strange plots and intricate characters and pain, o beautiful suffering. Mostly, I'm just a sucker for futuristic, dystopian novels... Handmaid's Tale, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, The Cure, House of the Scorpion, etc.</p>
<p>This has been done many times before.</p>
<p>It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.</p>
<p>Lolita was quite good, however my "favourites" are, in that order: Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand; Ender's Game and Shadow of the Hegemon, by Orson Scott Card; Ragtime, by E.L. Doctorow; and The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien.</p>
<p>Really? I never thought Taggart would like Ayn Rand. That's odd.</p>
<p>Catch 22. Very fun.</p>
<p>The Little Prince makes me cry every time I read it.</p>
<p>It's also available free</a> online. Takes maybe an hour to read.</p>
<p>GONE WITH THE WIND!!! </p>
<p>...and other classics.</p>
<p>Top 3:</p>
<ol>
<li>Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series</li>
<li>Catch-22</li>
<li>1984</li>
</ol>
<p>Lord of the Rings (Tolkien), Dune (Herbert), and Sandman (Gaiman. But it's a series of comic books, so I'll just say I love anything by him in just about any medium).</p>
<p>...I've sort of given up studying for the rest of my APs and am reading through other fun novels.</p>
<p>The Yiddish Policeman's Union was good. it's by micahel chabon.</p>
<p>fizix, I used to love The Little Prince! I completely forgot about that.</p>
<p>Other than that, LOTR, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and As I Lay Dying.</p>
<p>Favorite books include...</p>
<p>the first half of Lolita (for me, it loses the beauty of its language in the later parts), The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, anything by G.G.Marquez, The Little Prince...</p>
<p>I'm currently reading Obama's The Audacity of Hope and I'm not a huge fan of his but it's really, really good. Great combination of explaining political theories and history and personal anecdotes and position statements.</p>
<p>bringing down the house lol</p>
<p>Fiction: I absolutely love To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.</p>
<p>Nonfiction: Biko, by Donald Woods & Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer</p>