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FONFON Regular
edited July 2011 in Life
In this thread we post books we think are worthy of being read. Title is all that's necessary but more detail is always welcome. Though it is simple enough to use wiki for more info...Only post books you have read and can vouch for personally.

The Brothers Karamazov

Notes From Underground

Trainspotting

Naked Lunch

Junky

Slaughterhouse-Five

The Road

Catch 22

Heart Of Darkness

Brave New World

1984

Animal Farm

Lord Of The Rings

On The Road

A Song Of Ice And Fire

The Master And Margarita

100 Years Of Solitude

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas

HP Lovecraft (anything)

The Sheltering Sky

The Glass Bead Game

Don Quixote - Haven't finished this one yet but its definitely worthy

That's all I got off the top of my head. Hoping this can expand my 'to read' list a bit...Its starting to grow a bit thin.
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  • SemSem Regular
    edited June 2011
    Sophie's world by Jostein Gaarder

    A fictional narrative concerning the history of philosophy.
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  • AverageAverage Regular
    edited June 2011
    I nominate Bukowski's bibliographhy. Great writer, great man.
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  • JackJack Regular
    edited June 2011
    - Ender's Game

    - Anything about Ender

    - The Giver

    - The Redemption of Althalus
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  • PlebertPlebert Regular
    edited July 2011
    -Cat's Cradle
    -One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
    -Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
    -The Old Man And The Sea
    -John Dies At The End
    -Songs Of The Doomed
    -The Mind Of God
    -Travels In Hyper-Reality

    Edit:
    -The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass,great book.
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  • PlebertPlebert Regular
    edited July 2011
    Never got past the first 100 pages of The Brothers Karamazov.

    If I wasn't sold by that,is it worth pushing through to the end?
    Is there some magical revelation to be gained by finishing it?
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  • ducklipsducklips Regular
    edited July 2011
    anything by Chuck Palahniuk

    Walden and civil disobedience - Henry David Thoreau

    anything by Cormac McCarthy (i.e. The Road) yes yes I know it was mentioned above but definitively worth mentioning twice :D
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  • PlebertPlebert Regular
    edited July 2011
    anything by Cormac McCarthy (i.e. The Road) yes yes I know it was mentioned above but definitively worth mentioning twice

    The Road and Fallout 3 an inextricably linked in my mind for some reason.
    Post-apocalyptic fiction and apocalypticism in general is pretty bitch'n.
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  • FONFON Regular
    edited July 2011
    Plebert wrote: »
    Never got past the first 100 pages of The Brothers Karamazov.

    If I wasn't sold by that,is it worth pushing through to the end?
    Is there some magical revelation to be gained by finishing it?

    Yeah it didn't really grab me until page 200+....It was filled with revelations for me. Gets much better if you persevere.
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  • -SpectraL-SpectraL Will Faggert
    edited July 2011
    this thread sucks

    ^ not spam/valid post
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  • LouisCypherLouisCypher Regular
    edited July 2011
    -SpectraL wrote: »
    this thread sucks

    ^ not spam/valid post

    I disagree, I think its a pretty good thread, IMO
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  • LouisCypherLouisCypher Regular
    edited July 2011
    I don't think one person can ruin a thread. Just my opinion.
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  • LouisCypherLouisCypher Regular
    edited July 2011
    Spectral are you familiar with the "ignore" function?
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  • HarlequinHarlequin New Arrival
    edited July 2011
    -Battle Royale
    -Darkly Dreaming Dexter (and the sequels)
    -The Belgariad
    -The Mallorean
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