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Title: Help give me a good book to read
Post by: Selkie on October 28, 2008, 02:20:28 PM
For English I need to read any book of my choice, as long as it has a good amount of maturity and intellectual merit.
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Post by: Samus Aran on October 28, 2008, 02:20:48 PM
Something by John Steinbeck.
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Post by: Geno on October 28, 2008, 02:21:04 PM
Harry Potter
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Post by: Daddy on October 28, 2008, 02:25:20 PM
White Oleander
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Post by: ME## on October 28, 2008, 02:28:18 PM
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
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Post by: Feynman on October 28, 2008, 02:29:28 PM
I Am America And So Can You.
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Post by: Samus Aran on October 28, 2008, 02:30:06 PM
Quote from: ME86 on October 28, 2008, 02:28:18 PM
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.


am i the only fan of The Hobbit who never liked the LotR series much
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Post by: Cookie on October 28, 2008, 02:31:30 PM
Crossfire by Jim Marrs.
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Post by: ME## on October 28, 2008, 02:33:52 PM
Quote from: Kazmopolitan on October 28, 2008, 02:30:06 PM
am i the only fan of The Hobbit who never liked the LotR series much


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Post by: Skylark on October 28, 2008, 03:37:04 PM
You should read The Fountainhead :D if you haven't yet...
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Post by: guff on October 28, 2008, 04:03:05 PM
irresistible integrals by george boros and victor moll baddood;
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Post by: j o e i n c on October 28, 2008, 04:32:59 PM
i got this book at costco it was called a train to potevka it was pretty short but it was good
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Post by: Pele on October 28, 2008, 06:21:15 PM
the pastafarian gospel
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Post by: [hedy]Zidone on October 28, 2008, 06:22:28 PM
Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett. baddood;
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Post by: One Man Freak Show on October 28, 2008, 06:26:25 PM
Oh the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss.
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Post by: YPrrrr on October 28, 2008, 06:33:29 PM
Quote from: skylark on October 28, 2008, 03:37:04 PM
You should read The Fountainhead :D if you haven't yet...
I really like Ayn Rand, but reading The Fountainhead for a paper I did in high school nearly killed me... It's just so long, and having a time limit diminished its enjoyability a bit.

Do Catch 22 Selkie
Title: Re: Help give me a good book to read
Post by: Skylark on October 28, 2008, 06:46:37 PM
Quote from: Flying Circus on October 28, 2008, 06:33:29 PM
I really like Ayn Rand, but reading The Fountainhead for a paper I did in high school nearly killed me... It's just so long, and having a time limit diminished its enjoyability a bit.

Do Catch 22 Selkie


I read it during the summer for school and I didn't enjoy writing on it but I really loved the book. I think it portrays it's message (and it's a very good one, too!) in such a great way. It doesn't try to push it down your throat but isn't so subtle that it might be lost in the text.
Also, I love Roark.
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Post by: russell on October 28, 2008, 07:06:07 PM
anything by Dostoevsky; something by Lovecraft if you like gothicy 1920's fantasy; Thomas Pynchon if you want to be mindfucked but also read amazing fiction; or good ol' Dick for easy and good sci-fi.
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Post by: Houdini on October 28, 2008, 08:28:53 PM
Quote from: skylark on October 28, 2008, 03:37:04 PM
You should read The Fountainhead :D if you haven't yet...
I think you missed the part about maturity and intellectual merit.
Title: Re: Help give me a good book to read
Post by: famy on October 28, 2008, 08:31:40 PM
Quote from: Bassir on October 28, 2008, 02:29:28 PM
I Am America And So Can You.
aaaa i had to read that not too long ago  OuO


read The Autobiography of Malcolm X whitey
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Post by: Hiro on October 28, 2008, 10:41:53 PM
The Chocolate War
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Post by: Meyer Lansky on October 28, 2008, 10:43:51 PM
Quote from: FAMY on October 28, 2008, 08:31:40 PM
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Post by: The artist formally known on October 29, 2008, 12:34:50 AM
The Stranger if you want something short, easy, but awesome.

About a guy who gets sent to prison and finally death about a murder because of the way he reacted to things, mainly his mother's passing.
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Post by: Skylark on October 29, 2008, 03:12:52 PM
Quote from: reefer on October 29, 2008, 12:34:50 AM
The Stranger if you want something short, easy, but awesome.

About a guy who gets sent to prison and finally death about a murder because of the way he reacted to things, mainly his mother's passing.


I second this recommendation. It is very good.