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05-28-2014, 10:23 PM
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Required reading for humanity
ITT we wax intellectual about books everyone should read before they die. Love them or hate them of course, some books are like eating your vegetables - awful but still good for you.
To start: Catch-22 The Fountainhead One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Last Exit To Brooklyn |
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05-28-2014, 10:29 PM
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Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
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05-29-2014, 01:56 AM
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Also: The Fixer by Bernard Malamud Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood |
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05-29-2014, 01:57 AM
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05-29-2014, 02:21 AM
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A few more I'd add that I think are incredible but very underrated or not well known: The Kryptonite Kid by Joseph Torchia A novel written in the form of a series of letters to Superman from a young boy growing up in an abusive home in the 50s. The Nuclear Age by Tim O'Brien Far better than the more acclaimed The Things They Carried imo. It's the life story of an obsessive man told in fragments as he digs a massive hole in his backyard for a fallout shelter. The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill A funny, sad, poetic book about the Minotaur living out his days in a trailer park and working as a prep cook. It's a hard book to describe, but it really is something special. |
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05-28-2014, 10:35 PM
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I loved Catch-22. And I don't know anyone who didn't like One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. Sadly, I have never read The Fountainhead. And I own a copy of Last Exit to Brooklyn; But have not gotten around to reading it for one reason or another.
Sons and Lovers by Lawrence anyone? And I always suggest American Psycho to everyone even though it seems to be pretty much love or hate. I happened to love it.
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05-28-2014, 10:39 PM
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Modern classics are totally valid. I'd pick Less Than Zero over American Psycho but that's just my preference.
Maus would be one I'd add, just because it changed my perspective on graphic novels and showed me they're worth taking seriously. |
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05-28-2014, 11:01 PM
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Dude... What?
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Haven't read Nea's recommendations and I've never made it through anything by Ayn Rand. I just... I can't. Too dull. Maus (along with Love & Rockets) got me into graphic novels, too! Great stuff, I still have it somewhere.
I'll recommend Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson. |
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