Recommend books to me

Tyler Durden

I need to read and educate myself more.

Reps to people that come up with good ideas and tell me a little about why I should read it.

Miakal

What kind of books are you looking to read? Non-fiction? Fiction?

One book I usually suggest to people is East of Eden by John Steinbeck. Several months ago it was made book of the month by Oprah but ignore that. It's a good book about morals and it has plenty of biblical overtones within it. But, shockingly enough, it's very well done.

It's long and covers a wide range of things, though the theme is fairly consistant, and probably is like 300-400 pages. However, it's one of the easier books to read.

Most non-fiction books I read are about sex or publishing. Hmm.. yeah, I don't really know. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe is pretty interesting. It's about Ken Kesey (the guy who wrote One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest) driving around in this bus and doing acid with his friends. You don't have to be a drug addict to read this though, it's a very good non-fiction book and is usually on top 100 lists.

If you are looking for more intellectual books then I probably can't help you unless you say something specific. Like books about war, etc.

Danny Diamond

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What exactly are you looking for as well?

Educational? Adventure? Mystery? Pop-ups and big letters?

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Dakstang

WC's Resident Redneck

I recommend The Hot House by Pete Earley. Very true story about life in Leavenworth Prison from 1987 to 1989 I think. If you have any interest in the Criminal Justice field, this would be a good read.

Tyler Durden

It doesn't have to be specific, just stuff that you think will interest me and educate me a little.

Jeez guys, if you think a Mary Poppins book will educate me then name it, otherwise read the original post yer maroons.

The Half Boy

My favourite book is Bag of Bones, by Stephen King. It's definitly his best book, and is one hell of a good ghost story. But then, I recommend that book to everybody.

I also like the book 'Carter Beats The Devil', by Glen David Gold. It's a semi-biographical, semi-fictitous story about a Vaudeville magician from the early 20th century called Charles Carter, or Carter The Great, as he was known. It's Gold's first (& only) book, and it's not very well written compared to a lot of other books I've read, but it's both interesting, and informative, and got me hooked on all things Carter, which now makes it almost impossible for me to not search for Carter the Great on eBay at least once a week.

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Mr. WikipediaSpamBot

I haven't read too many books since graduating from high school(secondary school for you Brits).

Animal Farm is an old book, but it's pretty good still. It's a commentary on how communism is good in theory but doesn't work in practice. All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.

The Da Vinci Code is a great mystery novel, it's a little suspensful and you also learn about art and Europe in the process.

Dakstang

WC's Resident Redneck

"Two legs good, four legs baaaaaaad" ha ha ha...Animal Farm is funny.

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Mrs. Diamond

the last book I read was "A million little pieces" by James Frey. I was in the middle of it when all the controversy came out. I still read the whole book & really enjoyed. It was still a great story, even though he admits to embellishing parts of the story & I actually learned some things about AA & the 12 steps that I never knew.