December 30, 200916 yr Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand The Gods Themselves - Isaac Asimov The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings trilogy - J.R.R. Tolkein Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll The Godfather - Mario Puzo Wiseguy - Nicholas Pileggi Road to Perdition - Max Allan Collins Donnie Brasco - Joseph D. Pistone The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck The Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens Great Expectations - Charles Dickens Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes (translation by John Ormsby) Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson Germinal - Emile Zola Lady Chatterly's Lover - D.H. Lawrence In no particular order, along with several other books listed by others. These should be on my list somewhere.
January 2, 201016 yr Have you read any beyond the original trilogy? I've read the first four and there are at least two others he wrote that I've heard of. I'm just wondering if it's worth it. No I haven't. They have been on my 'to read' list for some time now,but just haven't gotten around to them.
January 2, 201016 yr Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand The Gods Themselves - Isaac Asimov The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings trilogy - J.R.R. Tolkein Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll The Godfather - Mario Puzo Wiseguy - Nicholas Pileggi Road to Perdition - Max Allan Collins Donnie Brasco - Joseph D. Pistone The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck The Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens Great Expectations - Charles Dickens Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes (translation by John Ormsby) Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson Germinal - Emile Zola Lady Chatterly's Lover - D.H. Lawrence In no particular order, along with several other books listed by others. Ok...number one on my next list.
January 2, 201016 yr Bringing Down the House Moneyball The God Delusion The Dawkins Delusion The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to Bill Simmons The Dollar Meltdown: Just a start...
January 3, 201016 yr Alas, Babylon Left Behind series Harry Turtledove's South Wins series (The CSA wins the Civil War and exists as an enemy of the US through WW2) The Godfather The Exorcist Dune Series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan books (Other then Hunt for Red October the books are vastly superior to the movies) Stephen King's Dark Tower series The Stand The Firm The DaVinci Code The Harry Potter books Hannibal (because I HATED the ending) Double Jeopardy: Obsession, Murder, and Justice Denied (the story of Brenda Shaeffer's murder at the hands of Mel Ignatow where he was acquitted, then subsequent discovery of photos proved his guilt)
January 3, 201016 yr The Martian Chronicles-Ray Bradberry The Hobbit- J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord Of The Ring Trilogy- J.R.R. Tolkien Of Mice And Men- John Steinbeck The Grapes Of Wrath-John Steinbeck To Kill A Mockingbird-Harper Lee Lord Of The Flies-William Golding The Sirens Of Titan-Kurt Vonnegut A Christmas Carol- Charles Dickens The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn/Tom Sawyer-Mark Twain
January 4, 201016 yr The Bible The Left Behind Series The LIttle House in the Big Woods....Very first book I ever read... Of Mice and Men Sarah Palin...Going Rogue Friday Night Lights I think the name was...Under the Bleachers...I know that was not the name, but, close...maybe it was just Bleachers. After I'm Gone...it is a journal that you answer questions in. People read it after your death...boy, that has made me think. Then there is a book that was required reading for my counseling class....it was...Do You know Who Lives Next Door....Our instructor brought the book in...that really made me think. The Green River Killer's Wife. Poor lady. Then there are all the books at Barnes and Noble under True Crime. I have read, if not all of them, pretty close. You never know about people. There was one where a child killed her parents over a boyfriend that she was not to see anymore because he was too old. I think she was 15 and he was in his 20's....And then there are the mobster books. There are a lot of these books that range from paid murder to murder of children. I like these books because I like to analyze the people who are monster enough to do these crimes.
January 4, 201016 yr In order of favorite... 1.) Chronicles of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2.) Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger 3.) Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 4.) Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor 5.) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 5.) Bleachers by John Grisham 7.) As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 8.) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 9.) The Metamorphisis by Franz Kafka 10.) The Trial by Franz Kafka 11.) The Stranger by Albert Camus 12.) The Education of a Coach (Bill Belichick) by David Halberstam 13.) The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 14.) Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin 15.) Night by Elie Weisel Being an English major, I had to read most of these books in literature courses, but a couple are guilty pleasures (ie. football books). My favorite book, Chronicles of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, isn't as well known as the others, and isn't even his most popular book, but I love it! I suggest it for anyone. Edited January 4, 201016 yr by Cawoodball player
January 4, 201016 yr Not in any particular order: "Slaughterhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut "All The King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson "How To Lose Friends and Alienate People" by Toby Young "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" by Douglas C. Adams "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky "A Bluegrass Conspiracy" by Sally Denton "Hell's Angels" by Hunter S. Thompson "The Cheese Chronicles: The Story of a Rock'n'Roll Band You've Never Heard Of" by Tommy Womack I'm sure there's more, but this is what's coming to me off the top of my head.
January 4, 201016 yr Author In order of favorite... 1.) Chronicles of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2.) Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger 3.) Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 4.) Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor 5.) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 5.) Bleachers by John Grisham 7.) As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 8.) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 9.) The Metamorphisis by Franz Kafka 10.) The Trial by Franz Kafka 11.) The Stranger by Albert Camus 12.) The Education of a Coach (Bill Belichick) by David Halberstam 13.) The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 14.) Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin 15.) Night by Elie Weisel Night is absolutely heartbreaking and in its brevity and the way Weisel just throws forth his accounts and thoughts from the holocaust. I know it is required in many schools, but really think this book should be required reading everywhere - every bit as much as To Kill A Mockingbird, Catcher In The Rye, and Romeo & Juliet are these days. I can't even tell you how often this book and Primo Levi's If This Is A Man enter into my thoughts. If you haven't read If This Is A Man, I strongly suggest it.
January 4, 201016 yr Whoever is unable to come up with 15, say "I." "I." I...:lol: This is going to make zero sense but here it goes...I enjoy reading but I don't read for enjoyment. I actually read quite a bit but 90% of the books I read are based on what I can learn. I read about the stock market, real estate and other investment books.
January 4, 201016 yr In no particular order: 1. The Innocent Man by John Grisham 2. Einstein by Walter Isaacson 3. Me by Katharine Hepburn 4. The Fourth Procedure by Stanley Pottinger 5. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier 6. Mrs deWinter by Susan Hill 7. Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy 8. Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg 9. The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 10. I Took A Lickin' and Kept On Tickin' by Lewis Grizzard 11. A Humanizing Ministry by Tim Estes 12. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane 13. In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke 14. Shem Creek by Dorothea Benton Frank 15. The Life of Sir Thomas More by William Roper
January 4, 201016 yr A point of personal interest,being as the book was my grandfather's favorite and after 51 years on this earth having finally finished it for the first time this year: Hangman is the only person to list Moby Dick so far.
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