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Alexson
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Belarus293 Posts
February 13 2011 23:05 GMT
#1
So I've read Harper Lee's book, To kill a Mockingbird, and Native Son by Richard Wright. They were both amazing books and I'm glad I read them.. but the question is, what is there to read next? These are the only two books I've read since last year, so I'm not used to reading lots of genres, but I'm willing to experiment.

So I ask of you, TL, recommend me a novel!

Liberal who supports gun use and supports an eye for an eye
SiZ.FaNtAsY
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)1497 Posts
February 13 2011 23:09 GMT
#2
J.D. Salinger - Catcher In the Rye, Franny and Zooey
Karma is a bitch
XXGeneration
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States625 Posts
February 13 2011 23:10 GMT
#3
Michael Crichton -"Rising Sun"
"I was so surprised when I first played StarCraft 2. I couldn't believe that such an easy game exists... I guess the best way to attract people these days is to make things easy and simple." -Midas
LosingID8
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
CA10835 Posts
February 13 2011 23:17 GMT
#4
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=182447
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Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
February 13 2011 23:17 GMT
#5
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Know_This_Much_Is_True

A real rollercoaster with frank and down-to-earth writing.
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ShaperofDreams
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2492 Posts
February 13 2011 23:30 GMT
#6
Bright Lights Big City is great. i love it's use of 2nd person narrative. This book defined a generation, its catcher in the rye-esque but for a readership in its twenties and thirties.

Ulysses or Infinite Jest if you're looking for something challenging

dostoyevsky, particularly Crime and Punishment. It's a great psychological thriller, basically invented the genre.

fuck tolstoy (jk i luv u bro)

umm....google a top ten or 100 list of authors, a serious one meaning no jk rowling or terry pratchett or anything. the more alcoholics and suicides in it the better.

You seem like you'd like short stories, so anything by Hemingway or Fitzgerald or Faulkner.
Bitches don't know about my overlord. FUCK OFF ALDARIS I HAVE ENOUGH PYLONS. My Balls are as smooth as Eggs.
ShaperofDreams
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2492 Posts
February 13 2011 23:31 GMT
#7
if you like dark creepy gothic stuff edgar allen poe is great.
Bitches don't know about my overlord. FUCK OFF ALDARIS I HAVE ENOUGH PYLONS. My Balls are as smooth as Eggs.
Alexson
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Belarus293 Posts
February 13 2011 23:50 GMT
#8
On February 14 2011 08:30 ShaperofDreams wrote:
Bright Lights Big City is great. i love it's use of 2nd person narrative. This book defined a generation, its catcher in the rye-esque but for a readership in its twenties and thirties.

Ulysses or Infinite Jest if you're looking for something challenging

dostoyevsky, particularly Crime and Punishment. It's a great psychological thriller, basically invented the genre.

fuck tolstoy (jk i luv u bro)

umm....google a top ten or 100 list of authors, a serious one meaning no jk rowling or terry pratchett or anything. the more alcoholics and suicides in it the better.

You seem like you'd like short stories, so anything by Hemingway or Fitzgerald or Faulkner.

+10000 to you, good sir
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IamBach
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1059 Posts
February 13 2011 23:51 GMT
#9
Ok the very first response nailed it. After reading those books that you did, you really should read Catcher in the Rye. Its a great book and seems right about your reading level.
Also ^^ Crime and Punishment is great too but a little denser than what you've been reading.
Just listen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__lCZeePG48
Tzel
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States72 Posts
February 14 2011 00:05 GMT
#10
On February 14 2011 08:10 XXGeneration wrote:
Michael Crichton -"Rising Sun"


Anything by Michael Crichton I'd suggest. Just finished Prey, and rereading Jurassic Park right now ^^
I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.
Eben
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States769 Posts
February 14 2011 00:08 GMT
#11
The Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov. You can lose yourself in those books and the detail that he creates any entire galaxy is amazing and something to behold.
Sharkified
Profile Joined January 2009
Canada254 Posts
February 14 2011 00:36 GMT
#12
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray bradbury

The more you read it, the more you are mind blown
prOxi.swAMi
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3091 Posts
February 14 2011 00:42 GMT
#13
Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged
Oh no
Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
February 14 2011 00:55 GMT
#14
War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Odyssey
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku is pretty fun and easy to read, but very informative about high-tech advanced science.
Fake)Plants
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States373 Posts
February 14 2011 01:06 GMT
#15
On February 14 2011 08:30 ShaperofDreams wrote:
the more alcoholics and suicides in it the better.

You seem like you'd like short stories, so anything by Hemingway or Fitzgerald or Faulkner.


Amazing advice tbh.

Speaking of Hemingway, check out "The Sun Also Rises."
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Mr. Wiggles
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada5894 Posts
February 14 2011 01:10 GMT
#16
Also Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea are very good. All Quiet on the Western Front is a very good novel about WW1 as well. I also recommend Crime and Punishment, it is very good.

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller is also a very good book, and very humorous as well.
you gotta dance
Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
February 14 2011 01:16 GMT
#17
wow really good recommendations!
Ayn Rand - Anthem was a pretty nice read and i liked Fahrenheit 451 SOOOOOOOO MUCH and i loved Native son like you did
Nada's body is South Korea's greatest weapon.
munchmunch
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada789 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-14 01:19:07
February 14 2011 01:18 GMT
#18
Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness for a novel, for short stuff, Four Ways to Forgiveness or Orsinian Tales.
krok(obs)
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany264 Posts
February 14 2011 02:04 GMT
#19
read all of the penguin classics if youre into that :-)
im a student of english so i enjoy most of them a lot, just finished selected tales by edgar allen poe and the last of the mohicans by james fenimore cooper. the selected tales by poe were quite refreshing in the sense that you get a great selection of rather haunting short stories. also just finished reading the road by cormac mccarthy, very recommendable if somewhat different style of writing.
http://www.sc2ranks.com/eu/481074/krok
thopol
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Japan4560 Posts
February 14 2011 02:14 GMT
#20
Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar. The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano.
Both amazing bohemian romps, bordering on the epic.

Right now I'm reading Oracle Night by Paul Auster, which is really enjoyable. His New York Trilogy was awesome as well.
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