No repeats of other folks' picks. 3 picks each. Mine later. 8)
LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Harris
PET SEMATARY - Stephen King
[copy my format please]
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson
Quote from: bwv 1080 on September 22, 2010, 08:45:39 AM
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson
One more. :)
SHANTARAM - Gregory David Roberts
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES - John Kennedy Toole
A WILD SHEEP CHASE - Haruki Murakami
THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE - Haruki Murakami
KAFKA ON THE SHORE - Haruki Murakami
THE POWER OF THE DOG - Don Winslow
POST OFFICE - Charles Bukowski
ON THE ROAD - Jack Kerouac
The Royal Family - William Vollmann
Mrs. Caldwell Speaks to Her Son - Camilo Cela
The Everlasting Story of Nory - Nicholson Baker
Quote from: rubio on September 22, 2010, 09:20:13 AM
SHANTARAM - Gregory David Roberts
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES - John Kennedy Toole
A WILD SHEEP CHASE - Haruki Murakami
THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE - Haruki Murakami
KAFKA ON THE SHORE - Haruki Murakami
THE POWER OF THE DOG - Don Winslow
POST OFFICE - Charles Bukowski
ON THE ROAD - Jack Kerouac
Three please.
LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Harris
PET SEMATARY - Stephen King
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson
THE ROYAL FAMILY - William Vollmann
MRS. CALDWELL SPEAKS TO HER SON - Camilo Cela
THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY - Nicholson Baker
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PG Wodehouse, Thank You, Jeeves
TC Boyle, Water Music
Nicolas Slonimsly, Lexicon of Musical Invective
LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Harris
PET SEMATARY - Stephen King
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson
THE ROYAL FAMILY - William Vollmann
MRS. CALDWELL SPEAKS TO HER SON - Camilo Cela
THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY - Nicholson Baker
THANK YOU, JEEVES - PG Wodehouse
WATER MUSIC - TC Boyle
LEXICON OF MUSICAL INVECTIVE - Nicolas Slonimsky
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Sorry I choked on the format, dude.
Here is my first choice - one of the funniest books I've ever read:
YEAR IN PROVENCE - Peter Mayle
More to come...
LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Harris
PET SEMATARY - Stephen King
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson
THE ROYAL FAMILY - William Vollmann
MRS. CALDWELL SPEAKS TO HER SON - Camilo Cela
THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY - Nicholson Baker
THANK YOU, JEEVES - PG Wodehouse
WATER MUSIC - TC Boyle
LEXICON OF MUSICAL INVECTIVE - Nicolas Slonimsky
YEAR IN PROVENCE - Peter Mayle
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CASTLE RACKRENT - Maria Edgeworth
THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO - Anne Radcliffe
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM - Norman Hunter
LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Harris
PET SEMATARY - Stephen King
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson
THE ROYAL FAMILY - William Vollmann
MRS. CALDWELL SPEAKS TO HER SON - Camilo Cela
THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY - Nicholson Baker
THANK YOU, JEEVES - PG Wodehouse
WATER MUSIC - TC Boyle
LEXICON OF MUSICAL INVECTIVE - Nicolas Slonimsky
YEAR IN PROVENCE - Peter Mayle
CASTLE RACKRENT - Maria Edgeworth
THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO - Anne Radcliffe
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM - Norman Hunter
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THE DA VINCI CODE - Dan Brown
THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG - Andre Dubus III
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - Alexandre Dumas
LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Harris
PET SEMATARY - Stephen King
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson
THE ROYAL FAMILY - William Vollmann
MRS. CALDWELL SPEAKS TO HER SON - Camilo Cela
THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY - Nicholson Baker
THANK YOU, JEEVES - PG Wodehouse
WATER MUSIC - TC Boyle
LEXICON OF MUSICAL INVECTIVE - Nicolas Slonimsky
YEAR IN PROVENCE - Peter Mayle
CASTLE RACKRENT - Maria Edgeworth
THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO - Anne Radcliffe
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM - Norman Hunter
THE DA VINCI CODE - Dan Brown
THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG - Andre Dubus III
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - Alexandre Dumas
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I could have mentioned Vonnegut, Dumas or Hugo.
Quote from: rubio on September 22, 2010, 09:20:13 AM
SHANTARAM - Gregory David Roberts
THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE - Haruki Murakami
THE POWER OF THE DOG - Don Winslow
Corrected :)
THE END OF THE ROAD - John Barth
THE SIRENS OF TITAN - Kurt Vonnegut
CATCH-22 - Joseph Heller
LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Harris
PET SEMATARY - Stephen King
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson
THE ROYAL FAMILY - William Vollmann
MRS. CALDWELL SPEAKS TO HER SON - Camilo Cela
THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY - Nicholson Baker
THANK YOU, JEEVES - PG Wodehouse
WATER MUSIC - TC Boyle
LEXICON OF MUSICAL INVECTIVE - Nicolas Slonimsky
YEAR IN PROVENCE - Peter Mayle
CASTLE RACKRENT - Maria Edgeworth
THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO - Anne Radcliffe
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM - Norman Hunter
THE DA VINCI CODE - Dan Brown
THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG - Andre Dubus III
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - Alexandre Dumas
THE END OF THE ROAD - John Barth
THE SIRENS OF TITAN - Kurt Vonnegut
CATCH-22 - Joseph Heller
HANTARAM - Gregory David Roberts
THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE - Haruki Murakami
THE POWER OF THE DOG - Don Winslow
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Could have listed some graphic novels too. :-\
ENTER PSMITH - P.G. Wodehouse
COLLECTED LETTERS (3 vols) - C.S. Lewis
THE RUPERT BEAR ANNUAL (any year will do)
Quote from: MN Dave on September 22, 2010, 08:50:31 AM
One more. :)
Peter F Hamilton - Pandora's Star / Judas Unchained (one story in 2 novels)
Still-Life with Woodpecker - Tom Robbins
Or for that matter, nearly any of his early books, like Even Cowgirls get the Blues. Robbins is a friggin' lunatic, an American Treasure of the Modern Age. :)
8)
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Quote from: MN Dave on September 22, 2010, 01:51:18 PM
Could have listed some graphic novels too. :-\
Just for you, then, I'll throw one in... sort of:
PASTORALIA - George Saunders
THE LOST CONTINENT - Bill Bryson
THE COMPLETE CALVIN & HOBBES - Bill Watterson
LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Harris
PET SEMATARY - Stephen King
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson
THE ROYAL FAMILY - William Vollmann
MRS. CALDWELL SPEAKS TO HER SON - Camilo Cela
THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY - Nicholson Baker
THANK YOU, JEEVES - PG Wodehouse
WATER MUSIC - TC Boyle
LEXICON OF MUSICAL INVECTIVE - Nicolas Slonimsky
YEAR IN PROVENCE - Peter Mayle
CASTLE RACKRENT - Maria Edgeworth
THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO - Anne Radcliffe
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM - Norman Hunter
THE DA VINCI CODE - Dan Brown
THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG - Andre Dubus III
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - Alexandre Dumas
THE END OF THE ROAD - John Barth
THE SIRENS OF TITAN - Kurt Vonnegut
CATCH-22 - Joseph Heller
HANTARAM - Gregory David Roberts
THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE - Haruki Murakami
THE POWER OF THE DOG - Don Winslow
ENTER PSMITH - P.G. Wodehouse
COLLECTED LETTERS (3 vols) - C.S. Lewis
THE RUPERT BEAR ANNUAL (any year will do)
PANDORA'S STAR/JUDAS UNCHAINED - Peter F Hamilton
STILL-LIFE WITH WOODPECKER - Tom Robbins
PASTORALIA - George Saunders
THE LOST CONTINENT - Bill Bryson
THE COMPLETE CALVIN & HOBBES - Bill Watterson
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Well i'm going to take entertaining to mean couldn't put down until it was finished, and since i'm picking only 3 of the very many this applies to i'm picking one from each of the 3 decades of my life to date. So, with that said, and in order:
THE CALL OF THE WILD - Jack London
THE HUMAN APE - Desmond Morris
THE ROAD - Cormac McCarthy
LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Harris
PET SEMATARY - Stephen King
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson
THE ROYAL FAMILY - William Vollmann
MRS. CALDWELL SPEAKS TO HER SON - Camilo Cela
THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY - Nicholson Baker
THANK YOU, JEEVES - PG Wodehouse
WATER MUSIC - TC Boyle
LEXICON OF MUSICAL INVECTIVE - Nicolas Slonimsky
YEAR IN PROVENCE - Peter Mayle
CASTLE RACKRENT - Maria Edgeworth
THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO - Anne Radcliffe
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM - Norman Hunter
THE DA VINCI CODE - Dan Brown
THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG - Andre Dubus III
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - Alexandre Dumas
THE END OF THE ROAD - John Barth
THE SIRENS OF TITAN - Kurt Vonnegut
CATCH-22 - Joseph Heller
HANTARAM - Gregory David Roberts
THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE - Haruki Murakami
THE POWER OF THE DOG - Don Winslow
ENTER PSMITH - P.G. Wodehouse
COLLECTED LETTERS (3 vols) - C.S. Lewis
THE RUPERT BEAR ANNUAL (any year will do)
PANDORA'S STAR/JUDAS UNCHAINED - Peter F Hamilton
STILL-LIFE WITH WOODPECKER - Tom Robbins
PASTORALIA - George Saunders
THE LOST CONTINENT - Bill Bryson
THE COMPLETE CALVIN & HOBBES - Bill Watterson
THE CALL OF THE WILD - Jack London
THE HUMAN APE - Desmond Morris
THE ROAD - Cormac McCarthy
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Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged
Ann Coulter - Godless
Tim Lahaye - Left Behind
...oh sorry, I thought the title was GMG's 99 Most Embarrassing Books Ever Written.
Lots of people like Ayn Rand. I've never read.
Quote from: MN Dave on September 22, 2010, 05:44:54 PM
Lots of people like Ayn Rand. I've never read.
You've not missed.
VERNON GOD LITTLE - DBC Pierre
THE GREAT GAME - Peter Hopkirk
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GREAT POWERS - Paul Kennedy
THE CIVIL WAR: A NARRATIVE VOL. 1-3- Shelby Foote
BASEBALL AMERICA- Donald Honig
LORD OF THE RINGS- JRR Tolkien
Here is my second choice:
HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY - Doug Adams
Quote from: MN Dave on September 22, 2010, 05:44:54 PM
Lots of people like Ayn Rand. I've never read.
I've read
The Fountainhead. It was essentially an action novel plot surrounding Ayn Rand's barely concealed sexual fantasies. The "philosophy," such as it was, is to distract you from the latter.
PSYCHOTIC REACTIONS AND CARBURETOR DUNG - Lester Bangs
THE HORSE IS DEAD - Robert Kane
LOLITA - Vladimir Nabokov
Lester Bangs was the greatest rock critic: his writings are the stuff of legends
Lolita is the Great American Novel (at least Joyce Carol Oates and I think so): Humphrey Humphrey is a monster, of course, but a very entertaining monster and Nabokov's prose is dazzling.
The Horse Is Dead may just be the funniest book every written: a tasteless Portnoy's Complaint.
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/july2010/horsedead.jpg)
Jacket blurb: "Mr. Robert Kane regrets to announce The Horse Is Dead. It is not difficult to undestand why he regrets it, since it is by all odds the bluntest, nastiest, most vulgar, most vicious, most sado-masochistic work of fiction to come along in some time."
You can pick up a used paperback copy for 200 bucks at Amazon. Luckily, I bought mine in 1969 for 75 cents new.
Sarge
LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Harris
PET SEMATARY - Stephen King
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson
THE ROYAL FAMILY - William Vollmann
MRS. CALDWELL SPEAKS TO HER SON - Camilo Cela
THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY - Nicholson Baker
THANK YOU, JEEVES - PG Wodehouse
WATER MUSIC - TC Boyle
LEXICON OF MUSICAL INVECTIVE - Nicolas Slonimsky
YEAR IN PROVENCE - Peter Mayle
CASTLE RACKRENT - Maria Edgeworth
THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO - Anne Radcliffe
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM - Norman Hunter
THE DA VINCI CODE - Dan Brown
THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG - Andre Dubus III
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - Alexandre Dumas
THE END OF THE ROAD - John Barth
THE SIRENS OF TITAN - Kurt Vonnegut
CATCH-22 - Joseph Heller
HANTARAM - Gregory David Roberts
THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE - Haruki Murakami
THE POWER OF THE DOG - Don Winslow
ENTER PSMITH - P.G. Wodehouse
COLLECTED LETTERS (3 vols) - C.S. Lewis
THE RUPERT BEAR ANNUAL (any year will do)
PANDORA'S STAR/JUDAS UNCHAINED - Peter F Hamilton
STILL-LIFE WITH WOODPECKER - Tom Robbins
PASTORALIA - George Saunders
THE LOST CONTINENT - Bill Bryson
THE COMPLETE CALVIN & HOBBES - Bill Watterson
THE CALL OF THE WILD - Jack London
THE HUMAN APE - Desmond Morris
THE ROAD - Cormac McCarthy
VERNON GOD LITTLE - DBC Pierre
THE GREAT GAME - Peter Hopkirk
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GREAT POWERS - Paul Kennedy
THE CIVIL WAR: A NARRATIVE VOL. 1-3- Shelby Foote
BASEBALL AMERICA- Donald Honig
LORD OF THE RINGS- JRR Tolkien
HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY - Doug Adams
PSYCHOTIC REACTIONS AND CARBURETOR DUNG - Lester Bangs
THE HORSE IS DEAD - Robert Kane
LOLITA - Vladimir Nabokov
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Have to admit I was fairly stunned to not see this posted yet. Hopefully I just overlooked it. Since choosing is too difficult;
COMPLETE WORKS - Mark Twain
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on September 23, 2010, 04:25:43 AM
Have to admit I was fairly stunned to not see this posted yet. Hopefully I just overlooked it. Since choosing is too difficult;
COMPLETE WORKS - Mark Twain
That's fair; I think practically anything of his I have read, is entertaining.
TEATRO GROTTESCO - Thomas Ligotti
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE - Agatha Christie
DUNE - Frank Herbert
LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Harris
PET SEMATARY - Stephen King
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson
THE ROYAL FAMILY - William Vollmann
MRS. CALDWELL SPEAKS TO HER SON - Camilo Cela
THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY - Nicholson Baker
THANK YOU, JEEVES - PG Wodehouse
WATER MUSIC - TC Boyle
LEXICON OF MUSICAL INVECTIVE - Nicolas Slonimsky
YEAR IN PROVENCE - Peter Mayle
CASTLE RACKRENT - Maria Edgeworth
THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO - Anne Radcliffe
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM - Norman Hunter
THE DA VINCI CODE - Dan Brown
THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG - Andre Dubus III
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - Alexandre Dumas
THE END OF THE ROAD - John Barth
THE SIRENS OF TITAN - Kurt Vonnegut
CATCH-22 - Joseph Heller
HANTARAM - Gregory David Roberts
THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE - Haruki Murakami
THE POWER OF THE DOG - Don Winslow
ENTER PSMITH - P.G. Wodehouse
COLLECTED LETTERS (3 vols) - C.S. Lewis
THE RUPERT BEAR ANNUAL (any year will do)
PANDORA'S STAR/JUDAS UNCHAINED - Peter F Hamilton
STILL-LIFE WITH WOODPECKER - Tom Robbins
PASTORALIA - George Saunders
THE LOST CONTINENT - Bill Bryson
THE COMPLETE CALVIN & HOBBES - Bill Watterson
THE CALL OF THE WILD - Jack London
THE HUMAN APE - Desmond Morris
THE ROAD - Cormac McCarthy
VERNON GOD LITTLE - DBC Pierre
THE GREAT GAME - Peter Hopkirk
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GREAT POWERS - Paul Kennedy
THE CIVIL WAR: A NARRATIVE VOL. 1-3- Shelby Foote
BASEBALL AMERICA- Donald Honig
LORD OF THE RINGS- JRR Tolkien
HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY - Doug Adams
PSYCHOTIC REACTIONS AND CARBURETOR DUNG - Lester Bangs
THE HORSE IS DEAD - Robert Kane
LOLITA - Vladimir Nabokov
COMPLETE WORKS - Mark Twain
TEATRO GROTTESCO - Thomas Ligotti
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE - Agatha Christie
DUNE - Frank Herbert
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Quote from: Keemun on September 23, 2010, 05:10:10 AM
TEATRO GROTTESCO - Thomas Ligotti
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE - Agatha Christie
DUNE - Frank Herbert
My man! 8)
Dave, have you read Ligotti's Songs of a Dead Dreamer? It was reissued earlier this year and I'm making my way though it now.
Quote from: Keemun on September 23, 2010, 05:54:43 PM
Dave, have you read Ligotti's Songs of a Dead Dreamer? It was reissued earlier this year and I'm making my way though it now.
Yep. I own the original paperback. 8)
Feeling some regret that my trio doesn't include Henry Fielding's Tom Jones ...
TTT
Our work here is not done!
THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU - H.G. Wells
THE PERFECT STORM - Sebastian Junger
THE GODFATHER - Mario Puzo
Good choices, Ray.
LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Thomas Harris
PET SEMATARY - Stephen King
THE CYBERIAD - Stanislaw Lem
THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - Steven Erikson
THE ROYAL FAMILY - William Vollmann
MRS. CALDWELL SPEAKS TO HER SON - Camilo Cela
THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY - Nicholson Baker
THANK YOU, JEEVES - PG Wodehouse
WATER MUSIC - TC Boyle
LEXICON OF MUSICAL INVECTIVE - Nicolas Slonimsky
YEAR IN PROVENCE - Peter Mayle
CASTLE RACKRENT - Maria Edgeworth
THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO - Anne Radcliffe
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM - Norman Hunter
THE DA VINCI CODE - Dan Brown
THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG - Andre Dubus III
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - Alexandre Dumas
THE END OF THE ROAD - John Barth
THE SIRENS OF TITAN - Kurt Vonnegut
CATCH-22 - Joseph Heller
HANTARAM - Gregory David Roberts
THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE - Haruki Murakami
THE POWER OF THE DOG - Don Winslow
ENTER PSMITH - P.G. Wodehouse
COLLECTED LETTERS (3 vols) - C.S. Lewis
THE RUPERT BEAR ANNUAL (any year will do)
PANDORA'S STAR/JUDAS UNCHAINED - Peter F Hamilton
STILL-LIFE WITH WOODPECKER - Tom Robbins
PASTORALIA - George Saunders
THE LOST CONTINENT - Bill Bryson
THE COMPLETE CALVIN & HOBBES - Bill Watterson
THE CALL OF THE WILD - Jack London
THE HUMAN APE - Desmond Morris
THE ROAD - Cormac McCarthy
VERNON GOD LITTLE - DBC Pierre
THE GREAT GAME - Peter Hopkirk
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GREAT POWERS - Paul Kennedy
THE CIVIL WAR: A NARRATIVE VOL. 1-3- Shelby Foote
BASEBALL AMERICA- Donald Honig
LORD OF THE RINGS- JRR Tolkien
HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY - Doug Adams
PSYCHOTIC REACTIONS AND CARBURETOR DUNG - Lester Bangs
THE HORSE IS DEAD - Robert Kane
LOLITA - Vladimir Nabokov
COMPLETE WORKS - Mark Twain
TEATRO GROTTESCO - Thomas Ligotti
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE - Agatha Christie
DUNE - Frank Herbert
THE BROOKLYN FOLLIES - Paul Auster
EARTHLY POWERS - Anthony Burgess
NORWEGIAN WOOD - Haruki Murakami
THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU - H.G. Wells
THE PERFECT STORM - Sebastian Junger
THE GODFATHER - Mario Puzo
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There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.
Quote from: The new erato on May 17, 2011, 12:17:07 AM
Atlas Shrugged.
I sometimes wonder who'd be the best choice for John Galt in a Hollywood production --- Woody Allen or Danny de Vito? ;D
Quote from: The new erato on May 17, 2011, 12:17:07 AM
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.
Nicely played!
Quote from: The new erato on May 17, 2011, 12:17:07 AM
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.
Now there is the post of the week! ;D
Jaroslav Hasek: The Good Soldier Ċ vejk
Chekhov: The Complete Short Stories
Mika Waltari: Sinuhe, the Egyptian
(About the last one: a friend of mine to whom I gave the English translation of the book told me this one was the first book his son, suffering from dyslexia, read through and enjoeyd it. And it is a THICK one.)
Quote from: matti on May 17, 2011, 11:05:52 AM
Mika Waltari: Sinuhe, the Egyptian
(About the last one: a friend of mine to whom I gave the English translation of the book told me this one was the first book his son, suffering from dyslexia, read through and enjoeyd it. And it is a THICK one.)
Actually, everything by Waltari is worth reading. He really knew his history and the characters are completely of their time in all his books.
Maybe 99 is a number too large to do any useful recommendation, but I have always related Ethan Canin's name with big fun, especially this novel:
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