Best books out there
Hello there-
I read books everyday and just cant get enough of them. I know what your thinking – book worm- …oh well 
. The purpose of this post is to have everyone leave a comment with the title and author of a good book. This way for the people like me who love books – we can have a nice sized list of titles to choose from- and for people who dont care too much for books -us who love books can have a nice sized list of titles to choose from- Lol!
So go ahead what are you waiting for…start leaving some comments! Also if you have any reviews on books I’d be more than happy to post them on here!
Oh and p.s. the links at the bottom are some really good sites for great deals on books..check them out! The one is to have books delivered to your house -you can keep them as long as you like with no late fees- The other is just a site with nice cheap books.
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Woody’s Hood Boogie Woogie
Coney Island
Well I will start it off.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.
I know its an old one but I just cant help myself.
If you like pirates and old tyrannical “sea dogs” you will love this!
ill go next…
The Art Of War by Sun Tzu
That’s a very old one, its said to be one of the oldest books in the world!
I found myself reading it as an avid lover of all thing strategy but was amazed to find almost all of the lessons were applicable to my everyday life. After reading it through once i decided to read it again, but this time i looked at war as a metaphor. The battles Sun Tzu writes about i saw as every day choices i struggle to make. It’s amazing how something so old can still be relevant in a modern world… oh i also kick ass at risk now
I’m mainly into adventure stories and these are two of my favorites:
Deception Point – Dan Brown
Pacific Vortex – Clive Cussler
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
I read that book about 5 times growing up.
Michael Curtis Ford:
The Last King: Rome’s Greatest Enemy
The Sword of Attila
Steven Pressfield:
Gates of Fire
Tides of War
If you like historical nonfiction about the greatest generals and battles in history, these books makes the hairs on your neck stand up
anythin kurt vonnegut, jr. enough said
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins. I still haven’t finished it but it’s fantastic.
Fight Club- Chuck Plahniuk
Rant- Chuck Palahniuk
Invisible Monsters- Chuck Palahniuk
… I’ll stop listing Chuck Palahniuk books, because I love all of his stuff.
The Beach- Alex Garland (a great adventure novel, written recently, very much like heart of darkness and lord of the flies. a stoner backpacking through thailand stumbles upon a crime scene and a map to a secret paradise beach, hidden by natural barriers from the rest of the world. he finds the beach and the travelers that live there, and it’s a seemingly perfect world, which begins to unravel, sending the reader on a mindtrip that interlaces weed with the vietnam war, shark tales with videogames, and fun in the sun with the insanity at the depths of mankind… my favorite book ever. i read it 6 times in a row cover to cover)
1984- George Orwell (I love dystopian literature)
Lord of the Flies- William Golding (Dystopian again)
Books that i read in english classes, but enjoyed thoroughly
Brave New World- Aldous Huxley (Dystopian again)
The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald (I don’t remember exactly why I loved this book, only that I did. I made myself read it in a day to prepare for a test that i had the next day. the ending was very satisfying)
Heart of Darkness- Joseph Conrad (This book is a lot more fun to analyze than it is to read. I hated it the first time I read it, but the second time i loved it. the message is very powerful. Dystopian again)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist- Mohsin Hamid (I had to read this book for an english class at college. It’s written in such a way as to simulate the main character sitting with the reader at a restaurant and telling his life’s story. The main character is a middle eastern man who goes to school in the US before the 9/11 attacks. He becomes a relatively successful businessman, and struggles with a relationship with a girl (a tragic story of unrequited love which was easy to relate to). However, after the 9/11 attacks, he tells of the hostility he was met with, even though he was innocent, and not even from the afghanistan or any of the countries affiliated with al quaeda. The ending is left open, the main character’s and the reader’s fates undecided. It is a great examination of American ideals and prejudice, and the effects of such prejudice, which in turn leads to an examination of the general human condition: are we forever doomed to live in disharmony with each other? The best book I ever had to read for a class.)
I also want to note that The Beach takes place in the present day, not during the vietnam war.
Hoot & Basket Case by Carl Hiaasen. Great stuff if you like non-fictional mystery books.
this may be a book for chicks. but you could try it.
god-shaped hole by tiffanie dabartolo
If you are into business read: The eMyth Revisited & The One Minute Entrepreneur. Both are great reads for business owners/managers.
The People of Paper by Salvador Plascencia– one i’d like to read again…just a really engaging, well written story with a surprising twist
Forbidden Knowledge; From Prometheus to Pornography– i haven’t finished this one yet, but it’s fascinating and comprehensive, very much an eye-opener
Thank you for the help!
I respect your honesty and your opinion. I’m a man. I never read comic books. I don’t know if i could have pointed to Iron Man in a lineup of comic book characters. And i don’t particularly like movies based on comic books. BUT I love Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeff Bridges, so i decided to give the movie a chance.
bst reg-s.