What are some of the most thought provoking books you've read?
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February 28th, 2008
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what would be some good books to read? Ishmael is really good, I would love to find others similar or not similar to that book. It doesnt matter too much.
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Animal Farm
1984
Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein
and yes I have read them . ;)
@theredjawa: I do love animal farm as well. I’ll have to look at the latter book.
Atlas Shrugged, Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.
the Dune series is good for invoking thought as well :)
The nazz – tom veitch
1984 – George orwell
the watchmen – Alan Moore
the emporer wears no clothes – I can’t remember who wrote that one though
@theredjawa: I saw animal farm and 1984 and for some reason my mind read 1984 as George Orwell, odd. But I’ve read that as well.
Everyone else, thanks…
I have lots of reading to do. Haha.
watchmen is awesome. Are we including comics and graphic novels?
@theredjawa: I suppose, if they are though provoking. But moreso plain text novels and nonfictions. Ishmael has a few pictures in it but these are to back up things or explain things.
The Age of Spiritual Machines.
A Year to Live
The Philosophy of Money
Survivor
I know you’ve read this, as stated but I just wanted share that Ishmael was life changing.
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
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The DiceMan by Luke Rhinehart
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle by Robert M. Pirsig
The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck
On The Road by Jack Kerouac
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Guevara
The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
Currently reading Man’s Search for Meaning by Frankl. Interesting perspective on the human condition during the hardest of times. The Catcher in the Rye, Catch 22, On the Road and Atlas Shrugged all are very good. Also enjoyed Into the Wild. I read about 150 books a year, usually 3 at at time,~ 80% are non-fiction.
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
1984 by George Orwell (goes along nicely with Beloved if you’re interested in the use and evolution of language)
The English Patient, by Michael Ondaatje
Under the Banner of Heaven, by John Krakauer (sp?)
East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
Giovanni’s Room, by James Baldwin
The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien
Animal Dreams, by Barbara Kingsolver
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
ULYSSES; James Joyce
MOBY DICK; Herman Melville
WAR AND PEACE; Tolstoy
CORELLI’S MANDOLIN; Louis de Bernieres
THE NAME OF THE ROSE; Umberto Eco
GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL; Jared Diamond
GODEL, ESCHER, BACH; Douglas Hofstadter
A FINE BALANCE; Rohinton Mistry
THE DISCOVERY OF FRANCE; Graham Robb
I loved “The Dispossessed” by Ursula LeGuin.
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the dinosaur heresies
robert bakker!
Free the animals, animal liberation, monkey wrench gang, Ishmael, the story of b, my Ishmael. There are so many. Anyone have more?
“Freakonomics” and “Freakonomics Two” are both thought-provoking books. And they’re both fun to read.
The dark elf trilogy. R.A. Salvatore.
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