keith crime 8 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 OK this may be too intellectual for us but here are my favorite Novels amazingly they all start with the same three lettersCatch 22 - Joseph HellerCatcher in the Rye - JD SalingerCat's Cradle -Kurt VonnegutI also dig Candide by Voltaire and the Misanthrope by MoliereI also like some Jim Thompson stuff The Grifters - etcWould rather poke my eyes out than try to read FaulknerSounds cool but I can't stay awake - Kafka Link to post Share on other sites
cursive34 0 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 great gatsby. best book ever.steinbeck is decent. of mice and men is a great one. Link to post Share on other sites
rsmbox 1 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 i can't read Link to post Share on other sites
caphair 0 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 neither are truly novels but Milton's Paradise Lost and the entire work by Blake, Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Link to post Share on other sites
JSHamm 9 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 anything by Thomas PynchonRick Bass writes welldefinitely agree with anything Vonnegut (although Time Quake lacked something to me)Catcher in the Rye was good, and Salinger is near the top of my list, but I think Nine Stories would be my favorite of his, especially "A Perfect Day for Bananafish"...best short story I've ever read Link to post Share on other sites
PMJackson21 0 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 great gatsby. best book ever.steinbeck is decent. of mice and men is a great one.I actually prefer Steinbeck's East of Eden or Tortilla Flat.The Great Gatsby was a good one but it's been so long since I read it... For some reason, I always enjoyed A Tale of Two Cities a great deal.Heh, I think of Vonnegut every time I see the poster on here 'Kilgore Trout'. :-)Patrick Link to post Share on other sites
tobytobey 0 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 I love the entire Dick and Jane series.......riveting stuff and when you think it can't get any better, here comes Spot. Link to post Share on other sites
Whiskey16 1 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 For those of you who aren't into the classics, I'd suggest anything by Carl Hiassen. Over the top characters and sarcasm...perfect for this group. Link to post Share on other sites
caphair 0 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 great gatsby. best book ever.steinbeck is decent. of mice and men is a great one.I actually prefer Steinbeck's East of Eden or Tortilla Flat.The Great Gatsby was a good one but it's been so long since I read it... For some reason, I always enjoyed A Tale of Two Cities a great deal.Heh, I think of Vonnegut every time I see the poster on here 'Kilgore Trout'. :-)PatrickI've always enjoyed it too. I also like Hard Times by Dickens. Link to post Share on other sites
CaneBrain 95 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 For those of you who aren't into the classics, I'd suggest anything by Carl Hiassen. Over the top characters and sarcasm...perfect for this group.If you enjoy science and some chills go with anything written by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. They were the guys who wrote "The Relic" which was a fantastic book that was turned into a mediocre movie. All of there books I enjoy.Clive Cussler is great for light reading.Are there any other Harry Potter fans in here?? I dont care how much of a dork it makes me I love Harry Potter! I would love to have people to discuss them with. As far as "good" literature goes, I like fahreinheit 451, anything by Ayn Rand, anything by Isaac Asimov, and any expose book by eric schlosser. Link to post Share on other sites
tobytobey 0 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Clive Cussler is great for light reading.I've read them all. As well as the Paul Kempenarous (sp) and the Oregon ones.Are there any other Harry Potter fans in here?? I dont care how much of a dork it makes me I love Harry Potter! I would love to have people to discuss them with. Who would ever want to read these books. Um er, I may have glanced at all of them at one time or another. Where you as disapointed as I about the third movie? I made the huge mistake of re-reading the book before going to the movie.As far as "good" literature goes, I like fahreinheit 451, anything by Ayn Rand, anything by Isaac Asimov, and any expose book by eric schlosser.Asimov is awesome (Robot Novels are my favorite). Battlefield Earth and the Mission Earth decology (thats 10 books if you didn't know....lol) by L. Ron Hubbard are good reads as well. Link to post Share on other sites
Macint0sh 0 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Haruki Murakami - Norwegian Wood.And for laughs, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (entire "trilogy" great, first one is absolutely briliant). Link to post Share on other sites
jdsas 0 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Try out Chuck Paluhniak....His first novel was Fight Club, his newer works are some of the best novels i've read in years. "Lullaby" " Survivor" "Choke" and "Invisible Monsters" are the others Ive read. All of them more sick and twisted than the last. Read 'em, you'll thank me. Link to post Share on other sites
PAYforUSC 0 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 i like Green Eggs & Ham by Dr. Suess Link to post Share on other sites
cursive34 0 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Try out Chuck Paluhniak....over.rated. Link to post Share on other sites
kook04 0 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Try out Chuck Paluhniak....over.rated.Is that right? Which books of his have you read? I ask because I am curious how you came to your opinion. Link to post Share on other sites
jesseru87 0 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Hmm...I was going to suggest Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Brimstone was amazing.Chuck Palahniuk is good too, Choke is the most ridiculous book I've ever read, but still great.Stephen King still owns all though Link to post Share on other sites
CaneBrain 95 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Hmm...I was going to suggest Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Brimstone was amazing.Chuck Palahniuk is good too, Choke is the most ridiculous book I've ever read, but still great.Stephen King still owns all thoughYeah, Brimstone was fantastic. Read Dance of Death yet? Pretty good sequel.Cabinet of Curiousities is probably my favorite though. Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,219 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil was one of the best books I've read. movie didn't do it justice.Steve MartiniScott TurowElmore LeonardNothing too deep. Great reads thoughAnd yes, I've read all the Grisham legal books. Easy reads.Penthouse Forum Link to post Share on other sites
NortonFan 0 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 I hate Catcher in the Rye. Link to post Share on other sites
missIdaho 1 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 If you enjoy science and some chills go with anything written by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. They were the guys who wrote "The Relic" which was a fantastic book that was turned into a mediocre movie. All of there books I enjoy.Last time I was in Vegas I brought Thunderhead to read on the flight over and then spent a majority of my first two days there sitting in my hotel room reading it. I couldn't put it down. All of their books have that effect on me. Link to post Share on other sites
CaptDrew 0 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Anything from AVON publishing.... :)Good Luck.-CaptDrew Link to post Share on other sites
PT0077 0 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 John Grisham and Stephen Ambrose are my choices, but I read about 2 books a year. Link to post Share on other sites
blinky 0 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 i hate catcher in the rye with a passion :)like: jared diamond (nonfiction)fyodor dostoevskycarl jungherman hesse Link to post Share on other sites
alf13 0 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 HustlerCream filled whores MagazineHorse fuker TimesAss Parade MagazineThe gerbel Chronicles Link to post Share on other sites
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