1,000 Books to Read Before You Die

[newyork07]

I'm sure some magazine has done some list to this affect at some point in time, but let's make up our own. It's not a game really; each person will just post the title of one book that they personally love to add on to the list. It will be interesting to see what everyone's into.

Also, I don't want anyone trashing anyone else's taste in literature. Please try to keep your negative opinions to yourselves. I mean, you can say that you dislike a certain book, but don't rip the poster to shreads about it.

I'll start...

'The Catcher in the Rye' by J.D. Salinger

 

[ThatPercussionGuy]

The Firm - John Grisham

 

[Strider]

Just for clarification, can we use pamphlets or individual documents?

 

[newyork07]

i...

I don't quite get what you mean by that.

 

[NavelTickler75]

I'm sure some magazine has done some list to this affect at some point in time, but let's make up our own. It's not a game really; each person will just post the title of one book that they personally love to add on to the list. It will be interesting to see what everyone's into.

Also, I don't want anyone trashing anyone else's taste in literature. Please try to keep your negative opinions to yourselves. I mean, you can say that you dislike a certain book, but don't rip the poster to shreads about it.

I'll start...

'The Catcher in the Rye' by J.D. Salinger

Woot my girlfriend is a literary girl YAY *disappears again off line*

 

[Strider]

Let's say somebody wanted to use The Communist Manifesto or The Declaration of Indendence, neither are books, but both are worth reading.

 

[ghost_host_999]

The Three Musketeers - by Alexandre Dumas

 

[Saeria]

Let's say somebody wanted to use The Communist Manifesto or The Declaration of Indendence, neither are books, but both are worth reading.

Both excellent choices. As for books, i can't possible pick just one, so here's a few:

A Clockwork Orange-- Anthony Burgess (european version) a difficult read, but well worth reading a few times to understand the story.

Sacrement-- Clive Barker Love comes in the form of a Nilotic

Zombie Survival Guide-- Max Brooks Seriously useful stuff if we ever become invaded by masses of zombies

Behold a Pale Horse-- William Cooper one of my favorite govt conspiracy texts

 

[tklgal226]

The Lost World - Michael Crichton

 

[Bugman]

I love reading history,here are a few.

American Ceasar,William Manchester.

The Man Who Dared The Lighnting,Thomas Fleming.

Mencken,The American Iconolast,Marion Elizebeth Rodgers.

Empire,The Life,Legend and Madness of Howard Hughes..Bartlett and Steele.

Patton,A Genius For War,Carlos D'Este.

On a different note..

Anything by Mark Twain.

Anything by Charles Dickens.

 

[Barlow]

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

 

[SpiffyTickler]

1984 - George Orwell

The Giver - Lois Lowry

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur. C. Clarke

War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells

The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

 

[Barlow]

Animal Farm by George Orwell

 

[Bugman]

2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur. C. Clarke

Science Fiction is not something i really read but i have to agree that is a favorite of mine.Better then the movie in some ways...

 

[newyork07]

sure

Sure, Strider. That's fine.

'The Shining' - Stephen King

 

[Bugman]

Sure, Strider. That's fine.

'The Shining' - Stephen King

As long as thats allowed,The Federalist Diaries,numerous authors.

Stephen King,another good choice.I have read a collection of his short stories but none of his novels.

 

[Belmont]

Ender's Game

A Cat's Cradle - there might be better Vonnegut, but it's the only one I've read so far

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy through Mostly Harmless

The Cask of Amontillado - Poe

The Great Gatsby

Deadpool comics 1-33 $%-)~

 

[NavelTickler75]

Both excellent choices. As for books, i can't possible pick just one, so here's a few:

A Clockwork Orange-- Anthony Burgess (european version) a difficult read, but well worth reading a few times to understand the story.

Sacrement-- Clive Barker Love comes in the form of a Nilotic

Zombie Survival Guide-- Max Brooks Seriously useful stuff if we ever become invaded by masses of zombies

Behold a Pale Horse-- William Cooper one of my favorite govt conspiracy texts

Those are good books too, but with Brooks' Zombie book, the problem is, what if different species of zombies other than the Romero come after us. Then that book is practically useless.

 

[NavelTickler75]

Of Mice and Men

The Grapes of Wrath

James Patterson's novels. Especially the Maximumride series, and Detetive Cross' series

 

[CitY of MicA]

'The Shining' - Stephen King

Lord of the Flies William Golding

I read it a long time ago, but it was one of those books that drew me inside. It was so engrossing that I became a part of it. Now, I read non-fiction almost exclusively, although I did read and enjoy The Shining not so long ago, ny07. Good choice.

The Cask of Amontillado - Poe

Ah... one of my favorites. I was going to list it, but you did the work for me 🙂 .

 

[Bugman]

The Grapes of Wrath

They sure cleaned that up when the movie was made didnt they?I'm suprised Stienbeck got it published at the time...

 

[chicago]

A Farewell To Arms - Ernest Hemingway

Hamlet - William Shakespeare

Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky

All Quiet On The Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque

Native Son - Richard Wright

The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare

The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky

The Art of Happiness - The Dalai Lama

Women - Charles Bukowski

Ordinary People - Judith Guest

 

[Mitchell]

The Chosen-Chaim Potok (A wonderful book).

Mitch

 

[NavelTickler75]

They sure cleaned that up when the movie was made didnt they?I'm suprised Stienbeck got it published at the time...

I know. I was disappointed that they cleaned up the movie compared to the book, but oh well. They did the same thing to a point with Of Mice and Men.
At anyrate Stienbeck got the last laugh, those who tried to censor are forgotten, and he's a genius!

 

[NavelTickler75]

A Farewell To Arms - Ernest Hemingway

Hamlet - William Shakespeare

Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky

All Quiet On The Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque

Native Son - Richard Wright

The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare

The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky

The Art of Happiness - The Dalai Lama

Women - Charles Bukowski

Ordinary People - Judith Guest

Hamlet is by far my favorite of his plays. Glad to see none of his comedies were onthe list, as the only two worth mentioning are a midwinter's night sleep and Two gentlemen of Verona.