i didn't like twilight much; try the house of night series. pretty much the same idea but a little more juicy. it kinda reminds me of a vampiresque harry potter lol. it's supposedly "young adult" but i stole them from my 17 year old sis & enjoy them anyway
I read a little bit of everything. I am really into Plath's poetry; however, I could not read The Bell Jar anymore after I realized it was a cry for help. A really sad story. Emily Dickinson is at the top of my list as well. Yet, similar to Plath, her story also ended up being extremely tragic. Dickinson's poetry "makes my soul sing" if you will allow me to steal a line from Etheridge Knight. Anything by Faulkner (especially As I Lay Dying and The Sound and the Fury). Of course, the minimalist Hemingway. Edgar Allan Poe remains as one of my favorites from all the way back in grade school. Perhaps that is what is wrong with me. James Joyce (Ulysses), Kafka (The Trial), Camus (The Stranger), and TS Eliot (Waste Land: "April is the cruellest month") are works that shaped my extreme love for pieces of literature that cannot be ascertained at first glance. Furthermore, any of the works of the Harlem Renaissance writers: Hughes ("I've known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers"), Toomer (Cane), Mckay ( Home to Harlem and "If we must die"), Nella Larsen (Passing), and Hurston (Their Eyes Were Watching God). The Beat Poets: Ginsburg and Kerouac most notably as well as the guy who first published their works, Leroi Jones or Amiri Baraka (Transbluency). Finally, Shakespeare. I could write a few pages about the works I love by him and why (Titus Adronicus, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth). You cannot go wrong with any of those. Okay, I should stop before I write a whole book here. Hence, I won't get into the Brontes or Tolstoy. Nevertheless, you should check out some of their works as well.
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CBK, that is some great stuff there. How could I have left of
Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, As You Like It,
The Tempest and The Comedy of Errors are amongst my favorites.
Whoever mentioned Douglas Adams, I agree. Not only the 5 book
Hitchhiker Trilogy, but also The Dirk Gently Holistic Detective
Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.
Do Anroids Dream of Electric Sheep - Philip K. ****
We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
The Art of War - Sun Tzu
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig
Catch 22 - Joesph Heller
A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon
Ring & Spiral - Kuji Suzuki (the books the movie is based on)
Books that I haven't read but would like to
I Ching or Book of Changes
The Motorcycle Diaries - Che Guevara
To Kill a Mocking Bird - Harper Lee
Critique of Pure Reason - Kant
The First Ten Books - Confucius
Ones I wouldn't read again
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
The Deliquents - Criena Rohan
The Outsiders - S E Hinton
CBK, that is some great stuff there. How could I have left of
Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, As You Like It,
The Tempest and The Comedy of Errors are amongst my favorites.
Whoever mentioned Douglas Adams, I agree. Not only the 5 book
Hitchhiker Trilogy, but also The Dirk Gently Holistic Detective
Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.
Oh, indeed, Douglas Adams is great. And, of course, Hamlet and As You Like It are fabulous as well. I have a great affection for Hamlet because it was one of the first plays I read by William Shakespeare. In fact, one of my favorite lines from that play inhabits my sig.
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Chinua Achebe has always been one of my favorites as well. Things Fall Apart had me when I realized the title was taken from my absolute favorite WB Yeats poem, "The Second Coming." I like Achebe's Arrow of God and No Longer at Ease as well.
Do Anroids Dream of Electric Sheep - Philip K. ****
I love that you have Philip K. Di ck listed. I sometimes wonder if people will eventually forget his works. The movies based on his writings are sometimes way off, yet I appreciate the love the various directors and screen writers try to show to the material.
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Loved that book.. Jay Macinerny... He also wrote a book that was written all in second person voice... dunno the title tho..
This question is tough because, it depends on what you are into. Do you like fiction or non. Sci-fi or thrillers?
My favorites include:
On Becoming a Doctor ..****, all of Melvin Konner's books. (duh.. but it is a truly enlightening look at a person's motivations for doing things)
Anything by Isaac Asimov or John Varley or Neal Stephenson. Period.
Especially, Millenium Man (the novella) Titan, Wizard, Demon and Cryptonomicon
Ender's Game.
Lake of the Woods, Tim Obrien.
And to answer the Phillip K **** question.. there was a quote floating out there somewhere that there isn't a single work of modern Science Fiction that doesn't in some way owe it's germination to an idea that PKD already wrote about.
Whether your into the fantasy genre or not, it's definitely worth reading.
JRR Tolkiens' The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
I feel that this is certainly an epic in league of Gilgamesh and Beowulf.
Most of these that follow are great french literature.
Unfortunately, I find that the majority of french literature gets overlooked.
Candide, ou l'Optimis, By Voltaire. Its a great satire thats definitely worth your time. Read between the lines and you could have more than a few laughs and smirks during the reading.
Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur, By Moliere is also a must.
Story of O By Pauline R�age.
And Last bu not Least-
The 120 Days of Sodom or the School of Licentiousness, by the infamous Marquis de Sade.
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Grapes of Wrath, John Stienbeck; Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane; Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad; Brave New World, Adlous Huxly:; Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, U.S. Grant.
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used to drink at the bar/tavern house where he composed 'the raven'
Now, you are just showing off, but that is really cool. I still want to know who the "Poe Toaster" is; even in death, weird stuff happens around ol' Edgar.
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
A haunting story. The mini-series with Jane Seymour cast as "Cathy" was...mesmerizing - one of the best ever made. James Dean version didn't even come close to the book.
Now, you are just showing off, but that is really cool. I still want to know who the "Poe Toaster" is; even in death, weird stuff happens around ol' Edgar.
the poe toaster!!!!! oh man, I would love to know who it is! the bar is Deer Park Tavern in Newark, DE.
If anyone is interested in reading a book loosely based around the rothchilds and rockefellers, I would recommend atlas shrugged. It was written in the 30's by the supposed mistress of one of the Rothchilds(big wig banker). Very interesting book, it describes a lot of things that are going on today.
Vinnie
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