Members univox5138 Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 I've been trying to get back into reading, but everytime i walk into Borders or B&N, i get intimidated by the vast selection. What are some good books that i would be interested in? Doesn't matter fiction or non-fiction.... thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HMCMedic Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 This one sounds good, I plan on getting it later this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Roy Brooks Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 I am currently reading It Came From Memphis by Robert Palmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FLYING V 83 Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 Can't remember the author, but look for A Canticle for Liebowitz.Great fiction spanning thousands of years in mankind's post-nuclear age.Another great read is King's The Stand.Also Lucifer's Hammer, once again can't remember the author. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members bigtonemusic Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 I just read "Lamb" by Christopher Moore. It's a fictional/satirical account of missing first 30 years of Jesus' life. I highly recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shreder75 Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 Anything by Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child Also give Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth a try BEST BOOK EVARRRR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Headlow Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 Try and find The Celestine Prophecy. I think it's be a guy called John Redford (?). Its a great book, although it will leave you questioning peoples motivation for speaking to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lefty Geek Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 Originally posted by Mr. Twang +11111111111111111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BillyGrahamCracker Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 Originally posted by Mr. Twang +1 an amazing and funny book I'd also suggest, for more recently written stuff, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon. I think I made a "required reading list" for a certain forumite that asked for one a while back. Let's see if I still have it and I'll send it to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Weatherbox Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 a few favorites: "All Night Long: The True Story of Bon Jovi" by Mick Wall "Jon Bon Jovi" by Laura Jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuyaGuy Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 Originally posted by univox5138 I've been trying to get back into reading, but everytime i walk into Borders or B&N, i get intimidated by the vast selection. What are some good books that i would be interested in? Doesn't matter fiction or non-fiction.... thanks. aren't you the kid who posted the rant about his parents a while back? well, then you gotta read CATCHER IN THE RYE by JD Salinger. you'll love it. then some Jack Kerouac. you'll outgrow him, but you gotta grow up reading him. and since you're christian, read some Dostoyevsky (specifically Brothers Karamazov) , Flannery O'Connor, Georges Bernanos, and Kafka. but don't buy books. get em at the library. then you'll have more $ for gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pincookie1 Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 A man's search for meaning by Viktor Frankl. Excellent story about life in a concentration camp from the viewpoint of a pyschotherpist who lived through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members autopilot Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 blue like jazz by donald miller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RamaLama Fafafa Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 Hey, I haven't outgrown Kerouac yet. Dharma Bums is my favorite, I like it better than On The Road, but both are great.Futurist Manifestos edited by Umbro Apollonio translated by Robert Brain, RW Flint, JC Higgit, and Caroline Tisdall is a cool collection and interesting read. (It's put out by MFA Publications, but was originally put out by The Viking Press.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuyaGuy Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 Originally posted by RamaLama Fafafa Hey, I haven't outgrown Kerouac yet. Dharma Bums is my favorite, I like it better than On The Road, but both are great. Futurist Manifestos edited by Umbro Apollonio translated by Robert Brain, RW Flint, JC Higgit, and Caroline Tisdall is a cool collection and interesting read. (It's put out by MFA Publications, but was originally put out by The Viking Press.) oops. sorry. i still like passages, esp his prose/poems in the middle of a narrative like in Visions of Cody, Subterraneans, etc. that's good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RamaLama Fafafa Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 That's cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pontiusplaymate Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 silas marner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Non-Digital Tom Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 Not for nothing, but... this IS an effects forum, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members duderanimous Posted October 15, 2005 Members Share Posted October 15, 2005 "Imperial Hubris" about the Bush administrations so called war on terror and "Three Nights in August" excellent insight into the mind of the controversial Tony La Russa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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