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08-01-2009, 09:20 AM
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Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Best, most original comedy of the twentieth century.
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08-02-2009, 02:59 AM
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If you want books that have a high probability of redefining the way you practically live your life, (books that do more than you make you ponder philosophical questions), I'd recommend the following for young readers.
Catch-22, Catcher in the Rye, the Fountainhead - they all have incredible heroes/borderline anti-heroes. You'll either love or hate Yossarian, Holden, and Howard, but in my opinion, they have all tremendously influenced the way I see the world as a young, ambitious, slightly pretentious slacker.
The Prince - at first I thought this was just political philosophy, but this knowledge will crop up in all types of situations. The ideas you form in your mind in reaction of Machiavelli's outline of how a Prince should run his land will influence how you act with your friends, how you work the college system, how you influence people, etc.
Richard Dawkins - I really don't like the guy, but I think his books, especially Selfish Gene, are just behemoths of mind-fckingly interesting ideas, and if ten percent of those ideas are integrated by your mind, then you will be damn glad you read him.
Count of Monte Cristo - Edmund Dantes just has the greatest heroic journey since Odysseus. And it's just a great story-line, even if you don't consider the tremendous themes that Dumas put into his masterpiece.
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08-02-2009, 03:20 AM
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#18 | | Junior Member
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Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley. Most books by Kurt Vonnegut - especially Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five, and Player Piano.
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08-03-2009, 02:27 AM
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I'd regullary read up on magazines like National Geographic and Popular Science while you're not reading books. But yea people here have already given good lists. Try any book by Agatha Christie, or just google something the lines of "best books of all time"
My personal recommendation: Sun Tzu's "The Art of War"
Or read up on some sports books and take up a sport like tennis or something.
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08-03-2009, 06:14 AM
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#20 | | Senior Member
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"Culture Warrior" by Bill O'Reilly.
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08-03-2009, 06:31 AM
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#21 | | Junior Member
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The Godfather by Mario Puzo.
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08-03-2009, 08:16 AM
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#22 | | Member
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Dr. Seuss - Green Eggs and Ham
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08-22-2009, 02:34 PM
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#23 | | Junior Member
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I was searching for this again and I finally found it!  I also recommend A Fine Balance.
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08-22-2009, 08:24 PM
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#24 | | Junior Member
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Ender's Game Quartet
by Orson Scott Card
Travels with Charley in Search of America
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
And a lot of the books previously mentioned (favorites being Catcher in the Rye and Cuckoo's Nest).
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08-22-2009, 11:12 PM
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#25 | | Junior Member
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On the Road by Jack Kerouac. Read it. Now.
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08-22-2009, 11:41 PM
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#26 | | Junior Member
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catcher in the rye. it's probably unhealthy how much i love that book
and 1984...SO GOOD
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08-22-2009, 11:43 PM
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#27 | | Junior Member
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^Haha, I just bought it, now I have to read it | |
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08-26-2009, 12:14 AM
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#28 | | New Member
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I just finished 1984 yesterday. That book is absolutely amazing. It is also quite terrifying, though not in the traditional sense. I'm about to start Brave New World tomorrow.
I also recommend Catcher in the Rye, especially if you're a male.
Also, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is another book that I quite liked. It's by Mark Twain.
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08-26-2009, 12:53 AM
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#29 | | Junior Member
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^Really? I'm reading it now! I think it's very good:>(1984)
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08-26-2009, 01:35 AM
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#30 | | Junior Member
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THE COLLEGE BOSS LIST:
1. Letters to a Young Contrarian by Christopher Hitchens
2. The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
3. Mastery by George Leonard
4. YOU: The Owner's Manual, Updated and Expanded Edition by Mehmet Oz & Michael Roizen
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