<p>I agree with a lot of the more serious stuff that’s been listed, but if you’re looking for something funnier: David Sedaris. He’s written 6 books of essays and they are hilarious. Start with “Me Talk Pretty One Day” or the latest one, “When You Are Engulfed in Flames”.</p>
<p>Also, because I’m a bit surprised no one’s mentioned it yet: Lolita.</p>
<p>^“Me Talk Pretty One Day” was Genius. “Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim” is my second favorite Sedaris.</p>
<p>Men Are Better Than Women by Dick Masterson
Brainiac by Ken Jennings
The Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox
Average American Male by Chad Kultgen (Read this first)</p>
<p>Check out Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. It’s a great, although a bit disturbing book, and has A LOT of new vocab so it’ll also be a great way to learn more words for the SAT.</p>
<p>Double Helix <– science fiction. </p>
<p>Awesome book :)</p>
<p>Read: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
My Losing Season by Pat Conroy
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry</p>
<p>mindblowing books, personally, that changed my whole outlook:</p>
<p>Fight Club (Palahniuk)-the movie is just as good, too, so watch it
The Road-great</p>
<p>also great gatsby</p>
<p>I hated the great gatsby. It’s one of those books where people either love it or hate it.</p>
<p>But Fight Club was pure amazing-ness.</p>
<p>^ You are so right. I hated it the first time I read it, but the second time…I was in love, jk.</p>
<p>The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera is fantastic!! I read it in a day- I literally couldn’t put it down.
100 Years of Solitude by Marquez is also a really incredible book.</p>
<p>I second 100 Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (I think…)</p>
<p>But my favourite is the Shadow of the Wind by a Spaniard who I don’t know the name of.</p>
<p>I agree:
The Time Traveler’s Wife
The Hot Zone</p>
<p>I recently finished Gilead Marylynne Robinson and I thought it was really good despite my lack of beliefs in religion.</p>
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<p>I beg to differ on the former assertion. It is terrible. The only thing it is good for is the themes and messages.</p>
<p>Some of My Favorite Books:</p>
<p>[ul][<em>]As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
[</em>]The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
[<em>]Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata
[</em>]Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
[<em>]Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
[</em>]So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba
[<em>]Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
[</em>]The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
[<em>]The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
[</em>]The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
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<p>All FANTASTIC books.</p>
<p>harry potter is always good</p>
<p>Running with Scissors-Augusten Burroughs (Granted, it is a bit disturbing at some parts but it really is a good book. It made my trip to Belgium all the more memorable)</p>
<p>It’s Kind of a Funny Story-Ned Vizzini. Honestly i think this is one of the best books ever. </p>
<p>Neither of these books are “classics” but they’re both extremely good</p>
<p>Oh and Freakonomics. I love that book :)</p>
<p>Shadow of the Wind was written by Carlos Ruiz Zafon</p>
<p>The Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins!</p>
<p>It’s basically about every kid’s life on CC hahah. Totally relatable but still shocking.</p>
<p>Wow, I read through some of the posts and I can use them as guides! </p>
<p>As for me, I really don’t read much, I should, since as a rising sophomore reading skills will be important. x.X</p>
<p>With that said, some of the few books I actually read and liked include:</p>
<p>The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
1984 by George Orwell
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Huck Finn by Mark Twain
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien</p>
<p>Off the top of my head. Most of these were school-assigned but were still worth reading for me.</p>
<p>i second the Count of Monte Cristo. this book was like the first book i read in my life and this totally got me interested into reading more and more.</p>