What book should i read?

[JanJan]

I dont really so many books so i really have know idea what to choose when go to the library. I dont know what i like either. I guess i just need to read more to find out what's my type.

Anyway can you guys recommend me some books that you like?

[btarunr]

Start with the Library Index.


Start off with pulp-fiction. There are still some decent authors. I read Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee last weekend, which was very nice.

[JanJan]

thanks btarunr. i just went to the library and picked Angels and Demons. I already read Davinci Code so yeah, just kinda want to see what's more in his book.

[MT Alex]

I like to buy compilations of short stories, and then read some novels by the authors who's stories I liked best. My favorite short story collection as of late is: The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century. Great stuff, I'm sure it's at the library.

http://www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=0345439899

[WhiteLotus]

i'm about to read imajica. It's meant to be a very dark book. We shall see...

[3991v]

Into the Wild is a good book.

[MT Alex]

Into the Wild is a good book.

It might be. Those of us who live in the wilds think that guy was a real dumb ass. We could live indefinatley in the woods without dying because we can cut it. A little knowlege goes a long ways.

[JanJan]

i'm about to read imajica. It's meant to be a very dark book. We shall see...
does dark mean depressing or gloomy?

[a111087]

last time i didn't know what i want, i ended up with a ton of self-help and decision books :)
and they helped me, because i realized that its all BS :D just do what you like and make like what you want it to be.
but if to go back to your topic, at first i wan't sure if your were talking about novels or technical books, like about linux and other stuff... If you are looking for a novel, then "Catcher in the rye" is classic, then An American Tragedy by Dreiser (that's what I started reading more than a half year ago, but can't finish because i can't use my time efficiently, my biggest problem)

[JC316]

thanks btarunr. i just went to the library and picked Angels and Demons. I already read Davinci Code so yeah, just kinda want to see what's more in his book.

Angels and Demons is a great book. Liked it better than the movie. My sound a tad 15 year old ish, but Eargon is a great book, I really enjoyed it. Left Behind is a good series too, it's a religious series, but you don't have to be religious to enjoy it.

[Wile E]

The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings are some of my favorite fantasy books.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is one of my favorite comedies.

[JC316]

The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings are some of my favorite fantasy books.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is one of my favorite comedies.

Forgot about those. Add in the silmarillion to that list.

[MT Alex]

Wile E, you have great tast in books:D
When I get bored I open my gold leafed Hitchhikers Complete Edition to any page and just start reading. Fantastic stuff, it was a damn shame when Douglas Adams keeled over from a sudden heart attack. That was one smart cookie.

[Wile E]

Forgot about those. Add in the silmarillion to that list.

Silmarillion is a bit tough to start off on. It's less story/adventure based, and more a historical document. Kinda like a middle-earth bible of sorts. It should be reserved for true Tolkien fans.

I suggest Children of Hurin for a Tolkien book that follows the adventures of specific characters in the vein of the Hobbit or LOTR, but it happens in the old world of Middle Earth.

Wile E, you have great tast in books:D
When I get bored I open my gold leafed Hitchhikers Complete Edition to any page and just start reading. Fantastic stuff, it was a damn shame when Douglas Adams keeled over from a sudden heart attack. That was one smart cookie.Bowl of petunias: "Oh no. Not again." :D

[JanJan]

i read first couple pages of Angels and Demons and the set up is pretty much the same with Davinci Code (from what i've read so far)
hmm, let's see how this goes because i right now i REALLY want to try on some of the titles suggested.

[twilyth]

"The myth of rational markets" - It's a history of financial theory but it's not a dry text book type of thing, it's pretty interesting. I just started it but it looks good. It would be educational and entertaining and give you some insight into the current situation.

but for fantasy, it's been a while since I've read anything. "Demian" by Hermann Hesse - probably his best known work after Steppenwolf and has some interesting references to Jungian psychology. "Steppenwolf" is also good - bizarre, but interesting.

[3991v]

It might be. Those of us who live in the wilds think that guy was a real dumb ass. We could live indefinatley in the woods without dying because we can cut it. A little knowlege goes a long ways.

Well he was a city boy though :p

His plans were fucked though. Didn't have enough of anything. I won't go on in case the OP reads it, I'd sure hate to spoil it for him ;)

[Frick]

Ray Bradbury, Starship Troopers and Otherland. Also, you can look up the Warlord Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell.

BTW, Lotr is overrated! :P

[MT Alex]

Yup, Starship Troopers is outstanding. It's too bad some folks may decide not to read it because of how utterly shitty the movie was. The book is nothing like the movie, and is a pinnicle peice of Sci Fi history.

[From_Nowhere]

Foundation, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Dune.

[mlee49]

The Divine Comedy, Purgatory. Or better known as Dante's Inferno.

Read it and shit your pants.

[twilyth]

sorry to be a PITA, but purgatorio was part 2. The first part was just the inferno. I never read purgatorio and paradisio. but yeah, it's a good choice. You need to find a good translation though. The one by John Ciardi used to be considered the best - not sure if that's still true.