Good Books?

[InochiSagashi]

I didn't know where exactly to post this, but can someone recommend some good books to me? (Any genre--it'd be rad though if you could tell me what genre it's in/what it's about.)
I've got surgery on Monday but they want me in there early/I'll need to get my mind off of the results.
Thanks in advance!

[Broken Parachute]

"A Painted House" by John Grisham
"The Giver" by Lois Lowry
"Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
Harry Potter series (1-6)

The Giver and Where the Red Fern Grows are two books really made for 8th grade and 9th grade, but as long as you're any age you can appreciate them.

The Giver is about a town that has no emotion, they don't have babies they are given babies by the community elders, they are given jobs, etc. No one feels pain or knows the taste of ice cream or anything like that. There is no pleasure to life. The one person in the community who can feel and taste and all of this is called "The Giver." He's a respected Elder that lives on his own and holds all the keys to knowledge. The main character, Jonas, is hand picked to be the next "Giver" and the book is devoted to him recieving memories of how snow feels or how the sun feels. He's the only one that sees in color too. It's a great book about how life is really special and stuff. Good book.

Where the Red Fern Grows is a sad book for emotional people. It's really just about a normal kid and how he wants a friend more than anything, not human friend a dog friend. It's all about him and his dogs and how they grow to be his best friends. It's a good book really, I just give a shitty description.

A Painted House might be my favorite book. It's sort of an autobiographical account of John Grisham's life. Grisham is a writer who rights about Law and stuff like that. This is different though. It's about a 7 year old kid in the 1950's who lives on a farm and has to help his very poor family pick cotton. They get help from some mexicans and people who live in the Hills called the Spruills. The book is mainly about the 7 year old kid's life as he grows up. It's one of those books that isn't meant to be a Comedy book, but you laugh when you read it because it's told in a first person account where the main character is not mature enough to understand things so it's funny.

I'm sure you know what Harry Potter is about. The series is definitely my favorite set of books, A Painted House is the other though. I'm not too good at giving descriptions, but I love reading and these are my favorites. Hoped it helped.

[noodledancer]

I didn't know where exactly to post this, but can someone recommend some good books to me? (Any genre--it'd be rad though if you could tell me what genre it's in/what it's about.)
I've got surgery on Monday but they want me in there early/I'll need to get my mind off of the results.
Thanks in advance!
'me talk pretty one day' by david sedaris
great if you need a laugh.

[osunfg]

Last Man Standing by David Baldacci

This book is straight suspense oriented around the FBI involving drugs, assassinations, conspiracy, etc. Its a good read and always keeps you guessing and on edge. Its also good because it isn't outrageous in its plot twists, they all fit well, while at the same time keeping pretty unpredicatable.
Also...

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Most already know Dan Brown for the Da Vinci Code. I thought this book was a million times better. I can't even describe it, but its also extremely suspenseful and has an awesome take on the 'science vs religion' theme. I would highly recommend this for a good read.

[Rebs]

"A Painted House" by John Grisham
"The Giver" by Lois Lowry
"Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
Harry Potter series (1-6)

Good books, but all very rudimentary.


The last books that I've read recently, and actually liked:

1) The Secret Life of Bees
- It's definitely a chick book, but fabulous. It deals with a white girl in the 50's/60's that runs away from home to discover her mother's past. She moves in with a family of black women. It deals with racism, love, family, etc. Great book, if you haven't already read it.

2) Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- It's a philosophical book, it really makes you think about life, family, love, etc. It follows a professor and his son on a motorcycle trip across the country and the relationship develops, etc.

3) The Joy Luck Club
- It's about a group of mother's and daughters that immigrated from China. It spotlights each of their lives, each different chapter has a new narrator. I loved it.

4) Rebecca
- It's a drama, mystery novel, pretty self-explanatory. It's a classic, it was made into a movie 50 years ago.

5) The Five People You Meet In Heaven
- A book that focuses mainly on moral lessons. A man dies and sees his "five" people. I cried.

6) Gone With The Wind
- The movie was beautiful, but the book is even better. It's a hell of a long read, but an incredible book.

7) Scarlett
- Highlights Scarlett O'Hara, I go back and forth on which book I like better, sometimes Gone With the Wind, sometimes Scarlett, both are amazing.

8 ) The Good Earth
- Written by Pearl Buck in the 50's, won several awards, if I remember correctly it is about a Chinese farmer and his family. He becomes extremely wealthy, it shows the sex, love, greed, etc. A lot of moral lessons as well.


That's all I can think of right now.

[Web250]

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Most f'ed up book ever, but it is simply amazing.

Also, the movie was done by Stanley Kubrick

[theESCO]

The Ginger Man, or anything else by Donleavy. It was the book that inspiried Hunter S. Thompson in a lot of ways and is deff. worth a read.

[reductiondesign]

Survivor, by Chuck Palahniuk.

Any of his books are worth several reads.

[Broken Parachute]

Good books, but all very rudimentary.


The last books that I've read recently, and actually liked:

1) The Secret Life of Bees
- It's definitely a chick book, but fabulous. It deals with a white girl in the 50's/60's that runs away from home to discover her mother's past. She moves in with a family of black women. It deals with racism, love, family, etc. Great book, if you haven't already read it.

2) Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- It's a philosophical book, it really makes you think about life, family, love, etc. It follows a professor and his son on a motorcycle trip across the country and the relationship develops, etc.

3) The Joy Luck Club
- It's about a group of mother's and daughters that immigrated from China. It spotlights each of their lives, each different chapter has a new narrator. I loved it.

4) Rebecca
- It's a drama, mystery novel, pretty self-explanatory. It's a classic, it was made into a movie 50 years ago.

5) The Five People You Meet In Heaven
- A book that focuses mainly on moral lessons. A man dies and sees his "five" people. I cried.

6) Gone With The Wind
- The movie was beautiful, but the book is even better. It's a hell of a long read, but an incredible book.

7) Scarlett
- Highlights Scarlett O'Hara, I go back and forth on which book I like better, sometimes Gone With the Wind, sometimes Scarlett, both are amazing.

8 ) The Good Earth
- Written by Pearl Buck in the 50's, won several awards, if I remember correctly it is about a Chinese farmer and his family. He becomes extremely wealthy, it shows the sex, love, greed, etc. A lot of moral lessons as well.


That's all I can think of right now.

I heard The Five People You Meet in Heaven was a fantastic book. Two of my friends read it, I should definitely check it out. And my sister liked the Joy Luck Club. It's a girls book so I really wouldn't like it.

[Jerm]

Ambler Warning- Robert Ludlum
same guy who wrote bourne identity.. so that should give you a taste of what genre it is

[Boring Pop Song]

Dan Brown - Angels and Demons is a good read

anything from CS Lewis

[underthetalking]

Im a big fan of Enders Game and The Things They Carried.


Plus anything Stephen King. The Green Mile and The Dark Tower Series are my personal favorites.

[cubz84]

The Kite Runner. I dont remember the author, but it's an insanely awesome book.

[vampire_bunny]

The Picture of Dorian Gray-- Oscar Wilde.

It's about a man called Dorian he is handsome,young but dishonest. He decides to get a portrait painted of him. Over the years somehow he keeps hos youth- he doesn't age, but at the same time the picture becomes uglier with every sin. Eventually everyone suspects his youth and the picture gets too ugly to keep even when hidden. But there is still hope for him.

I'm not going to say anymore because I don't want to ruin the book for you. It's such a good book. Enjoy!

[b e L I E v e]

Niccolo Machiavelli

My favorite author/philosopher of all time..without a doubt...I've read all his books...been to Firenze..saw his grave, saw his house, saw his school..im basically obsessed....the guy has amazing point of views on not only government..but also conduct of a respectable human being...

It also helps if you want to sharpen your writing skills...my grade has went up, and my teacher has noticed it also

[weezer182]

i need something to read this christmas break too

[FOBPrettyNPunk]

Anything Michael Crichton, if you like sci-fi. He's the author of the Jurassic Park books

[annn]

And my sister liked the Joy Luck Club. It's a girls book so I really wouldn't like it.

Definately not true. It is a book about 4 families of girls/women, but it deals with bigger themes than that.

The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail- Robert E. Lee

A Million Little Pieces- James Frey

[dashboard1190]

cliche, but The Perks Of Being A Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky is one of my favorite books ever.

I just finished The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald for English class today, and I really liked that book.

I read Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) earlier this year, a sci-fi book..i guess. REALLY interesting, and a great read.

Angels & Demons moves so quickly for being almost a 600 page book. I read it in like a week, some days reading close to 200 pages.

Fight Club (Chuck Palahalniuk or whatever) was really good. The movie is great, but the book is 10x more vulgar and inappropriate.

Hope i helped!

[Darren McLeod]

The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig Clevenger
Jennifer Government by Max Barry
Hey Nostradamus! by Douglas Coupland
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers.

[aheroinmyeyes]

The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig Clevenger
Jennifer Government by Max Barry
Hey Nostradamus! by Douglas Coupland
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers.
I started reading Hey Nostradamus! but never finished. It just never developed into an interesting enough story for me.

But to suggest something: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman is an entertaining book of short essays.

[Anton Djamoos]

"A Painted House" by John Grisham
"The Giver" by Lois Lowry
"Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
Harry Potter series (1-6)

The Giver and Where the Red Fern Grows are two books really made for 8th grade and 9th grade, but as long as you're any age you can appreciate them.

The Giver is about a town that has no emotion, they don't have babies they are given babies by the community elders, they are given jobs, etc. No one feels pain or knows the taste of ice cream or anything like that. There is no pleasure to life. The one person in the community who can feel and taste and all of this is called "The Giver." He's a respected Elder that lives on his own and holds all the keys to knowledge. The main character, Jonas, is hand picked to be the next "Giver" and the book is devoted to him recieving memories of how snow feels or how the sun feels. He's the only one that sees in color too. It's a great book about how life is really special and stuff. Good book.

Where the Red Fern Grows is a sad book for emotional people. It's really just about a normal kid and how he wants a friend more than anything, not human friend a dog friend. It's all about him and his dogs and how they grow to be his best friends. It's a good book really, I just give a shitty description.

A Painted House might be my favorite book. It's sort of an autobiographical account of John Grisham's life. Grisham is a writer who rights about Law and stuff like that. This is different though. It's about a 7 year old kid in the 1950's who lives on a farm and has to help his very poor family pick cotton. They get help from some mexicans and people who live in the Hills called the Spruills. The book is mainly about the 7 year old kid's life as he grows up. It's one of those books that isn't meant to be a Comedy book, but you laugh when you read it because it's told in a first person account where the main character is not mature enough to understand things so it's funny.

I'm sure you know what Harry Potter is about. The series is definitely my favorite set of books, A Painted House is the other though. I'm not too good at giving descriptions, but I love reading and these are my favorites. Hoped it helped.
I've read each of those books and I love all of them.

[topsecret]

But to suggest something: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman is an entertaining book of short essays.

Klosterman is great. I just finished "Killing Yourself to Live." It's a quick read. A little over 200 pages and very entertaining.

[shane hennessey]

hot water music by charles bukowski
post office by charles bukowski
pulp by charles bukowski

thats what ive been reading the past 2 weeks

[Rebs]

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers.
Great read.

[chroma23]

I read the five people you meet in heaven right after my grandmother died. It really helped me through it. All of the HP books are great. But just last week i read an outstanding book called All Soul's by Michael McDonald. I couldn't put the book down.

[heyRomanticA__x]

Death of a salesman by Arthur Miller and
The Cocktail Party by T.S. Eliot. Both are plays, you'll learn alot from them.

[The Endings]

Umm... good books... Psh! The ones I pick you probably wouldn't like, So pick up some popular ones that everyone says are great. Like Harry Poter Or The Divinchi Code

[hurleypunk28]

Death of a Salesman was an amazing drama/play. I could not put it down once I started reading it..

[Rebs]

Death of a Salesman was an amazing drama/play. I could not put it down once I started reading it..
depressing as hell though.

[richter915]

depressing as hell though.
depressing??? it was hilarious

"willy loman? get it...LOW MAN" hahahaha god my teacher's sucked.

[shane hennessey]

willy loman's failures at life could make anyone laugh

[richter915]

that's what I learned.

an actual good book...the stranger.

[xStareAtThesunx]

Totally go for "A million little pieces" By James Frey. Someone said it already and I knew it would be in here before I even read the thread.
Also the sequel to it "My friend leonard" Is beyond amazing. I'm in the middle of reading it right now.

[Web250]

Totally go for "A million little pieces" By James Frey. Someone said it already and I knew it would be in here before I even read the thread.
Also the sequel to it "My friend leonard" Is beyond amazing. I'm in the middle of reading it right now.

Huge controversey with the Freye book. Apparently people say he made stuff up.

[IAPAI]

Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis changed my life. Read that book, it is the best coming of age story you will ever read in your life. I urge ANYONE out there to pick up this book and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.


Disappear Here.

[xStareAtThesunx]

Huge controversey with the Freye book. Apparently people say he made stuff up.

I heard that on tv before. I guess they could investigate that and find out or not. I mean there'd be records for all this stuff.
And even if he did, I wouldn't care. He is still an amazing author. Absolutely amazing.

[Darren McLeod]

Well yeah, the investigations are what are proving this stuff. He wasn't a badass, he always cooperated with cops and stuff. I haven't read it, and while I think it's kind of shady that he goes around doing that, I don't really care.

[not_holden]

Great books...

Rule of the Bone - can't think of the author
Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
1984 - George Orwell
Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger