Rec Me Some Good Books

[Mercy Medical]

I'm going to make a trip to Barnes and Noble today because I need to pick up something new to read. I made a thread like this before, but it's old and I don't feel like looking for it cause I'm lazy like that.

I'm really open to anything, so throw your recs at me!

[Shatter590]

well, i always rec the following 3

House of Leaves my mark Danielewski
Wild Sheep Chase
Wind Up Bird Chronicle both by Haruki Murakami

and if youre into vampires and stuff like that, check out Laurell K hamilton's Anita Blake Series. it starts with Guilty Pleasures

and for non-fiction, the overachievers by alexandra robbins is one of my recent faves

[TJ Wells]

I REALLY like Chuck Klosterman, if you're into pop culture essays & articles.

Anything by Salinger, Hemingway, Fitzgerald...it's all good.

[buysoap]

i just read one flew over the cuckoos nest by ken kesey, that was good, and now i'm reading of mice and men by john steinberg, and that so far is good. i also recommend changing places by david lodge and anything by chuck palahniuk

[Broken Parachute]

Timeline - Michael Crichton

[make_this_hurt]

Anything by Herman Hesse.... Steppenwolf, Demian, etc.

[Mercy Medical]

Timeline - Michael Crichton
I'm reading that for the second time right now. :D

I love me some Michael Crichton.

[jusscali]

ok so this is always hard for me, because when people rec books they are coming from a completely different background of interests.

i tend to go after similar books with similar themes

ive done the fuckup, apathy and other small victories, catcher and the rye, and perks...what are some books within in this same vein that are great that i havent read yet?

anyone got any recs on these lines?

[buysoap]

the fuck up is a wild book

[jusscali]

the fuck up is a wild book
yeah, i liked it but it died towards the end, apathy was a much better read imo...

but seriously someone must know some books like this that i havent read!

[sweet tragedy]

The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera

[fallout1819]

chasing ghosts - paul rieckhoff. about the war in iraq and his fight over there. it really opened my eyes to what goes on in iraq.

[jusscali]

The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
whats that about?

[TJ Wells]

cat's cradle or breakfast of champions by kurt vonnegut...they both took me like a day to read, their really entertaining

[TJ Wells]

whats that about?
its about girls, right?

...anyone who gets this would get scene points if we still had them.

[buysoap]

yeah, i liked it but it died towards the end, apathy was a much better read imo...

but seriously someone must know some books like this that i havent read!

everybodys gotta learn sometime, miss misery

[kshtoinks12]

Snakes on a plane, I feel like no one appreciates the literary genious.

[mydreamrewrite]

i just read one flew over the cuckoos nest by ken kesey, that was good, and now i'm reading of mice and men by john steinberg, and that so far is good. i also recommend changing places by david lodge and anything by chuck palahniuk

That would be Steinbeck.

And I would recommend going to a Half Price Books if you have one near you. Everything there is really generously priced and they always have an amazing selection.

As for recommendations, I would recommend The Catcher in The Rye, Fahrenheit 451, Catch-22, Of Mice and Men, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, and On The Road. I like those a lot.

[Broken Parachute]

I'm reading that for the second time right now. :D

I love me some Michael Crichton.
Yay! hahaha

[buysoap]

That would be Steinbeck.

And I would recommend going to a Half Price Books if you have one near you. Everything there is really generously priced and they always have an amazing selection.

As for recommendations, I would recommend The Catcher in The Rye, Fahrenheit 451, Catch-22, Of Mice and Men, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, and On The Road. I like those a lot.

......whooooooops. i even have the book next to me, hahaha.

[Harold Wood]

Letters to a young poet - Rainer Maria Rilke

Franny and Zoey - Salinger

Velvet Elvis - Rob Bell

Ishmael - Daniel Quinn

my favorites I have read this year

[the_champ_is_here]

That would be Steinbeck.

And I would recommend going to a Half Price Books if you have one near you. Everything there is really generously priced and they always have an amazing selection.

As for recommendations, I would recommend The Catcher in The Rye, Fahrenheit 451, Catch-22, Of Mice and Men, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, and On The Road. I like those a lot.

All good choices.

[slickwataris]

Kino No Tabi

[Shatter590]

dick and jane, still a classic after all these years

[Mitch]

Wonderland Avenue.

Best book I have ever read.

[IHopeYourAlone]

On The Road, Travels with Charlie, and Smack are what come to mind.

[Mercy Medical]

I ignored all of your recs and bought Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk.

But I will get to your recs eventually, trust me. :D

[DroppedUrPocket]

I thought this said reccommend me some good boobs.

[Mercy Medical]

I thought this said reccommend me some good boobs.
I don't need someone to recommend me that...I already know where they are.

[DroppedUrPocket]

I don't need someone to recommend me that...I already know where they are.

:worship:

[notoaststereo]

everything is illuminated/extremely loud and incredibly close - john safran foer
post office - charles bukowski
the history of love - nichole krauss