r&p: anyone here know of any good books?

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well hi there rock & pop.
lately i've been looking for some good literature, & the people in the book section are tards so i figured it would be better to ask here where people seem to be more cultured haha.
some of my favorite books are as followed:
catcher in the rye, 1985, brave new world, on the road, dharma bums, the bell jar, the perks of being a wallflower, go ask alice, the virgin suicides, siddhartha, the good earth, girl interrupted, electric kool aid acid test, a clockwork orange, great gatsby, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, naked lunch, wuthering heights, a thousand splendid suns, fear & loathing in las vegas, slaughterhouse five, as i lay dying, farenheit 451, girl with the dragon tattoo, walden, to kill a mockingbird, a seperate peace, pride & prejudice, and like a million more haha but yeahh.
anyway, good suggestions are definitely welcome haha thanks kids.

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The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Haunted by  Chuck Palahniuk (author of Fight Club)

Books being made into films this year...
"Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (yay)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (actually entertaining)

Anonymous · Answer

The Stranger by Albert Camus
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Just Kids by Patti Smith

I also like Edgar Allan Poe's short stories.

Tony · Answer

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk

Surrender by Sonya Hartnett

Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky
 
Child of God by Cormac McCarthy

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

Fructose · Answer

I mostly read poetry and history, so I'm sure I can't give exactly what you're looking for, but you might like some of these:

The Wasteland
The Soft Machine
Representative Men
The Belle Jar
The Collected Works of C. G. Jung

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Jean Jacques Rousseau On Education
Plato's Republic
An Experiment in Nihilism
Anything written by Fredrich Nietzsche
Communist Manifesto (you probably don't believe in Communism -neither do I- but it is very interesting)

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Hi Jenna!

The Golden Gate - Vikram Seth. It tells of  a group of people living / working in Silicon Valley. In parts, it was so sad I was near to tears. In other parts, I was near to crying, in fits of laughter. It's a very well written book. Cleverly, it is set out in stanzas. It is a wonderful read!

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My most favorite book is I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak.  I also like Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut.  You might consider checking those out.

Anonymous · Answer

Have you read John Steinbeck? I like his works. Also, have you read Animal Farm - the ending is priceless. :) You could also read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. It is science fiction but it is a good read. You could also try reading poetry like Dante's Inferno and some of Edgar Allen Poe's works. He also did short stories.

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I pretty much just read Stephen King books and Edgar Allan Poe short stories, so if you're into that check them out.

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The Great Gatsby is quite interesting too.

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