The five books you must read before you die

financeguy · 07-18-2005, 01:45 PM

Now finally, a serious thread, for the adults (*) here.

(1) The Informers - Brett Easton Ellis

(2) Catch 22 - Joseph Heller

(3) Espedair Street - Iain Banks

(4) Money - Martin Amis

(5) The Light and the Dark - CP Snow

What are yours?

* Adults in this context referring to mental proficiency rather than actual age.

pax · 07-18-2005, 01:51 PM

only five?

financeguy · 07-18-2005, 01:53 PM

List more than 5 if you prefer.

beegee · 07-18-2005, 01:58 PM

lolita - vladimir nabokov

cruddy - lynda barry

fear and loathing in las vegas - hunter thompson

bell jar - sylvia plath

anything by charles bukowski

lol, five just isn't enough. my list could go on and on.

beegee · 07-18-2005, 02:01 PM

wait

are these five books that i must read, or that i think you all should read?

cuz i've already read the ones on my list

financeguy · 07-18-2005, 02:05 PM

Five that you have read, and think everyone else should read too.

miss becky · 07-18-2005, 02:31 PM

1. The Lord of the Rings -- JRR Tolkien
2. Cat's Eye -- Margaret Atwood
3. Ethan Frome -- Edith Wharton
4. Pride and Prejudice -- Jane Austen
5. A Map of the World -- Jane Hamilton

Mullen4Prez · 07-18-2005, 03:19 PM

1.) hansel and gretel

2.) the gingerbread man

3.) Prey by Michael Crichton

4.) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

5.) BFG

dandy · 07-18-2005, 03:31 PM

arrgh, this is hard.

anne frank - the diary of a young girl

franz kafka - the metamorphosis

oscar wilde - the picture of dorian gray

anton chekhov - five plays

shel silverstein - the giving tree

lmjhitman · 07-18-2005, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by miss becky
2. Cat's Eye -- Margaret Atwood

my very favourite author. ever.

i could make my whole list out of atwood's books: the handmaid's tale, the robber bride, the blind assassin, but most definitely, alias grace.

but, including others, in no particular order:

- margaret atwood - alias grace
- tolkien - lord of the rings
- amy tan - the hundred secret senses
- david adams richards - mercy among the children
- phillip pullman - his dark materials
- charlotte bronte - jane eyre

i know there are waaaay more...

Mullen4Prez · 07-18-2005, 03:55 PM

Any Michael Crichton fans?

dandy · 07-18-2005, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by lmjhitman
charlotte bronte - jane eyre

still one of my favourite books ever.

BonosSaint · 07-18-2005, 04:04 PM

1. You Can't Go Home Again--Wolfe
2. Prayer for Owen Meany--Irving
3. Sometimes a Great Notion--Kesey
4. The Idiot--Dostoevsky
5. Anne of Green Gables--Montgomery

U2democrat · 07-18-2005, 04:13 PM

1. To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee
2. The Hiding Place-Corrie Ten Boom
3. The Diary of Anne Frank

There are SO many all I can think of are three

pax · 07-18-2005, 04:27 PM

Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank (get the uncensored version published after her father's death)
The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran
The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
For the Time Being, Annie Dillard
Matilda, Roald Dahl
Hope for the Flowers, Trina Paulus
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
The Captain's Verses, Pablo Neruda
Microserfs, Douglas Coupland
Otherwise: New and Selected Poems, Jane Kenyon
The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
Letters and Papers from Prison, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Either/Or, Soren Kierkegaard
The Ethics of Ambiguity, Simone de Beauvoir
A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn
Traveling Mercies, Anne Lamott

+ the religious text of your particular tradition (Bible, Qu'ran, whatever); or, if you are atheist, Why I Am Not a Christian or The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

nbcrusader · 07-18-2005, 04:44 PM

The Bible

and 4 others

anitram · 07-18-2005, 04:52 PM

The Prince - Machiavelli
Walden - Thoreau
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Kundera
Siddhartha - Hesse
On Death and Dying - Kubler-Ross

saltwaterkiss26 · 07-18-2005, 05:09 PM

1. The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
3. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
4. Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
5. American Gods - Neil Gaiman
...
6. Master & Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
7. The Crimson Petal and the White - Michael Faber
8. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
9. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
10. The Lord of the Flies - William Golding

Stopping at 10.

lmjhitman · 07-18-2005, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by lmjhitman
but, including others, in no particular order:

- margaret atwood - alias grace
- tolkien - lord of the rings
- amy tan - the hundred secret senses
- david adams richards - mercy among the children
- phillip pullman - his dark materials
- charlotte bronte - jane eyre

i know there are waaaay more...

quoting myself is so lame, but i forgot:

the alchemist and veronika decides to die, both by paulo coelho

beegee · 07-18-2005, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dandy
shel silverstein - the giving tree

EXCELLENT choice.

i STILL can't read that book without choking up.

bravo

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pax ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ewen's new American home Posts: 11,412 Local Time: 10:03 PM	Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank (get the uncensored version published after her father's death) The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger For the Time Being, Annie Dillard Matilda, Roald Dahl Hope for the Flowers, Trina Paulus Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte The Captain's Verses, Pablo Neruda Microserfs, Douglas Coupland Otherwise: New and Selected Poems, Jane Kenyon The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath Letters and Papers from Prison, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Either/Or, Soren Kierkegaard The Ethics of Ambiguity, Simone de Beauvoir A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn Traveling Mercies, Anne Lamott + the religious text of your particular tradition (Bible, Qu'ran, whatever); or, if you are atheist, Why I Am Not a Christian or The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell __________________ and you hunger for the time time to heal, desire, time Join Amnesty.

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07-18-2005, 01:53 PM	#3
financeguy ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 10,122 Local Time: 03:03 AM	List more than 5 if you prefer.

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beegee Neon Zebra Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: southern nevada Posts: 10,609 Local Time: 06:03 PM	lolita - vladimir nabokov cruddy - lynda barry fear and loathing in las vegas - hunter thompson bell jar - sylvia plath anything by charles bukowski lol, five just isn't enough. my list could go on and on.

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beegee Neon Zebra Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: southern nevada Posts: 10,609 Local Time: 06:03 PM	wait are these five books that i must read, or that i think you all should read? cuz i've already read the ones on my list

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financeguy ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 10,122 Local Time: 03:03 AM	Five that you have read, and think everyone else should read too.

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miss becky Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 6,107 Local Time: 10:03 PM	1. The Lord of the Rings -- JRR Tolkien 2. Cat's Eye -- Margaret Atwood 3. Ethan Frome -- Edith Wharton 4. Pride and Prejudice -- Jane Austen 5. A Map of the World -- Jane Hamilton

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Mullen4Prez Banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Great Beyond// Posts: 8,637 Local Time: 02:03 AM	1.) hansel and gretel 2.) the gingerbread man 3.) Prey by Michael Crichton 4.) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 5.) BFG

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dandy Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: styrofoam peanut commune Posts: 4,310 Local Time: 11:03 PM	arrgh, this is hard. anne frank - the diary of a young girl franz kafka - the metamorphosis oscar wilde - the picture of dorian gray anton chekhov - five plays shel silverstein - the giving tree

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Mullen4Prez Banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Great Beyond// Posts: 8,637 Local Time: 02:03 AM	Any Michael Crichton fans?

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BonosSaint Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,566 Local Time: 10:03 PM	1. You Can't Go Home Again--Wolfe 2. Prayer for Owen Meany--Irving 3. Sometimes a Great Notion--Kesey 4. The Idiot--Dostoevsky 5. Anne of Green Gables--Montgomery

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U2democrat Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: England by way of 'Murica. Posts: 22,142 Local Time: 02:03 AM	1. To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee 2. The Hiding Place-Corrie Ten Boom 3. The Diary of Anne Frank There are SO many all I can think of are three

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anitram Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: NY Posts: 18,833 Local Time: 09:03 PM	The Prince - Machiavelli Walden - Thoreau The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Kundera Siddhartha - Hesse On Death and Dying - Kubler-Ross

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saltwaterkiss26 War Child Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: MA Posts: 638 Local Time: 09:03 PM	1. The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie 2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey 3. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess 4. Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut 5. American Gods - Neil Gaiman ... 6. Master & Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov 7. The Crimson Petal and the White - Michael Faber 8. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov 9. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury 10. The Lord of the Flies - William Golding Stopping at 10.