Men and their favorite books

TDGee

Brave Men by Ernie Pyle
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose

There are others, but it's late...

ket_the_jet

William's Top 75 Books

75. Killing Yourself to Live, Chuck Klosterman
74. Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan Safron Foer
73. Jailbird, Kurt Vonnegut
72. The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff
71. The Man Who Was Thursday, G. K. Chesterton
70. The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara
69. Astonishing X-Men, Issues 1-24, Joss Whedon
68. John, Cynthia Lennon
67. Fighting for the Rain Forest, Paul Richards
66. A Cellarful of Noise, Brian Epstein (Derek Taylor?)
65. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams
64. Developing Ecological Consciousness, Chris Uhl
63. Rashomon, Ryunosuke Akutagawa
62. Gertrud, Herman Hesse
61. Behind Sad Eyes: The Life of George Harrison, Marc Shapiro
60. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
59. The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde
58. The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields
57. The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdee
56. The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare
55. The Road to Serfdom, F.A. Hayek
54. Hell's Angels, Hunter S. Thompson
53. Castle, Franz Kafka
52. The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams
51. Ishmael, Daniel Quinn
50. The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien
49. Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words, Bill Bryson
48. Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, William Blake
47. Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut
46. Narcissus and Goldmund, Herman Hesse
45. Der Steppenwolf, Herman Hesse
44. Bless Me, Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya
43. Patterns of Democracy, Arend Lijphart
42. Hamlet, William Shakespeare
41. Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
40. The Clash of Civilizations, Samuel Huntington
39. Sailor Song, Ken Kesey
38. A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
37. The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien
36. The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien
35. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson
34. A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare
33. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, Chuck Klosterman
32. In His Own Write, John Lennon
31. Goethe's Faust, Goethe
30. Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut
29. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Anita Loos
28. Globalization and Its Discontents, Joseph Stiglitz
27. The Trial, Franz Kafka
26. Collected Poems, Dylan Thomas
25. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
24. The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand
23. No Longer At Ease, Chinua Achebe
22. Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
21. The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli
20. On the Road, Jack Kerouac
19. Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond
18. Chronicles, Volume One, Bob Dylan
17. When Victims Become Killers, Mahmood Mamdani
16. Arrow of God, Chinua Achebe
15. The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka
14. The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
13. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
12. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera
11. Le Petite Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery
10. The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien
9. The Temptest, William Shakespeare
8. The Dharma Bums, Jack Kerouac
7. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
6. Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
5. Slaughter-House Five, Kurt Vonnegut.
4. Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse
3. The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell
2. L'estrange, Albert Camus
1. Job, unknown

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I compiled this list recently for a friend. Hopefully you see some on there that interest you.
-wtk

luvJOJO

bump - my dad LOVES to read and I'm always looking for new books to get him...sweet!!

ket_the_jet

bump - my dad LOVES to read and I'm always looking for new books to get him...sweet!!

Holy thread necromancy, Batman!
-wtk

seventwenty

I'll add:
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance- Robert M. Pirsig
Dirty Diplomacy- Craig Murray (Autobiography of a British ambassador that reads like a spy novel)
The Republic- Plato
Casino Royale- Ian Fleming (Srsly Bond fans)
The Manchurian Candidate- Richard Condon
It Can't Happen Here- Sinclair Lewis
The Jungle- Upton Sinclair
Failsafe- Eugene Burdi ck and Harvey Wheeler ( a must if you love Dr. Strangelove)
The Ugly American- Eugene Burdi ck
Freakonomics- Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World- Niall Ferguson
Homage to Catalonia- George Orwell
Man without a Country- Edward Everett Hale
A Man Without a Country- Kurt Vonnegut


EDIT: Srsly MFP? BURDI CK is his name! Lemme guess, vagina is also starred. Nope. OK, what about ***** Yep. What about ****?

amh83

William's Top 75 Books

75. Killing Yourself to Live, Chuck Klosterman
74. Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan Safron Foer
73. Jailbird, Kurt Vonnegut
72. The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff
71. The Man Who Was Thursday, G. K. Chesterton
70. The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara
69. Astonishing X-Men, Issues 1-24, Joss Whedon
68. John, Cynthia Lennon
67. Fighting for the Rain Forest, Paul Richards
66. A Cellarful of Noise, Brian Epstein (Derek Taylor?)
65. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams
64. Developing Ecological Consciousness, Chris Uhl
63. Rashomon, Ryunosuke Akutagawa
62. Gertrud, Herman Hesse
61. Behind Sad Eyes: The Life of George Harrison, Marc Shapiro
60. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
59. The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde
58. The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields
57. The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdee
56. The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare
55. The Road to Serfdom, F.A. Hayek
54. Hell's Angels, Hunter S. Thompson
53. Castle, Franz Kafka
52. The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams
51. Ishmael, Daniel Quinn
50. The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien
49. Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words, Bill Bryson
48. Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, William Blake
47. Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut
46. Narcissus and Goldmund, Herman Hesse
45. Der Steppenwolf, Herman Hesse
44. Bless Me, Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya
43. Patterns of Democracy, Arend Lijphart
42. Hamlet, William Shakespeare
41. Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
40. The Clash of Civilizations, Samuel Huntington
39. Sailor Song, Ken Kesey
38. A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
37. The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien
36. The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien
35. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson
34. A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare
33. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, Chuck Klosterman
32. In His Own Write, John Lennon
31. Goethe's Faust, Goethe
30. Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut
29. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Anita Loos
28. Globalization and Its Discontents, Joseph Stiglitz
27. The Trial, Franz Kafka
26. Collected Poems, Dylan Thomas
25. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
24. The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand
23. No Longer At Ease, Chinua Achebe
22. Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
21. The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli
20. On the Road, Jack Kerouac
19. Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond
18. Chronicles, Volume One, Bob Dylan
17. When Victims Become Killers, Mahmood Mamdani
16. Arrow of God, Chinua Achebe
15. The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka
14. The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
13. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
12. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera
11. Le Petite Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery
10. The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien
9. The Temptest, William Shakespeare
8. The Dharma Bums, Jack Kerouac
7. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
6. Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
5. Slaughter-House Five, Kurt Vonnegut.
4. Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse
3. The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell
2. L'estrange, Albert Camus
1. Job, unknown

___________________________________________

I compiled this list recently for a friend. Hopefully you see some on there that interest you.
-wtk

SOOO many good books on this list!!!! Please read Ayn Rand! I just bought my third copy of Atlas Shrugged, I keep giving it away! I learn something new with every read. Chuck Klosterman is a fun read also. Too many good books here for me to comment on. You have awesome taste in books!

ket_the_jet

SOOO many good books on this list!!!! Please read Ayn Rand! I just bought my third copy of Atlas Shrugged, I keep giving it away! I learn something new with every read. Chuck Klosterman is a fun read also. Too many good books here for me to comment on. You have awesome taste in books!

Thanks so much. I wrote that so long ago and looking over it now, realize I forgot some real classics. How didn't Victor Hugo make it on the list?!
-wtk

amh83

SOOO many good books on this list!!!! Please read Ayn Rand! I just bought my third copy of Atlas Shrugged, I keep giving it away! I learn something new with every read. Chuck Klosterman is a fun read also. Too many good books here for me to comment on. You have awesome taste in books!

Thanks so much. I wrote that so long ago and looking over it now, realize I forgot some real classics. How didn't Victor Hugo make it on the list?!
-wtk

Or Dostoyevsky, or Jack London, and on, and on, an on. I grew up in the country without t.v. I'm a bookworm.

beeblebrox82

Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

mznisaelaine

OMGOSH a guy who reads BOOKS (not just magazines) but actually read BOOKS are so hot! Very attactive

gp79

For any of you who have a daughter, of any age.

Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters is a must have to read throughout your daughters growth. I plan on re-reading this book annually.

BobbyClerici

The Art of War....Sun Tzu

pucenavel

Greatest Show on Earth - by Richard Dawkins

Most fascinating thing I've ever read.

AZTrailRunner

Although I have hundreds of books, some of my most favorite have to deal with practical knowledge:

How To Survive The End Of The World As We Know It
The Patriots
The Unthinkable
One Second After
98.6 Degrees; The Art of Keeping Your *kitten* Alive
Urban Survival Guide
Wilderness Evasion
When All Hell Breaks Loose
Bug Out
When Technology Fails
The Long Emergency
SAS Survival Guide
Medicine For the Backcountry
The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide
Warrior Mindset
On Killing
On Combat
Zombie Survival Guide

AZTrailRunner

Greatest Show on Earth - by Richard Dawkins

Most fascinating thing I've ever read.

I have it, but haven't cracked it open yet. I've heard good things about it (why I bought it).

CrawlingChaos

Greatest Show on Earth - by Richard Dawkins

Most fascinating thing I've ever read.

Love that one. Dawkins has a great energy to what he writes about. You can tell he is passionate about his subjects. I get almost a Sagan vibe with his later books.

I find myself more and more fascinated with science the more I read some of the recent books to keep my attention are:
Sleights of Mind by Stephen macknik and Susana martinez-conde
The believing brain by Michael Shermer
why we believe in God(s) by j. Anderson Thomson
Quantum Gods by Victor Stenger
Paranormality by Richard Wiseman
Death from the skies by Phil Plait
adventures in paranormal investigation by Joe nickel
The mask of Nostradamus by James Randi
Evolution : what the fossils say and why it matters by Donald Prothero

cobracars

I like that list of 75, but I can't believe only 1 other person has mentioned ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE. It has wonderful insight into the transactional workings of people. For example, Some people believe the only way to get a good quality service is to perform the service yourself, like painting your house. Others believe that the only true way to get the house painted properly is to pay a professional to do it...even if they have no idea the quality of work the professional does.