Books you think should have read but haven't yet.
GasnotGas
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Well the title says it all, I remember having a conversation about 10 -15 years ago about books and a friend of mine was absolutely flabbergasted that I hadn't read A Clockwork Orange. The next day there was a knock at the door and the book was firmly placed into my hands. Do yourself a favour and read it, he urged. It's ace.
He was right, it was ace
Anyway, on my list.
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley (shocking I know, I loved 1984, so I guess I'll dig this).
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
Anything by Kurt Vonnegut
and you?
Well the title says it all, I remember having a conversation about 10 -15 years ago about books and a friend of mine was absolutely flabbergasted that I hadn't read A Clockwork Orange. The next day there was a knock at the door and the book was firmly placed into my hands. Do yourself a favour and read it, he urged. It's ace.
He was right, it was ace
Anyway, on my list.
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley (shocking I know, I loved 1984, so I guess I'll dig this).
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
Anything by Kurt Vonnegut
and you?
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Brave New World! Oh my! You Are Going To Love It. (I remember my first time sob!)
On the Road -Jack Kerouac
War and Peace- Leo Tolstoy I have these 2 books on my bookcase and just can't get into them. I am so disappointed in me!
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The Picture Of Dorian Gray- Oscar Wilde0 -
"The Alchemist" by Paul Coelho
"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D.Salinger
"Siddhartha" by Herman Hesse
"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
"East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
SO MANY BOOKS ...... SO LITTLE TIME :drinker:0 -
I think I need to add "War and Peace" to my list of the great unread. I think I will read Brave New World this year.
BTW, the Book Thief - by Markus Zusak is an excellent book (well I though it was).0 -
Basically all the popular classic romance. I really have to get to it one day, I heard there were so many great books...0
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A big YES to The Book Thief and Picture of Dorian Gray. Loved those.
Anyway, there aren't really any classics on my list...
"The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry" by Rachel Joyce
"The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared" by Jonas Jonasson
"The Black Dahlia" by James Ellroy
"Everything Is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer0 -
Hmm.. okay:
Ask the Dust - John Fante
Wind-Up Bird Chronicles - Murakami
Ethan Frome - Wharton
Kind of depends on what genres you like. 'A Brave New World' definitely stands up to the test of time, but there quite a few great dystopian novels out there.0 -
I read fiction for enjoyment, not enrichment. There are no works of fiction that I think I "should" have already read, only books that I think I'll like when next month's book buying budget opens up. This month's budget is long gone.
I also read nonfiction, for enjoyment and for practical knowledge. I should read "Thinking With Type" and "Calculus Made Easy."0
