The one book everyone should read?!?

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  • duckmannh
    duckmannh Posts: 3
    Fantasy reading is nice but read something with a purpose! Marathon..... by Jeff Galloway!
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    I just came here because I want to see how many people say 50 Shades of Grey....

    I have a funny story on the "50 Shades of Grey". I have not read the book but work in a medical clinic with 9 dr's. One nurse loaned the book to another nurse and it was sitting on her desk. Her dr saw it on her desk and put a post-it note on the book that said "dirty book". A different nurse came by and put her own post-it note on the book that said "Instruction book for men". We all got a good laugh out of it.
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    I certainly f@#$ing hope not.
  • JRaeZins
    JRaeZins Posts: 171 Member
    The girl with a dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson is very gripping a thriller :-)

    If you aren't an avid reader, this won't work for you....took me over 150 pages to get into it....it's like the with ALL 3 of those.

    A Game of Thrones, fantastic.
    Enders Game (the sci-fi book for people who don't like sci-fi)
    Lord of the Rings Trilogy (a must)

    And for some seriously well done post-apocalyptic 80's throwback (can you get all the 80's references in this book?) Ready Player One by Earnest Cline. Toppled Enders Game as my favorite all time book.

    Love all those books!!!! I am obsessed by Game of Thrones! If you aren't an avid reader anything by John Grisham and Sephen King are good starts.
  • au4hj2
    au4hj2 Posts: 1
    "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by Dave Sedaris.
  • mizziekrizzie07
    mizziekrizzie07 Posts: 3
    50 shades of grey for sure :P
    everyone needs a christian grey :)
  • kimchi84
    kimchi84 Posts: 56
    some of my favorites are dystopian novels which are :
    Ender's Game
    Mazerunner (the trilogy) by james dashner
    Unwind by Neal Shusterman (it a trilogy too, book 2 just came out)
    Divergent (trilogy) by Veronica Roth
    :)
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    50 shades of grey for sure :P
    everyone needs a christian grey :)

    Otherwise, who would tell me what and how much to eat? I'd be lost...
  • amanda_ataraxia
    amanda_ataraxia Posts: 400 Member
    Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
  • x_JT_x
    x_JT_x Posts: 364
    I think I'm one of the only women in the world that HATES 50 Shades. My favs are the Hunger Games Trilogy. Water for Elephants is good too.

    Nope. You're not.
  • katefen2
    katefen2 Posts: 3 Member
    C.J. Box or Lynwood Barclay are both great crime thriller writers
  • Pooj_K
    Pooj_K Posts: 45 Member
    The girl with a dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson is very gripping a thriller :-)

    :heart:
  • Mustlovepugs11
    Mustlovepugs11 Posts: 131
    (((((At KIT8806))))) I also enjoyed Mortal Instruments! If you liked that you would also enjoy The Blue fire sega serries by Scott Prussing, The Stained Series by Ella James, and I just started book two in the Midnight fire series by Kaitlyn Davis! :smile:
  • Tarin626
    Tarin626 Posts: 101 Member
    50 Shades of Grey is HORRIBLE! That said, on to my book list!

    - Anything by Terry Pratchett but my fav is Good Omens which he wrote with Neil Gaimen - My hubby loves his books more than I do!
    - If you like fantasy/sci-fi with mystery thrown in - look up Tanya Huff, she writes a variety from vampires and gouls to future marines in space to fantasy medieval stuff (NOT Twilight crap)!!!
    - I liked Game of Thrones too and I've heard most guys that have read it do too :-)
    - If you haven't read any Tolkien try the Hobbit first - its way shorter than Lord of the Rings and will ease you into it!
    - Charles ****ens and Mark Twain are old fav's and Moby **** is a classic.
    - I like the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo books but I agree they took awhile to get to the meat of the story in each one.
    - I loved the Bourne movies (all of them) but I couldn't get into the old Robert Ludlam books, you may like them, very heavy cold war stuff - I don't know about the new ones written by a new author - I haven't checked them out.
    - George Orwell, Animal Farm or 1984
    - Fahrenheit 451 is cool and twisted

    As you can tell I'm more of a classics lover :-)
    PS - I love Harry Potter and Anne Rice too but I don't think those are "heavy" reads!
  • Tarin626
    Tarin626 Posts: 101 Member
    LOL love the edits on my above post!
  • med2017
    med2017 Posts: 192 Member
    i like Shakespeare plays.. and literature that normal people would find boring.

    favorite is

    one who flew over the cuckoo's nest
    MAN'S SEARCH FOR A MEANING!!!!
    lord of the rings trilogy & hobbit, cant forget them ;)
    and all other books i have read i love.
  • med2017
    med2017 Posts: 192 Member
    50 Shades of Grey is HORRIBLE! That said, on to my book list!

    - Anything by Terry Pratchett but my fav is Good Omens which he wrote with Neil Gaimen - My hubby loves his books more than I do!
    - If you like fantasy/sci-fi with mystery thrown in - look up Tanya Huff, she writes a variety from vampires and gouls to future marines in space to fantasy medieval stuff (NOT Twilight crap)!!!
    - I liked Game of Thrones too and I've heard most guys that have read it do too :-)
    - If you haven't read any Tolkien try the Hobbit first - its way shorter than Lord of the Rings and will ease you into it!
    - Charles ****ens and Mark Twain are old fav's and Moby **** is a classic.
    - I like the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo books but I agree they took awhile to get to the meat of the story in each one.
    - I loved the Bourne movies (all of them) but I couldn't get into the old Robert Ludlam books, you may like them, very heavy cold war stuff - I don't know about the new ones written by a new author - I haven't checked them out.
    - George Orwell, Animal Farm or 1984
    - Fahrenheit 451 is cool and twisted

    As you can tell I'm more of a classics lover :-)
    PS - I love Harry Potter and Anne Rice too but I don't think those are "heavy" reads!


    1984 <3
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    The Life of Pi

    Anything by George Orwell

    Hitchikers guide was very good

    Game of Thrones is amazing

    Celestine Prophecies (the first one, the rest get a little preachy)

    The BFG - Roald Dahl

    The Lorax

    Oryx and Crake & The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood

    Hunger Games (the movie sucked however the books are awesome)

    The Iliad

    Count of Monte Cristo (huge book but very easy to read)

    No Logo

    Wicked

    Fahrenheit 451

    The Scarlet Letter

    A Confederacy of Dunces

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    God is not Great

    Brave New World

    Satanic Verses


    I only put a few authors name's in case you didn't recognize the title, if you want I can message you the rest of the authors
  • LordByproduct
    LordByproduct Posts: 117
    Siddhartha by herman hesse , the hithhikers guide to the universe, seat of the soul by gary zukov, fear and loathing in los vegas by hunter thompson, art of happiness by the dalai lama
  • jazzalea
    jazzalea Posts: 412 Member
    The stone angel by Marguerite Lawrence.....a must read....and don`t skimp and watch the movie dammit!
    :flowerforyou:
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    Siddhartha by herman hesse

    Yes, that was a very good book too
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    50 shades of grey for sure :P
    everyone needs a christian grey :)
    If you ever actually had a Christian Grey, you would not want him.
  • smily_001
    smily_001 Posts: 131 Member
    Ah I can't really say what everyone should read since I don't know too many people who like what I read. Hmm would reccomend "Killing me softly", "The secret smile", "Catch me when I fall" By Nikki French. Kind of twisted but a great read.

    Also Joudi Piccoult books. She deals with a lot of controversial subjects and most of her books get you thinking. "My sisters keeper" is amazing (Haven't seen the film" Keeping faith", "Picture perfect" etc. I love reading.

    I LOVE Jodi Piccoult! Have you read mercy?
  • supahstar71
    supahstar71 Posts: 926 Member
    Running with Scissors, Augusten Burroughs :drinker:
  • Mendelianparakeets
    Mendelianparakeets Posts: 45 Member
    Fahrenheit 451, Dandelion Wine, Galapagos, Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle, Sirens of Titan, Lolita...

    yeah, I love books.


    Also,listen or read any of the poetry by Buddy Wakefield and Andrea Gibson. A-FREAKING-MAZING!
    Even better when you listen to it.
  • rhvandan
    rhvandan Posts: 185
    Anything written by AJ Jacobs is entertaining and educational... if only slightly. I usually have to have tissues nearby because I laugh so hard when I read his stuff.

    The Monk Who sold his Ferrari is a good one.

    If you're willing to commit to some time, read "Shantaram" by Gregory David Roberts.
  • rhvandan
    rhvandan Posts: 185
    some of my favorites are dystopian novels which are :
    Ender's Game
    Mazerunner (the trilogy) by james dashner
    Unwind by Neal Shusterman (it a trilogy too, book 2 just came out)
    Divergent (trilogy) by Veronica Roth
    :)

    i loved the Mazerunner trilogy as well!
  • Chipmaniac
    Chipmaniac Posts: 642 Member
    "The God Delusion" - Richard Dawkins
  • msnewzealand
    msnewzealand Posts: 3 Member
    To Kill a Mockingbird. I read it in high school for English class and it has stuck with me ever since as one of the most poignant books I have ever read. I may just read it again to see how my teenage mind compares to my almost-40 mind.
  • Mendelianparakeets
    Mendelianparakeets Posts: 45 Member
    Great thing about Kur Vonnegut...he's blunt, he's matter-of-fact, he's funny. Every time I read him, it doesn't even feel like I'm reading, but at the same time it does.
  • CharlieBarleyMom
    CharlieBarleyMom Posts: 727 Member
    Atlas Shrugged

    My middle name is Ayn because my father was reading that book when they were bandying about names for me... yet I only just downloaded it and I cannot get past the first 2 pages... I'm an AVID reader... what's the clue to this one?

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