The one book everyone should read?!?

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  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
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    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: 135 Member
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    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
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    Running with Scissors, Augusten Burroughs :drinker:
  • Mendelianparakeets
    Mendelianparakeets Posts: 45 Member
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    "The God Delusion" - Richard Dawkins
  • msnewzealand
    msnewzealand Posts: 3 Member
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    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
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    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
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    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?
  • PetulantOne
    PetulantOne Posts: 2,131 Member
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    Atlas Shrugged

    This!! Although if you aren't a big reader it might be hard. It's a long book, but it's sooo worth it. And very relevant.
  • forgtmenot
    forgtmenot Posts: 860 Member
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    "100 years of solitude"- Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Very long book but definitely worth it, probably one of the best books I've read)

    "Midwives"- Chris Bohjalian

    "Dandelion Wine"- Ray Bradbury

    "The Great Gatsby"- F. Scott Fitzgerald

    I read Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and the second one, whatever it's called. They are both really good but a little drawn out for your "average reader".

    And I'm sure there's more I can't think of atm

    ETA: OH! and anything by Josilyn Jackson if you're from the South or have lived in the South. Especially Gods in Alabama. I've read all of her books.
  • PetulantOne
    PetulantOne Posts: 2,131 Member
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    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?

    Keep going. Get past the first chapter. If you're a reader you will be very glad you did. It's so amazing I couldn't read anything else after it for months. Ayn was a genius. Have you read any of her other books?
  • paint_it_black
    paint_it_black Posts: 208 Member
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    I just came here because I want to see how many people say 50 Shades of Grey....

    I'm very afraid that someone might genuinely suggest it :/

    I second The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    If you like off the wall humour then Mort by Terry Pratchett is a great read

    ANYTHING by Terry Pratchett, he's probably the most under rated author to come out of Britain.
  • PetulantOne
    PetulantOne Posts: 2,131 Member
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    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.

    I want to read the Hunger Games Trilogy next. I just got done with The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo trilogy.
  • julimonster
    julimonster Posts: 243 Member
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    I borrowed a Jo Nesbo bool from my dad and really got into it - so I would reccomend anything by him, "The Snowman" is one of the ones I remember off the top of my head
  • wastelander92
    wastelander92 Posts: 25 Member
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    I'm a bookworm, reading is so much fun ^.^
    1984 by George Orwell is for sure a book everyone should read
  • PetulantOne
    PetulantOne Posts: 2,131 Member
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    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

    I like the way you read. :wink:
  • chubbygirl253
    chubbygirl253 Posts: 1,309 Member
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    Classics? I love The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck but I know it isn't everyone's cup of tea.
    For not so much a classic have you considered Phillip Roth? He's a genius in my opinion and not given nearly enough credit. (Some of his books are highly sexual like Sabbath's Theatre and somewhat Portnoy's Complaint but he writes other stuff too.) The first book I read by him was Everyman. It was very good but my ultimate favorite is American Pastoral. It is poignant and well written and thought provoking. You must read at least Phillip Roth book in your life. You probably won't stop with one.
  • ahsongbird
    ahsongbird Posts: 712 Member
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    Rose Madder by Stephen King <3<3<3

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