Men and their favorite books

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  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
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    I'm not a guy, but every guy I've ever dated has had one thing in common. Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. :love:
  • kyodi
    kyodi Posts: 376 Member
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    Bump for after my move.
  • JDMPWR
    JDMPWR Posts: 1,863 Member
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    I'm not a guy, but every guy I've ever dated has had one thing in common. Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. :love:

    Sounds lame....:)
  • sillygoose1977
    sillygoose1977 Posts: 2,151 Member
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    Seriously?! No one has mentioned Brad Thor or Vince Flynn novels?!

    My BF reads this crap all the time. He also reads Laurel Hamilton though. :laugh:
  • AtticusFinch
    AtticusFinch Posts: 1,263 Member
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    I've nearly reached page 6 of 'Janet and John go Quantity Surveying'.

    It was a bit slow to start with, but just got exciting after Spot caught the ball
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
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    Seriously?! No one has mentioned Brad Thor or Vince Flynn novels?!
    My BF reads this crap all the time. He also reads Laurel Hamilton though. :laugh:
    CRAP?! Dude...
  • kmarx65
    kmarx65 Posts: 28
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    If you like info on different personalities you might enjoy "Showing Our True Colors" by Mary Miscisin. Easy read and a lot of fun!
  • alex215
    alex215 Posts: 518 Member
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    World War Z
    Then Zombie Survival Guide
    Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.
    Anything by Chuck Palahniuk (except Pygmy)
    The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

    just a few books i have read recently
  • joamarelo
    joamarelo Posts: 161
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    Does Playboy count as a book....


    Or can we at least say it counts as a book :tongue:


    LOL! epic win
  • zombiesama
    zombiesama Posts: 755 Member
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    The dark tower series by Steven king
  • TDGee
    TDGee Posts: 2,209 Member
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    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
    ket_the_jet Posts: 1,257 Member
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    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
  • luvJOJO
    luvJOJO Posts: 1,881 Member
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    bump - my dad LOVES to read and I'm always looking for new books to get him...sweet!!
  • ket_the_jet
    ket_the_jet Posts: 1,257 Member
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    bump - my dad LOVES to read and I'm always looking for new books to get him...sweet!!

    Holy thread necromancy, Batman!
    -wtk
  • seventwenty
    seventwenty Posts: 565 Member
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    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
    amh83 Posts: 15
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    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
    ket_the_jet Posts: 1,257 Member
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    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
    amh83 Posts: 15
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    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
    beeblebrox82 Posts: 578 Member
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    Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams :heart:
  • mznisaelaine
    mznisaelaine Posts: 2,262 Member
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    OMGOSH a guy who reads BOOKS (not just magazines) but actually read BOOKS are so hot! Very attactive :)

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