Okay, I love reading. And my Honors World Studies class requires us to read a independent book. But I cannot decide what to read! I like Anne Rice, A Clockwork Orange, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, and things of that sort. So, what book would you reccommend for me to read? When considering what to suggest, remember what books I like. Danke.
2006-09-09 04:56:00 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
If you like A Clockwork Orange, try another dystopia: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley or Neuromancer by William Gibson or Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. These all take place in dark potential futures that are similar in tone to A Clockwork Orange.
If you like Anne Rice's dark fantasy, try Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, which is about a dark world under London and the people who live there. Same goes for King Rat by China Mieville, although I really prefer Neverwhere.
And if you enjoy Lord of the Flies, We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver is a dark and disturbing look at adolescence. I stayed up all night trying to finish it and was blown away by it. It raises a lot of issues about modern life and modern families and power structures within families.
2006-09-09 05:10:27 · answer #1 · answered by Rose D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read something that is World Studies related. "A Clockwork Orange" or "Animal Farm" both are good books and would relate to the class
2006-09-09 11:59:57 · answer #2 · answered by katlvr125 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1984 by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
On a side note, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is an excellent shorter science fiction novel that deals with a lot of humanity. Or try Foundation by Isaac Asimov.
2006-09-09 14:08:02 · answer #3 · answered by hisprincess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since you mentioned that you like Animal Farm, have you read 1984? It is one of my all-time favorites. I adore Orwell. Another book that you just can't go wrong with is The Catcher in the Rye.
2006-09-09 11:59:24 · answer #4 · answered by Obi_San 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
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Heralded as the "best book on the dope decade" by the New York Times Book Review, Hunter S. Thompson's documented drug orgy through Las Vegas would no doubt leave Nancy Reagan blushing and D.A.R.E. founders rethinking their motto. Under the pseudonym of Raoul Duke, Thompson travels with his Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo, in a souped-up convertible dubbed the "Great Red Shark." In its trunk, they stow "two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full of cocaine and a whole galaxy of multicolored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers.... A quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls," which they manage to consume during their short tour.
2006-09-09 12:05:56 · answer #5 · answered by Ralph 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just finished the last of the Vampire Chronicles. Blackwood Farm and Blood Canitcle. I enjoyed them both, they were quick reads.
2006-09-09 12:02:30 · answer #6 · answered by Val 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magic Men by W. Korol Selley
2006-09-10 00:19:44 · answer #7 · answered by Call Me Babs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A biography of Charles Darwin.
2006-09-09 17:03:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should read State of Fear by Michael Crichton. It's very hard to put down and will make you wonder if everything you think you know is true.
2006-09-09 12:02:45 · answer #9 · answered by g's girl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you read A Catcher In The Rye, by J.D. Salinger? It is a classic and full of interesting insights.
2006-09-09 12:02:41 · answer #10 · answered by Country Boy 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋