Another person did this a couple of days ago but i'd like to do one too.
5 Fiction books, I read alot so pick some obscure ones!
4 Non-Fiction or Biographys
3 Books by one paticular good author
3 Plays
Thanks dradhsfdhdf
2006-10-25 14:30:18 · 14 answers · asked by The Young Philosopher 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
5 fictions books:
1) As I lay dying (by Faulkner) -- it's a dark comedy...
2) Canterbury Tales (by Chaucer) -- it's bawdy (must get the uncensored version)
3) Pale Fire (by Nabokov) -- an absolute must read -- darkly hilarious
4) St. Urbain's Horseman (by Mordecai Richler) -- mordant
5) The Odyssey (Homer)
4 Non fiction
1) The Elegant Universe (by Brian Greene)
2) Parasite Rex (by Carl Zimmer) -- this book will change the way you think about biology
3) The Millennium Problems (by Keith Devlin) -- the top math problems, yet to be solved
4) Einstein's Cosmos (by Michio Kahu)
3 books by a good author:
1) Crime and Punishment (by Dostoyevsky)
2) The Brothers Karamazov (by Dostoyevsky)
3) Notes from Underground (by Dostoyevsky)
3 Plays:
1) Henry !V (by Shakespeare) -- one MUST know/encounter Falstaff
2) The Bacchae (by Euripedes)
3) The Three Sisters (by Chekhov)
2006-10-25 15:19:16 · answer #1 · answered by abbie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey - you already have some good ones - other than the Godfather series; just a personal predjudice.
5 fictions: A Seperate Peace, John Knowles
The Dazzle of the Light, Patrick Heggarty
Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy,
Fight Club, Can't spell his name (sorry)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, Peter Hodges
4 bios
"A Heartwrenching Tale of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers (GREAT)
Running With Scissors, Augusten Burroughs
2006-10-26 07:27:59 · answer #2 · answered by isaidno 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5 fiction books
Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
Warriors Series by Erin Hunter
Guardians of Ga'Hoole by Kathryn Lasky
The Farsala Trilogy by Hilari Bell
The Inheritance Trilogy Christopher Paolini
3 Books by one good author
The Sight by David Clement-Davies
Fire Bringer by David Clement-Davies
The Telling Pool David Clement-Davies
4 Non-Fiction
That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton
Daniel's Story by Carol Matas
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
Mississippi Trial, 1955 by Chris Crowe
3 Plays
A Midsummer's Night Dream by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
2006-10-25 22:06:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I enjoyed all of these...
Map Of Bones, by James Rollins.
The Crytponomicron, or Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson.
Angels and Demons, or The DaVinci Code, by Dan Brown.
Neverwhere, or American Gods, by Neil Gaiman.
Mind Hacks, by Tom Stafford and Matt Webb.
Night Watch, Thief Of Time, or Jingo, by Terry Pratchett.
The Ingenuity Gap, by Thomas Homer Dixon.
The Hobbit, or the L.O.T.R. series, by Tolkien.
The Harry Potter series, by Rowlings.
The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, by Adams.
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell.
Velocity, by Dean Koontz.
There is also a book that Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman did together called Good Omens, which was a good read.
Choose one or all.... You should find them to be good reads.
CyberNara
2006-10-25 22:16:25 · answer #4 · answered by Joe K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paulo Coelho- the alchemist,
Charlotte bronte- Jane Eyre
Ernest hemingway- The sun also rises
Frank Mcourt- angelas ashes
J. R. R. Tolken - the hobbit
Lance Armstrong- Its not about the bike
Mya Angelou- i know why the caged bird sings
Jamie Oliver _ happy days with the naked chef ( i know its a cook book, but its a great one)
Rebecca West- black lamb and grey falcon
hmmm. i'll do paulo again
Veronca decides to die, eleven minutes and the valkeries
hamlet
macbeth
its not a play but a must read
little prince
2006-10-25 22:13:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Otori Trilogy by Lian Hearn
Troy by David Gemmell
Armageddon's Children by Terry Brooks
Catch a Fire by Shawn Slovo
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
The Human Story by James C Davis ( I literally could not put this one down)
Check out books by Anne Mustoe.
(I own hundreds of books but my preference is ... How to...)
2006-10-25 22:03:56 · answer #6 · answered by Freddy F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fiction-
the Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Lightning (Dean Coontz)
Suikoden III
the Secret (Julie Garwood - a romance novel, but hilarious)
To Have and Have Not (Hemmingway)
Non-Fiction-
Who's Looking Out For You? (Bill O'Reilly)
Magick, Mavericks, and Mayhem (Cathy Cobb)
Culture Warrior (Bill O'Reilly)
anything about mythology or history
by Tolkien-
the Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales (any of them)
the Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Plays-
Othello (Shakespear)
the Million-Heirs (I forget)
Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespear)
How are these? *grins*
2006-10-25 21:52:08 · answer #7 · answered by Deus Maxwell 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Canticle for Lebowitz
Jennifer Government, Max Barry
I have so many other books but they are all packed away, I'll try to think of more.
2006-10-25 21:45:24 · answer #8 · answered by marie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4. A season on the reservation- Kareem Abdul Jabbar
2006-10-25 21:34:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Iliad and Odyssey must be read....again. These two poems were the spark that ignited modern thought and the beginnings of Western tradition that we currently enjoy.
2006-10-25 21:44:06 · answer #10 · answered by ULTIMATEMEANING 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋