And yes, I can have a Christmas list...I am only 17, lol.
At the moment I have 9 books picked out (4 of which I have already read once and the rest I have been wanting to read)..here they are:
1. Republic by Plato
2. The Neurotics Notebook
3. The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
4. Critique of Pure Reason by Immanual Kant
5. Key Philosophical Writings by Descartes
6. The City of God by St. Augustine
7. The World as Will and Representation by Schopenhaur
8. Utopia by Thomas More
9. War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy
I like a magnitude of books...at the moment I am reading Oedipus Rex but just finished a biography of Jim Morrison.
The only kinds of books I don't really like are romance and science fiction novels.
So, what are some books you would suggest?
2006-12-05 16:15:26 · 11 answers · asked by Led*Zep*Babe 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Jake, I already have the Iliad but Fathers and Sons is something I don't so thanks....and thanks to everyone else so far also!
2006-12-05 16:21:37 · update #1
1. Confessions--St. Augustine (if you like City of God)
2. The Brothers Karamozov--Fyodor Dostoevsky (I prefer it to War and Peace, but that's a matter of opinion...supposedly Dostoevsky's best, but Notes from Underground and Crime and Punishment are also good)
3. Fathers and Sons--Turgenev (whoever suggested this knows what they're talking about...)
4. Orthodoxy--G.K. Chesterton (I found this VERY insightful)
2006-12-06 14:33:48 · answer #1 · answered by just an inkling 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a heavy reading list.
Along those lines, I'd add
On the Nature of Things by Lucretius, and
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev.
Lucretius wrote 2000 years ago on particle physics and philosophy, and Fathers and Sons tackles generational conflict in a way that still seems fresh.
You might also try Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. It's a dark western that's a really difficult read, but very rewarding.
Or if you want something light and funny, go for Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. It's a memoir about the author's crazy childhood. It's really funny, and some of the anecdotes are almost beyond belief. Plus, it'll really make you appreciate your parents.
2006-12-05 16:19:03 · answer #2 · answered by jake806 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try some light reading.
Maybe a mystery or comedy.
My favorite book:
The Maltese Falcon by Dashell Hammet
Easy reading crime/comedies:
Any of these by Donald Westlake:
The Hot Rock
Bank Shot
Jimmy the Kid
Nobody's Perfect
Why Me?
Good Behavior
Drowned Hopes
Don't Ask
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Bad News
The Road to Ruin
Watch Your Back!
Anything by Robert B. Parker (Spenser novels) - Easy, usually very enjoyable read
Anything by Erle Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason novels) intelligent mysteries (especially those written as E.E. Fair)
Anything by Rex Stout (Nero Wolfe novels)
The rabbi novels by Harry Kemmelman - not mysteries per se but enjoyable reads.
Murder with Peacocks or any other novel by Donna Andrews
Anything by Tony Hillerman
2006-12-05 18:11:26 · answer #3 · answered by dropkick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wild swans by Jung Chang
Understanding power: the indispensable chomsky by Noam Chomsky
The age of consent by Naomi Klein
The Inheritors by William golding
2006-12-06 00:25:31 · answer #4 · answered by nat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Divine Comedy by Dante and The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
2006-12-05 16:26:41 · answer #5 · answered by Laurie V 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Phenomenology of Spirit by G.W.F. Hegel
2006-12-05 21:22:17 · answer #6 · answered by silverside 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Book of Mormon
2006-12-05 17:27:40 · answer #7 · answered by CurledWolf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a million little pieces.
i dont care if he did make stuff up, its a good read regardless of whether it should be classified as nonfiction or fiction.
2006-12-05 16:19:11 · answer #8 · answered by leksa27 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a large selection to choose from on http://www.bowbridgepublishing.com
2006-12-05 20:06:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
orwells 1984 if you havent already read it.
2006-12-05 16:17:19 · answer #10 · answered by man_in_the_box2590 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋