i am open to any suggestions, whether it be fiction, non-fiction, sci-fi, or even educational, i want to start reading at least 1 book a week depending on the subject. i am really into music and art, so i will accept many recommendations!!!
2006-12-11 02:50:01 · 10 answers · asked by knickcelticyankee 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Sci-Fi Fic
Try anything from Olson Scott Card or Neil Gaiman
I'd recommend Ender's Game or Hart's Hope by Card and American Gods by Gaiman
Classics
Shakespeare -- begin with R&J and move on to Macbeth
I prefer the Bronte sisters and Austen but it's pretty "girly"
Victor Hugo's classics such as Les Miserables and Hunchback of Notre Dame can be very intersting.
Samuel Johnson's writings for enlightenment.
I would highly recommend getting any highschool reading list. It's a great place to start. Then you can move on to course lists from any colleges.
Non-Fiction
Autobiography of Malcolm X
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Fast Food Nation
anything by Chomsky
People's History of the U.S.
Fiction
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Confederacy of Dunces
American Psycho
The Corrections
Graphic Novels
MAUS
Gaiman's Sandman series.
2006-12-11 03:44:34 · answer #1 · answered by SammyK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby is very much about music, about a new, modern definition of males as vulnerable beings.
If you like it, try About a Boy, also by Nick Hornby. I like it even better.
Completely different, but also worth reading: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, by Mark Haddon. Hilarious and heart-breaking at he same time.
An older classic: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams.
Hope I have helped. Enjoy your reading!
2006-12-11 11:15:55 · answer #2 · answered by saehli 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. A Brief History of Everything by Ken Wilber
2. The Language of God by Francis S. Collins
2006-12-11 10:57:46 · answer #3 · answered by Ralph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are looking for enlightenment, definately check out Essential Teachings or An Open Heart by the Dalai Lama.
And good luck on your quest for open-mindedness : D
2006-12-11 11:37:21 · answer #4 · answered by Laralou`07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman,
Freakonomics is really interesting too,
any book by Russell Banks or Sylvia Plath,
Stuart: A life backwords, by Alexander Masterson,
Kite Runner was really good (author? not sure)
Those are the last couple I've read. I'd recommend them to anyone who is looking for something 'different'.
2006-12-11 10:55:22 · answer #5 · answered by westsidesnowgirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read Sleeping, Dreaming and Dying an Exploration of Consciousness with The Dalai Lama....very enlightening..really gives you a grasp of what "being" is...
2006-12-11 11:48:04 · answer #6 · answered by MELONIE T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Anthem" by Ayn Rand
"Everyday Enlightenment" by Dan Millman
"Lies My Teahcer Told Me" by James W. Loewen
"Against The Day" by Thomas Pynchon
"After This" by Alice McDermott
"Widdershins" by Charles DeLint
"The Agony and the Ecstasy" by Irving Stone
"Catch 22" by Joseph Heller
"Out of the Silent Plant", "Perelandra", "That Hideous Strength" (a trilogy) by C. S. Lewis
"Tender is the Night" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2006-12-11 14:07:39 · answer #7 · answered by aidan402 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you really want to get your mind to be enlighten then you can read the great 'Bhagvadgeeta' ,religious book but it teaches lessons of living life.
You can try Sherlock Holmes and Da Vinci Code.
2006-12-11 12:49:14 · answer #8 · answered by neesha 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the giver, gathering blue, numbering the stars by loius lowery
2006-12-11 10:56:08 · answer #9 · answered by bnay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
read Goethe.
2006-12-11 12:41:12 · answer #10 · answered by sofista 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋