Those who are familiar with Rory's book club list from Gilmore girls. I talking about something like that but, your own opinion.
2007-02-05 07:03:16 · 9 answers · asked by mpatt52 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Such as classics like shakespeare and stuff like that.
2007-02-05 07:14:59 · update #1
Meno, by Plato
Hamlet, by William Shakespeare
The books of Genesis & Mark, from the Bible
Howl, by Allen Ginsberg
The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Elements (books 1-3) by Euclid
Night of the Iguana, by Tennessee Williams
Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon
The Theban Plays and Philoctetes, by Sophocles
Riders To the Sea, by John Millington Synge
The Sonnets of William Shakespeare
Conic Sections, Appolonius
The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot
How to Read a Book, by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren
2007-02-05 07:19:24 · answer #1 · answered by nbsandiego 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Covey
It is a very practical book that I think everyone should read, preferably before the age of 21.
For classic literature,
The Scarlett Letter
A Christmas Carol
Girl of the Limberlost
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
In His Steps
Christy
Ferenheight 451
any Jane Austen book
Oliver Twist
Rebecca
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Pollyanna
Treasure Island
The Old Man and the Sea
The Lady of Shallot
Paradise Lost
Other non fiction:
The Holy Bible,especially the books of Proverbs and Romans
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Hiding Place
autobio of Rosa Parks
2007-02-05 09:41:49 · answer #2 · answered by Puff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Pride and Prejudice OR Northanger Abby by Jane Austen
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Labryinths by Jorge Borges
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Carroll
Animal Farm by Orwell
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris
works by Flannery O'Connor
works by John Steinbeck
It would probably be good to read Jane Eyre, but on the other hand, I really, really disliked it. . .and was very discouraged after trying to read it. However I do recommend The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. This book made me have to go back to reread portions of Jane Eyre, and I began to appreciate it a bit more.
Probably you should also read Lord of the Flies, but I personally detested this book so much and still do. Some people really like it, though. It's up to you.
These are all the titles I can think of for now.
2007-02-05 10:06:16 · answer #3 · answered by Piaz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. The Federalist Papers
2. Protecting The Gift by Gavin
3. The Republic by Plato
4. The One Minute Manager (and then compare it to Management 101 and 102 - 2 semesters of crap in a 60 page book!)
DON'T read anything by:
--Carlos Casteneda
--Jack Kerouac
--Tom Robbins
just hippies trying to relive the Sixties
2007-02-05 07:15:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've gotten some good suggestions already (and some odd ones, but that's ok), but how about some others:
Norton's Anthologies of American Literature and British Literature, to give you a "taste" of American and English authors
Works by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Rosario Ferre, and Isabel Allende, to give you some Latin-American perspectives
The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli
The Republic, by Plato
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
You can also check with your local library's reference librarian -- they probably have a list of classics not only from Western literature but also Asian and African.
2007-02-05 10:18:22 · answer #5 · answered by bluestocking1967 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
The "His Dark Materials" trilogy by Philip Pullman
"American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
Anything by Jane Austen
At least one novel by Charles Dickens
"Bluebeard" by Kurt Vonnegut
2007-02-05 07:14:24 · answer #6 · answered by Kate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its called
Every Young Womans Battle
it helped me a lot with dealing with guys. of course when i ws 17 i thought i knew everything about them...that was until i got played...and then i thought "oh...i know what to do now..." and of course that didnt work either. this book TRUELY changed my life by showing me the difference between what i THINK I'm saying about myself and what i'm REALLY projecting about myself. if i could give this book to every girl i know i would.
2007-02-05 07:13:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crime and Punishment by fyodor dostoyevsky is a must read
2007-02-05 10:33:00 · answer #8 · answered by slinda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you already have an idea of what your major is going to be...I would base my book selection upon what it is.
2007-02-05 07:10:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋