Book recommendation....?

Question

I want to read a book that makes me think....and makes me question things around me, any ideas...?????

(suitable for ages 17-25)

Answer 1

The Grapes of Wrath---about the depression
Atlas Shrugged
War and Peace
1984

Answer 2

Given I read so much, here is a decent booklist:

Chocolat – Joanne Harris (the gypsy was based on me)

Unusual Point of View:

Skepticism – Bo Fowler (main character is a supermarket trolley)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – J. Safran Foer (main character is a boy whose dad called from World Trade Centre and left an answer phone message)

British:

Hemmingway’s Chair – Michael Palin
Not the End of the World – Christopher Brookmyre
White Teeth – Zadie Smith
Making History – Stephen Fry
Popcorn – Ben Elton

International:

The Ringmaster’s Daughter – Jostein Gaarder
Memoirs of a Geisha – Authur Golden

Well paced:

Jonathon Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach*
The Beach – Alex Garland
Life of Pi – Yarn Merkel
The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemmingway *
Flud – Hilary Mantel

Non Fiction:

Round Ireland with a Fridge – Tony Hawks
Kitchen Confidential – Anthony Bourdain
Playing the Moldavian’s at Tennis – Tony Hawks
Fever Pitch – Nick Hornby

Classics:

Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll *
Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
Madame Bouvary – Gustave Flaubert
Gormenghast Trilogy – Mervin Peake
I, Robot – Isaac Asimov

Humor:

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1st three books in the trilogy) – Douglas Adams
A Book of Nonsense – Mervin Peake *

Detective:

Complicity – Iain Banks
Filth – Irvine Welsh
Inspector Rebus novels – Ian Rankin

* books that I read cover to cover without putting down

Source(s):

my 360 Blog

Answer 3

Non fiction
The Holy Bible
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Fiction
The Locket by Evans
Joshua by Girzone
Ferenheit 451
All the way Home by Tatlock
The Joy Luck Club by Tan
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Smith
Christy by Marshall
Jullie by Marshall
The Chronicles of Narnia

Answer 4

"A World Lit Only By Fire" by William Manchester. It reads like a novel but is a history of Europe moving from the Dark Ages to the Renaissance.

Answer 5

I recommend The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. (http://www.amazon.com/Handmaids-Tale-Novel-Margaret-Atwood/dp/038549081X/sr=8-2/qid=1171555482/ref=pd_bbs_2/105-3463429-1493239?ie=UTF8&s=books) It's a modern classic set in the USA in the near future, when the US has become a Christian nation. It's the story of one woman, Offred, who tries to survive and rescue her child while trying to escape. Really good novel about what can happen when religious ideas are taken to extremes.

Answer 6

Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth Goudge

Answer 7

1984 and Brave New World are good for that if you haven't read those. Also try anything by Kurt Vonnegut. A really deep one is The Fountainhead. I haven't read Ayn Rand's other books, but I hear Atlas Shrugged is even deeper than Fountainhead.

Answer 8

I may be interpreting your question differently than the others. I read a nonfiction book called The Secret. Its about the secret to life. It makes you think about yourself and the direction of your life. Sylvia Brown and John Edward's books make me think a lot about the things around me.

Answer 9

The Purpose Driven Life - Rick Warren

http://www.purposedriven.com/en-US/Resources/ProductDetail.htm?sku=PB500100

This is an outline of the book.

http://www.purposedriven.com/en-US/AboutUs/PDintheNews/Archives/Whatonearth.htm

Answer 10

Harry Potter, King Fortis the Brave and Eragon are all great