What books do you think ever human being should be required to read?

Question

Ok, here are the perimeters. No religious books per se. I know you think the Bible, the Quaran, the gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster ect hold all truth, so there is no point in listing those. I want from 1 to 5 books. I will start with one, "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut. The books dont have to be fiction. I am asking because I think this can give us insight into each other.

Oops! I mispelled every. I am a knucklehead.

Answer 1

1984
Animal Farm
Mein Kampf
Some of the selected works of Mao
Wage Labor and Capital/ Value Price and Profit by Karl Marx
Foundations of Leninism by Joseph Stalin
The State and Revolution by V.I. Lenin
I think if people read these types of things they would see more clearly where many of our current political ideas and problems originated and would be far less apathetic. Maybe then we could learn to stop arguing over ideological differences so we can work together with our philosophical similarities, especially since most of us of any belief love freedom.

Answer 2

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene
The Sportswriter, Independence Day, and The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford.

Granted, that's seven, but the last three are a series.

Answer 3

None come to mind, because people will resent being "required" to read a specific book.

BTW, the Bible is by far the best selling book of all time, and would be on the annual best seller's list if it wasn't excluded. You really can't understand Western culture without being informed about what the Bible teaches.

I infer from your question that you are a skeptic, or at least indifferent to Christianity. I would recommend something like, "Now That's a Good Question" by R.C. Sproul.

Answer 4

Four serious:
A People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn
The Age of Consent - George Monbiot
1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell
No Logo - Naomi Klein

And one REALLY funny:
The Big Over Easy - Jasper Fforde.

Answer 5

GOD made you free. You can read any book you want.

It is possible to read all of GOD's Word without ever opening the Bible. This is because it is the most loved, copied, and quoted book. It is possible to compile and entire New Testament from extant letters that pastors wrote in the second and third century.

Despite your insistence on "no religious book", humanity has chosen the Bible hands down because it is the most read book. To this day, the Bible is ALWAYS the number one best seller. It is true every year, but usually not reported correctly by the media. Every year the Bible outsells every other book.

The answer to your question is obvious.

Answer 6

Dune, Jonathan livingston Seagull, Catcher in the Rye, Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas, Even Cowgirls get the Blues, Space, and Whirlwind.

Answer 7

Lord of the Flies

The Time Machine

Starship Troopers

Alice in Wonderland series.

Dude, where's my country

Answer 8

I think every one should be required to The Complete Unabridged Works of Dr. Suess.

Answer 9

Try to read "Volga to Ganges" by Rahul Sankittayan; i think this book give u a chance to know our cultural root and development. if u find interest then plz mail me: [e-mail]; i wanna know which i like any other like it or not. (NB. one thing... i read the book in my language in translated form. Rahul is indian writer who wrote the book in english)

Answer 10

The Bible.

I also think that "dark blue: color me lonely" by Melody Carlson is an AWESOME book. All of Melody's books are amazing. They are more for teenage girls than guys. But they are definitely my favorite!