What are some important books you've read?

Question

1984- The most significant novel you will ever read

Fahrenheit 451- A cry against censorship

Battle Royale- Just like the movie, it makes you question what you would do in that setting

Superman: Red Son- Reveals what damage even a well-meaning individual can do

Autobiography of Malcolm X: Even if you've hit rock bottom, you can always rise to the top

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Shows the callous cruelty of regulation

Maus- The effects of tragedies may stay with you for the rest of your life

Pet Semetary- What's truly scary isn't the known; it's the unknown

The Girl Next Door- Monsters aren't just the things lurking in your closet. They're also the things next door.

V For Vendetta: Anarchy does not mean chaos. It means no oppression.

Animal Farm- Because there will always be those hungry for power among man (and animal)

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Your list is fantastic. Most are important books. Some are more light fiction. But good going. Great start.

As for the poster above me - while Twilight is a good beach read and entertaining, it is not an important work of literature. Never will be. This poster asked about important works of literature.

For right now, the most important work I have read recently is The Road by Cormac Mc Carthy. It just won the Pulitzer Prize plus the most prestigious prize in Great Britain. It is a true classic like the books on your list. Then The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. The two of them are destined to be classics. About as close to perfect as contemporary books come.

Beyond that - William Faulkner - As I Lay Dying and The Sound and the Fury are both very important reads. You should experience one of the world's greatest author's technique - stream of consciousness writing. Mr. Faulkner will grab you and pull you into his stories and not let go until he is ready to. Then I would say East of Eden by Steinbeck. A beautifully written story based on Cain and Abel from the Bible. After that - something Hemingway. The Old Man and the Sea, To Have and Have Not or the Nick Adams Collection would do, but The Sun Also Rises and others are great too. Then Toni Morrison - Beloved which won the Pulitzer and Song of Solomon. Then some Alice Walker - The Color Purple ... And if you can get through all of those, I will add some more. But PLEASE start with The Road. It is brilliant. Pax - C

Answer 3

Adding to your list:
A Time for Killing by John Grisham - Powerful book.
The Stand by Stephen King - Armaggedon in modern times.
Rose Madder by Stephen King - Abused wife triumphs.
The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks - Modern 1984
The Hobbitt and the Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien - Great Tale.
Narnia - CS Lewis Another Great Tale along biblical lines.
I Agree with Persiphone in Regards to "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy. It was perhaps the best book I've read in qiuite some time albeit a dismal tale but powerful. The ending is terrific.

Answer 4

I agree with much of your list, so leaves little room for much improvement.

I guess I'd add:
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel G. Marquez-families aren't always what they seem

"Teacher Man" by Frank McCourt-a man who's essentially an Irish immigrant tries higher education & we see what he gets out of it.

"The Catcher In the Rye" by J.D. Salinger-who's phony to a young man, and who is very real.

"What's Bred In the Bone" by Robertson Davies-friends or not?...and as they grow older... It's first of a series but can stand alone too. Davies a great author, as they all are. Weird things abound.

"Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison...yeah

"The Color Purple" by Alice Walker-got to have that history of another one down then...a woman here

Answer 5

Read "Interview with the Vampire" by Anne Rice. If vampires are your thing, this is what you should read. It's a classic!

And for those of you saying that you should read Twilight, I must suggest this book. This is definitely more in depth on the nature of vampires, and description is definitely sensual and compelling.

Something that should definitely be read!

Answer 6

I agree about Animal Farm. That was a great book. I also think Lord of the Flies is an important book.

Answer 7

Collapse-Jerod Diamond
About how societies throughout history have knowingly made bad choices that have lead to their demise.

Edward Abbey & Charles Bukowski for fun.

Answer 8

Night by Elie Wiesel. Very good read. Graphic and Horrific!

Answer 9

i kno this answer looks pretty long but deffinately read this. the book is called twilight by stephenie meyer. i swear this is the best book ever! the second book is called new moon and the third and newest book is eclipse. here is an exerpt and summary of twilight
"Softly he brushed my cheek, then held my face between his marble hands. 'Be very still,' he whispered, as if I wasn't already frozen. Slowly, never moving his eyes from mine, he leaned toward me. Then abruptly, but very gently, he rested his cold cheek against the hollow at the base of my throat."
As Shakespeare knew, love burns high when thwarted by obstacles. In Twilight, an exquisite fantasy by Stephenie Meyer, readers discover a pair of lovers who are supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love. But Edward is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him, because--he's a vampire. At any moment, the intensity of their passion could drive him to kill her, and he agonizes over the danger. But, Bella would rather be dead than part from Edward, so she risks her life to stay near him, and the novel burns with the erotic tension of their dangerous and necessarily chaste relationship.
Meyer has achieved quite a feat by making this scenario completely human and believable. She begins with a familiar YA premise (the new kid in school), and lulls us into thinking this will be just another realistic young adult novel. Bella has come to the small town of Forks on the gloomy Olympic Peninsula to be with her father. At school, she wonders about a group of five remarkably beautiful teens, who sit together in the cafeteria but never eat. As she grows to know, and then love, Edward, she learns their secret. They are all rescued vampires, part of a family headed by saintly Carlisle, who has inspired them to renounce human prey. For Edward's sake they welcome Bella, but when a roving group of tracker vampires fixates on her, the family is drawn into a desperate pursuit to protect the fragile human in their midst. The precision and delicacy of Meyer's writing lifts this wonderful novel beyond the limitations of the horror genre to a place among the best of YA fiction. (Ages 12 and up) --Patty Campbell
trust me this is a great book. the first 2 chapters are kind of slow but after that i promise you will get hooked
hope i could help =] i think this is important because it teaches you how much faith you can have in a person and never be let down by them.

Answer 10

In my Raza every one should read BLESS ME ULTIMA. You can find it in any library. Read it and you will understand some of our Hispanic ways...