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feedmyleg posted:Oo.m I don't mean to be all LF, I'm just tired of everything I read either saying one side is perfect and the other can't do anything right.
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uXs posted:Any recommendations for someone who has Hercule Poirot novels and the Da Vinci Code as their favorite books?
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Wojtek posted:Also interested in prisoner stories, but I'd like to stay away from "THE US PRISON SYSTEM IS SO EVIL!" soapboxes or just really gruesome WWII/abuse stories.
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Tutu posted:Are there any 'romance' books that I really should read? I've read Pride and Prejudice and most Shakespeare but I've never really thought about it before. What about Madame Bovary, Anna Karenina, or Lolita?
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Wojtek posted:Short notice but I need to pick up a good true crime book tonight. I haven't read a book in probably 5 years. This doesn't exactly fit, but Newjack by Ted Conover might work. He's an immersion journalist who worked for a year as a prison guard at Sing Sing.
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I've been looking for a non fiction book similar to Danse Macabre by Stephen King. I really want a good book about a genre from someone who's involved in it. Romance, sci fi, fantasy, doesn't matter. It also needs to be in the Kindle store.
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Watermelon City posted:I like Vonnegut is great, but not exactly "sprawling." Don Delillo's Underworld, is a prime example, I think, and Jonathan Lethem's Chronic City might also be worth checking out. I'm gonna assume that Mark Danielewski's House of Leaves will get a few mentions, too.
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Watermelon City posted:I like You can't go wrong with DeLillo. I'd go with White Noise or Mao II if you've never read him before, some of his longer stuff can be really dense. Here's an excerpt from Mao II I like.
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Ok so I hardly ever read books. When I find a book I like I read it in a day. So here's some books I've read lol. The Harry Potter books Lord of the Rings The Hobbit Choke Rant The God Delusion Angels & Daemons The Da Vinci Code I like fantasy stuff sometimes if it's not too childish or outlandish. I like darker books with sexual tension or books that are about the universe or something interesting. I really have literally no clue and not much to go off of as I haven't read a novel in like 3+ years. So yeah, if anyone has a clue I'd be grateful.  I need something to read in the summer sun!
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Alizee posted:I like fantasy stuff sometimes if it's not too childish or outlandish. I like darker books with sexual tension or books that are about the universe or something interesting.
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Watermelon City posted:I like I'm going to recommend 3 Williams: Vollmann, Europe Central Gaddis, The Recognitions Gass, The Tunnel
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I just finished The Big Short by Michael Lewis, and now I want to read up on some of the big banks that were involved in the subprime loan mess. Google pulled up a couple that looked promising Fool's Gold: How the Bold Dream of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis Fatal Risk: A Cautionary Tale of AIG's Corporate Suicide Which one(s) are worth reading? Any good one's I missed?
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xcheopis posted:You might like Mr. van Gulik's Judge Dee series. Seems available on Kindle... sweet.
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Do Not Resuscitate posted:2666 by Roberto Bolaño Alizee, if you like Dan Brown, consider Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum. I've not read Brown, but I know his books have similar world-conspiracy themes involving the Church, Templars and other shadowy figures.
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Watermelon City posted:I like Just for the heck of it I'm gonna recommend a few books that aren't really what you asked for, but I think you'll like them anyway. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
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Well, I just finished Ender's Game and it was basically one of the best novel's I've ever read. I'm looking for more literature on this caliber(I really enjoyed the whole Ender going insane and losing touch with reality ) without actually going into the rest of the 95 books written in the universe. Recommendations?* *Not limited to Sci-Fi
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Brace posted:Well, I just finished Ender's Game and it was basically one of the best novel's I've ever read. I'm looking for more literature on this caliber(I really enjoyed the whole Ender going insane and losing touch with reality ) without actually going into the rest of the 95 books written in the universe. Recommendations?*
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I also really enjoyed "Armor" by John Steakley, and its kind of the exact same premise as Ender's Game
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Quantify! posted:The Song of Ice and Fire books by George R.R. Martin. They're dark, full of murder and sex, but they're an easy read and are much closer to literature than any other fantasy book you could find. Thanks for the recommendation! I read the reviews and some points did sound up my alley, but I'm not really in the mood for Olde English Medieval stuff atm :p Watermelon City posted:Alizee, if you like Dan Brown, consider Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum. I've not read Brown, but I know his books have similar world-conspiracy themes involving the Church, Templars and other shadowy figures. Thanks as well, I think I might try to find this one. It seems like something I might be able to sink my teeth into. It's either that or I just go buy a ghost written celebrity autobiography haha.
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dokomoy posted:I just finished The Big Short by Michael Lewis, and now I want to read up on some of the big banks that were involved in the subprime loan mess. Google pulled up a couple that looked promising All the Devils Are Here is excellent. I would also highly recommend Too Big to Fail which is probably the best summary of the Financial Crisis there is, and Griftopia by Matt Taibbi for a more opinionated view. All the books you have listed are the usual suspects on any financial crisis reading list. I'll just mention two others: The Great Hangover a collection of articles on the financial crisis from Vanity Fair (they really did have some of the best coverage of the whole thing), and Liars Poker by Michael Lewis, which is already a classic.
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Can you guys recommend some good books for someone who isn't particularly patient with reading and doesn't read much in general? My boyfriend wants to read more, but he has trouble finding books that hold his attention. Not to mention, reading out of obligation (for school) has kind of put him off the whole thing. He's pretty open-minded about it; I asked him if he would give some books a chance this summer if I could find some that I think he'd like, and he said he would be happy to. I'm envisioning giving him stuff where the plot moves along pretty consistently. I have a feeling he'll get bored with something that goes into too much detail without sort of cutting to the chase. So far I'm planning on giving him Love is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield, because it's short, entertaining, sweet, and about music and love. If it helps, he's a young guy (high school senior) and he likes indie music, spiritual-type stuff, abstract ideas, love stories, weed, art, quirky people, and cars. (Sorry if this has already been discussed, I didn't go through the entire thread.)
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Budget Bears posted:If it helps, he's a young guy (high school senior) and he likes indie music, spiritual-type stuff, abstract ideas, love stories, weed, art, quirky people, and cars. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
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Budget Bears posted:
He likes weed, spiritual stuff, and stories that get to the point, eh? Get that boy some Philip K Dick. Most of his novels are between 180 and 210 pages long and generally feature tons of weird drugs and/or mind-fuckery, not to mention a healthy dollop of philosophy. Eye in the Sky, Ubik, and (if he's seen Blade Runner) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? are worth checking out. Barring that, he wrote tons of short stories- The Philip K Dick Reader is something of a greatest hits collection. Another one I'm fond of recommending is David Eagleman's Sum, which is both funny and thought-provoking, not to mention broken up into chunks only a few pages in length. Also, so long as people aren't all "sci-fi? gross!" I never hesitate to suggest the short stories of my man Ray Bradbury.
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appropriatemetaphor posted:What are some good book about Rome? I've got some Heather, Goldsworthy, and Holland stuff, but I'd like to know more! And there's so much to choose from! Robert Graves "I, Claudius" and "Claudius the God" are both great (and watch the old BBC miniseries too, if you get the chance. A lot of libraries carry them on dvd) also the works of Livy: "The Early History of Rome", along with the excellent Suetonius' "The Twelve Caesars".
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appropriatemetaphor posted:What are some good book about Rome? I've got some Heather, Goldsworthy, and Holland stuff, but I'd like to know more! And there's so much to choose from! I liked Julian by Gore Vidal, but I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for or not.
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School's over and I have free time to burn, so I need books. My most read genres are history, non-fiction, science fiction and fantasy, although I'll read just about anything if it's interesting or well-written. I have a list of 100 "classic" books that I'm working through, but would still like some recommendations. The books that I've read most recently are The Windup Girl, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Billions and Billions, Wheel of Time: The Gathering Storm, Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea, The Black Swan, Chronicles of the Black Company and When You Are Engulfed In Flames. Thanks.
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MatCauthon posted:School's over and I have free time to burn, so I need books. My most read genres are history, non-fiction, science fiction and fantasy, although I'll read just about anything if it's interesting or well-written. I have a list of 100 "classic" books that I'm working through, but would still like some recommendations. Man-Eaters of Kumaon http://www.archive.org/stream/maneatersofkumao029903mbp/maneatersofkumao029903mbp_djvu.txt http://www.amazon.com/Man-Eaters-Kumaon-Oxford-India-Paperbacks/dp/0195622553 and not a book, but check out the Hardcore History Podcast, I recommend the series about the fall of the Roman Republic (starts on show 34): http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dan-carlins-hardcore-history/id173001861
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This thread is so long, and search isn't helping. I am looking for some good reads regarding the following: Politics (Democratic, Liberal/Progressive, Presidential Biographies, campaign reads, etc) Wars (Particularly American involvement, WW1, WW2, etc) Education (Cognitive theory, the politics of;, learning styles, etc)
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For politics, I always recommend Richard Ben Cramer's What It Takes. It's a great book about what drives the personalities behind a presidential election (as he put it, what it takes for somebody to really have a shot at being president). It's long and detailed, but it's never overwhelming. Also it's long, so it'll bide you until the Suns start playing again.
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I loved Lehane's Kenzie/Gennaro series. I just finished the last(?) of the series, Moonlight Mile, and I'm looking for something along those lines. Not a traditional detective novel per say, but rather gritty, modern, etc. P.S. Read the rest of his stuff too. JoeWindetc fucked around with this message at 05:24 on Jun 5, 2011 |
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hunter x az posted:This thread is so long, and search isn't helping. I am looking for some good reads regarding the following:
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hunter x az posted:This thread is so long, and search isn't helping. I am looking for some good reads regarding the following: David Halberstam's The Best and the Brightest, about "the foreign policy crafted by the academics and intellectuals who were in John F. Kennedy's administration, and the consequences of those policies in Vietnam." Rick Perlstein's Nixonland, showing how Nixon "manipulated the political and social events between 1965 and 1972 in a way that shaped the political divisions of the present day." Ted Morgan's Reds: McCarthyism in Twentieth-Century America.
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hunter x az posted:Politics (Democratic, Liberal/Progressive, Presidential Biographies, campaign reads, etc) Game Change about the 2008 election is a very entertaining political read. More political beach read, but lots of fun.
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JoeWindetc posted:I loved Lehane's Kenzie/Gennaro series. I just finished the last(?) of the series, Moonlight Mile, and I'm looking for something along those lines. Not a traditional detective novel per say, but rather gritty, modern, etc. Try George Pelecanos' stuff, it's realistic crime fiction set in D.C. rather than Boston. Also, if you haven't read it yet, pick up Clockers by Richard Price, great crime novel. To the thread: I'd like to request a recommendation for a good history of the Renaissance, politics, culture, the works. Thanks!
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Budget Bears posted:Can you guys recommend some good books for someone who isn't particularly patient with reading and doesn't read much in general? My boyfriend wants to read more, but he has trouble finding books that hold his attention. Not to mention, reading out of obligation (for school) has kind of put him off the whole thing. He's pretty open-minded about it; I asked him if he would give some books a chance this summer if I could find some that I think he'd like, and he said he would be happy to. Definitely seconding High Fidelity. Also have him check out Fight Club, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Illusions by Richard Bach, Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, possibly Siddhartha by Herman Hesse (it's a bit slow but also quite short), Bongwater by Michael Hornburg. DrGonzo90 fucked around with this message at 20:40 on Jun 5, 2011 |
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