[Naeem]

I was just thinking... I have to upgrade my Harry Potter reading material to something better. hahaa. kidding.
But anyway, I was looking around for some suggestions on some good/worthwhile books. Please don't reccomend something like The Stand by Stephen King . That guy's stuff has the word cliche written all over it.
Anyhow, I'm a pretty avid reader, and I like all kinds of books. So if you have any good ones, let me know and I'll try to read them all .

Annis

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forgot to add, they must be in english
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[Nag]

Currently reading "Snow Crash" by "Neil Stephenson".. highly recommend it.
Recently finished "Hannibal" by "Thomas Harris".. great aswell. "Red Dragon" is also good.
I always recommend the "Diskworld" series by "Terry Pratchett".. that is if you like wacky humor =)
ohh.. and "Good Omens" by "Terry Pratchet & Neil Gaiman" is a kickass must reader.

Hope you enjoy.

Nag

[watmough]

Catcher in the Rye,1984,Siddhartha,The Silmarillion,Dracula,Frankenstein,Dune,A People's History of the United States,The Odyssey,Wyatt Earp Frontier Marshall,A Brief History of Time....thats all I can think of right now...

[Affected]

Jonathan Glover: "Humanity" Ethical/philosophical analysis of war and atrocities in the 20th century.

Hunter S. Thompson: "The great shark hunt"

[Jimmyjimjim]

Robert McCammon- Gone South, Boy's Life(*****)

since you seem to like British authors:
Clive Barker- The Thief of Always, Imajica, Damnation Game, The Great and Secret Show, Weaveworld
Arthur C. Clarke- Rendevous With Rama, Childhood's End, 2001, 2010, 2060, 3001
Douglas Adams (Everything) Read "HGTTG"- don't be disuaded by the movie.

The Thief of Always and Boy's Life are my favorite books of all time. HIGHLY recommended. Especially since you seem to enjoy H.P. so much, although neither are kid's books.

[Drunken Monkey]

Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds

Comedy Writing Secrets

The Mask of Sanity - by Cleckley (not for everyone)
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[Jabberwocky]

If you like 'The Bonecollector', 'Blue Nowhere' and 'Coffin Dancer' are good. 'Alas, Babylon' was one that I remember being okay for high school. I think since college I have only read text books, 'King Lear' and 'A Thousand Aches'.

My mother Liked 'The Notebook', 'The Wedding', and 'Diary for Nicholas'... If you like those kind of books.

One of my friends who normally hates reading said 'The DaVinci Code' was pretty good. I myself haven't read it.

If you want something that is quick reading without a lot of brain work (ie lower level reading) my Aunt (5th grade teacher) had me read 'Crispin and The Lead Cross' to help her with some lesson plans on it.
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[Affected]

I can't recommend the davinci code or angels and demons very highly... Both are pretty formulaic and clich�d. Instead, I'd recommend Foucault's pendulum by Umberto Eco.

[Bandados]

Last of the mohicans, Mr T's Autobiography

[lysander]

everything douglas adams, as someone already mentioned ( take it as a hint )

I also finished catch 22 last month, that was pretty good.

nineteen eighty four, very good also.

I tried reading some nietzche a while back too, might attempt that again sometime soon.
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[Naeem]

wow
thanks guys . i'm going to try and read every book mentioned here. lets see how long it takes me. perhaps a year due to school, and art ...
thanks alot ! if you have anymore, feel free to suggest.
I picked up Dracula yesterday. I must say, it's really good as far as I have read it. I can't believe I didn't think of reading it before.
I've also read Catcher in the rye. It's one of my favorite books.
Yes, Hannibal and Red Dragon are good books also

from what I heard, Catch 22 is really funny .

thanks all.
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[Anthony]

Godel, Escher, Bach is OK, if old and a bit silly at times. Summa Theologica is interesting, if very Catholic. The Gilbert and Sullivan comic operettas are very well written. Anything by P.G. Wodehouse is awesome. Lovecraft is creepy, and Robert E. Howard's original Conan stories are the best adventure books around(seperated of course from Tolkien, who is in his own realm). H. V. Morten has some wonderful travelogue style books written at the turn of the century(but much more entertaining and educational than most modern travelogues).
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[Gort]

I recently finished the space operas Singularity Sky and Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross; the former should be read first, as the latter is a passive second part to the first; both are great scifi, and I've come to really like his universe of characters, social stratas, and cultures. Good stuff although his recent work Accelerondo (ebook version is a free download) hasn't really punched me like the before mentioned.

Tony Daniel's Metaplanetary then Superluminal are fantastic - hard scifi - very wondrous and complex interpretations of the future; so complex that he has a glossary and appendixes. The before mentioned are the first two parts of a trilogy; the third book is not done yet. Highly recommendable although maybe not for everyone.

Want some history? David McCullough's 1776 on American history has been received well, and I'm waiting on my copy - looking forward to that one. Anything by Don Burgett (101st Airborne during WWII) is gripping.
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