Recommend a Book

Night_Sprite · June 2010

I am interested in book recommendations. Particularly the books you are supposed to read, but never actually did. For instance, I just finished Lord of the Flies.

sarahmk5 · June 2010

Not a book you were "supposed" to read, but my favorite book is The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. It's amazing.

shellydiane820 · June 2010

Far From the Maddening Crowd

Jane Eyre

SarahPLiz · June 2010

I feel compelled to read the 4 books (so far) in the Dexter series. They just came in from Amazon yesterday. I wish I had read enough last night to recommend them.

KEP_031509 · June 2010

"Water For Elephants" was really good.

shellydiane820 · June 2010

Oh! And Great Expectations! I couldn't put it down!

september's bride · June 2010

Fifth Business. It's not exactly a tough, involved read, but I loved it.

MarriedInAFever · June 2010

1984, The Bell Jar, Atlas Shrugged are good classics.

HaylaC · June 2010

to kill a mocking bird.

reddy123 · June 2010

ha! I love what I call "the classics". Everyone looks at me like a nutcase when I tell them I'm re-reading them for fun. I just re-read Gulliver's Travels and White Fang last week. I still love White Fang even though it's slow. Count of Monte Cristo and Huckleberry Finn have always been favorites.

other non-classic faves: Reservation Blues, Like Water For Chocolate, Cat's Cradle, Dropping Ashes on the Buddha, and Go Ask Alice.

dmiller9274 · June 2010

Harlan Coben is one of my favs. "The Woods" "The Innocent" and "Tell No One" are a couple of his best IMO.

Also, if you are looking for comedy, Janet Evanovich writes a series called the Plum Series. The first book is "One for the Money" She's on book 16 now, and they are hilarious.

Classics, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Great Expectations are my favorites.

PetraStonegirl · June 2010

Like Water for Chocolate

laurenclaire1386 · June 2010

Maybe not one you're "supposed" to read, but Confederacy of Dunces brings the awesome. As does "A Prayer for Owen Meany," which I actually have heard about being assigned in some English classes. Also, "All the King's Men," which I've had to read for some college English classes before. AKM is my absolute very very very favorite. My list is heavy on stuff set in Louisiana.

Night_Sprite · June 2010

I've read about half of these, so this is working well. Thanks for the recommendations.

AllAboutTheBenjamin · June 2010

I really enjoyed "Jemima J" by Jane Green.

laurenclaire1386 · June 2010

Oh, I just watched Alice in Wonderland, so I'm going to add Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.

Brie2010 · June 2010

I just finished "The Help" and it was really good. I also really liked The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and the other two books in the trilogy.

My "supposed to read it" book that I'm working on now is Pride and Prejudice. I feel like my woman card should be revoked because I've tried reading it 3 times in my life already and can never get through it.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · June 2010

My supposed-to-read book I'm reading right now is Wuthering Heights, but I don't recommend it.

Things I like:

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

I also like things by Thomas Hardy and William Faulkner, but they totally aren't for everyone.

aecappelli · June 2010

One of those "supposed to read books" that I actually loved was The Catcher in the Rye. In college I also read Possession. That I highly recommend too.

[Deleted User] · June 2010

I haven't heard of at least half these books. I feel so uneducated.

I love to read so I read all the ones in high school (yes, I'm a nerd). The only book I couldn't get through that I was supposed to read was in college, Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko, which is odd because I love Native American literature. I ended up kicking myself later because I used it for my master's thesis and needed to suffer through it anyway.

I just started reading "The Road." I saw the movie but my brother said the book was really good, so I'm giving it a try.

reddy123 · June 2010

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[QUOTE]My supposed-to-read book I'm reading right now is Wuthering Heights, but I don't recommend it. Things I like: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier <strong>Catch-22 by Joseph Heller The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald</strong> I also like things by Thomas Hardy and William Faulkner, but they totally aren't for everyone.
Posted by msmerymac[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>YES.</div><div>

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Night_Sprite · June 2010

I feel your pain, Brie. I can never get through Jane Austen books. I just can't do it.

reddy123 · June 2010

I never liked Catcher in the Rye. But I do like Perks of Being a Wallflower (or did when I was angsty teen)

MarriedInAFever · June 2010

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[QUOTE]I never liked Catcher in the Rye. But I do like Perks of Being a Wallflower (or did when I was angsty teen)
Posted by reddy123[/QUOTE]

I loved this too. But I'm afraid to re-read it now. I don't think I'll feel the same about it.

reddy123 · June 2010

ditto Night and Brie on Jane Austen.

maratea · June 2010

These are ones I was supposed to read in college, didn't, then read them after I graduated and loved each one:
Jude the Obscure
Far From the Madding Crowd
The Moonstone
To the Lighthouse
Mansfield Park

Ones that I haven't read, but mean to:
The Woman in White
Sense and Sensibility
The House of the Spirits
Ines of My Soul (in Spanish, eep)

laurenclaire1386 · June 2010

J.D. Sallinger has a book of short stories called "Nine Stories" (catchy title there, as the book contains nine stories) that I liked much more than Catcher in the Rye, although I really liked Catcher in the Rye too.

MarriedInAFever · June 2010

On the Road!

reddy123 · June 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Recommend a Book : I loved this too. But I'm afraid to re-read it now. I don't think I'll feel the same about it.
Posted by MarriedInAFever[/QUOTE]

<div>Yeah, re-reading it it's like, Yeah this is still good, but it's not the best of the best masterpiece of all emotions I thought it was when I was 14. It's actually really depressing, whereas the first time I read it I thought it was intriguing and relatable ... I was a weird kid though.</div>

Celles · June 2010

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[QUOTE]Oh! And Great Expectations! I couldn't put it down!
Posted by shellydiane820[/QUOTE]

I love you Shelly. You're one of the first people who noticed me on the boards and said something nice! And your signatures always make me smile.

But. You're insane.

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[Deleted User] · June 2010

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[QUOTE]I feel your pain, Brie. I can never get through Jane Austen books. I just can't do it.
Posted by Night_Sprite[/QUOTE]

I took a seminar class in college on Jane Austen, mainly because I really liked the professor. I learned my lesson, never take a class just because your a fan of the teacher. The only one I enjoyed was Pride & Prejudice.

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