I've decided that my new years resolution is to try and read 100 books in a year. I actually tried this about 3 years ago and only got to 70 before I got burnt out. So anywho I need some book suggestions and I'm open to all genres.
I just read two: A Spot of Bother was pretty good, but apparently not great if you read the Whatever Whatever Dog in the Moonlight book that this guy wrote first. If you haven't read the dog one, start with Bother.
The Keep was OK.
I'm going to read A Wrinkle in Time again soon because Madeline L'Engle died recently and I used to love that book.
This summer I got about halfway through Naked Lunch by William S. Boroughs. It was confusing but vividly written. It is a classic. I assume you've read Into the Wild by Krakauer, probably my favorite book of all time even though the recent movie is currently overshadowing it with celebrity. I also recently picked up God Bless you, Mr. Rosewater by some author that no one has ever heard of before. I can't even get past the first chapter due to school work. I think your goal is admirable. My religion, when I finally write my manifesto, will be based around year long goals. It is amazing what you can achieve in that time.
Some books I've liked(that did not originate from Matt): Firece Invalids... -Tom Robbins The Hell's Angels -Hunter S. Thompson Thus Spoke Zarathustra -Nietzsche The Dharma Bums One hundred years of solitude Less than zero -Breat Easton Ellis Tom Sawyer Anything by Carlos Castaneda (start with Journey to Ixtlan maybe)
Wow, thanks everyone for the suggestions. I liked rosewater too but not as much as most of his other books. I also couldn't get very far into Naked Lunch. Rob-I've read a little Casteneda at your suggestion but it really wasn't my thing. Also loved Dharma Bums. Already had Wrinkle in Time on my list as well as One Hundred Years of Solitude. Now adding The Hell's Angels, Zarathustra, Spot of Bother, Less than Zero, and 100 years. Thanks again.
ps-If you like 100 years of solitude, The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor(also by Marquez) is a great short read but somewhat hard to find.
Crime and Punishment was good, but long. Could be balanced with The Old Man and The Sea, and Dubliners (the last short story is my favorite, like, ever). If you want popular science, and you do, I suggest something by Richard Dawkins (e.g. 'The Selfish Gene'), 'A Brief History of Time', something by Richard Feynman, Dan Dennett, Franz de Waal. And 'Blaming The Brain' if you don't like the psychiatric medicine fad.
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I just read two:
A Spot of Bother was pretty good, but apparently not great if you read the Whatever Whatever Dog in the Moonlight book that this guy wrote first. If you haven't read the dog one, start with Bother.
The Keep was OK.
I'm going to read A Wrinkle in Time again soon because Madeline L'Engle died recently and I used to love that book.
This summer I got about halfway through Naked Lunch by William S. Boroughs. It was confusing but vividly written. It is a classic. I assume you've read Into the Wild by Krakauer, probably my favorite book of all time even though the recent movie is currently overshadowing it with celebrity. I also recently picked up God Bless you, Mr. Rosewater by some author that no one has ever heard of before. I can't even get past the first chapter due to school work. I think your goal is admirable. My religion, when I finally write my manifesto, will be based around year long goals. It is amazing what you can achieve in that time.
I liked Roswewater a lot.
Some books I've liked(that did not originate from Matt):
Firece Invalids... -Tom Robbins
The Hell's Angels -Hunter S. Thompson
Thus Spoke Zarathustra -Nietzsche
The Dharma Bums
One hundred years of solitude
Less than zero -Breat Easton Ellis
Tom Sawyer
Anything by Carlos Castaneda (start with Journey to Ixtlan maybe)
Wow, thanks everyone for the suggestions. I liked rosewater too but not as much as most of his other books. I also couldn't get very far into Naked Lunch. Rob-I've read a little Casteneda at your suggestion but it really wasn't my thing. Also loved Dharma Bums. Already had Wrinkle in Time on my list as well as One Hundred Years of Solitude. Now adding The Hell's Angels, Zarathustra, Spot of Bother, Less than Zero, and 100 years. Thanks again.
ps-If you like 100 years of solitude, The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor(also by Marquez) is a great short read but somewhat hard to find.
Crime and Punishment was good, but long. Could be balanced with The Old Man and The Sea, and Dubliners (the last short story is my favorite, like, ever). If you want popular science, and you do, I suggest something by Richard Dawkins (e.g. 'The Selfish Gene'), 'A Brief History of Time', something by Richard Feynman, Dan Dennett, Franz de Waal. And 'Blaming The Brain' if you don't like the psychiatric medicine fad.
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