Tell me a good book and I'll give you 0.05$

[NeptuneUK]

if i name 1000 good books will you give me $50?

 

[Shippi]

Have you read Animal Farm by George.. the guy who wrote 1984? It's short (I finished it in a couple hours), but it's good.

 

[Lil' Timmy]

shippi, read watership down, i'll bet it's right up your alley.

 

[Sprafa]

Have you read Animal Farm by George.. the guy who wrote 1984? It's short (I finished it in a couple hours), but it's good.

Will do.

/me gives 0.05$ to Lizbeth

 

[CptStern]

you'd like Any Rand's "the Fountainhead"

I also recommend anything by:

Noam Chomsky (9/11, Manufacturing Consent)
Kurt Vonneghut
Irvine Welsh

to name a few ..far too many good books to list here

 

[Sprafa]

No Noam Chomsky

Tell me something not political. And anti-anarchist.

 

[CptStern]

ah but chomsky is an intellect he's not an anarchist ..everyone else on my list was non-political

 

[Letters]

Dean Koontz's books are very good. A lot of them are like blending reality with supernatural stuff... he does it really well...

 

[Warbie]

The Discworld series is fantasic \o/ - on par with Hitchhiker's guide imo.

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is also excellent

 

[NeptuneUK]

1. ULYSSES by James Joyce 1. ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
2. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald 2. THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
3. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce 3. BATTLEFIELD EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard
4. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov 4. THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien
5. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley 5. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
6. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner 6. 1984 by George Orwell
7. CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller 7. ANTHEM by Ayn Rand
8. DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler 8. WE THE LIVING by Ayn Rand
9. SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence 9. MISSION EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard
10. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck 10. FEAR by L. Ron Hubbard
11. UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry 11. ULYSSES by James Joyce
12. THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by Samuel Butler 12. CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
13. 1984 by George Orwell 13. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
14. I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves 14. DUNE by Frank Herbert
15. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf 15. THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS by Robert Heinlein
16. AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser 16. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Robert Heinlein
17. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers 17. A TOWN LIKE ALICE by Nevil Shute
18. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut 18. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
19. INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison 19. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
20. NATIVE SON by Richard Wright 20. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
21. HENDERSON THE RAIN KING by Saul Bellow 21. GRAVITY'S RAINBOW by Thomas Pynchon
22. APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by John O'Hara 22. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
23. U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos 23. SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
24. WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson 24. GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell
25. A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster 25. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
26. THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry James 26. SHANE by Jack Schaefer
27. THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James 27. TRUSTEE FROM THE TOOLROOM by Nevil Shute
28. TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald 28. A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY by John Irving
29. THE STUDS LONIGAN TRILOGY by James T. Farrell 29. THE STAND by Stephen King
30. THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford 30. THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN by John Fowles
31. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell 31. BELOVED by Toni Morrison
32. THE GOLDEN BOWL by Henry James 32. THE WORM OUROBOROS by E.R. Eddison
33. SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser 33. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
34. A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh 34. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
35. AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner 35. MOONHEART by Charles de Lint
36. ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren 36. ABSALOM, ABSALOM! by William Faulkner
37. THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder 37. OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham
38. HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster 38. WISE BLOOD by Flannery O'Connor
39. GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin 39. UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry
40. THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Graham Greene 40. FIFTH BUSINESS by Robertson Davies
41. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding 41. SOMEPLACE TO BE FLYING by Charles de Lint
42. DELIVERANCE by James Dickey 42. ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
43. A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (series) by Anthony Powell 43. HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
44. POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley 44. YARROW by Charles de Lint
45. THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway 45. AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS by H.P. Lovecraft
46. THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad 46. ONE LONELY NIGHT by Mickey Spillane
47. NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad 47. MEMORY AND DREAM by Charles de Lint
48. THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence 48. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
49. WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence 49. THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy
50. TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller 50. TRADER by Charles de Lint
51. THE NAKED AND THE DEAD by Norman Mailer 51. THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Douglas Adams
52. PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT by Philip Roth 52. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers
53. PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov 53. THE HANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood
54. LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner 54. BLOOD MERIDIAN by Cormac McCarthy
55. ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac 55. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
56. THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett 56. ON THE BEACH by Nevil Shute
57. PARADE'S END by Ford Madox Ford 57. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
58. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith Wharton 58. GREENMANTLE by Charles de Lint
59. ZULEIKA DOBSON by Max Beerbohm 59. ENDER'S GAME by Orson Scott Card
60. THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy 60. THE LITTLE COUNTRY by Charles de Lint
61. DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP by Willa Cather 61. THE RECOGNITIONS by William Gaddis
62. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY by James Jones 62. STARSHIP TROOPERS by Robert Heinlein
63. THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLES by John Cheever 63. THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
64. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger 64. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by John Irving
65. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess 65. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by Ray Bradbury
66. OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham 66. THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by Shirley Jackson
67. HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad 67. AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner
68. MAIN STREET by Sinclair Lewis 68. TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller
69. THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton 69. INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
70. THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET by Lawrence Durell 70. THE WOOD WIFE by Terri Windling
71. A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA by Richard Hughes 71. THE MAGUS by John Fowles
72. A HOUSE FOR MR BISWAS by V.S. Naipaul 72. THE DOOR INTO SUMMER by Robert Heinlein
73. THE DAY OF THE LOCUST by Nathanael West 73. ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE by Robert Pirsig
74. A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway 74. I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves
75. SCOOP by Evelyn Waugh 75. THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
76. THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE by Muriel Spark 76. AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS by Flann O'Brien
77. FINNEGANS WAKE by James Joyce 77. FARENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury
78. KIM by Rudyard Kipling 78. ARROWSMITH by Sinclair Lewis
79. A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster 79. WATERSHIP DOWN by Richard Adams
80. BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh 80. NAKED LUNCH by William S. Burroughs
81. THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH by Saul Bellow 81. THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER by Tom Clancy
82. ANGLE OF REPOSE by Wallace Stegner 82. GUILTY PLEASURES by Laurell K. Hamilton
83. A BEND IN THE RIVER by V.S. Naipaul 83. THE PUPPET MASTERS by Robert Heinlein
84. THE DEATH OF THE HEART by Elizabeth Bowen 84. IT by Stephen King
85. LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad 85. V. by Thomas Pynchon
86. RAGTIME by E.L. Doctorow 86. DOUBLE STAR by Robert Heinlein
87. THE OLD WIVES' TALE by Arnold Bennett 87. CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY by Robert Heinlein
88. THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London 88. BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh
89. LOVING by Henry Green 89. LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner
90. MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie 90. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST by Ken Kesey
91. TOBACCO ROAD by Erskine Caldwell 91. A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway
92. IRONWEED by William Kennedy 92. THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles
93. THE MAGUS by John Fowles 93. SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION by Ken Kesey
94. WIDE SARGASSO SEA by Jean Rhys 94. MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather
95. UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch 95. MULENGRO by Charles de Lint
96. SOPHIE'S CHOICE by William Styron 96. SUTTREE by Cormac McCarthy
97. THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles 97. MYTHAGO WOOD by Robert Holdstock
98. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE by James M. Cain 98. ILLUSIONS by Richard Bach
99. THE GINGER MAN by J.P. Donleavy 99. THE CUNNING MAN by Robertson Davies
100. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Booth Tarkington 100. THE SATANIC VERSES by Salman Rushdie



theres 200 books, give me $10 as promised please :frown: 5 cents a book remember

 

[CptStern]

some of those books are classic but L Ron Hubbard? his battlefield earth was ok but he shouldnt even be on that list ..btw now that scientology is classified as a "religion" does that mean that all of his science fiction novels are no longer works of fiction?

 

[Locust]

Hostage to the devil by Malachi Martin is a good read.

 

[Korgoth]

hustler....

 

[asdasd]

Asimov has some nice books (besides "End of Eternity") like The Foundation Trilogy and lots of short stories...

 

[Adidajs]

Life of Pi - Yann Martel (seriously entertaining and great book)

Galapagos - Kurt Vonnegut (loved it)

And one of my favorites, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie - it's more a novella, but it's awesome. funny name, yes, but amazing little gem.


longer - 4 book series - Otherland by Tad Williams. about virtual worlds. really amazing series. i loved them to death.

 

[mchammer75040]

I cant stand Margaret Atwood, in English AS we had to study her book, 'the handmaids tale'... i hated it. so terrible. i just dont think (that book atleast) she's a very good author, imaginative but her writing style really puts me off.

Hehe I havent read handmaids tale, but I've skimmed and it looked pretty bad so I'll take your word for it. I love orxy and crake though, one of the few books I can take alot from and apply to myself. Which is always good .

 

[mchammer75040]

some of those books are classic but L Ron Hubbard? his battlefield earth was ok but he shouldnt even be on that list ..btw now that scientology is classified as a "religion" does that mean that all of his science fiction novels are no longer works of fiction?

lol I think its the other way around, scientology is a work of fiction all in itself!

 

[CyberSh33p]

I thought you said you were leaving so live up to your promise by F.U. Sprafa

 

[Revolver707]

biology - the mean of sexual intercourse

 

[f|uke]

Game of Thrones pwns Lord of the Rings

I shit you not.

 

[SubKamran]

The 37th Mandala by Marc Laidlaw (one of the best books I've ever read)
Kalifornia by Marc Laidlaw
The Orchid Eater by Marc Laidlaw

You can get them all from Amazon Marketplace for about $5. :naughty:

Awesome books. Also:

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Animal Farm by George Orwell

 

[oldagerocker]

David Copperfield by Dickens is also very good.
I read Hatchet as a child and it mesmorised me, i utterly adored it... fantastic, thanks for reminding me

 

[Zeus]

Anthem

 

[Lil' Timmy]

I thought you said you were leaving so live up to your promise by F.U. Sprafa

hahaha i second that rec!!
:cheers:

 

[dfc05]

Anything by John Steinbeck. ANYTHING! .... Winter of Our Discontent, Travels with Charley, East of Eden (but that one's really long), Of Mice and Men

As I Lay Dying -- William Faulkner. Kinda unsettling though.

Jurrasic Park -- Michael Crichton

The Little Prince -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Short but nice, can read it in a day or two.

Waiting for Godot -- Samuel Beckett. ..... ah haha....

 

[merc]

Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy
Without Remorse by Tom Clancy

These are the sweetest books I have ever read... READ THEM NOW!

-merc

 

[Death.Trap]

Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. Insanely awesome series. 10 books so far, 2 more yet to come.

 

[Tr0n]

Any Dr. Suess book. :thumbs:

 

[LAYP]

in order of best to worst ofchuck palahniuk books

1.fight club
2.Surivor
3.Choke
4.Lullaby
5.Diary
6.Invisible Monsters
7.Non Fiction
8.Travel Guide

be sure to pick them all up!

 

[GuNzABlaZiN]

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Blade Runner) by Phillip K. Dick

Can't believe no one mentioned that before.

 

[kaf11]

beowulf is a good quick read. im taking a germanic myths class and reading a few sagas. half way through njals saga right now, its pretty good too. i also recommend American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

 

[dukesarge]

K, I Haven't read all the post so i dont know what been posted before but here are some of the best iv ever read in my years of reading. I segest you look them up on the net befor reading becasue I know they are all great books, but you should deside for yourself if your intrested.

The alien Years -Robert silverberg
prey -michel crichton
The dispossessed -ursla k. le guin
idoru -william gibson
A deepness in the sky -vernor vinge
The sirens of titan -kurt vonnegut
stranger in a strange land -robert a. heinlein
The uplift war -david brin
Rendezvous with rama -arther c clarke
ringworld -larry niven
gateway -frederik pohl
eon -gerg bear
ender's game -orson scott card
SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD -orson scott card
The Gods Themselves -Isaac Asimov

And the best for last...
The left hand of darkness -ursla k. le guin

from the book jacket

"What got to me was the quality of the story-telling she's taken the mythology, psychology - the intyre creative surround - and woven it into a jewl of a story" FRANK HERBERT

Also on the herbert note you should also read the other 5 book in the dune serise (writen by Herbert none of the other crap), there almost as good as the origonal.

P.S my first POST
P.P.S ok.... second post...

 

[Johan_Tayn]

Best of Erma Bombeck
Anything by Dave Berry
The Oath by Frank Perretti
Steal This Computer Book 3 by Wallace Wang

 

[Direwolf]

Ive been wanting to get into lovecraft, what are some good books to start with? Any suggestions?

Personally I'd look for a collection that has some of the following: The Rats in the Walls, The Call of Cthullu, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, The Colour Out of Space, and The Whisperer in The Darkness.
People seem to either love him or hate him...his speach and style of writing are both prosaic and scientific, and it seems to take a major attention span to read since he goes into such detail over some things. That said, he absolutely grabbed me from the first story I read, although I may suggest reading a few of his shorter stories (especially those in the Cthullu mythos) to decide if you like him.

 

[RRunner]

if you liked 1984 that much...give Gore Vidal´s Messiah a try, its simply fantastic..
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...102-9710863-0725703?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

 

[Danimal]

The sight is a good book

 

[Spartan]

I cant stand Margaret Atwood, in English AS we had to study her book, 'the handmaids tale'... i hated it. so terrible. i just dont think (that book atleast) she's a very good author, imaginative but her writing style really puts me off.

Oryx and Crake is fantastic.

 

[Sprafa]

theres 200 books, give me $10 as promised please 5 cents a book remember

Five cents are away.

I thought you said you were leaving so live up to your promise by F.U. Sprafa

Ha. Ha.

It's a great book btw. Recommend it to everyone.

 

[Fletch]

LOTR books, the da vinci code is excellent and also want to play by PJ Tracy

 

[Hapless]

The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead

It's actually several books: Taliesin, Merlin, Arthur, Pendragon

Very interesting take on the Arthurian Myths.