So, anyone have any good book reccomendations?

[HashiriyaS14]

You NEED to read this. It's very recession-appropriate, will make you appreciate your own situation in life more, is well written, and it's short. It's also a classic and everyone should read it at some point or other because it helps you understand a lot of Orwell's other works, IMO.

Like, fo realz, get on it.

[Jesda]

Just discovered that NICO has a reading icon. I bet it's only been used twice.

[Tulsa_S-13]

The Walking Drum by Louis L'AmourCell by Stephen KingWorld War Z by Max BrooksI Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker MaxFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams

[hbpignosePA]

i forgot about 1984.... great book too; ive never read anythign else by orwell... but he has a really unique style

idk if anyone read catch 22 but jesda sorta reminds me of Yossarian

anyone care to agree?

[Atx_Versa]

My favorite book of the year so far....

Stuff White People like by Christian Lander

Ridiculously funny

[nissangirl74]

"The Shining" by Steven King. It's been over twenty years since I read it, but still an all time fav. Most people have seen the movie but the book is 1,000,000 times better.

[Chris28]

1984. I agree, everyone should read this. Animal Farm is another Orwell classic, and a bit shorter.

Ender's Game series is good, read those a few years ago.

Dostoyevsky is pretty good, I hated reading him in school but now that I think about it Crime and Punishment was actually pretty good. The Brothers Karamozov is a good book too.

[cody56]

Atlas Shrugged or the foutain head by Ayn Rand

Anthem by Ayn Rand is a really good book too, but it's pretty short. Only 105 pages I believe.

[Red coupe]

Good books? No. I liked this one a lot though. It was funny and a very interesting read.



Artie is the resident comedian on the Howard Stern show. He has led a very, very screwed up life, and the book is filled with tons of true stories about him.

That dudes a badass...

[krimsonviper]

Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn. I loved the book series. Looking for more books to read at work as well, so I'm subbin'.

[Zydeco]

first this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Food-Coo...r=1-1

Then this one:http://www.amazon.com/Pirkle-J...19492

[JHof]

They entombed the Pharoes with gold and food so they would be comfortable in the Afterlife, and Chinese warlord/emporers were sent to the everlast with terracotta armies to better protect them.

Me, I prefer a humbler way to while away etrnity--literature that will allow me to re-read my favorites unto time eternal. I'll be sent on my eternal journey with these books tucked away in the velvet shroud...

Here are a few:>" On The Road" by Jack Kerouac--the guide for hipsters since the 1950s, "Road" chronicles the adventures of a couple of pre-hippie Beat Generation drifters whose sex and booze filled Road Trip journey of discovery provided the coda for a legion of apathetic amoralists to come.Filled with incredible run-on sentences that went on forever, the novel's pages dripped with drug-induced insights that powered the '60s liberal philosophy's rise and gave credence to several generations of mental drifters.

>"Catch-22"; Joseph Heller. Possibly the funniest book ever written, this cynical WW II diary recalling the adventures of a b0mber pilot in the Italian theatre contained scenes of cynicism and the horrors of war with a narrative that confounds and causes repeated belly laughs. The inner logic wraps around itself and emerges with such clarity that it instantly demands a second read.

>"The Stand" by Steven King. This is King's masterpiece, probably to be seen by future generations as a seminal novel of the 20th Century. While filled with disposable treacle typical of King's middle period, it also is, on different levels, a masterful horror story, a religious fantasy and a great adventure story, filled with come-to-life characters and a plot that draws one in from the first chapter. Find the long version.It will keep you turning pages until 3 AM.

>"The Reckoning" by David Halberstam. A bit dated now, it is maybe the perfect book for car freaks, especially the type who frequent NICO and drive Nissans--or Fords--or cars. It's the parallel histories of Ford Motor Company and Nissan Motors. Written like a novel, this book appeals because of the density of information and wealth of detail that defines both companies and their rise--and fall- during the period when cars became an essential appliance for Americans.

> "A Pirate Looks at Fifty", by Jimmy Buffett. Yep, THAT Jimmy Buffett. Bet you didn't know that he has quite a literary history. Despite his thinshell veneer of singer-philosopher laid-backedness, Buffett provides a great biographical page-turner here, a sensitive and very funny chronical of growing older and really digging it. If you read it while young, save it and read it when you're older. You'll never throw it away.

>"Flags ofOur Fathers" by James Bradley. Clint Eastwood thought so much of this book that he bought it and turned it into an outstanding movie a few years ago. It's the story of the raising of the Flag on Iwo Jima, but it's not. Written by the son of one of the men who actually raised the flag on that war-torn Pacific isle, it is also a candid metaphor of our Dads and/or Grandfathers, the members of The Greatest Generation who gave their all so the USA could live long and prosper.

>Anything by James Patterson. His books are quick reads, something to be devoured on long plane trips, but they satisfy greatly and make you hunger for the next one. The Alex Cross series are about a DC cop who chases serial killers and they follow a timeline. He grows older, his kids grow up and the killers he imprisons (and sometimes kills) have the uncanny ability to reappear and haunt him.

>Anything by Carl Hiaasen. A "Miami Herald" reporter, Hiassen writes novels about Florida and populates them with quirky, believable characters. Funny, bitingly sarcastic and graphically realistic, he writes about the vanishing natural world of Florida and fills the landscape with odd plot turns and hateful villans.

>"Alas, Babylon" by Pat Frank. Another Florida- themed book, it is all about nuclear war and the aftermath as recounted by a small-town intellectual. An OLD novel--it was written in a nuke- paranoid 1959-- it's worth finding and reading, if for no other reason than it makes for a great survival handbook. The scenes where legions of Miami bomb refugees descend on his hometown are as good as any Zombie army stories.

I'm a reader and will always be one. I have a home library filled with hundreds of books--and they are just the ones I have decided to save. The ones I mentioned are but a sliver from the tree, but each,in my humble opinion, are worth a few hours out of your life. I know of a LOT more, but these are some of my favorite reads. I hope a few of you sample them--they are worthy of your time and could cause you to feel the same as I do about them.
Modified by JHof at 9:22 AM 1/31/2009

[Jesda]

You are the king of the Tldr Empire

[JHof]

I will wear that crown,but briefly...

[Speedy7_7]

The Walking Drum by Louis L'AmourCell by Stephen KingWorld War Z by Max BrooksI Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker MaxFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams

Great list especially palahnuik.I also really recommend Rant by the same author.

Anything by Bret Easten Ellis is a great read.

[SpartanZ32]

Not a book about "constructive things", but check out I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL for non-stop laughs!!

[MYZSPOT]

The Post Secret series (Frank Warren)The 1000 Journals Project (Someguy)--both for being nosyThe Time Traveler's Wife -- not a chick book at all, despite the title

[hsckris]

Absolutely great book. Good spy type story on the surface, better commentary underneath.

I'm reading this now: It has been good so far. Very interesting.

[MYZSPOT]

Great list especially palahnuik.I also really recommend Rant by the same author.

Anything by Bret Easten Ellis is a great read.

CHOKE by Palahniuk was stellar as well. As was Invisible Monsters (totally screwed up, loved it.)

[MYZSPOT]

Not a book about "constructive things", but check out I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL for non-stop laughs!!

ahahahaha Tucker Max is my hero.

I also recommend The Vice Guide to Sex, Drugs & Rock & Roll.

Vice Mag = my saving grace.

[gammer_ghn]

To kill a mocking bird... Pride and PrejudicePillars of the Earth

[JimmyMethod]

Ender's game books read like they were made for middle school kids...

Still, alot of people think they have to read serious stuff all the time... let me know if you feel like getting a list of good sci-fi novels.

Meh, I disagree. EG was a little younger, I suppose, but the rest of the quartet got more involved.

I'm currently reading Old Man's War. I got the series for Christmas. Pretty good so far.

I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL.

TUCKER MAX IS MY ROLE MODEL

Also good: Moby d!ck, the Harry Potter series (no, it's not just for little kids, you pricks), Bo's Lasting Lessons (screw yeah!)

[MYZSPOT]

I say go balls to the wall, get elbows-deep in Milton & read Paradise Lost cover to cover. Most amazing text ever written. Hands down.

[blacky_s13]

the kite runner best book ever

[wynnEZ]

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell - Tucker Max



The Driver - Alexander Roy

[LeroyBrown]

jk

But the harry potter books are pretty fun to read.

[JimmyMethod]

The story about the girl who emailed Tucker Max saying she wanted to sleep with (lose virginity to? I don't remember) features a kid in my friends' frat: The guy the girl was with prior to Tucker Max that 'fingered her too hard'.

[Red coupe]

You are the king of the Tldr Empire

[Logan76]

I never wouldve thought so many people enjoyed reading, I also really like to read but I havent much since I just dont have time.

[PEZi]

anything from chuck palahniuk

fight club, choke and lullaby are 3 of his best