10 Books Everyone Should Read

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 12-02-2016, 12:45 PM

I read Anthem and didn't give a **** about it, so probably won't bother unless it's not as boring?

**Frownland** · 12-02-2016, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

I read Anthem and didn't give a **** about it, so probably won't bother unless it's not as boring?

I've never made it through Atlas Shrugged. Anthem was so on the nose that it became the nose. I read The Fountainhead at 14 and found the writing a lot more interesting and less in your face preachy than the other two. You're not missing out on much though.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 12-02-2016, 01:06 PM

I'm going to continue not to bother with it then.

**Frownland** · 12-02-2016, 01:08 PM

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I'm going to continue not to bother with it then.

Good move. You should read the books on my list because they rule.

The Batlord · 12-02-2016, 01:09 PM

Never read Anthem or even heard of it so I have no idea. Atlas Shrugged is **** though. I was a libertarian at the time and even I gave up on it though I loved the preaching. There's an entire chapter that's a metaphor for giving birth that's really just a boring literal train ride. Do with that what you will.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 12-02-2016, 01:09 PM

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Good move. You should read the books on my list because they rule.

I don't know what page it's on so quote it and I'll take note for over my winter break from class.

**Frownland** · 12-02-2016, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

I don't know what page it's on so quote it and I'll take note for over my winter break from class.

I made post number two in this thread. I later appended A People's History of the United States and Demon Haunted World.

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Including all books/plays in this.

W.G. Sebald: The Rings of Saturn
Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man
John Cage: Silence: Lectures and Writings (this changed the way that I see the world)
Henry James: The Turn of the Screw
Elie Weisel: Night (for the historic elements)
William Shakespeare: Hamlet (granted that you have the time and will for some in-depth analysis)
Joseph Heller: Catch-22
Aldous Huxley: Brave New World
Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea
Virginia Woolf: The Waves

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 12-02-2016, 01:36 PM

Have you read a lot of Virginia Woolf? I have to read To The Lighthouse next month for school.

**Frownland** · 12-02-2016, 01:40 PM

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Have you read a lot of Virginia Woolf? I have to read To The Lighthouse next month for school.

Only To the Lighthouse and The Waves. If you're prepared for TTL's style, it won't be as boring as your classmates will make it out to be. The Waves is similar but the base content (not the subtext) is interesting and the weaving of seven lives together was executed brilliantly.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 12-02-2016, 01:42 PM

Cool, I'm kind of stoked for the next few sections because we're getting into more modern literature and there's a lot of interesting reads. I doubt my classmates will complain it's boring though, they're all ****ing nerds.