Recommend a book you think everyone should read. - General Discussion Discussion

[–] mikethemartian (6260) 4 years ago

To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee
In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell

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[–] nyctc7 (41924) 4 years ago

Absolutely! I re-read In Cold Blood and To Kill a Mockingbird about 15 years ago. I am way overdue to reread Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (34986) 4 years ago

1984 is a favourite.

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[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 4 years ago

Believe it or not, I went all through school without "To Kill a Mockingbird" ever being on a reading list. I finally read it about five years ago and it has become my favorite book.

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[–] Capnbucky (2218) 4 years ago

Calvin and Hobbes

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[–] chilidoggg (13384) 4 years ago

I like "Herman" by Jim Unger.

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[–] chilone (17393) 4 years ago

1. The Stand - Stephen King
2. The Witching Hour - Anne Rice
3. The Lord of the Rings trilogy
4. Songs of Earth and Power - Greg Bear

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[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 4 years ago

The length of The Witching Hour always put me off, I enjoyed reading her early Vampire Chronicles though.

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[–] chilone (17393) 4 years ago

I LOVE long books and as far as I'm concerned, it's the best thing she's written. 🙂

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[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 4 years ago

Having not read that series, it made it harder for me to enjoy the later Vampire Chronicles as much. I regret not reading the first, I bought it at one point but never got round to reading it.

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[–] BullSchmidt (3189) 4 years ago

> 1. The Stand - Stephen King

Are you watching the new miniseries?

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[–] ducksoup (3933) 4 years ago

Kafka's The Trial.

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[–] MartyDeniro (4114) 4 years ago

The Art of Making Sense - Lionel Ruby

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[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 4 years ago

The Guinness Book of Records 1992.

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[–] Ghaleon (606) 4 years ago

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (73480) 4 years ago

The Hobbit is excellent, great entertainment and some fine themes
Four times I've read it already and I'm due for another

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[–] Ghaleon (606) 4 years ago

Tolkien certainly achieved something impressive with it, given that it's still being read and discussed despite it having been more than 80 years since it was first published.
Tonally and thematically it is something of a blueprint for many fantasy novels that have come since.

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[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 4 years ago

How Not to Make the Same Mistake Twice by Barry Farber

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