Good books

williamd · 7 Dec 2008 at 18:00

Recommend some please.

=Mac= · 7 Dec 2008 at 18:01

Michael Azerrad - Our Band Could Be Your Life

Mr^B · 7 Dec 2008 at 18:01

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Cosimo · 7 Dec 2008 at 18:04

This should keep your enjoyment for ages:

War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy

This should keep you thinking:

Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

This will take you away:

The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien

Have some great reads

williamd · 7 Dec 2008 at 18:05

I want modern 'coming of age' controversial fiction aimed at young male adults.

Thanks

titchard · 7 Dec 2008 at 18:05

Truman Capote - In Cold Blood
Milan Kundera - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Brett Easton Ellis - American Psycho
Joseph Heller - Catch 22
George Orwell - 1984, Down and Out in Paris and London

Rich

titchard · 7 Dec 2008 at 18:08

williamd said:
I want modern 'coming of age' controversial fiction aimed at young male adults.

Thanks

Well, you can't get more controversial than American Psycho that I mentioned in my post, it was banned in some countries and I believe in Australia you have to be 18 to buy it.

A Stupidly well written book, so witty and brilliant - yet will actually freak you out - I had to put it down a few times as it was a bit too much.

Rich

EDIT

Well, there are probably more controversial books - but that one always was one that stuck with me.

/EDIT

uknowist · 7 Dec 2008 at 18:12

titchard said:
Well, you can't get more controversial than American Psycho that I mentioned in my post, it was banned in some countries and I believe in Australia you have to be 18 to buy it.

A Stupidly well written book, so witty and brilliant - yet will actually freak you out - I had to put it down a few times as it was a bit too much.

seriously?! I didnt even finish reading it, not because I found it disturbing or whatever, but because the fact he describes what every single person he sees is wearing in intricate detail got on my ****

williamd · 7 Dec 2008 at 18:44

Seen the film, heard from many people the book goes into too much detail as stated above. Can't be bothered reading it at this time.

Suggestions please, relevant to my stated criteria. Thanks.

marlos · 7 Dec 2008 at 18:45

"Slapstick or lonesome no more" by Kurt Vonnegut.

titchard · 7 Dec 2008 at 20:20

uknowist said:
seriously?! I didnt even finish reading it, not because I found it disturbing or whatever, but because the fact he describes what every single person he sees is wearing in intricate detail got on my ****

Really? That's what I loved - Showed how materialistic he and all the people were, how he could tell you exactly what they wore, and the price, and make but got people confused, and called people the wrong names, and people often called him the wrong name.

If you look on the Wikipedia page for American Psycho it tells you were it is banned and the uproar etc.

Rich

marlos · 7 Dec 2008 at 23:50

"one hundred years of solitude" by gabriel garcia marquez

Cr0fty · 8 Dec 2008 at 00:02

The Count of Monte Cristo.

Best book I have ever read.

semi-pro waster · 8 Dec 2008 at 00:10

The Catcher In The Rye - J.D. Salinger might just about fit your criteria, although I've got to say it seems a bit of an odd set of criteria to limit yourself so, brilliant books aren't always so easily pigeonholed.

I'd also not recommend Catch 22, interminably long way to relate what should be a fairly simple idea. But do carry it in case of muggings to fend off any attackers, you may even be able to stop a bullet with it if necessary.

marlos · 8 Dec 2008 at 00:13

the third policeman by flann o'brien.

williamd · 8 Dec 2008 at 17:30

semi-pro waster said:
The Catcher In The Rye - J.D. Salinger might just about fit your criteria, although I've got to say it seems a bit of an odd set of criteria to limit yourself so, brilliant books aren't always so easily pigeonholed.

I'd also not recommend Catch 22, interminably long way to relate what should be a fairly simple idea. But do carry it in case of muggings to fend off any attackers, you may even be able to stop a bullet with it if necessary.

I am now going to limit myself further by saying I only want books published post 1990.

Thanks.

williamd · 8 Dec 2008 at 17:32

And I'd also like to modify my criteria to include any books about depression and suicide. As it's Christmas.

Thanks.

gurusan · 8 Dec 2008 at 17:39

The Stranger - Albert Camus
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky

titchard · 8 Dec 2008 at 17:57

williamd said:
I am now going to limit myself further by saying I only want books published post 1990.

Thanks.

Why limit yourself to books post 1990? You are cutting out huge amounts of great literature.

Rich

uknowist · 8 Dec 2008 at 17:57

williamd said:
I want modern 'coming of age' controversial fiction aimed at young male adults.

Thanks

williamd said:
I am now going to limit myself further by saying I only want books published post 1990.

Thanks.

williamd said:
And I'd also like to modify my criteria to include any books about depression and suicide. As it's Christmas.

Thanks.

lol maybe u should edit the orignal post seeing as its very vague