I want to start reading books again

[PatientlyWaiting]

I think reading would help us all think about other things. The last book I read was The Giver. It was alright, but it was short and it seemed better suited for Jr High kids, i'm 24.

Any one recommend some good books with a good story? Preferably a long/college level books.

[PatientlyWaiting]

Come on, I know there's some college graduates here. Rec some books for me

[john2399]

11 rings by phil jackson...great book if your into sports.

[Aames]

What are your tastes like? Do you like classic literature?

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/05/14/100-must-read-books-the-essential-mans-library/

That is a pretty damn good list of books for you to get started on. There's a lot of classics and they left out Pride & Prejudice-type books that most people find to be boring.

I only add my two favorite modern books:

The Beach by Alex Garland
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

[clee984]

As Aames said, without knowing your tastes, it's difficult to give any recommendations. Are you looking only for fiction? Some personal favourite novels of mine...

'Cryptonomicon', Neal Stephenson.
'Eleanor Rigby', Douglas Coupland.
'Ripley's Game', Patricia Highsmith.
'1984', George Orwell.
'The Killer Angels', Michael Shaara.
'Breakfast of Champions', Kurt Vonnegut.
'How late it was, how late', James Kellman.
'I, Lucifer', Glen Duncan.
'The Belljar', Sylvia Plath.
'Day of the Triffids', John Wyndham.
'Anna Karenina', Leo Tolstoy.
'The Killings of Stanley Ketchel', James Carlos Blake.
'Birdsong', Sebastian Faulks.

[PatientlyWaiting]

Yeah, you guys are right. I love Science Fiction novels. I read 1984, great book.

The reason I left out what i'm in to is because i'm willing to read on different genres. I wanted to expand my options and not limit myself to one genre, you know.

Thanks for the list and links guys, i'll check them out.

[Eromnova]

Junot Diaz - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
D.B.C Pierre - Vernon God Little
Charles Bukowski - Women
Tobias Wolff - This Boy's Life
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day

Are all very, very good.

[Bacon]

D.B.C Pierre - Vernon God Little
Charles Bukowski - Women

Both seconded!

Donna Tartt - The Secret History. Very well-written, great story.

John Niven - Kill Your Friends. More of an 'easy read' but still hilarious

Blaine Harden - Escape from Camp 14 - True story about a North Korean's escape from a prison camp. Harrowing stuff.

Daniel Keyes - Flowers for Algernon - classic sci-fi.

[TheLaughingCow]

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (sci-fi)

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (sci-fi/anthology)

Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut (war novel with sci-fi elements)

Devil In the White City by Eric Larson (about a Chicago world's fair and serial killer)

The Snowman (translated) by Jo Nesbø ( A Norwegian detective story)

Aztec by Gary Jennings (extremely good historical novel, cannot recommend it enough. If you only read one book in the next year, this should be it.)

[UK_]

Shakespeare.

[Thinning87]

I think reading would help us all think about other things. The last book I read was The Giver. It was alright, but it was short and it seemed better suited for Jr High kids, i'm 24.

Any one recommend some good books with a good story? Preferably a long/college level books.

I agree, and would also recommend doing other things that calm you down. I go swimming all the time(following with saunas and cold showers, alternating, which really freshens me up), also at the same time to gain that body I will need when I'll start shaving.

For reading, especially if you don't read a lot, I highly recommend something that is not too heavy and will capture your attention quickly. Nothing better than "The Da Vinci Code" which I read at 18 in three days. Dan Brown does a great job at drawing your attention with little while keeping it a light read.

Then, once you get used to reading more, I would go over some literature like Dostoevsky and if that's too much also history books can be a good read if you like that sort of stuff.

Folks the cure is coming IMO and we have no more than 5 years. Another good thing to do to keep busy and get in a self improvement spiral is working and saving money, I know I say it all the time but you should start saving 5K a year. That could mean working more, or being responsible, but definitely you need to have 20K for when the new stuff comes out.

[Proper]

Goose girl.

[BigThinker]

Anything by Mark Twain.

[cocacola]

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, very relevant to our hairloss problem.

[Desmond84]

Guys you have to read: WINDUP GIRL by Paolo Bacigalupi

Its a recent sci fi novel (2010 I think) and is set in a dystopic world of the future where gene hacking and genetic modifications has changed the world for the worse!

I'll never forget this book