Your Top 5 Books

[pinoyhero]

List em ... I'll start

1. Atlas Shrugged - Rand

Yikes, had to edit to add others ... also decided to scrap the ranking save for what I consider to be the mots important fiction of all

Others

American Psycho - Ellis
Franny and Zooey - Salinger
Choke - Palahniuk
Ugly Americans - Mezrich
Under the Banner of Heaven - Krakauer
Catch 22 - Heller
THe Alchemist - Coleho

[cityhunter2501]

in no specific order

1. Battle Royale - Koushun Takami
2. Divine Comedy: Hell - Dante Alighieri
3. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
4. Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne
5. Ten Little Indians - Agatha Christie


American Physco - Ellis
I wan't to read that one so bad, but don't have time right now.
I still have to finish reading Last of the Mohicans first aswell.

[LongCity]

Harry Potter 7, 6, 5, 4, 3.

[Manhattan]

Does anyone read non-fiction?!?

[signature7]

Pistol by Mark Kriegel- about the life of basketball legend "pistol Pete Maravich. Averaged over 40 points a game in college with no three point line.

Ten little indians/and then there were none by agatha christie (only to be outsold by hamlet and the bible)

The Outsiders- S.E. Hinton

Black like me-john howard griffin. Non-fiction piece about the racial tensions of the 50s where a privileged white jouranlist goes under mdeical treatment to become black and writes his tale of how he was treated in the deep south.

Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns- by jack maccallum (sp?) i wish they made more books that had depth about steve nash so i can compare this piece to something.

notables...

scar tissue anthony kiedis

[davidI]

Originally posted by Manhattan
Does anyone read non-fiction?!?

Just finished "The Prize" and am currently reading Nelson Mandela's Autobiography. Both good reads.

[JordanEG6]

1. Michael Jordan: Driven From Within by Mark Vancil
2. Sole Provider by Robert 'Scoop' Jackson
3. Sneaker Freaker: The Book by Sneaker Freaker Staff
4. Where'd you get those? by Bobbito Garcia
5. Fuck you too by Glen E. Friedman

[D'z Nutz]

In no particular order:

The Princess Bride - William Goldman

The Godfather - Mario Puzo

Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain

No Thrill, No Kill - Greg Owens, Darcy Henton

The Alphabet of Manliness - Maddox


Other notables:

Actually a lot of Mario Puzo's stuff is really enjoyable: The Family, The 4th K, The Sicilian, Omerta


Books to read list:

How to Make Love Like a Porn Star - Jenna Jameson (bought this for my sister for Christmas and she said it's REALLY good book)

The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge - Mark Winegardner

Killing Pablo - Mark Bowden

[pinoyhero]

Originally posted by cityhunter2501
in no specific order

1. Battle Royale - Koushun Takami
2. Divine Comedy: Hell - Dante Alighieri
3. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
4. Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne
5. Ten Little Indians - Agatha Christie


American Physco - Ellis
I wan't to read that one so bad, but don't have time right now.
I still have to finish reading Last of the Mohicans first aswell.

Interesting 5, AP is just weird, a very different book. It was probably one the first books I read for pleasure rather than as directed by a prof. Got me into reading though, it is an important book.

[pinoyhero]

Originally posted by Manhattan
Does anyone read non-fiction?!?

I like the contemp classic, but as far as non fic my 5 is non-fic. Also loved Krakuers Under the Banner of Heaven, that was a good book. I'd also recommend Den of Thieves. I'm not a huge fan of some of the newer "idea" non-fic such as blink, tipping point or guns/germs/steel. They just seem overly repetitive. Any suggestions?

[Melinda]

Hmm tough to pick just 5, especially since my favorite author has a series that is 6 (soon to be 7) books. Oh well, I'll consider the series one book and give a stab at it!

- The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon
- The Alchemist by Paulo Cohelo
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
- Romeo & Juliet/Mid Summer Might's Dream/MacBeth by Shakespeare

[pinoyhero]

Originally posted by Melinda
Hmm tough to pick just 5, especially since my favorite author has a series that is 6 (soon to be 7) books. Oh well, I'll consider the series one book and give a stab at it!

- The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon
- The Alchemist by Paulo Cohelo
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
- The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

Oh god, how could I forget the Alchemist, great book.

[ninjak84]

Christopher Marlowe's 'Dr. Faustus'

[The Cosworth]

No Particular Order:

- E-MC2 the biography of the equation and the man
- A brief history of time - Steven Hawkings
- The 48 Laws of Power
- The sum of all fears - Tom Clancy
- Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Tough to choose!

- "Good Omens" by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
- "A Fire Upon The Deep" / "A Deepness in the Sky" by Vernor Vinge
- "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
- "Wizard's First Rule" by Terry Goodkind
- "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series by Douglas Adams

Honorable mention goes to Maddox's "The Alphabet of Manliness."

[toyboy88]

- "Harry Potter" series by J.K. Rowling
- "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown
- "Night" by Elie Wiesel

Just probably my top 3 in no particular order. =)

[qbnb]

If we can count an entire series' as book then:
The Dark Tower Series - Stephen King
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Series - Douglas Adams
Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
Darwins Radio - Greg Bear
Enders Game - Orson Scott Card
As you can probably tell, I'm into the Sci-fi.

[pinoyhero]

Originally posted by brendankharris
No Particular Order:

- E-MC2 the biography of the equation and the man
- A brief history of time - Steven Hawkings
- The 48 Laws of Power
- The sum of all fears - Tom Clancy
- Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy

Nice chouce on Greene, I've read his works, pretty interesting application of history if nothing else.

[pinoyhero]

Originally posted by toyboy88
- "Harry Potter" series by J.K. Rowling
- "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown
- "Night" by Elie Wiesel

Just probably my top 3 in no particular order. =)

Yeah Night was very good, honorable mention for me for sure.

[HillBilly]

Matthew Good - At last there is nothing left to say
Sun Tzu - The art of War

the only two books I heave read in years

[ScottysZ]

In no order:

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig
Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac

[Godfuader]

Random order (I know...very main stream and simple reading):

Namesake -Jhumpa Lahiri
Alchemist -Paulo Coelho
Kite Runner -Khaled Hosseini
The little prince -Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Life of Pi -Yann Martel

Current read:
House of Sand and Fog -Andre Dubus
A Fine Balance -Rohinton Mistry

[Kirbs17]

1. The Smartest Guys in the Room: The amazing rise and scandalous fall of Enron
2. China Shakes the World: A titan's rise and troubled future - and the challenge to America
3. The World is Flat
4. Always Fresh: The story of Ron Joyce
5. Hot Springs - Stephen Hunter

[signature7]

i didn't even know matt good wrote a book. I gotta check it out, was it after he got divorced or before?

[Dayclone]

I rarely read books, but here it goes, these are books i've read in school and outside of school.

One of the most touching stories told is:

Night - Elie Wiesel ( True Story ) *** MUST READ!***
To Kill A Mocking Bird - Harper Lee
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
Macbeth - Shakespeare
Tom Clany's Randow Six

[ekguy]

Originally posted by pinoyhero
List em ... I'll start

1. Atlas Shrugged - Rand

Yikes, had to edit to add others ... also decided to scrap the ranking save for what I consider to be the mots important fiction of all

Others

American Psycho - Ellis
Franny and Zooey - Salinger
Choke - Palahniuk
Ugly Americans - Mezrich
Under the Banner of Heaven - Krakauer
Catch 22 - Heller
THe Alchemist - Coleho

kinda funny i was going to put atlas shrugged as my number 1 too followed by Anthem.

but here's my list of 5 well maybe more than 5 hehe

atlas shrugged by Ayn Rand
Anthem also by Ayn Rand
1984 by George Orwell
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
The old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway

I do read some non literrary books but not very often. Lately for some reason I been reading alot of James Rollins books. They are not very well written but the plots are a bit weird in some of his books and move along at an incredibly fast pace and are a good read for the train.

I recommend Ayn Rand to anyone interested in philosophy. Ayn Rand's objectivism theory or in her words the simple philosophy of living on earth explores many ideals such as communism and explores the many facets of the human mind make for great reads.

[l/l/rX]

im not gay or anything...but any of you guys read like "girly" books? hahaha

i just read "the undomestic goddess" by sophie kinsella...i thought it was a pretty good read. i guess it really caught my attention because the main character was a financial lawyer, and that caught my interest alot.

anyone recommend any books along those lines?

[89coupe]

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

http://richarddawkins.net/godDelusion

[Evro]

"The Prince" - Machiavelli
"Self Portrait" - Che Guvara

Just started reading "Meditations" by Marcus Aurealius, if your into stoic philosophy check it out

as far as fiction goes i like shakespears Romeo & Juliet and Othello, but to be honest when it comes to fiction, i usually prefer the movie

[Crymson]

1- The God Delusion
2- The End of Faith
3 - Guns Germs and Steel
4 - The Hitch Hikers guide to the Galaxy (fiction)

[doublepostwhore]

Motorworld - clarkson
Demons and Angels
Davinci code
The Camel Club
The Game hahaha

[smc]

Ulysses- James Joyce
Crime and Punishment- Dostoevsky
The Trial- Kafka
Death In Venice- Thomas Mann
To the lighthouse- Virginia Woolf

[eb0i]

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms - most current translation
Harry Potter
How to Make Love Like a Pornstar - Jenna Jameson
The Fountain Head - Ayn Rand

are a few just off the top of my head

[bball2]

Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling
Dark Arts Series - Philip Pullman
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
The Princess Bride - William Goldman
The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger

[HHURICANE1]

Lord of the Rings series
Dune series
Harry Potter series
Enders Game
Worthing Saga

[eur0]

Originally posted by pinoyhero


Yeah Night was very good, honorable mention for me for sure.

Agreed, we read that back in high school, still one of my fav's.

[CSVT]

People still read books?

[The Cosworth]

Originally posted by Crymson
1- The God Delusion
4 - The Hitch Hikers guide to the Galaxy (fiction)

Damn I forgot these two, I guess you can't add two more if you have room for 5

[Godfuader]

Originally posted by l/l/rX
im not gay or anything...but any of you guys read like "girly" books? hahaha

i just read "the undomestic goddess" by sophie kinsella...i thought it was a pretty good read. i guess it really caught my attention because the main character was a financial lawyer, and that caught my interest alot.

anyone recommend any books along those lines?

Isn't she the one with the 'Shopaholic' series? All my girlfriends seem to go nuts over it.

[HillBilly]

Originally posted by signature7
i didn't even know matt good wrote a book. I gotta check it out, was it after he got divorced or before?

after he got divorced. interesting read to say the least.

[cityhunter2501]

Originally posted by l/l/rX
im not gay or anything...but any of you guys read like "girly" books? hahaha

i just read "the undomestic goddess" by sophie kinsella...i thought it was a pretty good read. i guess it really caught my attention because the main character was a financial lawyer, and that caught my interest alot.

anyone recommend any books along those lines?

only girl book I read was Memoirs of a Geisha like 5 years ago.
ex gf made me read it:rofl:

[Mckenzie]

Kind of a random mix but a good variety here...

1- 1984- George Orwell
2- Confessions of an Economic Hitman- John Perkins
3- Any book by Clive Cussler
4- Authentic Happniess- Marty Friedman
5- Jimi Hendrix- The Man- The Magic- The Truth by Sharon Lawrence (the latest bio on him....incredible story)

[EK 2.0]

In no particular order...never said what kind of books.

Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

Love You Forever - Robert Munsch

Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger

The Trouble with Islam Today - Irshad Manji

Mortimer - Robert Munsch

[signature7]

the other day i thought of that book, love you forever..a true classic for me..

[ChokeEmOut]

Been reading lots of self help books to kill time latley..

Rich Dad Poor Dad - Robert T. Kiyosaki
Get Smarter : Life and Buisness Lessons - Seymour Schulich
Young, Rich And Dangerous : My Life In Music - J Dupri (Read online, Not to be released till October, but pick this book up if the music industry interests you)
Arnold : The Education Of A Bodybuilder - Arnold Schwarzenneger


Sorry if I went off topic, but was interested to see any other recomendations similiar to mine!

[hampstor]

Of hand I can only think of these ones that I REALLY enjoyed and could not put the book down:

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan

[l/l/rX]

as a suggestion...would you guys mind putting the kind of genre beside the title/ author???


i would really love to check out some of these books mentioned, depending on the genre...dont wanna run all around the library looking for stuff that doesnt interest me

[rookie101]

Wow it's harder than I though to narrow it down to just five, but here is a few in random order.

Intensity : Dean Koontz ( the only book I almost had to put in the freezer:eek: ) "Horror"

The Reality Dysfunction/Neutronium Alchemist series : Peter F. Hamilton "scifi"

Odd Thomas - Forever Odd - Brother Odd : Dean Koontz "general fiction"

Meg - The Trench : Steve Alten "Horror ?"

Magic Kingdom for Sale series : Terry Brooks " Fantasy"

I could Change this list back and forth a hundred times the longer I sit here, so a few more Authors in general would be

Stephen King / Peter Benchley / Raymond E. Feist / Ann Rice / Jk Rowling's / Terry Goodkind / ect.......

[smc]

For those individuals who selected novels by Ayn Rand, what do you think of her philosophical views ("Objectivism")?

Cant say I'm a big fan. I can't help think that ethics should be more then self interest.

[pinoyhero]

Originally posted by smc
For those individuals who selected novels by Ayn Rand, what do you think of her philosophical views ("Objectivism")?

Cant say I'm a big fan. I can't help think that ethics should be more then self interest.

Better start a new thread for that one ...

[. o 69 o .]

no particular order:

The 5 People you Meet in Heaven - Mitch Album

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge - Carlos Castaneda (and the 3 subsequent books)

Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe

Shogun - James Clavell

In Search of the Miraculous - P. D. Ouspensky

[ninjak84]

Originally posted by CSVT
People still read books?

...

[pinoyhero]

Thanks everyone for contributing, I building up a list from this other recommends, here's whats on it ...

Shadow Divers - Nonfic story of deep sea divers
Ten Little Indians - Contempo classic fiction

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by hampstor

Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan



Hahah you girl haha....just playin...

[hampstor]

Originally posted by EK 2.0




Hahah you girl haha....just playin...

haha it was a good book, the movie was kind of lame though :rofl:

Forgot another one:

The Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield

[pinoyhero]

Anyone read any Nasim Taleb, hearing good things ...

[pinoyhero]

Thanks for the recommendations guys, I hit up "and then there were none". Didn't mind it but was able to call the ending, not exactly but close. Also polished off "breakfast of champions", solid book, up there IMO. Taking a run at farenhiet 451 now.

[Eride]

1) Enders Game-Orson Scott Card
2) A Dream of Eagles Series--Jack Whyte- King Arthur kinda stuff
3) Gates of Fire--Steven Pressfield
4) Tuesdays with Morrie-Mitch Albom
5) Emperor series-Conn Iggulden