What books do you think everyone should read?
- sleepydumpling
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1984 - George Orwell
Catcher in the Rye - Sallinger
The House on Benefit Street - Donna Montalbano
Weekends - Lindy S. Hudis
Some of these are obvious and some are new releases. In my opinion they are all must reads.
Just my opinion of course
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1984 is a great book and is quite easy to read. It is quite a scary book because some of the issues he brings up really do resonate with some of our current government's policies. I am jealous of you because I wish I was reading again for the first time!
Another idea for a great book is Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast. It is set in another world and the descriptions are so vivid and really involve you taking you away from your reality. Enjoy it.
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Something that someone finds personally interesting. It doesn't really matter what someone reads, as long as they're reading it because they like it.
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―Gilles Deleuze
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Let the Circle be Unbroken by Mildred Taylor
Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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I bought the book but hadn't gotten around to reading it. If you loved the book, I think you'd love the movie (which isn't normally the case for me!). The movie is a classic (black and white 1945 movie). It's heart wrenching. I have to get around to reading the book now. My freshman year in college, we had to read an excerpt from the book, and I loved it.KaeMartyndale wrote:I loved that book! I didn't even know other people had even HEARD of it!Star wrote: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn