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PaoloTramezzani · 2009-04-19, 23:42:52

vernon god little is superb, i've lent it out to so many people i don't know who has it any more, one of my favourites

ludmila is good too

Xanthe · 2009-04-19, 23:44:08

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky is my favourite book.

MrMojoRisin' · 2009-04-20, 00:06:19

i love dostoyevsky, love russian writers in general

mr_numero · 2009-04-20, 00:16:22

The best Chuck Palahniuk for me is Invisible Monsters... it's amazing. Choke I was a little disappointed by.
And Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky is incredible

benw · 2009-04-20, 00:19:19

JG Ballard has died.... A sad day. Prolific enough to warrant an adjective based on his name. Empire of the Sun and Crash FTW

Arabesque · 2009-04-20, 00:46:28

Xanthe Wrote:The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky is my favourite book.

Bb · 2009-04-20, 01:10:08

the master and the margerita is one of the greatest stories ever.

luke_h · 2009-04-20, 01:29:21

I've just about to get stuck into a bit of a mindbender, A Brief history of time by Stephen Hawking

hughgb · 2009-04-20, 02:48:07

fear and loathing in las vegas
the alchemist (meant to be life changing...)

Luke_mf_skywalker · 2009-04-20, 09:13:13

luke_h Wrote:I've just about to get stuck into a bit of a mindbender, A Brief history of time by Stephen Hawking

good book.

Ghosts of Venice · 2009-04-20, 09:16:14

The crystal castles remix of em was ace. ;)

But seriously - anything published by CrimethInc. Especially a book called 'Evasion', I CANNOT recommend that book enough!!!

upandatom · 2009-04-20, 12:30:44

4NR Wrote:of grammatology

trumps everything else mentioned

really? you're in deconstruction?

if that's your vibe couple it with some borges and some jameson

upandatom · 2009-04-20, 12:33:43

mr_numero Wrote:
fogg Wrote:Anything by Haruki Murakami. Kafka on the Shore is a good start.
Murakami is a legend. I'm just about to finish Kafka on the Shore. Dance Dance Dance, After Dark and Norwegian Wood are all brilliant.

Also, Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk is one of my fave books.
And read Junky by Burroughs or On the Road by Kerouac... Everyone should read some beat generation stuff.

To the guy who's about to read Gravity's Rainbow... good luck. I got about 300 pages in and didn't have a fucking clue what was happening.

pynchon's a phenomenon. try the crying of lot 49 instead as a way into him. much easier and just as good

upandatom · 2009-04-20, 12:35:52

Luke_mf_skywalker Wrote:Ludmillas broken english by DBC pierre. His other one Venon God Little, won the booker prize a few years ago which is also excellent, brilliant black comedy and great story telling like.
http://www.faber.co.uk/site-media/onix-i...50_q85.jpg

wasn't a big fan of ludmilla. that said, vernon god little was so unbelievably good that i don't think anything could have followed it up enough for me

upandatom · 2009-04-20, 12:41:02

the little friend by donna tart's really good. also just finished reading Colson Whitehead's the illusionist, which is this noir exploration of elevator inspectors. really really good. muriel spark's the driver's seat is fantastic too. surprised no one's mentioned catcher in the rye yet. not a teenager any more, but still think it's so amazingly written.

also, recently read netherlands by joseph o'neill. really good. and if you want to read something so bleak it numbs you, then try the road by cormac mccarthy. pushes aristotle's ideas on catharsis to the absolute limit.

i do english, and i get no time to read anything outside of what's on my course. it's a massive shame.

urchins · 2009-04-20, 12:57:15

The Contortionists Handbook - Craig Clevenger

Very good book! When Chuck Palahniuk is saying "I swear to God this is the best book I have read in easily five years. Easily. Maybe ten years." on the cover you're looking at a good thing!

Evangelink · 2011-06-16, 22:53:10

Bump.

Anyone reading any good books at the moment? Few good suggestions in this ancient thread.

I'm reading Harbour by John Ajvide Lindqvist, which I'm enjoying so much I'll finish it soon. So I need more good books.

auxrevoir · 2011-06-17, 02:34:01

scar tissue (autobiography by anthony kiedis from RHCP).

Jägerverb · 2011-06-19, 02:31:28

Currently reading East of Eden, only about 200 pages in but I'm loving it so far, getting a lot more into the characters than I did with Grapes of Wrath.

sushilnash · 2011-06-19, 15:47:30

(2009-04-12 13:57:21)bellyscratch Wrote: The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein

+1 excellent book.

byebyebadman · 2011-06-19, 16:26:01

Buddha's Little Finger by Victor Pelevin
The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas
Illusions by Richard Bach
The Rum Diary by Hunter S Thompson

Favourite books I've read.

Currently reading Catch 22, which has been a lot of fun so far.

ljhub · 2011-06-20, 11:03:00

Read
Marching Powder by Rusty Young

Still to this date is the best book I have read.

drachir · 2011-06-20, 20:49:34

I'm half way through Statistics (Freedman/Pisani/Purves) and really enjoying it. Bit different to the other suggestions here, but I thoroughly recommend it if you have any interest in statistics/maths.

rickman · 2011-06-20, 22:07:26

Just finished Bright Lights Big City by Jay McInerney for the 2nd time this month, pretty entertaining read.

Evangelink · 2011-06-20, 22:11:22

(2011-06-20 22:07:26)rickman Wrote: Just finished Bright Lights Big City by Jay McInerney for the 2nd time this month, pretty entertaining read.

A novel written in second person? Sounds epic, I'll be checking this one out.