Book Recommendations

[Reaver]

I'm looking for book recommendations, both fiction and non-fiction. Not just any book recommendations though, list your top 5 books in the past, let's say 2-3 years, and then your top 5 favorite books of all times.

I'd like to see vykromond's, kolar, jeenyuss, ph, paulo, 404, Jason, Jerome, troll king, facetious, concreteschlyrd, and epinephrine specifically but of course any recommendations are welcome

[kthx]

Watership Down.

[gran guerrero]

Monkey: Journey to the West

[Eric is God]

Last two non-fantasy books that I really enjoyed:

The Black Swan: The Impact Of The Highly Improbable

The Art of War

Both are outstanding profiles on human behavior and The Art of War would be of particular help to anyone looking to succeed in a corporate environment.

[Scurvy]

favorite all time book: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

recent favorites:

Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson
Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins
Tono-Bungay by H. G. Wells
The World According to Garp by John Irving
Treason by Orson Scott Card

[Twerp]

Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels if you like mystery/thriller novels.

[Vergilius]

the classics:

War and Peace - Tolstoj
The name of the rose - Umberto Eco

[paradise!]

Shade's Child by Garth Nix
Invisible Man by Ralph ellison
Catch-22
Slaughterhouse-five

I don't recommend reading Watership Down at all. If you have some serious patience then go for it. Other than that..forget it.

p.s. I love how you mentioned ph as someone you would expect an intelligent post from.

[Cops]

Noam Chompsky - Hegemony or Survival, several others
Stephen Lewis - Race Against Time: Searching for Hope in Aids Ravaged Africa
Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs, and Steel
Aldous Huxley - Brave New World, Doors of Perception

[Sufficient]

1) A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving - This is my fav book of all time. Scurvy mentioned The World According to Garp which is excellent as well ... A Widow for One Year is great too.
2) Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond - This might be a thicker read, but even if you only pick a few chapters to read, it's very interesting stuff.
3) Blink by Malcolm Gladwell - Also check out The Tipping Point and Outliers.
4) The Blind Side by Michael Lewis - Great story if you like football ... talks about the evolution of the left tackle, rise of LT, and contemporary story of Michael Oher who plays for Ole Miss.

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[castromarx]

mein kampf
the bible
anything from the clifford the big red dog series.

[Cops]

The last book I read was also really good,

Dispatches from the Edge by Anderson Cooper

[LaG KiLLeR]

Based on personal experience, I recommend The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas (and I agree with whomever listed Catch-22).

Based on what I've heard from friends, I recommend The Romance of The Three Kingdoms and Musashi.

[LaG KiLLeR]

Noam Chompsky - Hegemony or Survival, several others
Stephen Lewis - Race Against Time: Searching for Hope in Aids Ravaged Africa
Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs, and Steel
Aldous Huxley - Brave New World, Doors of Perception

Haha, Brave New World was a high school read, don't think he'd be interested in that.

By the way, I like your choice of authors, especially Jared Diamond.

And Reaver, another book I'd suggest: A Portrait of a Young Artist by James Joyce

[Kim]

Check out Life of Pi by Yann Martel and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.