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Capt.Flannel
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for the literate ones on this site, let's start a list of books that you'd suggest to others...

My suggestions are:

Freakanomics
Lobster Chronicles
Jul 8 2006 5:04PM
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zepscratch
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harry potter
Jul 8 2006 5:06PM
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ride_switch
Posts: 586 - Karma: 22
Books by Orson Scott Card aren't bad...
Jul 8 2006 5:18PM
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StealthSteez
Posts: 3183 - Karma: 11
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Jul 8 2006 6:25PM
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RockandRollTroll
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what is the one with all the instructions how to make bombs and pick locks?
Jul 8 2006 6:26PM
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Aenigma
Posts: 11256 - Karma: 424
Catcher in the Rye
Farenheit 451
1984
The Dharma Bums
Slaughterhouse Five
Steal This Book
Jul 8 2006 6:28PM
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Leckett
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Prey by Michael Crichton. its an amazing book im really into it now. seriously worth cehcking out
Jul 8 2006 6:28PM
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soulskier
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catch 22 was pretty good
Jul 8 2006 6:38PM
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Alexander_Keith
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I just finished Davinci Code, For those with an open mind it'l rock your socks, ^^Farenheit 451 was interesting, Patriot Games by Tom Clancy
Jul 8 2006 6:51PM
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kingarthurs
Posts: 1126 - Karma: 10
pompeii is good. and the book that tells you how to make bombs and pick locks and shit is the anarchists cookbook.
Jul 8 2006 6:55PM
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Alexander_Keith
Posts: 3204 - Karma: 25
Thatd be the one
Jul 8 2006 6:56PM
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killabees
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bible
Jul 8 2006 7:03PM
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AtomicTweaker
Posts: 2341 - Karma: 16
lord of the flies, and anything by dickens, nietzche, or kafka, and demian by herman hesse
Jul 8 2006 7:06PM
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Lé.Skiing
Posts: 10035 - Karma: 8,122
1812.. i cant remember who wrote it, but a wicked book
Jul 8 2006 7:09PM
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ERIEcoastSKIER
Posts: 544 - Karma: 10
kurt vonnegut
don delillo
ken kesey
joseph heller
ray bradbury
chuck palahnuik
george orwell
etc.
but mainly read kurt vonnegut- he's the man.

Jul 8 2006 7:15PM
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soulskier
Posts: 17805 - Karma: 3,821
all tom clancy books are good, and then i watched the movie and was disappointed
thats one thing about movies, no reading
Jul 8 2006 7:22PM
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zackskis
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timeline, the call of the wild, fear and loathing in las vegas, and the other hunter s thompson book about him and lazlo in hawaii
Jul 8 2006 7:23PM
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Skiing_Is_Fun
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Brave New World
Jul 8 2006 8:34PM
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brogilvie
Posts: 2607 - Karma: 123
My top five is

Catcher In the Rye
Ishmael
Short History of Nearly Everything
My Ishmael
Sid Hartha
Jul 8 2006 8:42PM
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babysteeze84
Posts: 720 - Karma: 285
I really like Terry Pratchett, he's more of a fantasy but so true to life author.
Jul 8 2006 9:26PM
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4frntSkier
Posts: 4008 - Karma: 143
band of brothers, all quiet on the western front, the broker, the things they carried
and so many others i cant think of at the moment
Jul 8 2006 9:27PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
The Giver (I read it in 5th grade but its still probably my favorite book ever)
Chronicles of Narnia
Map of Bones (a lot like Dan Brown)
Andromeda Strain
Other Michael Crichtons

I'm a pretty shallow reader. I just like to be entertained. I really hate deep meanings and symbolism.
Jul 9 2006 1:16AM
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andy_boy
Posts: 4434 - Karma: 107
Prey
Deception Point
Jul 9 2006 1:33AM
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hollygrove
Posts: 7845 - Karma: 93
Animal Farm is good. It really made me think..
Jul 9 2006 1:34AM
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lalalalaura
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Snow White and Russian Red by some polish girl
Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Junior by MacCauley Culkin
Screaming Life by Charles Peterson (well, collection of photos, but fucking sick, about seattle's grunge scene)
Book of the Subgenuis by the Subgenuis Foundation

I recently found out I generally like a book if it has alot of swearing and drug references... apparently i don't give a fuck about plot. Fancy that.
Jul 9 2006 1:35AM
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St.Steezy
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yes, definetly Catcher in the Rye. One of the best books I have ever read.
Jul 9 2006 1:38AM
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[~_~]
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call me crazy, but I didn't like 1984 that much...it dragged on with crazy philosophy that I already knew.

Fight Club is sick if you haven't seen the movie yet


Jul 9 2006 1:42AM
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jibsworth
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Sam, read anything by Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse-Five is the best! everything else spectacular. trust me I wouldn't lie to you my icon sharing friend!
Jul 9 2006 2:08AM
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Capt.Flannel
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haha thanks for the suggestion; I've read slaughterhouse five, galapagos, and part of Cat's Cradle. SL5 was great, the others were just ok.
Jul 9 2006 10:48AM
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Uncle_Remus
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all book by W.E.B Griffion if ur into military fiction great author even tom clacy agrees
Jul 9 2006 10:51AM
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Capt.Flannel
Posts: 10928 - Karma: 36
Also, I found Catcher in the Rye a bit boring; anybody else think so? Cause all I see so far is that it's the greatest book ever written.
Jul 9 2006 10:52AM
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sherpasrock
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"dracula" by bram stoker is my all time favorite.
Jul 9 2006 10:56AM
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C-Burg
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Undaunted Courage
Jul 9 2006 11:06AM
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sopher
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The Life of Pi and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime are really really good
Jul 9 2006 11:40AM
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Capt.Flannel
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ooh sick, my sister has life of pi, I'll have to snag it.
Jul 9 2006 11:44AM
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punkrock32
Posts: 1183 - Karma: 21
Ishmael is the best book ever, i think everyone should read it
Jul 9 2006 11:48AM
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LostCarKeys
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Read it, but I am not as big of a fan of his crazy explinations for impossible things... and when he is looking for the key, I was scared for him...
Jul 9 2006 1:05PM
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GhostfaceKillah
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definatly read Ishmael

A Short History of Nearly Everything is good too

Catch-22 is money
Jul 9 2006 1:25PM
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ERIEcoastSKIER
Posts: 544 - Karma: 10
read some william s. burroughs...his characters are mostly homosexual drugies. tons of crazy shit. crazy plot or crazy lack of plot. pretty intense and a bit confusing though.
Jul 9 2006 5:54PM
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Demanda
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Hey Nostradamous and Miss Wyoming, both by Douglas Coupland are really good
Jul 9 2006 6:04PM
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brogilvie
Posts: 2607 - Karma: 123
Have you read My Ishmael aswell? Its really good too, My Ishmael makes you think that "My Ishmael" is better than Ishmael, but when you think about it after reading both. Ishmael is by far the better of the two. I want to read Story of B.
Jul 9 2006 6:14PM
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bangarangmules
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the Davinci code was awesome!! way better than the movie
Jul 9 2006 9:32PM
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III
Posts: 2041 - Karma: 22
Dune is my favorite book. It just draws me in. I also really like Speaker for the Dead (Orson Scott Card) and Timeline (Michael Chricton).
Jul 9 2006 9:40PM
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MitchPee
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Six Days
In the Company of Heroes
A Tale of Two Cities
1984
Jul 9 2006 9:48PM
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Redstar
Posts: 1698 - Karma: 9
check out

"The Tipping Point" and
"THe Singularity is near"
Jul 9 2006 11:47PM
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roxysister360
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the perks of being a wallflower
we were the mulvaneys
a clockwork orange
Jul 10 2006 12:35AM
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jd_1260
Posts: 1192 - Karma: 293
The Maze, I dont know who its by but its a good book but some of you will probs find it boring.
Jul 10 2006 12:38AM
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Grimace.
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fight club
Jul 10 2006 1:12AM
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punkrock32
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na, ill definantly check it out, i didnt realize there was a second book, thanks man
Jul 10 2006 1:17AM
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MrPantyDropper
Posts: 5016 - Karma: 65
A Million Little Pieces
My Friend Leonard

I'm reading the Celestine Prophecy right now, and I'm going to start Whiteout after I'm done. I'll let you know how they are.
Jul 10 2006 12:04PM
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Capt.Flannel
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Whiteout's by Follet right? I heard it's great but some pretty raunchy sex scenes.
Jul 10 2006 5:15PM
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