Best Book You Ever Read?

[Asclepias]

I read a good book at least 1 hour a day now having worked my way up from 10 minutes. I am always on the lookout for more good books to add to my library. What are some of the most influential books you have read and why?

 

[Skull Pilot]

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/dp/0807014273/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=35153895085&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11124460655411710214&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_5g3o216zdh_b]Man's Search for Meaning: Viktor E. Frankl, William J. Winslade, Harold S. Kushner: 9780807014271: Amazon.com: Books[/ame]

 

[Asclepias]

Man's Search for Meaning: Viktor E. Frankl, William J. Winslade, Harold S. Kushner: 9780807014271: Amazon.com: Books

Why?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

The Silence of the Lambs
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How about a "Desert Island books" thread, you can only take 10

 

[Mr. H.]

Admittedly, I haven't read a book in quite some time. Much too busy pouring over industry publications. However, this was a dandy back in the day:
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Casey: The Lives and Secrets of William J. Casey: from the OSS to the CIA

 

[Asclepias]

The Silence of the Lambs
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How about a "Desert Island books" thread, you can only take 10

What good would they do you on a deserted island?

 

[srlip]

tied, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, by John Ross, and MOLON LABE, by Boston T. Party.

 

[srlip]

you'd have to separate out non-fiction from fiction, of course. No point taking fiction with you on a desert island. better have LOTS of the right 'how-to" books for that.

 

[Pennywise]

PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, by Jared Taylor. Because it opened my eyes and educated me on issues about which I had long suspected were making things worse in society.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Man's Search for Meaning: Viktor E. Frankl, William J. Winslade, Harold S. Kushner: 9780807014271: Amazon.com: Books

Why?

It takes away all the excuses you've ever heard people utter.

IMO everyone should read this book

 

[JakeStarkey]

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

 

[guno]

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

He wrote The Jungle to expose the appalling working conditions in the unregulated meat-packing industry. His description of diseased, rotten, and contaminated meat shocked the public and led to new federal food safety laws.



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[psikeyhackr]

The Screwing of the Average Man (1974) by David Hapgood
Economic Rape of America - The Worst Professional Screwmasters
[ame=http://www.amazon.com/screwing-average-man-David-Hapgood/dp/B0006W84KK]The screwing of the average man: David Hapgood: Amazon.com: Books[/ame]


The title pretty much explains it.

I have been saying we should have a national recommended reading list for years. But I suspect publishing companies, authors and educators are not enthusiastic about the concept.

Here is fiction with a similar take:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Merchants

psik

 

[jasonnfree]

Catch 22 I read in school when if first came out. After a couple years in the Navy, I figured Heller had the military pegged pretty good. Politics too. We get these empty suits and expect they'll serve the people. I liked Milo Minderbender in the book. He subcontracted with the Germans to bomb his own base because he could do it cheaper, (but at least warned his buddies first). Milo, the first global corporatist. Profit first and screw everyone else. Mitt romney would be proud of him.

 

[RandomVariable]

Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. I don't know who the translator was. It was on the shelf either in the house or at the library. I was reading some of the classics at the time and I came across that one. I knew it was highly respected as a classic and it was really big so I figured I would at least try to make it through. I started on the first page and I was gone. I was so engrossed it is one of those when one looks up it takes a moment to reorient oneself. I was just so, not into but, in that book. If one knows the story that might not be a good thing.

 

[Ava]

My mind first went to The Color Purple.

 

[edthecynic]

The Glass Bead Game (German: Das Glasperlenspiel)
- Hermann Hesse

 

[sameech]

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Yep. That would be mine as well, though I probably enjoy the fuller body of work of Hemingway and Dickens better than what I have read of Twain's other writings.

 

[Unkotare]

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Give-Damn-Frustrations-Challenges/dp/1466369094/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400272424&sr=8-1&keywords=don%27t+give+a+damn]Don't Give a Damn: How to Cope with the Fears, Frustrations, and Challenges of Daily Life: Dr. Bill Chun MD: 9781466369092: Amazon.com: Books[/ame]

 

[RandomVariable]

Edgar Allen Poe as a poet, of course. "Fall of the House of Usher". Although that is neither book nor poem. There are many others I like very well also, and have at home.