Just out of interest, is there a list like this that is for eastern countries. This is the western list, and a good one.Here are some classic works that are often recommended as essential reading for men, in no particular order:
- The Odyssey by Homer
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- 1984 by George Orwell
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare
The Unfettered Mind by Takuan Soho.Any good book suggestions?
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-The Qu'ran
If enough people believe a lie, the lie becomes reality.Two made up books hahahahaha gtfo man
You wanna say all of the other books mentioned are actual real stories? :OTwo made up books hahahahaha gtfo man
I've read them both, and I'm atheist.Two made up books hahahahaha gtfo man
I've read all of those - apart from 3... (Hundred Years of Solitude, Old Man and the Sea, and Count of Monte Cristo) - Yet!I wonder how many here have even read one of them and probably for high school English![]()
Read 6.I wonder how many here have even read one of them and probably for high school English![]()
There is a Steinbeck museum in Salinas. Not too far from the SF Bay Area. Fantastic museum. Inspired me to read East of Eden. Which was great. I visited Cannery Row in Monterey & read the book. I didn’t like it. Watched GoW in HS.Here are some classic works that are often recommended as essential reading for men, in no particular order:
- The Odyssey by Homer
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- 1984 by George Orwell
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare
There are Mark Twain sites in the Sierra Foothills here in CA that I’ve visited. Also. in Hannibal, MO (which I’ve been to) Lots of MT stuff. I read MT as a teen.Here are some classic works that are often recommended as essential reading for men, in no particular order:
- The Odyssey by Homer
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- 1984 by George Orwell
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare
I am a huge HPL fan. I hope to visit some HPL sites in New England someday.I've read all of those - apart from 3... (Hundred Years of Solitude, Old Man and the Sea, and Count of Monte Cristo) - Yet!
Admittedly, Macbeth was in School, for English Lit. class - We also read a couple of Steinbecks in school, 'Of Mice and Men', and 'Cannery Row'.
I have read some Shakespeare since school.
Other Dostoevskys: 'The Idiot', and 'Brothers Karamazov' are great.
I tend to read mostly Sci-Fi/Fantasy for recreation, but am slowly catching up with 'classics' that I've missed....
I do enjoy the Terry Pratchett Discworld books - Isaac Asimov, HP Lovecraft, HG Wells, Jules Verne, Robert Heinlein...
Of the more modern SciFi writers: Neil Gaiman, Frank Herbert, Phillip D!ck, Neal Stephenson...
A few Sci-Fi recommendations:
Neal Stephenson - 'Snow Crash', 'Nebula', 'Quicksilver'.
Robert Heinlein - 'Stranger in a Strange Land', 'Moon is a Harsh Mistress', 'Double Star', 'Starship Troopers' (original is NOTHING like the movie)
H.P. Lovecraft - 'The Colour out of Space', 'Pickman's Model', 'Rats in the Walls', 'Whisperer in Darkness' (Though I never really got into his 'Cthulhu' stuff which does get referenced in 'WiD')
Oh, and Clive Barker - Pretty much anything by him if you're into richly detailed and elaborate, fantasy worlds.
(I have a signed copy of 'The Hellbound Heart' - The original novel which spawned the 'Hellraiser' movies)