# 10 Books **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 7, 2012, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-books/615028 "2012-03-07T08:41:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-books/615028/1 "2012-03-07T08:41:30Z")
Ten books I think everyone should read (in no particular order): • TheLord of the Flies–William Golding (May have been the book that turned me into a reader, back in highschool) • To Kill a Mockingbird–Harper Lee (I read this yearly, at least. So good) • The Milagro Beanfield War–John Nichols (Laugh out loud funny) • Jitterbug Perfume–Tom Robbins (One of a kind) • Into Thin Air–Jon Krakauer (My introduction to a helluva a journalist/writer. Great, albeit sad, story) • Resurrection Day–Brendan Dubois (I love a good ‘What if’) • Never Let Me Go–Kazuo Ishiguro (Could not get this book out of my mind for days) • Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff–Christopher Moore (Satire-ish, but a compelling idea about religion) • Gods Behaving Badly–Marie Phillips (Just a pretty good time) • A Confederacy of Dunces–John Kennedy Toole (Seriously, just read it) Given the above, what ten books do you think I should read? I’ll try yours if you’ll try mine. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-books/615028/2 "2012-03-07T13:51:11Z")
I’m tempted to include Moore’s Lamb also, but I wanna do an all new list- C. S. Lewis - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (Narnia I) C. S. Lewis - The Last Battle (Narnia VII) Aldous Huxley - Brave New World George Orwell - 1984 Pick any one book by Ray Bradbury Taylor Caldwell - Dear and Glorious Physician Taylor Caldwell - Captains and the Kings Brian Caldwell - We All Fall Down (the most unsettling Rapture novel ever written) One novel by Ayn Rand Mary Shelley - Frankenstein ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-books/615028/3 "2012-03-07T15:20:15Z")
> [@Sami41](#): > > • Resurrection Day–Brendan Dubois > (I love a good ‘What if’) > > Given the above, what ten books do you think I should read? You should read _Fatherland_ by Robert Harris. Another alternate history novel that I think had a similar feel to _Resurrection Day_. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-books/615028/4 "2012-03-07T16:16:54Z")
_The Stupidest Angel_, by Christopher Moore. _Wyrd Sisters Guards! Guards!_ both by Terry Pratchett. _The Plague and I_ by Betty MacDonald _You Gotta Play Hurt_, by Dan Jenkins _Holidays in Hell_, by P.J. O’Rourke Any of the _Miss Manners_ books, by Judith Martin. _The Warrior’s Apprentice_ by Lois McMaster Bujold. _The Many-Colored Land_, by Julian May _Startide Rising_, by David Brin The first group contains hilarious books, IMHO, and there’s some humor in the second group too, along with lots of adventure and drama. ---
**Author:** ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-books/615028/5 "2012-03-07T19:15:13Z")
Thanks everyone! I’ve read 7 of those listed above, but will definately look into the rest. I just wish there were more hours in my days. ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-books/615028/6 "2012-03-07T20:10:48Z")
\*Animal Farm \*by Orwell _A Christmas Carol_ by Dickens _Witness_ by Whitaker Chambers _Angela’s Ashes_ by McCourt _Diary of a Young Girl_ by Anne Frank _The Dream and the Nightmare_ by Myron Magnet _The Bible_ by Various _A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich_ by Solzenhitsyn _Economics in One Lesson_ by Hazlitt _Disciple_ by Juan Carlos Ortiz