Ayn Rand-Atlas Shrugged- It's twice as good as Anthem. It deals with the same thing, but mainly it talks about how doing everything for the common good just won't work, and how everything should be done for yourself. I havnt read it in a while, but I remember that it's one of the best books I've ever read

A Brave New World- This differ's from distopian novels such as 1984 in that it predicts that the totalitarian society will be self-initiated, that people will actually want it, that we will cause it. It rings truer than 1984, and it's predictions are more correct than any other book of this kind.

America (The Book)

[QUOTE=ihatecelebrities]America (The Book)[/QUOTE]
the favorite puk band thing in it is hella funny

Has anyone said George Orwell's 1984?

Anyway, Thanks for adding to the thread, nice to see its still in use!

[U]The Catcher in the Rye[/U] by J.D. Salinger

I love that book so much, it's genius. I'm reading Nine Stories by Salinger too. It's pretty good.

The Catcher in the Rye is definatly my favorite book I have ever read.

Me too.

[U]Books To Check Out:[/U]
Animal Farm
Lord Of The Flies
The Good Earth
Of Mice And Men
Flowers For Algernon

Animal Liberation by Peter Singer
1984 By George Orwell
Animal Farm by George Orwell


And for a laugh The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks

[QUOTE=cbmartinez24]Me too.

[U]Books To Check Out:[/U]

Of Mice And Men
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Thats my favourite book EVER

It would be my favorite book too, except that i haven't read that many.

What's Lord of the Flies about? My sister told me that when her class read it, the teacher kept linking one of the kids to the devil, and one of them to god or an angel. I'm asking because I remember Bad Religion mentions it on one of the songs off of Suffer.

[QUOTE=Alley McSqueal]Thats my favourite book EVER[/QUOTE]

The ending was f[SIZE=2]u[/SIZE]cking amazing. It blew me away.

[QUOTE=thepo]It would be my favorite book too, except that i haven't read that many.

What's Lord of the Flies about? My sister told me that when her class read it, the teacher kept linking one of the kids to the devil, and one of them to god or an angel. I'm asking because I remember Bad Religion mentions it on one of the songs off of Suffer.[/QUOTE]

Well, it's about a group of boys who crash on an island. No adults are around and the story is about them trying to set up a society but everything crumbles. The underlying themes are human nature and loss of innocence. Many of characters represent things such as order, anarchism and Christ, but the book is trying to point out the savagery of human nature.

[QUOTE=cbmartinez24]The ending was f[SIZE=2]u[/SIZE]cking amazing. It blew me away.[/QUOTE]

You should see the movie too. John Malkovich is fantastic in it.

We started watching it in class, but we only got to the part where he crushes the guy's hand, I think. Gary Sinise and John Malkovich both acted excellent. God, I forgot how much I love that book. In fact, I'm going to read it right now.

I've read Catcher and handful of times.

And for a laugh The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks[/QUOTE]


I'm prepared. Are you? Anyways, most of the good books were taken, but some really good ones were left out.

Stupid White Men - Michael Moore's post 9/11 fact filled novel about how much George Bush sucks. The facts will shock you.
Youth In Revolt - Hilarious book about a teenager in California that goes to extreme lengths to try and have sex with the woman of his dreams. One of the funniest books I've ever read.
The Perks of Being A Wallflower - A series of letters written by a boy named Charlie. Perfectly describes the challenges of being a teenager. Filled with mix tapes, special brownies, teenage abortions, and lost virginity.
Steal This Book - Instruction book for being a baadass. How to steal, fight, forge, pirate, rig, and lie your way through life. Very thorough.

[QUOTE=redwedding]

Steal This Book - Instruction book for being a baadass. How to steal, fight, forge, pirate, rig, and lie your way through life. Very thorough.[/QUOTE]

I'm 100% badass.

there is a book called 'PUNK'
gives in depth history of Old skool punk 1977-1986(i think)

Noam Chomsky- Laungage and Politics
Noam Chomsky- 9/11
Al Franken- Lies and the Lieing Liars Who Tell Them
Tom Wolfe- Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Jack Kerouac- Visions of Cody

[QUOTE=AnihilateShrubbery]i useually hate reading, but my friend threw that book at me and said to read it, and if i didnt he would sic his badass dog on me. anyway, i read it and it changed my veiw on reading[/QUOTE]

yeah same here, cept minus the dog thing

[QUOTE=ihatecelebrities]America (The Book)[/QUOTE]

You beat me to it.

Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death and Grindcore

Came out not too long ago, I'm going on a big search for it.

1984!
catcher in the rye
small town punk
salad days

Catcher in the Rye was ok, I understand why its a classic, but I didn't find it absolutely wonderful.

The part when Holden is leaving the school and yells "Sleep tight you bastards" is still one of my favorite paragraphs in a book ever.

[QUOTE=Alley McSqueal]Thats my favourite book EVER[/QUOTE]

It's mine too.

Harry potter - a kewl bok aboot a boy who lieks magic and solves mistories wit his wizard friands

[QUOTE=cbmartinez24]The ending was f[SIZE=2]u[/SIZE]cking amazing. It blew me away.[/QUOTE]
And you weren't the only one.

Personally, I thought Catcher In The Rye sucked. It was just boring.

[QUOTE=Alley McSqueal]You should see the movie too. John Malkovich is fantastic in it.[/QUOTE]

Of Mice And Men is alright, Although we were forced to read it in school so it took the fun out of it somewhat. John Malkovich is a [i]f[/i]ucking fantastic movie, incredibly clever and funny at the same time.

[QUOTE=*NevermindTheBallots*]Of Mice And Men is alright, Although we were forced to read it in school so it took the fun out of it somewhat.[/QUOTE]
Same here

[QUOTE=sketchyjoe]Same here[/QUOTE]

The old English Lit GCSE exam! bah almost 5 years ago now and the wounds still hurt!