ResidentNihilist: Books And Music

ResidentNihilist 01.04.14	Book recs would be appreciated.
Calc 01.04.14	book recs or music recs?
jdennis31 01.04.14	Sophie's World by Jostein Gardner. Great book that goes through the history of philosophy in a nonfictional format.
ResidentNihilist 01.04.14	book recs please
ResidentNihilist 01.04.14	Cheers jdennis, been looking into philosphy far more lately so that should be a great help.
zakalwe 01.04.14	A Confederacy of Dunces Use of Weapons To Kill A Mockingbird Slaughterhouse 5 1984
Calc 01.04.14	Long Earth is a pre good sci-fi book i'm reading right now.
Relinquished 01.04.14	for philosophy history I actually prefer From Socrates to Sartre by T.Z. Lavine, I highly recommend it
jdennis31 01.04.14	I had to read that in school. I liked it, but it was kind of boring. Sophie's World will do more to get you into philosophy, but if you're already interested, than Socrates to Sartre is probably better. Lavine is a bit more specific whereas Gardner is fairly broad.
JamieTwort 01.04.14	If you want something philosophy related I'd recommend Michel Foucault - The Order of Things. As for listening to music while reading, I find that ambient music can sometimes enhance the emotional connection I have with what I'm reading.
zakalwe 01.04.14	Woah that order of things sounds interesting JT. Ordered, going to be scratching me head until 2016.
ResidentNihilist 01.04.14	Cheers guys, especially for the philosphy recs, I shall check them all out soon. JT yeah I've found that with some really odd combinations (listening to warm ambient while reading Windup Bird Chronicle). I also tried listening to Bloodbox's Mother of Dust while reading a horror novel. Easy way to scare yourself shitless under an hour.
StallionMang 01.04.14	I listen to F#A# Infinity when I'm reading The Road
JamieTwort 01.04.14	@Zak: The first chapter where he talks about the painting Las Meninas is my favourite part of The Order of Things. It influenced the way in which I perceive visual art.