Royl123
06.14.15 | 1 is mind-blowing. Great list. |
Tunaboy45
06.14.15 | Trainspotting is one of my favourites.
Finished Fight Club today, starting Filth.
Great list, it's full of books I want to read. |
Mort.
06.14.15 | I dont get 1 being mind blowing, Sirens of Titan is way better imo |
zakalwe
06.14.15 | Amazing albums amazing books here.
Read A Confederacy of Dunces, jam Let England Shake, bin Brand New. |
Sabrutin
06.14.15 | Big props for The Master and Margarita, I love it! |
NLD
06.14.15 | I don't really read anymore but I've read like 20 of these and they're all ace, good list |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.15 | Confederacy of Dunces is great but probably twice as long as it needs to be |
zakalwe
06.14.15 | I'm not having that Doof dude! It's an absolute classic, set piece to set piece funny as fuck. I didn't want it to end. |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.15 | I preferred the first half but yeah it's a must read Zak - apparently there's a curse as whenever they try to cast ignatius the actor dies before they start filming. John Belushi, John Candy, etc. think they were lining up the beardy dude from the hangover but he might have seen the history and bottled it |
zakalwe
06.14.15 | John Candy would have been my choice. |
MrSirLordGentleman
06.14.15 | List needs One Hundred Years of Solitude |
argonaut
06.14.15 | The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, For Whom The Bells, Crime And Punishment, those are some of my favorites as well. Awesome list. |
zakalwe
06.14.15 | I never got on with that one sirlord. Tried to read it 3 times, on each occasion thinking I was missing something but it never grabbed me. |
NorthernSkylark
06.14.15 | in cold blood?? that's an absolute masterpiece. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.14.15 | basic |
DoofusWainwright
06.14.15 | One Hundred Years of Solitude [2] |
zakalwe
06.14.15 | If anyone mentions that load of twaddle House of Leaves in these parts I'm going to go mental |
MrSirLordGentleman
06.14.15 | Weird to see a list with Siddharta but without Steppenwolf |
Royl123
06.14.15 | You should read Cat's Cradle too... |
Torontonian
06.14.15 | am i the only one that thinks 2 is disgustingly overrated? |
Torontonian
06.14.15 | On a positive note, sweet albums/books. I definetly dig the ones i've read from here. Needs some Uncle Toms Cabin. Such an important/brilliant book |
Royl123
06.14.15 | I hate TGG too... |
Torontonian
06.14.15 | glad i'm not the only one |
puntugruhm
06.14.15 | nice picks, especially 44. |
puntugruhm
06.14.15 | toronto- i second that and same for 9. |
NorthernSkylark
06.14.15 | while i do not agree that it is overrated, the great gatsby is just a really really good book and butterflies do fly on a summer's day. i would rec anyone the moviegoer by walker percy too. |
YetAnotherBrick
06.14.15 | amazing list, bro. superb. all it's missing is some Burroughs |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.14.15 | 38 is one of my favorites |
rockandmetaljunkie
06.14.15 | didn't know 26 is a book |
Let
06.14.15 | dude...get on that |
PappyMason
06.14.15 | Very nice, quite a few of my favs.
I'm currently mid-way through 29. It's a great read! |
carved
06.14.15 | Great list
I recommend the man in the high castle by phillip k dick |
theBoneyKing
06.14.15 | Nice list of books, albums are good too.
I'm sad to say that I can't listen to music and read at the same time, as they're my two favorite things to do and sadly they take time from one another. |
PappyMason
06.14.15 | I definitely prefer to listen to something chilled when I'm reading. Whether it's jazz, dream-pop, ambient etc.
@theBoneyKing, try listening to some ambient stuff while reading. |
PappyMason
06.14.15 | Global Communication - '76:14' is one that I've been listening to whilst reading recently. Yagya - 'Rigning' is great for reading at night too! |
theBoneyKing
06.14.15 | "try listening to some ambient stuff while reading." Yeah, ambient is good for reading, that's about all I can do. |
Yotimi
06.15.15 | That's probably the worst book I've ever read.
I definitely back up the Confederacy of Dunces rec |
YetAnotherBrick
06.15.15 | Naked Lunch is 1 for me too! |
Yotimi
06.15.15 | I Mean if 50 pages of blowin little boys is your thing |
YetAnotherBrick
06.15.15 | it's all for satire bro. just cuz you don't dig the imagery doesn't mean it's not a mind-blowing piece of literature |
Yotimi
06.15.15 | Yeah yeah I know but at the end of the day it's still a whole lot of raping kids |
YetAnotherBrick
06.15.15 | you're right man, that stuff is in there. must've been what the obscenity trial was all about haha |
YetAnotherBrick
06.15.15 | Portnoy's Complaint, anyone? (i forgot if it was on the list or not) |
TwigTW
06.15.15 | I dont get 1 being mind blowing, Sirens of Titan is way better imo [2] |
deathschool
06.15.15 | Catch-22 is fucking the best. Vonnegut has several books better than Slaughterhouse Five as much as I love that book though |
Rowan5215
06.15.15 | The Secret History by Donna Tartt
House of Leaves [2], agreed zak
Remember Why You Fear Me by Robert Shearman (best compilation of somewhat horror-esque literature I've ever read) |
hal1ax
06.15.15 | cats cradle imo. but ya 1 is amazing too |
theacademy
06.15.15 | books r for fucking nerds lol
50 books!... NERD ALERT |
hal1ax
06.15.15 | oh shit i just noticed you have Camus on this list. we are now friends! |
vmcoia91
06.15.15 | Vonnegut is my favorite author, and Cat's Cradle is undeniably brilliant (probably my 3rd or 4th favorite), but Slaughterhouse-Five will always be my favorite of his. |
HonestTroll
06.15.15 | You should include the holy bible bro |
alwaysright
06.15.15 | My favorite books are porn magazines |
YoYoMancuso
06.15.15 | reading 1 on my flight tomorrow |
hal1ax
06.15.15 | vmc, have you ever read The Plague, by Camus? i just finished it and i think i prefer it to the stranger ... though they are both incredible |
vmcoia91
06.15.15 | Yeah, I really the the Plague. Come to think of it, I may prefer it, too. The only Camus I couldn't get into was the Fall. I had to force myself to finish that one, but I do want to give it another chance since it's been a couple of years. |
PappyMason
06.15.15 | Camus is a god. I've also got The Rebel by him, although that is more sociology. I definitely need to pick up some more of his work. |
yep123
06.15.15 | Has anyone read Michael Gira's The Consumer? One of my favorites. |
NorthernSkylark
06.15.15 | the fall is annoying because it's just one long monologue, must have been a bitch to write. the stranger is pretty good, but there are better writers out there. |
NorthernSkylark
06.15.15 | double-posting is annoying because it's just one long monologue, must have been a bitch to write. the post is pretty good, but there are better users out there. |
YetAnotherBrick
06.15.15 | "will read next, currently getting through Last Exit to Brooklyn tho"
dude it's fucking amazing. one of the few books that has made me consistently laugh out loud. |
RadicalEd
06.15.15 | 2 is my 1 |
Rowan5215
06.16.15 | Reading Slaughterhouse for the first time right now, see you on the other side |
vmcoia91
06.17.15 | Nice, man. I hope you like it! |
