daftphunk

Haven't seen one of these posted. If I overlooked it, point me in the right direction!

I have a lot of free time at work. I enjoy reading during that free time and was curious as to what some of you guys are reading or have read before that you might like to share.

I'm currently reading Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse-Five' and enjoying it so far. Probably be done in a few days so I need some new material for the upcoming days.

Share. Comment. Etc

Future240

I am reading a lot of Stephen King's older novels. "It" by far is my favorite, with "Salem's Lot" coming in at a close second.

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TougeLove

Just started reading "Dismantling the Empire: Americas last best hope" by Chalmers Johnson. Really good stuff.

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word sux

I have been reading allot of Chomsky lately.

BustedS13

i recently bought a copy of Being and Nothingness because i thought it'd look good on the shelf.

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lflkajfj12123

i did the same

can't handle 800 pages on existentialism

BustedS13

i get weird boners when i see 70s paperbacks of iconic books on amazon for a dollar. but i can't read this shit.

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lflkajfj12123

i usually do the same thing find cheap good books on amazon then they sit while i sift through the lighter reads

recent stuff i read

ronmcdon

Im usually reading a couple different books at the same time, & I don't always get around to finishing everything.

Reading 'The Denial of Death' (ernest becker) on & off.
it is terribly depressing but also a fascinating read.

I'm always reading psychology themed books for my grad studies.
past few that I enjoyed, all of them are easy to read even if you're not that academic.
'Love's Executioner' great existential themed therapy book that's easy to get into even from a layman's perspective
'The boy who was raised as a dog' looks at the effects of trauma in child development
'prisoner of hate' looks at how we're wired to behave aggressively from a cognitive behavioral perspective.

just done reading the sci-fi 'Hyperion' (Dan Simmons) series. was an entertaining read.

for trashy fiction I'm always reading something from the Warhammer 40k series.

omgRWDgoodness!

Last two books I read:



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Yeah, WWII nerd. Some of you may already know via the Aviation thread. Got pretty much nothing but war and combat novels in my little bookshelf.

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santosspl

try some 18th or 19th century stuff..all are free on a kindle

Project Gutenberg - free ebooks

must read:
count of monte cristo
crime and punishment
david copperfield
short stories by guy maupassant
short stories by somerset maugham


recent sci-fi for fun and adventure
illium & olympos : dan simmons
hyperion series: dan simmons

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VROOOM

just bought this on Amazon.



one of my friends from back in the day wrote it so i thought i should give it a try

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BustedS13

right now i'm reading this.



this is on standby.

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ESmorz

Just read that last week, and in the past month:









All damn good stuff.

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BustedS13

^i'm reporting you to the government

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lflkajfj12123

if you got through all of nietzsche's book i recommend this one

ESmorz

Well I already mailed you testicle hairs. So, there's that.

I remember reading some very limited Kierkegaard passages in some Philosophy class, I may have to give it a gander.

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BustedS13

when i was 19, me and my lady at the time were driving up from Mizzou in her Neon. i was driving because i was the man. she loved Vonnegut, and she wanted me to enjoy it too, so she read aloud about 30 pages of Slaughterhouse-Five, and i probably would have enjoyed it but i was too busy thinking about banging her on my old futon that weekend, and then i tried to listen and get into it but i'd missed a lot of setup, so i thought she'd stop reading if i reached over and tried to finger her, but she totally kept reading, so i had to make her orgasm from fingering while driving a car through some hills, and then she came and stopped for a while, then she goddamn restarted and read me the first couple chapters while i paid attention. she loaned me the book and i never read it. never even gave it back.
i think i still have it on the shelf. yeah, there it is. good times. cool story bro. sorry.

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ESmorz

I liked the part where this reads like Vonnegut.

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s13silvia123

vampire hunter d graphic novels

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rc1honda

American Gods: Neil Gaiman

The Name of The Wind: Patrick Rothfuss
The Wise Man Fears:Patrick Rothfuss

Now if you haven't read the Lord of the Rings you should. Played out I know but the books are amazing.

Lees_Garage

"The Kite Runner" is a very captivating read. When your finished read "A Thousand Splendid Suns", if you haven't already. I am currently reading "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson.

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Matej

Over the past few years I have been reading mainly classics. Most recently; Karl May, Jules Verne, Dumas, and Tolstoy.

DS562

Im tryin to find a copy of this. i find them fascinating.

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Zeeeeeeeee32

omgRWDgoodness!

↑ I wonder who's going to be the first idiot to call you a Nazi sympathizer or asks you why you want to read about Nazis...lolol

That reminds me of this book that I've wanted to find for quite a while:

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axiomatik

If you like History:

1776 - David McCullough


Devil in the White City - Erik Larson - about a serial killer operating during the Chicago World's Fair


Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond - how some civilizations grew to great power and others didn't


The Wordy Shipmates - Sarah Vowell - about the first American colonists



Humor:
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris



umm, that's enough for now i suppose

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this is my current before bedtime book

Future240

This was a great book. I could not put it down once I started it.

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DS562

seriously, i was waiting for it ha that memoir one looks promising ^

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