Hermann Hesse - Siddhartha
Gabriel García Márquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude
John Kennedy Toole - A Confederacy of Dunces
Hermann Hesse - Siddhartha
Gabriel García Márquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude
John Kennedy Toole - A Confederacy of Dunces
One of my favourite books of all times is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig.
Strongly agreed with recommendations of Hermann Hesse, Terry Pratchett, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Le Petit Prince).
Other worthy time-spenders:
Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis de Berniere
Some of O Henry's short stories. The Last Leaf is the most famous.
Something by Dostoyevsky, The Gambler is short and sweet.
Something by Stanislas Lem. Solaris is his most famous work. The Mask a good selections of short stories.
Love in the Time of Cholera is also a good G. G. Marquez book.
The Idiot is a good one, and Notes from the Underground would provide a properly bracing kick in the nuts for Jinxi. I also recommend the Gogol collection, The Overcoat & Other Tales of Good and Evil.Originally Posted by GuavaDrunk
Just scored his Futurological Congress as a light treat between reading the present heavy tome and the next.
Kafka's "Das Prozess" is always a classic.
Stieg Larsson's popular trilogy is quite good, in spite of its excessive popularity.
C.J. Sansom's "Dark Fire" is another sure bet, if you enjoy exquisite writing and accurate historical reconstructions.
A personal favorite: "The Master and Margarita", by Mikhail Bulgakov.
Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Half of a Yellow Sun
Anne Rice: The Mayfair Witches series (better than the Vampire Chronicles)
For some good laughs: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
I really can't stand "this is how you master your life and become successful and rich" books. I have been through times of too much partying, excessive drinking, debilitating depression and anxiety, underachieving, procrastination, plan changes, rejections (tons!), confusion, etc. and now I have a Ph.D. and a prestigious postdoc BECAUSE (not despite) of all of that. The best thing I did in life was to allow myself to fail, be confused, take my time, try new things, trust that people will see my potential through my writing and research (not my credentials), and NOT be on a straight path for the sake of success. My personal success is made up of all the drama and chaos and I wouldn't do anything differently. I would NEVER want to be self-employed. My dad is self-employed and loves what he does, but there have been horrible struggles. I am perfectly happy to be paid by a university for the rest of my days, thank you very much.
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
― Anais Nin
Wish I could click constructive AND likes for this! Beautifully said Kim, every bit of it. Simply inspiring.
Lot more to the journey than just the destination alone, and you get to the destination because of the journey, not despite it! True. I think Alice would have something to say of that too when jumping down the rabbit hole and falling into a well of intrigue.
I read it secretly because it seemed kinda girly, but Barbara Kingsolver's Poisonwood Bible was a pretty good novel.
haha! And the rest of your reading suggestions are more manly in comparison ?
A fond memory.
The Man in the High Castle is another good one, as is A Scanner Darkly.
And since I'm here, John Le Carre writes very good spy novels. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, A Most Wanted Man, The Little Drummer Girl, The Mission Song etc etc. His recurring character George Smiley is one of the most notable in that genre.
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