Ask HN: What are some good books?

Re:Ask HN: What are some good books? by bloodorange on Saturday May 11, 2013 @01:53PM (#5691391)

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" - Lewis Carroll

"Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There" - Lewis Carroll

"Dracula" - Bram Stoker

"Frankenstein" - Mary Shelly

"On Education" - Bertrand Russell

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy" - Douglas Adams

"Animal Farm" - George Orwell

"1984" - George Orwell

"Lord of The Flies" - William Golding

"Brave New World" - Aldous Huxley

"Gulliver's Travels" - Jonathan Swift

"The Selfish Gene" - Richard Dawkins

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Re:Ask HN: What are some good books? by bloodorange on Saturday May 11, 2013 @05:32PM (#5692169)

Adding more:

Siddhartha - Hermen Hesse

Narcissus and Goldmund - Herman Hesse

The Glass Bead Game - Herman Hesse

The Consolations of Philosophy - Alain de Botton

A Brief History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

Politics and The English Lanaguage (essay) - George Orwell

A Modest Proposal (essay) - Jonathan Swift

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Re:Ask HN: What are some good books? by youngbenny on Saturday May 11, 2013 @02:24PM (#5691524)

Thanks, that's a great list. Reminds me to read some classic fiction again.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some good books? by thoughtcriminal on Saturday May 11, 2013 @02:46PM (#5691628)

I read Frankenstein recently and its pretty intense. Recommended.

Probably the most exhilarating read for me in a long while has been "The Secret Race" by Tyler Hamiliton. But don't take my word on it, read the reviews.

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