I'm 19 years old. I am female. I like to read. Please recommend books that you have enjoyed and think I would enjoy (please see age and gender before recommending). Or recommend books to others in this thread. Also, include a breif description of the book or why you liked the book... just some reason why you're recommending it.

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Mediocrity at its most average.

I have just finished reading A Brave New World by Aldus Huxley. I thought it was popcorntastic. Not the best written but a lot of stuff to make you think.

I would suggest Catch 22 but you are a girl.

I just picked up Jack Londons White Fang again after reading it for the first time aged 8. I wonder if it was a good as I remember. I will tell you once I have finished.

Obviously The Lord of the Rings, It's like going on holiday man.

Gullivers Travels is boring and very interesting by turns.

My GF loves Watership Down, she says it's deep man. I thought it a little gay.

Captain Corellis Mandolin is a fucking ace read, the end is a bit drawn out and depressing but then uplifting then ultimately shit. But I recommend this esp. to women.

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GOVT. Warning: Do not smoke around children they will badger you for fags.

Where'd the cheese go?

Where tha muthafuckin cheese go at?

I am a huge fan of this book:

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Dad was flammable

Oh man, I have read ' Who moved my Cheese ' it made me hunry. For cheese. And movies.

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GOVT. Warning: Do not smoke around children they will badger you for fags.

-I would recommend absolutely anything by Kurt Vonnegut, but particularly "Cat's Cradle" or "Slaughterhouse 5".

He has a way of writing prose which can uplift you/move you to tears simply with a couple of well placed words. This guy is less an author, more a Professor of Human Nature.

-If you're into something a bit more "out-there", try something by Jeff Noon; "Nymphomation" is my personal favourite. He writes prose like freeform poetry, and his bizarre alternate-world scenarios are incredibly compelling.

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Absorbed directly through the skin.

Wonderful fiction that's a joy to read
William Goldman: The Princess Bride
Barry Hughart: Bridge of Birds
Tim Powers: The Anubis Gates

Feeling Geeky? Drown in these
Douglas Hofstadter: Gödel, Escher, Bach
Tom Wolfe: The Right Stuff

Get a different look at what's around you
National Geographic's Atlas of North America (as viewed from above)

A fun read, and not just because my dog wrote part of it and I make a cameo
Mark and Donia Steele: Steeles on Wheels

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ken.kaufman@gmail.com

Well, seeing as I am almost 19 and I am female, i can give you a few that i enjoyed.

Robin Cook - Abduction
It's like this cool book about Atlantis and shit... it was just ... i dunno, realy really awesome.
Robin Cook - Coma or Mindbend
I don't know about anyone else, but I like medical sci-fi, which is mostly what Cook writes (as he is a doctor). Coma is about, well, these people who go in for surgery and end up going into a coma, and this girl who tries to figure out how they go into this coma. Mindbend is ... well.. its about this company who is brainwashing their employees (OB-GYN) to give abortions so they can do testing on the fetus' for their products...
Goethe - The Sorrows of Young Werther
It just... sucks you in. I had to read this for my German History class, and basically, its set in old Germany, and this guy, Werther, is an artist who becomes completely infatuated with this girl, who is getting married to another, but she totally leads him on... anyway, it leads to his demise and its just an all around fun book! Hyok!

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Okay, Lindsay, are you forgetting that I was a professional twice over - an analyst and a therapist. The world's first analrapist.

I don't know whether sci-fi is your thing or not - when it comes to books it's not mine as a rule, but even so, I read "Neuromancer" by William Gibson this Summer and was blown away - it's very good. Very. Good. I can't recommend it enough.

If you want something completely different, try "The Analects" by Confucius - it's not very long, but it's full of clever insights and ancient wisdom.

The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter
A sad and joyful little book about a boy growing up with his white (Scotch? Irish?) Grandfather and Cherokee Grandmother. Suitable for all ages.

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Chicken Feather Bed Bugs Bunny Hop Sing Out Side Street Walker Texas Ranger Cookie Dough Boy Wonder Years

Read this. It's very funny and free. You may not like it Chicka, but others may enjoy it.

May I also suggest the Xanth series by Peirs Anthony. You're probably not into fantasy books, but these are the best:

I'm sorry. I read alot.

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Poop.

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I am a huge fan of this book:

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My current reading list:

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[*]"The Mythical Man Month" by Frederick Brooks - This is about software project management, so you'd hate this.

[*]"Dune" by Frank Herbert - again, I doubt you'd be into this.

[*]"Hagakure" I'm also flicking through verses in this. Especially the ones where people get cut up for no reason. Good but I doubt you'd like this.

[*]"Notes from a Small island" by Bill Bryson - Also a good book about an American travelling in Britain. Read this.

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Dani's reading "Single White Vampire" - I don't know who that's by, but she seems to like it. I think it's a romantic comedy type book. Yeah, read this.

Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, you might like if you're into fantasy stuff - it's quite easy going and funny.

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Please replace the handset, and try again.

Three of my favorite books:

A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

Three of my favorite series of books:

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

The Armageddon Triolgy by Robert Rankin.

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If it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have no luck at all. D'OH!

That book is fucking awesome. I recommend it. It's this detective story set in Toy Town.

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Jesus saves, but everyone else in a 10 foot radius takes full damage from the fireball.

I've read the Giver. It was forced on us in 7th grade. I hated the ending. Then again, I hate the ending to most books people consider to be the "best literature". That may give you somewhere to go with recommending books. I'll post some recommendations of my own later.

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Mediocrity at its most average.

Anything by Robert Rankin is good.

I'm also going to recommend Kurt Vonnegut, the man is a genius. Also, anything by Christopher Brookmyre and, if you like detective books, Jeffrey Deaver. When it comes to the classics, I've always liked the Great Gatbsy, Lord of the Flies and anything by Orwell.

I'd suggest you avoid the Piers Anthony books unless you like the idea of an entire series of books based on truly awful Kaufman-esque puns.

I just finished reading the Curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon. It's written from the perspective of an autistic boy who is trying to solve a mystery. It's interesting because he doesn't have the ability to describe certain emotions so you have to read between the lines. I cried in one part while I was sitting in Papa John's waiting for my pizza. No lie. It's a thoughtful book.

I've been reading The Descent by Jeff Long while i do cardio. It's a good, simple, sci-fi sort of book about the discovery of trails under the Earth's crust and the rush to colonize underneath there.

I third anything by Vonnegut. I really enjoyed Blackbeard or Bagombo's Snuff Box. Bagombo's is just a bunch of short stories.

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Peeing sitting down is the gift you give yourself.