To fill my MMO void of late I’ve been devouring books faster than I can make it to the library. I’m trying to compile a list of books from various groups of people so free to add a book or three and as time permits I will try and keep this thread semi-updated.
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Currently reading:
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Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need by Andrew Tobias
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Books I would recommend:
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The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien (needs no explanation)
The Hobbit by Tolkien (I enjoyed this on a different level from LOTR)
Dune by Frank Herbert (one of my favorite books, but it's not for everyone)
Animal Farm by George Orwell (classic)
1984 by George Orwell (classic)
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin (one of the most challenging and rewarding reads I have ever experienced (not for the black and white, archetype lovers))
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (I’m just starting on this author, he has an entire library just by himself)
Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (no idea how I forgot about this one, great book)
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (stream of consciousness, horror book)
The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King (this series is permanently embedded in my mind)
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Children’s / Young Adult:
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Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (full of hype, but surprisingly fun and well written)
Inkworld Trilogy by Cornelia Funke (quick and easy read, carries some dark overtones)
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman
Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini (Harry Potter meets LOTR)
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NF, Education, Philosophy, and Theology:
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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Enchiridion by Epictetus
The Code of the Warrior: Exploring Warrior Values Past & Present by Shannon French
Stoic Warriors: The Ancient Philosophy behind the Military Mind by Nancy Sherman
Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos by Robert Kaplan
The Paradox of American Power by Joseph Nye Jr.
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
Cisco Certified Network Associate (sixth edition) by Todd Lammle
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And these are currently on my list to read (thoughts?):
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Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
The Prince of Nothing by Scott Bakker
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
The Novels of the Discworld by Terry Pratchett
The Black Company Chronicles by Glen Cook
The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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BlueGartr Fiction:
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Heroes Die by Matthew Stover
The Women of the Other World series by Kelly Armstrong
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas, Pere
The Picture/Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Neuromancer by William Gibson
A Man of His World by Dave Duncan
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Bourne Identity series by Robert Ludlum
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie
The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss
The Gap Cycle by Stephen Donaldson
A Sound Of Thunder by Ray Bradbury
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Redwall series by Brian Jacques
Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line by Ben Hamper
Mitch Rapp Series by Vince Flynn
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Jennifer Government by Max Barry
Codex Alera series by Jim Butcher
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Adam Bede by George Eliot
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
One Hand Clapping by Anthony Burgess
Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Night's Dawn trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton
Native Son by Richard Wright
The Exultant trilogy, Ring, Flux, Evolution, Anti-Ice, Manifold series by Stephen Baxter
The Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Hitchhiker's series by Douglas Adams
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Divine Comedy by Giovanni Boccaccio
Juveniles by Robert Heinlein
Mote in the Eye of God by Jerry Eugene Pournelle
Ringworld by Larry Niven
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Dragonlance series
Mort by Terry Pratchett
Portrait of a Man Drowning was written by Charles Perry
Executive Power by Vince Flynn
48 Laws of Power by Greene
Shogun James Clavell
Rant by Chuck Palahniuk
The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig Clevenger
The Vampire Huntress series by L.A. Banks
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The Business by Iain Banks
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Life Of Pi by Yann Martel
The Year of Our War by Steph Swainston
Symphony of The Ages series by Elizabeth Hayden
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BlueGartr Children’s / Young Adult:
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Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey
The Claidi Chronicles by Tanith Lee
Circle of Magic by Tamora Pierce
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Daniel Handler
Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer
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BlueGartr NF, Education, Philosophy, and Theology:
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The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Freakonomics by Steven Levitt
The Trouble with Physics by Lee Smolin
Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
Che by Jon Lee Anderson
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A.J. Jacobs
Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Longing for the Harmonies by Frank Wilczek
A Brief History of Everything by Ken Wilber
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
The Way Things Are: The De Rerum Natura of Titus Lucretius Carus by Lucretius and Rolfe Humphries
Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel C. Dennet
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time by Michael Schermer
How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life by Thomas Gilovich
The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine
Cosmos by Carl Sagan
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality by John Gribbin
The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question? by Leon Lederman and Dick Teresi
Beneath The Underdog by Charles Mingus
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