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In Memorial of 47
Sorry, Rag, but 1984 is about all I got.
King and Kootz is about it for my reading tastes.
King and Kootz is about it for my reading tastes.
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I'm patiently looking forward to other USMB members lists. lol
Remember it's not your top ten books but the top ten books you think American's ought to read.
I don't think we should all read the same 10 books.
We're a diverse nation.
I think a list of 50 books that folks ought read at least 10 from would be better. People gain more insight from reading stuff they enjoy reading, its hard to force yourself through a list of books.
I had the fortune of having a high school senior english teacher who let us, the class, veto books that we thought we boring and sucked, so long as we gave them an honest go at it. Wuthering Heights got the fucking ax.
Wish I had that vote against Canterbury Tales
One "must read" would HAVE to be Orwell's 1984I'm patiently looking forward to other USMB members lists. lol
Remember it's not your top ten books but the top ten books you think American's ought to read.
This will sound odd coming from a lefty but I really enjoyed Tom Clancy's "Red Storm Rising". Its has very little redeeming literary qualities but its great mind candy. I'd put it on a top 10 pop novel list.
I'm patiently looking forward to other USMB members lists. lol
Remember it's not your top ten books but the top ten books you think American's ought to read.
I don't think we should all read the same 10 books.
We're a diverse nation.
I think a list of 50 books that folks ought read at least 10 from would be better. People gain more insight from reading stuff they enjoy reading, its hard to force yourself through a list of books.
I had the fortune of having a high school senior english teacher who let us, the class, veto books that we thought we boring and sucked, so long as we gave them an honest go at it. Wuthering Heights got the fucking ax.
This is what I get for reading HuffPo. I should have known better.
I agree with everything you said above. However the point of this exorcise is to partake in the Herculean task of narrowing down a short list of must reads. Obviously there are literally thousands that deserve to be read by everyone American and otherwise.
One "must read" would HAVE to be Orwell's 1984I'm patiently looking forward to other USMB members lists. lol
Remember it's not your top ten books but the top ten books you think American's ought to read.
Brave New World
Homage to Catalonia
The Fire Next Time
Memoirs of a Survivor
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The Sound and The Fury
Wise Blood
Darkness at Noon
Invisible Man
Are more than ten allowed?
10 Books Every American NEEDS To Read
Not a terribly impressive list IMHO, however a decent argument could be made for all of the above minus Silent Spring. In the interest of full disclosure I haven't read Uncle Tom's Cabin or Gone With the Wind.
I think both I and most of the members of USMB could make a better list than Huff did so here is your chance. The difficulty factor is limiting the list to ten of course. Below, in no particular order, is my list. (subject to changes due to memory lapses, future reading and whimsey)
Remember this is not a top 10 list for greatness, history or literature but per Huff Po's guidelines, a list of the 10 books every American's should read.
The Federalist Papers - Hamilton, Madison, Jay
The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates - Ralph Ketcham
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave - Frederick Douglass
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Mark Twain
Moby Dick - Herman Melville
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
The Communist Manifesto - Marx, Engels
Harder than it looks.
Yep, it is hard. Moby Dick is one of the worst pieces of writing ever published, the only thing I ever read that was worse than that was Billy Budd.
Everyone should Read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein, you will add it to your Top 10 list
Is your list the exact same as mine then, minus Moby Dick and plus The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by wassname?
On edit: Do you prefer the HuffPo list that included the ghastly farce Silent Spring?
I say the same about Atlas Shrugged.Yep, it is hard. Moby Dick is one of the worst pieces of writing ever published, the only thing I ever read that was worse than that was Billy Budd.
Everyone should Read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein, you will add it to your Top 10 list
I'd replace it with Road to Serfdom.
10 Books Every American NEEDS To Read
Not a terribly impressive list IMHO, however a decent argument could be made for all of the above minus Silent Spring. In the interest of full disclosure I haven't read Uncle Tom's Cabin or Gone With the Wind.
I think both I and most of the members of USMB could make a better list than Huff did so here is your chance. The difficulty factor is limiting the list to ten of course. Below, in no particular order, is my list. (subject to changes due to memory lapses, future reading and whimsey)
Remember this is not a top 10 list for greatness, history or literature but per Huff Po's guidelines, a list of the 10 books every American's should read.
The Federalist Papers - Hamilton, Madison, Jay
The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates - Ralph Ketcham
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave - Frederick Douglass
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Mark Twain
Moby Dick - Herman Melville
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
The Communist Manifesto - Marx, Engels
Harder than it looks.
Yep, it is hard. Moby Dick is one of the worst pieces of writing ever published, the only thing I ever read that was worse than that was Billy Budd.
Everyone should Read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein, you will add it to your Top 10 list
Is your list the exact same as mine then, minus Moby Dick and plus The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by wassname?
On edit: Do you prefer the HuffPo list that included the ghastly farce Silent Spring?
I say the same about Atlas Shrugged.Yep, it is hard. Moby Dick is one of the worst pieces of writing ever published, the only thing I ever read that was worse than that was Billy Budd.
Everyone should Read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein, you will add it to your Top 10 list
I'd replace it with Road to Serfdom.
Have you ever read Melville? He actually made Moby Dick boring, which makes him an order of magnitude worse than Rand. Atlas Shrugged is not an exciting story.
Well I feel better now. Mine's more current pop culture anyway with some biggies here and there.Sorry, Rag, but 1984 is about all I got.
King and Kootz is about it for my reading tastes.
10 Books Every American NEEDS To Read
Not a terribly impressive list IMHO, however a decent argument could be made for all of the above minus Silent Spring. In the interest of full disclosure I haven't read Uncle Tom's Cabin or Gone With the Wind.
I think both I and most of the members of USMB could make a better list than Huff did so here is your chance. The difficulty factor is limiting the list to ten of course. Below, in no particular order, is my list. (subject to changes due to memory lapses, future reading and whimsey)
Remember this is not a top 10 list for greatness, history or literature but per Huff Po's guidelines, a list of the 10 books every American's should read.
The Federalist Papers - Hamilton, Madison, Jay
The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates - Ralph Ketcham
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave - Frederick Douglass
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Mark Twain
Moby Dick - Herman Melville
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
The Communist Manifesto - Marx, Engels
Harder than it looks.
I don't think we should all read the same 10 books.
We're a diverse nation.
I think a list of 50 books that folks ought read at least 10 from would be better. People gain more insight from reading stuff they enjoy reading, its hard to force yourself through a list of books.
I had the fortune of having a high school senior english teacher who let us, the class, veto books that we thought we boring and sucked, so long as we gave them an honest go at it. Wuthering Heights got the fucking ax.
Wish I had that vote against Canterbury Tales
Are you kidding?!
animal farm
a separate peace
of mice and men
to kill a mockingbird
future shock
lord of the flies
last exit to brooklyn
last child in the woods (non fiction)
these are not books are government but on the nature of man....government and rule are always changing...the nature of man...never changes....
the only book one needs to read on government.....the prince by niccolò machiavelli
everyone should read the declaration of independence, bill of rights and the constitution