What Next To Read . . .? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Iarwain · 10-27-2007, 08:51 PM

If you're just looking for excellent books in general, here's a list of authors and/or books

Dostoevsky (everything)
Salman Rushdie (esp. Midnight's Children)
Aeschylus (esp. Agamemnon)
Euripides (esp. Medea, the Bacchae)
Aristophanes (esp. The Frogs, The Wasps)
Plato (esp. The Apology, The Republic)
Tolstoy (esp. The Death of Ivan Ilych, any short stories, and basically anything)
T.S. Eliot (esp. "Prufrock and Other Observations")
Kierkegaard (esp. The Sickness Unto Death, Fear and Trembling -- Kierkegaard will change your life, he's that good; it's like he reaches out of the page and grabs hold of you)
Robert Bolt, "A Man for All Seasons"
Solzhenitsyn (esp. The First Circle)
William Golding (esp. Free Fall, it's nothing like "Lord of the Flies")
Augustine, "Confessions"

While you're at it, get yourself a copy of the Norton Anthology of Poetry, it's one of the best books I own, and it's endlessly wonderful.

Also, if you want a guide to excellent books in general, check out Mortimer Adler's "How to Read a Book". It's really wonderful and worth reading itself.

Off Wandering Again,
Iarwain

10-27-2007, 08:51 PM	#15
Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 800	If you're just looking for excellent books in general, here's a list of authors and/or books Dostoevsky (everything) Salman Rushdie (esp. Midnight's Children) Aeschylus (esp. Agamemnon) Euripides (esp. Medea, the Bacchae) Aristophanes (esp. The Frogs, The Wasps) Plato (esp. The Apology, The Republic) Tolstoy (esp. The Death of Ivan Ilych, any short stories, and basically anything) T.S. Eliot (esp. "Prufrock and Other Observations") Kierkegaard (esp. The Sickness Unto Death, Fear and Trembling -- Kierkegaard will change your life, he's that good; it's like he reaches out of the page and grabs hold of you) Robert Bolt, "A Man for All Seasons" Solzhenitsyn (esp. The First Circle) William Golding (esp. Free Fall, it's nothing like "Lord of the Flies") Augustine, "Confessions" While you're at it, get yourself a copy of the Norton Anthology of Poetry, it's one of the best books I own, and it's endlessly wonderful. Also, if you want a guide to excellent books in general, check out Mortimer Adler's "How to Read a Book". It's really wonderful and worth reading itself. Off Wandering Again, Iarwain __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"