Comment on Ask HN: What are some good books?Comments−bloodorange13y"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−bloodorange13yAdding more:Siddhartha - Hermen HesseNarcissus and Goldmund - Herman HesseThe Glass Bead Game - Herman HesseThe Consolations of Philosophy - Alain de BottonA Brief History of Nearly Everything - Bill BrysonPolitics and The English Lanaguage (essay) - George OrwellA Modest Proposal (essay) - Jonathan Swift−youngbennyOP13yThanks, that's a great list. Reminds me to read some classic fiction again.−thoughtcriminal13yI 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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"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
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
Thanks, that's a great list. Reminds me to read some classic fiction again.
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.