all my fears pushed aside

[kateuncensored]

books i need to read before i die, or preferably before i "grow up"
the second sex
as i lay dying
farewell to arms
memoir of a geisha
madame bovary
brave new world
the tin drum
FINISH the bell jar
on the beach
the sun also rises
angela's ashes

any ones to add?

Comments

[mmmmsoul]

brave new world is excellent.

[rokosperre]

agreed.

also,

1984 (we'll read it next year)
a clockwork orange
god in the docks
blue angel
alice's adventures in wonderland
and
blue like jazz.

[mmmmsoul]

fear and loathing in las vegas
-not really enriching but you shouldread it anyway.
all the carlos castaneda books

[latitudinarian]

the beach- alex garland
lolita- vladamir nabokov
the days run away like wild horses over the hills- charles bukowski
pure sunshine- brian james
desolation angels- jack kerouac

etc.

[shnizzlebits]

on the road- jack kerouac.
it sounds all too classic to recommend this to teenagers but it IS really really good- you'd like it .. its about just getting away.
alright and
the adventures of huckleberry finn! I'm reading it now-- the best !
The Color Purple by alice walker
Balzac and the little chinese seamstress- dai sijie... so good and short!
Fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe!
and um,
fool in love, by steven ivory- collection of short stories.
.... just a few i thought were really good ... :-)

[anonymous]

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[zenandtheartof]

i think i will add -
me talk pretty one day by david sedaris. (hilarious, sad, and completely satisfying)
grapes of wrath. classic
mostly anything by salman rushdie. especially the moor's last sigh (i think he wrote this while he was in exile)