Must read list

I'm looking to read a few great books over Xmas break. What are some of the great works that you consider to be "must reads?" Any time period and genre is welcome.

 

Dammit. Thought this thread about a coaching list must read list. Good luck.

Btw Hustler mags

 

pick up some autobiographies of people you admire .

 

Lonesome Dove

 

Atlas Shrugged
The Stand
Dracula by Bram Stoker
1984
Starship Troopers
Ender's Game
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Agree on the autobiographies

 

The Caine Mutiny
Thermopylae The Battle For the West
An Imperfect God (George Washington)
Journey to the center of the earth
Buffalo Gordon
Devil Boats

 

Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae: Steven Pressfield: 9780553383683: Amazon.com: Books
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society: Dave Grossman: 9780316040938: Amazon.com: Books
The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery: Wendy Moore: 9780767916530: Amazon.com: Books
Amazon.com: Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (9780312421700): Atul Gawande: Books
Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-7): J. K. Rowling: 9780545162074: Amazon.com: Books

 

Death In The Afternoon: Ernest Hemingway.
A Season On The Brink: John Feinstein.
The Autobiography of Malcom X: Alex Haley.
The Great Gatsby: F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The Cane Mutiny: Bruce Feldman.

 

Would definitely second Great Gatsby.

If you are looking for more of a pure entertainment type thing, the most recent reads I'd recommend are The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson or Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton.

 

If you feel like being a pop culture whore, I am enjoying the Game of Thrones series now. If you are Vonnegut-deficient, Slapstick and Cat's Cradle are my two favorite.

 

I think I'm looking more for classics. Cannon type literature. Stuff that everyone should read at least once in their life.

I had the Great Gatsby on my list before starting this thread, along with Middlemarch, Paradise Lost, and Ulysses. I'm not really sure how I plan to whittle it down after adding some of the suggestions from here.

EDIT: my list just consists of what some other people told me are good pieces of literature. Feel free to comment.

 

Interesting... I don't know nearly as much about Malcolm as I should.

 

A few of us are starting War and Peace. Join the 8th book club.

 

Ice-nine. That one is also my favorite.

 

Ya, Cat's Cradle was great

 

James Joyce never really did it for me. Go with Gatsby. It's excellent a pretty quick read.

 

The old man and the sea

 

I got bogged in Ulysses. I feel the same about James Joyce.

 

Skip Ulysses and read 5 classics in its place.

 

If you only want stuffy true-blue classics, I recommend Robinson Crusoe, The Portrait of Dorian Grey, and A Farewell to Arms.