Sounds like the Great Gatsby will be my first choice since it appears to be a fan favorite. I'll skip Mr. Joyce since no one seems to like him. lol I have read Dorian, IP, but I will have to give the others a look. Thanks for the help guys! Feel free to keep posting anything that comes to mind.
Jason and the Golden Fleece Animal Farm Heart of Darkness Anything by Charles Dickens Frankenstein Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Andromeda Strain & The Terminal Man
I'm a big fan of Fitzgerald and Hemingway. If I were picking one to recommend, today it would be Sun Also Rises. Drunkenness, bullfights, impotence--it's got everything.
Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marquez Sound and the Fury by Faulkner Luck Jim by Amis (truly f-ing great and hilarious) There are five for you...
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein All's Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Lord of the Rings by Tolkien Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (might be an acquired taste)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt - Edmund Morris Sex, Economy, Freedom, & Community - Wendell Berry Far as the Curse Is Found - Michael D. Williams Cash (autobiography)
I didn't like Dunces. Catch 22 is terrific. It took me a couple of false starts to get through it, but once complete I've read and re-read it several times. One of my favorites. I don't know the Amis book, but other than that, a great list if you can wade through Fury. It is great, but it is no fun to read.
I had the false starts with Dunces. Took me awhile to get through the first 80 pages or so, but then I ended up really liking UT. Fury does require you to engage quite a bit. Stream of consciousness with Quentin, the black servant vernacular, and poor Benji's perspective. It's almost like trying to read the Iliad in Greek or Latin.
