books to recommend to an angsty 18 yr old

[kabbes]

You did.

You don't seriously think that I meant it, do you? Bloody hell.

 

[Philip Pomper]

I don't actually, no.


I'm not a "genius" Chinese girl who isitme fancies but won't admit it, so give me a break.

 

[kabbes]

If she's that much a genius, she should write her OWN book.

 

[isitme]

why do i have to fancy a lass just cos i think a lot of her?

 

[Dillinger4]

Because men and women CANT BE FRIENDS.

 

[isitme]

they can if the woman is mingin

 

[Random]

Russia

 

[Philip Pomper]

Indeed. Living in films for the sake of Russia.

 

[Idris2002]

What a great thread this was.

 

[Pseudopsycho]

hmmm but at least the bump let's me point out that I never got to murder my landlady

 

[MBV]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson

Rum Diaries is also good.

 

[Idris2002]

Rum Diaries is also good.

He's overrated, but the one I liked was Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail.

 

[Kizmet]

The bible.

 

[Kizmet]

Or the Koran for that matter. Or the Torah or Baghavad Gita. Or Hollywood wives by Jackie Collins.

 

[Idris2002]

 

[sim667]

Has anyone mentioned a book called 'junk' by melvin burgess

Tar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn't want to be tied down - not to anyone or anything. Gemma wants to fly. But no one can fly for ever. One day, somehow, finally, you have to come down.

An uncompromising, compelling and true-to-life story of two teenagers drawn into the dangerous and destructive world of heroin addiction. This tour de force by an acclaimed and provocative writer should become a definitive teenage novel on this subject.

 

[fakeplasticgirl]

haven't read the whole thread so apologies for repetition but i'd recommend:

palahniuk (in particular survivor - over fight club)
nick hornby (high fidelity)
burgess - a clockwork orange
irvine welsh
jonathan coe - what a carve up! (fab, underrated book)
kurt vonnegut
and i'd also disagree with whoever said coupland's generation x wouldn't appeal to teens now

edit: oh and of course kafka!

 

[8115]

I don't know if this has been recommended yet, but AS Byatt, The Virgin in the Garden quartet really helped me at that age, helped me to remember that one day I'd be an adult and everything would be different. The quartet wasn't yet written at that time, I think I just read the first two. They're all pretty good although they do get weaker in my opinion towards the end.

 

[Idris2002]

Room at the Top.

I finished it last night, and it's one of those that starts very well and then gets better and better. Recommended to anyone, not just angsty 18 year olds.