Two books that everyone should own ...

[Rollem]

wuthering heights

world atlas

 

[Voley]

Would you actually read the Complete Works of Shakespeare, though? I doubt I would. Reminds me of school too much.

 

[ricbake]

The Just So Stories
Catch 22

 

[ThePennyDrops]

The Just So Stories

Damn I thought of that one and then forgot it. They are great!

 

[danny la rouge]

Capital - Marx, K.
Household Management - Beaton, I.

 

[Mungy]

awareness - anthony de mello
the complete Winnie the pooh

 

[N_igma]

Would you actually read the Complete Works of Shakespeare, though? I doubt I would.

Some people actually like Shakespeare ya know?

 

[ivebeenhigh]

The encyclopedia Britannica (it would be a big book)
a book on improving your memory.

 

[danny la rouge]

a book on improving your memory.

I've read a good one. By that guy who did the book about drawing stuff. Terry something. Or Tony.

 

[Voley]

Some people actually like Shakespeare ya know?

I enjoyed studying him at school. Othello was good, and Hamlet. Henry IV Part One I liked, too. But I wouldn't sit down and read him through choice and I wonder whether many people would these days.

 

[Cloo]

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

 

[Dillinger4]

Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges.

You will never need to read another. It contains all other books.

 

[Santino]

Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges.

You will never need to read another. It contains all other books.

Borges' Collected Fictions contains Labyrinths.



I would recommend owning two copies of Collected Fictions, one as a spare in case you lose the first or want to give it away.

 

[yield]

Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delaney - one of those odd books that gets better each time I've read it.

Outdoor Survival Handbook by Ray Mears - or another handy book that gathers dust forgotten.

 

[tommers]

Flashman and the Angel of the Lord

The Boys of 86 - The story of West Ham's Most Successful Season.

 

[Stoat Boy]

Dogs of War- Freddie Forsythe.

World War Z- Max Brooks.

 

[sojourner]

Outdoor Survival Handbook by Ray Mears.

I wouldn't need that, I've already digested everything the great god Ray has ever mentioned.

Although I do have a copy on my bedside table, just in case, mind.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

One Flew Over Over Cuckoo's Nest - Kesey
Ham on Rye - Bukowski

 

[rutabowa]

One Flew Over Over Cuckoo's Nest - Kesey
Ham on Rye - Bukowski

i love both those books but i read them already so i'd want some new ones. so yeah i'd just have a couple i hadn't read before

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Ham and Rye is very good tho, very stripped down so the more you read it, the more alive it becomes i reckon.

 

[Phenotypic Dai]

Ham and Rye is very good tho, very stripped down so the more you read it, the more alive it becomes i reckon.

*Nods in agreement*

It's Bukowski's most honest book.

 

[jimadore]

I have over 3,000 books my two books I like the best The outdoor world ,furneaux gold block over 300 illustrations on every subject a work of art and science, A book of poems Laughing blood by Richard Spender, its an emotional thing about war but you have to read it to understand, my copy has blood stains .

 

[MightyAphrodite]

The Bible - God


aaaaaaaaand

The Complete Guide to Prescription & Nonprescription Drugs - H. Winter Griffith

sorted

 

[oneflewover]

a book on improving your memory.

I've read a good one. By that guy who did the book about drawing stuff. Terry something. Or Tony.

I think i've read that, maybe

 

[Voley]

One Flew Over Over Cuckoo's Nest - Kesey
Ham on Rye - Bukowski

Two crackers there.

 

[Bassism]

midsummer nights dream

such a lovely read if ya can get the gyst

 

[Bassism]

gotta say i quite love my books by howard marks cant quite choose which one and deffo the bible

 

[Bassism]

I enjoyed studying him at school. Othello was good, and Hamlet. Henry IV Part One I liked, too. But I wouldn't sit down and read him through choice and I wonder whether many people would these days.

henry v was a good one i quite enjoyed studying that in english lit.

 

[Bakunin]

I'm more of a 'Merchant Of Venice' man, myself.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I'm more of a 'Merchant Of Venice' man, myself.

"Richard III" or "Macbeth" for me