LIST: Best Books I Can Remember
Best Books I Can Remember
- Quiet American – Graham Greene
- Nigger from the Narcissus – Joseph Conrad
- White Fang – Jack London
- King Rat – James Clavel
- I, Lucifer – Glen Duncan
- Man and Boy – Tony Parsons
- Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
- The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
- Quicksilver – Neal Stephenson
- Cryptonomicon – Neal Stephenson
- Naked Lunch – William S. Burrough
- On the Road - Jack Kerouac
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
- Quiet American – Graham Greene
- Nigger from the Narcissus – Joseph Conrad
- White Fang – Jack London
- King Rat – James Clavel
- I, Lucifer – Glen Duncan
- Man and Boy – Tony Parsons
- Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
- The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
- Quicksilver – Neal Stephenson
- Cryptonomicon – Neal Stephenson
- Naked Lunch – William S. Burrough
- On the Road - Jack Kerouac
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
posted by Unknown at 10:25 PM
5 Comments:
I have the movie "Quiet American" but didn't finish it.
The book really is good? I like themes like that but never checked the book out. Seems like it would be my thing.
the book is so much better. Graham Greene writes many great books, though i think this is his best one. Have you read any of these?
I'm so bad at re-checking my comments after I leave them. Oops.
I read a decent amount, but have an addiction to buying too many and then getting backed up.
From that list I only have read Old Man and the Sea. Pathetic aren't I. I read Shogun (since you mentioned Clavel). I own On the Road and Fear and Loathing (never read),
I just bought Lord Jim.
Pick one on that list and I'll read it ASAP.
if you were for a quick read, i'd say King Rat. If you can endure, I'd say Cryptonomicon/Quicksilver(the latter is 3 books saga, 5000+ in total, but QS alone is 900 pages.)
if you wanna get a bit high, try naked lunch. if you're into american 60s, then Hunter Thompson is best.
I'd say King Rat - your dizziness in all consideration :-)
I cannot recommend anything from W. S. Burroughs or Kerouac.
The best Hemingway is “Farewell the Arms” in my opinion. I’ve read that one three or four times and it always keeps its power.
For anyone looking for a quick starting story, Fear and Loathing is the way to go. The first paragraph is so gripping that back in the 70’s t-shirts were printed with it on the back. I remember my aunt wearing one.
“Hells Angels” by H. S. Thompson is a solid read too and not full of the high jinks that his later books contain.
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