Any of you peeps into books, big or not-so-big time? Discuss!

I recently borrowed George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four from a library and am now on a mission to finish reading it... and many other works by both Aldous Huxley and George Orwell.

After I'm done with Nineteen Eighty-Four, I'll probably go for Animal Farm by Orwell and then Brave New World by Huxley. After these three I'll have to look more into it and see what I can do.

Lots of reading, ahoy!

Yeah Used to read a lot and wish I could get back into it. I studied those Orwell books at school. I read anything from mythology, to fantasy, horror and science etc. I really like Isac Asimov stuff. I also like historical biographies and recently read one on Vlad the Impaler, a real cool dude!!

I like to read paranormal stuf.Favourite "Paranormal World" from Benedict.

Yeah i like books just finished reading " Run for your life " by james patterson...damn good book but not as good as " The big bad wolf"

My favorite authors are-james patterson,jonathan kellerman,Russell andrews,Deng ming dao <--(writes about taoism) and jeffrey deaver to name a few.

I recently started reading Thus Spoke Zarathustra, already having read Beyond Good and Evil, and we'll be covering Animal Farm next in school. It'll be better than some of the crap that we've been told is 'recommended reading, and thus curriculum' :P

I can say those books impressed me a lot and I became "fan" of that kind of literature. I can't belive how they perfecly depict its society and also ours, some years before. Aldous Huxley's "Brand new world" is other I enjoyed very much.

Samuel Beckett's works, specially "Molloy", are stunning books too, and also very fun! I also like James Joyce, specially "Dubliners": short puzzling stories, and very surprising ones.

In my language I found good writers too: Valle Inclán, F. García Lorca, Quevedo... I really enjoyed reading some time ago. Remember finishing readindg "El Quijote" in a village he could had crossed (my father's little village, in La Mancha) and it was a great experience for me.

Anyway lately I don't read very much: instead, I study japanese -and work...-; James Clavell's "Shogun" is a very enjoyable book about japanese middle ages, I recommend it to everyone which feels some intrest towards jap. culture.

There's this Finnish book, "Elmo", which, I do not know if, has been translated to other languages. It's one of the most well known Finnish books, methinks, and if it's been translated to English, I recommend reading it.

The book may seem extremely naive on the surface, but to those interested in symbolism, may offer a pleasant reading moment.

Update: about halfway through Nineteen Eighty-Four! The best book I've ever read so far, noting that I haven't read much in my life, though.

Finished Nineteen Eighty-Four a few days ago, what a doubleplusgood book! Today I finally managed to roll into the library and get my hands on Animal Farm.

I think I'm going to read some of the books you guys recommended, but first I'll have to finish Carl Sagan's "Cosmos". A really powerful book, containing various elements such as astrobiology microbiology, astrophysics, mechanical physics and history *.

*Whew, that's a tough one!

Finished Animal Farm yesterday. Orwell is a genius.

In all its simplicity the book is just marvelous. And if you swiped away the veil of deception (animals, that is), I believe you'd really have the introduction to Nineteen Eighty-Four at your hands.

Yeah it's a great book. It's an analogy of the Russian Revolution which is very well done. If you get a chance Acousolysis check out a book called 'Perfume' by Patrick Suskind. It's a short novel but a fascinating read.

I'll have a look into it, but next up will be Huxley.

Albert Camus shares some ingredients with Orwell and Huxley, since he depicts "nonsense" too and creates very special, absurd and stunning characters; also dramatic atmospheres and nonsense plots, which are in some way similar to Kafka's works (it's only an opinion...).

I liked "The Stranger/The Outsider" and "The Plague" very much, I think someone who likes Huxley, Orwell or Beckett could enjoy Camus works.

I read about Albert Camus and his works seem interesting. I'll have to look into his stuff later.

Right now I'm reading Karel Čapek's War with the Newts (I chose to read this one first because the libraries here were missing English prints of Brave New World and The Island.). Haven't managed to read a lot of it yet, but so far it's been really cool.

Oh, not to forget this topic!

After finishing War with the Newts I went on to read some works by Friedrich Nietzsche. I finished reading Twilight of the Idols just a couple of days ago and am now reading On the Genealogy of Morality (or whatever the hell the names are).

Does anyone else have their own experiences and opinions on Nietzsche's works. So far I find them quite difficult, him mostly using aphorisms and stuff.

Still trucking through Thus Spoke Zarathustra here. Reading it a lot slower than I usually would read something, but I'll get done with it eventually. It's very good.

I can't say I read an awful lot...
But, I do love Animal Farm...especially the old cartoon film!! Even though I had to get my brothers to explain all the Communist symbolism!! :lol:
I also LOVE the Hobbit (or There and Back Again) ;) although I've never actually finished it!! I've started it about a thousand times though!! I even bought the graphic novel!!
Another good book is Logan's Run!! Which I had to steal from my brother everytime he wasn't in, so I could read it!! :lol: