Question:
Book recommendations based on these?
anonymous
2012-04-16 20:09:55 UTC
I need some books to read for break. I'll admit that I can be quite picky with what I read, so here is a list of books I enjoyed very much:
- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (and her other works)
- The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Sallinger)
- A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgesse
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- On The Road by Jack Kerouac
- Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis

Could you recommend any books for me based on these preferences? I'm not really sure what you'd call this genre.
Thank you!
Four answers:
anonymous
2012-04-16 20:15:43 UTC
Excellent choices, all very classic. If you enjoy socio-politically disturbing pieces, you can't go wrong with Orwell's 1984. American Psycho by Ellis I hear is a bit hardcore, but if you've read one of his perhaps you're better primed (I also reccomend the movie). I read the Catcher in the Rye and A seperate peace within the same month and loved them. They both touch upon the male coming of age story with lots of historical influence and tidbits. That's all I can think of at this moment. Happy reading.
Alice
2012-04-17 10:42:58 UTC
I'd call your genre "eclectic," like mine:



Nokosee in Nokosee: Rise of the New Seminole by Micco Mann (http://bit.ly/Nokosee) is the ultimate "Outsider." The 17 year old "pagan caveman" has been groomed by his dad to start an eco-war on the "Outside." Stormy Jones, also 17, is a punk rocker with lots of attitude who gets lost in the Everglades, is rescued by him and who ultimately falls for him-- and vice versa despite a doubtful beginning that involves kidnapping and using Stormy as gator bait (literally). Think Romeo and Juliet (and West Side Story-- the guy can dance) in the swamp with an eco-terrorist subplot. Its sequel Nokosee & Stormy (http://amzn.to/fqOoph) is even better-- and darker. Both are written from Stormy's POV. Apparently they're trying to make them into a movie because I found this in a Google search: http://bit.ly/yB7mzB.



Last Summer by Evan Hunter (The Blackboard Jungle) is one of the great coming-of-age books about teen sex of all time. This 1968 book follows the random activities of four teens during a summer on Fire Island. Rhoda is shy and overweight and targeted for teasing by the others. As sexual tensions increase, the more experienced and dominant Sandy encourages Dan and Peter to rape Rhoda. Released in 1969 as an X-rated movie starring Richard Thomas and Barbara Hershey, it was later cut to an "R." Unfortunately, it is not available for home viewing.

http://amzn.to/LstSummer



The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. A moving story inspired by true events about the suicides of five teenage sisters as told from the viewpoint (for the most part) of randy teenage boys who try to explain it all. http://amzn.to/dwrVklVirgin The movie starred Kirsten Dunst: http://imdb.to/wFiifr



The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll. Jim's a poet first and this is his first book just out of high school, a horrifying and sobering account of "growing up hip" in NYC while a high school basketball star and drug addict. It was made into a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio http://imdb.to/wBLPg0.

http://www.amazon.com/Basketball-Diaries-Jim-Carroll/dp/0140100180#reader_0140100180



She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb. Begins with the life of a school girl with no friends and follows her through many wrong turns until she makes a right one and finds love. The book gives us one of the most memorable characters in literature: Dolores Price.

http://bit.ly/ShesCome



The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe (where you get to meet the On The Road's "Dean Moriarty," i.e., the sledgehammer tossing, pill popping Neal Cassady the character was based on, not to mention author Ken Kesey, Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead and more). Chronicles the advent of LSD and its instantly transforming effects on the arts and youth culture. Considered one of the fathers of New Journalism, Wolfe is always great fun to read.

http://bit.ly/ElectricKool
anonymous
2012-04-17 08:13:48 UTC
I personally love Camus, either "The Fall" or "The Stranger" are both great reads.



"A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

"Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs

"The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment"

"Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut
?
2012-04-17 03:20:25 UTC
Quite well read, my Dear!



"Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck

"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

"The Diary of Ann Frank"

"Night" by Elie Wiesel

"Something Wicked this Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury

"Fahrenheit 451" also by Ray Bradbury


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