Hello, Im 19 and would like you all to reccomend some good books that would you would consider a "Must" to read for someone looking to enhance their view on life. Your time is Appreciated.

The Bible.

Nothing Biblical. Something Real.

The Koran.

Considering that, Nothing FICTION

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Wiinie-the-Pooh

Why would you consider this a must read?

The News.

Why would you consider this a must read?

Its a must have toliet companion

No no, for the love of god don't read The Bible or Dianetics. you'll loose your mind that way (if you have one).

I can't believe they've taken a serious thread and turned it into yet another joke, what were they thinking :shrug: then again what am I thinking?!

I don't know of any books that will give you a better perspective on life, the only thing that might is reading my blog http://niceguysneverfinish.blogspot.com/ then maybe you'll come to appreciate yours abit more. I mean dear lord my life is horrible, it's so terribly bad you'll love every minute of yours.

Welcome to my world.

Hello, Im 19 and would like you all to reccomend some good books that would you would consider a "Must" to read for someone looking to enhance their view on life. Your time is Appreciated.

"The Blank Slate" by Stephen Pinker

"The Road to Serfdom" by Friedrich A. Hayek

"A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

"Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

"Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand

"The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins

"The Red Queen" by Matt Ridley

"Nurture Assumption" by Judith Harris


These are all books that everyone should have to read. You will enjoy them all, and they will point you towards other tomes.

The Pali Canon

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

1984 by George Orwell

Rich Man, Poor Man by Irwin Shaw



Hell, I don't know. Go to a bookstore and stay a while.

well what sort of stuff are you interested in?

Im intrested in everything that has something to do with enhancing my viewpoint on life, something that is real, something that I can bite into. Something to assist me in life, to make me more of a compassionate person, something that will me more of a well-rounded person. Something that you wish you had read when you were 19 because It could have helped you out through all these years kinda book.

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Im intrested in everything that has something to do with enhancing my viewpoint on life, something that is real, something that I can bite into. Something to assist me in life, to make me more of a compassionate person, something that will me more of a well-rounded person. Something that you wish you had read when you were 19 because It could have helped you out through all these years kinda book.

to be truthful the books that really matter are: science, engineering, and math.

Read and understand Calculus I, II, III and thereafter. Go into the world of mathematics.

Read books on how to program in C language.

this is what matters.

to be truthful the books that really matter are: science, engineering, and math.

Read and understand Calculus I, II, III and thereafter. Go into the world of mathematics.

Jesus Christ you might as well tell him/her to read the dictionary.

Jesus Christ you might as well tell him/her to read the dictionary.

well it wouldn't hurt.

Hey, I got an idea. How's about, the most unbiased, most encompassing book on world history. Ill reiterate "unbiased", accurate, informative.

No such thing. The best you can hope for is to read historical accounts from different persepctives.

Hey, I got an idea. How's about, the most unbiased, most encompassing book on world history. Ill reiterate "unbiased", accurate, informative.

life is a book, read it.

The Teaching of the Buddha

Anything by J. Krishnamurti

Beyond Good and Evil

"Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Cosmos is pretty good. Reminds you how small an insignificant you are in the grand scheme of things.

No such thing?

Reminds you how small an insignificant you are in the grand scheme of things.

Reminds me how huge and significant my mind and my soul is in the grand scheme of things, the eternally dead cosmos.

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

1984 by George Orwell

Rich Man, Poor Man by Irwin Shaw



Hell, I don't know. Go to a bookstore and stay a while.

Great list.

Robert Jordan was a good friend of mine. We don't keep in touch much anymore since I moved out of Charleston, but I still consider him a good friend. I haven't read a single one of his books, though. But I have helped him lug boxes and boxes of first printings in a dozen different languages up into his attic. And played with his sword collection over wine. He's a trippy dude.

Fountainhead got me interested in being an architect. The wisdom of Roark echoes in my head whenever I build an architectural model.

First try, "The New History of the World" by J. M. Roberts then "Altered States" by Noam Chomsky. This should get the balance right.:argue:

Hello, Im 19 and would like you all to reccomend some good books that would you would consider a "Must" to read for someone looking to enhance their view on life. Your time is Appreciated.
shakespear.
"the dictionary of thoughts"

"Hiroshima" is very interesting and inspiring book

People have told me that Ice Age Civilizations is an excellent book, Skin has read it, maybe he has another opinion.

Hello, Im 19 and would like you all to reccomend some good books that would you would consider a "Must" to read for someone looking to enhance their view on life. Your time is Appreciated.Anything written by IceAgedunCivilization.
That little brain is a genius....by American standards.

You are 19?!!!!
That explains much.

The bible's fantastic. Especially recommend the old testament. What a testament to humanity, to being a person- the rape! the genocide! the greed! the injustice! the ignorance!
And to think, we're a Christian nation.


Really gets my rocks off.

At 19 i recommend to read nothing....technical books aside.

Roman recommend's the bible.

Read

"Hiroshima" (http://www.amazon.com/Hiroshima-John-Hersey/dp/0679721037)

"Art of War" Niccolo Machiavelli (http://books.google.com/books?id=mKJlm54PsTwC&dq=Art+of+War%27&pg=PP1&ots=2feNhkcUKt&sig=MFXL0-5LIeRrbWp4G77N1O7yJFs&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26client%3Dopera%26rls%3Den%26hs% 3DQXY%26q%3DArt%2Bof%2BWar%27%26btnG%3DSearch&sa=X&oi=print&ct=book-thumbnail)

"Art of War" Sun Tzu (http://www.chinapage.com/sunzi-e.html)


All these are books of reality, the thin slice of blood on a cold steel blade.

"The Blank Slate" by Stephen Pinker

"The Road to Serfdom" by Friedrich A. Hayek

"A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

"Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

"Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand

"The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins

"The Red Queen" by Matt Ridley

"Nurture Assumption" by Judith Harris


These are all books that everyone should have to read. You will enjoy them all, and they will point you towards other tomes.


I second these.

Also:

The Mismeasure of Man by Gould

Straw Dogs by John Gray

Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin

The Source by James Michener

On the Origin of Species. Charles Darwin.

Hello, Im 19 and would like you all to reccomend some good books that would you would consider a "Must" to read for someone looking to enhance their view on life. Your time is Appreciated.

the tao te ching,

the art of war,

the art of living,










peace. <---- not a book

The bible's fantastic. Especially recommend the old testament. What a testament to humanity, to being a person- the rape! the genocide! the greed! the injustice! the ignorance!
And to think, we're a Christian nation.


Really gets my rocks off.

i agree.

peace.