One book to suggest

[BWebb]

I'm going to take it easy tonight, so after the gym I'm going to walk to the Barnes & Noble in my neighborhood. If I have one book to read tonight, what do you suggest? Please note, I do not read very often.

[moondogg]

Anything by Kurt Vonnegut. Preferably Cat's Cradle.

[wayabvpar]

Cryptonomicon. Fabulous book.

[astroglide]

who's your caddy (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385488858/002-3486981-8516015?v=glance)

includes dewey tomko

[InchoateHand]

Get THIS ONE. (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0940208296/qid=1113592653/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-6148071-8043923?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)

[scotty34]

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who's your caddy (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385488858/002-3486981-8516015?v=glance)

includes dewey tomko

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I listened to this as a book on tape during a long road trip. It was very entertaining.

[fluxrad]

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Anything by Kurt Vonnegut. Preferably Slaughterhouse Five.

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Fixed your post.

[jnalpak]

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Cryptonomicon. Fabulous book.

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if your looking to read it in one night, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FINISH THIS BOOK. Its like a gazillion pg's long...

I would suggest BAGGER VANCE, if you haven't seen the movie the book kicks ass for golf stories...

[2planka]

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Anything by Kurt Vonnegut. Preferably Cat's Cradle.

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I, of course second that. Breakfast of Champions is another goodie.

Are you planning to read it cover to cover tonight? If so, I suggest something along the lines of Pest Control by Bill Fitzhugh or Duncan Delaney and the Cadillac of Doom by A.L. Haskett.

If you're looking for a book to read serially, Catch-22 by Heller is ideal.

Happy reading.

edit: These are satire/humor genre books, btw.

More fun books
Just a Couple of Days by Tony Vigorito was lots of fun.
Fool on a Hill by 2+2er Matt Ruff is a good one, too.

[thatpfunk]

You mean ruined his post? Just because something is the most popular does not make it the best...

[2planka]

So it goes.

[thatpfunk]

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If we're going Vonnegut, I say "Siren's of Titan."

[moondogg]

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Anything by Kurt Vonnegut. Preferably Slaughterhouse Five.

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Fixed your post.

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SH5 is a great book too, I just recommended CC because it's generally a "lighter" book, and it seemed more more appropriate for a first book. And it's my favorite.

[fluxrad]

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You mean ruined his post? Just because something is the most popular does not make it the best...

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Are you just anti-popularity? I've read almost everything by Vonnegut (Welcome To The Monkey House, Cat's Cradle, Galapagos, Dead Eye Dick, etc.) and by far his best book is SH5. That book will be remembered as one of the greatest anti-war books of all time.

Cats Cradle is certainly his second best book. Saying otherwise is just saying something's cool because it's more underground, man!

Your post reminds me of that old joke:


Q: How many Rockabillies does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

A: 3. One to screw it in, and two to talk about how cool lightbulbs were in the 50's.

[fluxrad]

Oh. Breakfast of Champions is third, if for nothing else than his picture of an [censored].

[mmbt0ne]

Probably no one else will like this book, but I just bought:

Mapping: An illustrated guid to graphic navigational systems (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/2880467071/qid=1113602196/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-7268541-9663869)

It's not much of a read, but it has some really cool pictures, and the articles it does have are short and explain a lot about why we make maps, and the positives and negatives of different aspects of them.

[Dominic]

Since you're not a regular reader, I'll suggest some great authors that are also easy and fun to read:

Anything by

Carl Hiaasan
Elmore Leonard

Awesome, hilarious, crime fiction. But always funny.

[Popinjay]

you guys can read books in one night?

[JTrout]

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Since you're not a regular reader, I'll suggest some great authors that are also easy and fun to read:

Anything by

Carl Hiaasan
Elmore Leonard

Awesome, hilarious, crime fiction. But always funny.

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I'll second both of these authors. Great storytellers.

[edtost]

yes.

[girgy44]

OK Vonnegaut whatever(sp? im drunk), but the clear answer is Dostoevsky. He is a pyschological genius. If you have some time, read and comprehend the Brothers Karamozov. You will not regret said decision.