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Bernal Diaz del Castillo's True History Coyotl Jan 2013 #1
seriously? BainsBane Jan 2013 #88
A dose of reality! Coyotl Jan 2013 #95
Interesting. Rider3 Jan 2013 #2
1984, Slaughterhose Five, On The Road, Sand County Almanac, The Jungle Earth_First Jan 2013 #3
I read The Jungle in 9th grade. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2013 #23
Damn! I immediately thought of To Kill a Mockingbid, 1984, and Slaughterhouse Five! 11 Bravo Jan 2013 #4
choose a Heinlein to add to the list NMDemDist2 Jan 2013 #5
either that or RedRocco Jan 2013 #73
A rewrite of the New Testament Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #152
Good grief Orrex Jan 2013 #162
ROFL ok, you have a point NMDemDist2 Jan 2013 #165
I've gone back and forth on Heinlein's characterizations Orrex Jan 2013 #167
yes NMDemDist2 Jan 2013 #168
interesting article here NMDemDist2 Jan 2013 #172
Nice--a very cool overview Orrex Jan 2013 #174
They usually are not as experience as a season Actor so you need to find out who... BlueJazz Jan 2013 #6
yours rates as the most bizarre reply to this OP Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #119
I'm doped up on cold syrups and stuff plus no sleep (coughing and hacking) BlueJazz Jan 2013 #121
no worries. I figured there was some reference I wasn't getting :) Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #122
I'd start with The Adventures of Huclebery Finn by Mark Twain malaise Jan 2013 #7
All Quiet on the Western Front CanonRay Jan 2013 #8
Another one on those lines... GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #28
I have that sitting here in my "stack" 2naSalit Jan 2013 #45
I meant to suggest "Lord of the Flies", too. GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #47
It's a challenge to narrow it down to five 2naSalit Jan 2013 #49
Don't forget his Alaska. :) Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #124
Indeed, it depends on 2naSalit Jan 2013 #153
It's very good and quite accurate Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #161
The Plague (Camus), the Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing), Les Miserables (Hugo), To Kill a Mass Jan 2013 #9
Thank you. I am directing my daughter and catching up on some "great" ones I never read Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #11
I would add etherealtruth Jan 2013 #10
don't forget The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers NRaleighLiberal Jan 2013 #12
that's such a great novel fishwax Jan 2013 #118
Can't leave out John Irving - Owen Meany or Cider House Rules NRaleighLiberal Jan 2013 #120
One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich by Solzehenitsyn Barack_America Jan 2013 #13
Tuesdays With Morrie should be added to the list. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #14
Here's mine... LP2K12 Jan 2013 #15
I would add Silent Spring by Rachel Carson peacebird Jan 2013 #52
Ah, finally, some NON-fiction ! eppur_se_muova Jan 2013 #131
I am reminded of this quote: NashvilleLefty Jan 2013 #16
I LOVE that quote! LOTR is wonderful Hekate Jan 2013 #139
One of the things I loved best about LOTR truebluegreen Jan 2013 #181
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn azlatina Jan 2013 #17
I should read that one. But every time I see that book title, I think of Good Will Hunting Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #19
Available as a 25 hour audio book from Audible.com Bozvotros Jan 2013 #194
amazing book Marrah_G Jan 2013 #191
Why just fiction? intaglio Jan 2013 #18
well, I definitely agree nonfiction is good too, but I decided to keep it to nonfiction Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #21
Lord of the Rings AnnieBW Jan 2013 #20
i think at least one should be this type of book JI7 Jan 2013 #50
All are fine works however most kids today have no sense of history stultusporcos Jan 2013 #22
My 5 and my honorable mentions FSogol Jan 2013 #24
Many good books have already been listed. I would add ... surrealAmerican Jan 2013 #25
I imagine "directing a teenager" is like "directing a cat" Skittles Jan 2013 #26
Lol. Yes. But my daughter is open to my suggestions Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #34
If she likes dystopic fiction with a message then I have a couple of suggestions. Fumesucker Jan 2013 #48
Brave New World stopwastingmymoney Jan 2013 #83
Wow, this is a must read for teenagers. We had to read it in my English class. Pisces Jan 2013 #178
"Lies My Teacher Told Me" by James Loewen arcane1 Jan 2013 #27
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh, pangaia Jan 2013 #29
My 5 would be Joe Bacon Jan 2013 #30
The Catcher In The Rye WiffenPoof Jan 2013 #31
Yes it was the most moving book I ever read at the time and 48 years later it still works for me. gordianot Jan 2013 #135
Any thing by PasadenaTrudy Jan 2013 #32
I will try not to do repeats. Kalidurga Jan 2013 #33
Here's my additions. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #35
I'm really glad you posted these. More "lighthearted" & fun. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #44
Ok, now we're getting somewhere! let me add "The Fan Man" by Kotzwinkle JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #214
Jiddu Krishnamurti notundecided Jan 2013 #36
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins Whisp Jan 2013 #37
or Robbins' Another Roadside Attraction or his Skinny Legs and All patrice Jan 2013 #89
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Whisp Jan 2013 #97
Did not see the movie. Love Tom Robbins! Hard to pick my favorite. Good reading for teenagers patrice Jan 2013 #99
I LOVED Another Roadside Attraction and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #125
Another Roadside Attraction was a *BIG* deal for this Catholic-school girl in her early 20s. patrice Jan 2013 #187
Atlas Turbineguy Jan 2013 #38
Lol. It is on some reader-chosen lists as a top one Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #54
Hey, it's probably better to be exposed to it early. There's nothing wrong with a 14 year old... Recursion Jan 2013 #68
I read Rand at twelve. Hatchling Jan 2013 #217
he, he . . . you got me! patrice Jan 2013 #100
Man, those are mostly heavy duty reading. narnian60 Jan 2013 #39
My thought as well. It's hard enough to get many kids to read anymore. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #42
King Jesus by Robert Graves Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #40
Robert Graves? Wow. I haven't read this one. Have your read his White Goddess, a little patrice Jan 2013 #101
I think it depends on the person. I read it at my mom's behest when I was 17. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #116
Black Beauty, Siddharta (for older crowd) Illusions or Jonathan Livingston Seagull for anyone KittyWampus Jan 2013 #41
Oh, yes, Black Beauty. My childhood favorite. narnian60 Jan 2013 #46
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Diamond, and make them watch the first galileoreloaded Jan 2013 #43
Enders Game by Orson Scott Card stlsaxman Jan 2013 #51
Just one is needed... RagAss Jan 2013 #53
My all time favorite! etherealtruth Jan 2013 #58
i thought of that d_r Jan 2013 #106
I would add Ursula K. Le Guin to add a bit of estrogen Whisp Jan 2013 #55
For children especially truebluegreen Jan 2013 #66
Lathe of Heaven Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #126
Ursula Le Guin's The Dispossessed for political science Hekate Jan 2013 #196
my 5 Botany Jan 2013 #56
Light fiction mainstreetonce Jan 2013 #57
The Giver by Lois Lowry is a great book FedUpWithIt All Jan 2013 #59
My 12yo is a HUGE Lois Lowry fan. She read all her books, and read The Giver twice. blm Jan 2013 #177
My three oldest and my niece all read it and really rated it high. FedUpWithIt All Jan 2013 #212
heres my five loli phabay Jan 2013 #60
I *loved* Seven Pillars as a teenager Recursion Jan 2013 #72
i must have read herodutus a dozen times over the years loli phabay Jan 2013 #74
Did you ever read Lawrence's translation of The Odyssey? Recursion Jan 2013 #75
no i will have to look it up. i recommend prester john by buchan as another excellent adventure sto loli phabay Jan 2013 #76
Thanks for the info. nt eppur_se_muova Jan 2013 #132
The Republic by Plato mia Jan 2013 #61
I think a "lighter" Plato would be good: Meno, Phaedo, or Phaedrus? Recursion Jan 2013 #69
The Apology is really accessible datasuspect Jan 2013 #81
This was part of a 10th grade Greek & Roman Literature course for me. mia Jan 2013 #154
You must mean the top end of teenagers. LWolf Jan 2013 #62
DUers live in Lake Wobegon, where all the children are above average Fumesucker Jan 2013 #103
The Infernals, and The Gates, by John Connolly - so so funny Sarah Ibarruri Jan 2013 #63
Seventeen by Booth Tarkington. libinnyandia Jan 2013 #64
My 5 gulliver Jan 2013 #65
Freddy's Book, HMS Surprise, Don Quixote, Wuthering Heights, Also Sprach Zarathustra Recursion Jan 2013 #67
Great books, but that's a list for a teen growing up in the 1970s. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #70
Human nature has changed since the publication dates? WinkyDink Jan 2013 #173
I guess no one should write books and no one should read them because .... Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #179
Zinn, A People's History of the US RedCappedBandit Jan 2013 #71
Grapes of Wrath JEB Jan 2013 #77
GREAT work of art! (not just politics at all) patrice Jan 2013 #104
A very human tale JEB Jan 2013 #109
There's real mastery of the form and medium in that, not to do too much, not to do too little. patrice Jan 2013 #110
Steinbeck JEB Jan 2013 #111
Yes! More poetry! I think both Whitman & Ginsburg are accessible to teens and WORTH it!! patrice Jan 2013 #113
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran riverbendviewgal Jan 2013 #78
+++1 patrice Jan 2013 #91
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences datasuspect Jan 2013 #79
Anything by Harlan Ellison RoccoR5955 Jan 2013 #80
East of Eden. And anything by Hemingway. madaboutharry Jan 2013 #82
Huckleberry Finn. Read it myself, of course, but I've also read it to my son... reACTIONary Jan 2013 #84
Huckleberry Finn, The Last of the Mohicans, Our Town, The Sound and the Fury, Great Gatsby. pinto Jan 2013 #85
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn patrice Jan 2013 #86
^^ This one^^ HarveyDarkey Jan 2013 #163
Yep. My absolute #1!! If they don't read anything else, they should read Zinn. nt patrice Jan 2013 #175
I've been planning to get around to that myself... truebluegreen Jan 2013 #182
I have it on my iPod. It was a little expensive, but I'm glad I get to listen to it, or any part of patrice Jan 2013 #186
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn stopwastingmymoney Jan 2013 #87
Wow... Lots of great stuff listed... Ohio Joe Jan 2013 #90
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison patrice Jan 2013 #92
To Kill a Mockingbird #1 for sure.... sheshe2 Jan 2013 #93
Pat Conroy. Love. I have a ton of modern fiction that I love along with the classics mentioned... 2theleft Jan 2013 #208
Hi, 2theleft ! sheshe2 Jan 2013 #209
Yes...I have read and LOVED South of Broad 2theleft Jan 2013 #210
Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, in it's un-edited original version patrice Jan 2013 #94
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman patrice Jan 2013 #96
Black Elk Speaks by John G. Neihardt & Black Boy by Richard Wright & An Instance of the patrice Jan 2013 #98
SORRY!! one more: Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez nt patrice Jan 2013 #102
5 d_r Jan 2013 #105
Not in any order salinen Jan 2013 #107
Thanks for posting this. JEB Jan 2013 #108
Confession (Death Penalty novel by John Grisham) & Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver nt Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2013 #112
5 was not possible for me ~ The Grapes of Wrath, To Kill A Mockingbird, Zorra Jan 2013 #114
I had to add another favorite riverbendviewgal Jan 2013 #115
The Scarlet Letter BainsBane Jan 2013 #117
Pretty much anything by Tennessee Williams Stargleamer Jan 2013 #123
Nonfiction? Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2013 #127
the 4 books about LBJ by Caro. I wouldn't pick any book that promotes anarchy or coup'd'etats. graham4anything Jan 2013 #128
Barack Obama-Dreams From My Father. Hillary Clinton-It takes a village.Jerry Brown-Dialogues graham4anything Jan 2013 #129
Anything I could get them to read at first. I wouldn't be too quick to push anything heavy brewens Jan 2013 #130
"Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl GliderGuider Jan 2013 #133
Steinbeck: The Pearl RoverSuswade Jan 2013 #134
Eh, I would recommend Elmery Gantry. catpuke9000 Jan 2013 #136
Like many others, Huck Finn Whovian Jan 2013 #137
Thank you to everyone who is taking the time to reply to this thread Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #138
What a great thread. So many books, so little time. Hekate Jan 2013 #140
My list to my daughters MrYikes Jan 2013 #141
You recommend they read the dictionary? Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #144
I've read a few dictionaries, and several encyclopedias. MineralMan Jan 2013 #148
Orwell and Kafka? Good grief. I mean, don't get me wrong, fine works. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #142
The Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #143
Islandia by Austin Tappin Wright wilsonbooks Jan 2013 #145
Ursula Le Guin keeps coming up. I'll have to check her out Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #146
If you wait until the teen years, you wait too long. MineralMan Jan 2013 #147
I posted upthread that I read LOTR when I was 10. truebluegreen Jan 2013 #183
Something from Herman Hesse mrs_p Jan 2013 #149
Oh mrs_p Jan 2013 #150
Lord of the Rings samsingh Jan 2013 #151
Parting The Waters by Taylor Branch and Angela's Ashes by Frank Mc court. Also include mfcorey1 Jan 2013 #155
The only one I read from that group is Angela's Ashes Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #159
Trinity by Leon Uris nt truckin Jan 2013 #156
100 Years of Solitude morningfog Jan 2013 #157
1) "Delta of Venus" by Anais Nin OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 #158
You would leave the teenage boy in the bathroom with a sock Whovian Jan 2013 #170
If he takes the advice in the 2nd and 3rd books, he'll win over a beautiful wife OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 #184
"A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry applegrove Jan 2013 #160
The Catch Trap and The Front Runner dickthegrouch Jan 2013 #164
good question! i think the 5 Chronicles of Prydain books are better than LOTR, personally farminator3000 Jan 2013 #166
I've kept this paperback book in my library since the late 60's... Tikki Jan 2013 #169
"Of Mice and Men." "The Autobiography of Malcolm X." "Black Like Me." "Cry, the Beloved WinkyDink Jan 2013 #171
All of those are great, and I read them when young. Hekate Jan 2013 #198
"Animal Farm" "The Lords of Discipline" " Of Mice and Men" "The Chosen" Pisces Jan 2013 #176
"Black Boy" by Richard Wright. NT Atticus Jan 2013 #180
my summary of everyone's contributions is coming soon Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #185
The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis nt patrice Jan 2013 #188
Another one of my favorite books. Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #189
Actully helped to save my Christianity, which has expanded since to include other perspectives now patrice Jan 2013 #190
Eward R Tufte's books on visualizing information, Donald Knuth on the Art of Computer Programming FarCenter Jan 2013 #192
Native Son, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Looking Backward. nt Raine Jan 2013 #193
I think UBCchuck Jan 2013 #195
I'd include THE OTHER AMERICA, by Michael Harrington Ken Burch Jan 2013 #197
My book suggestions, in no particular order, off the top of my head ReRe Jan 2013 #199
Here's some. secondvariety Jan 2013 #200
'Catch 22' for juniors and seniors. 'The Chocolate Wars' (by Robert Cormier) for coalition_unwilling Jan 2013 #201
Gulliver's Travels (Swift), Catch-22 (Heller), Decline & Fall (Gibbon), Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut) leveymg Jan 2013 #202
This list is straight from my 16 yr old. FYI riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #203
this is a valuable list. Thank you for taking the time to share Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #205
She's the original autodidact and will read ANYTHING that crosses her path. Good luck. nt riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #207
The Chalice and the Blade by Riane Eisler! mia Jan 2013 #211
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho BillyJack Jan 2013 #204
USA, The Big Money The Wizard Jan 2013 #206
I'm adding Mildred Pierce n/t malaise Jan 2013 #213
Enders Game, Hunger Games, Dragon Song/Singer, Hobbit IdaBriggs Jan 2013 #215
Melville's Billy Budd, Foretopman; G. Elliot's Silas Marner; VOX Jan 2013 #216
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