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2theleft

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35. ALL of Wally Lamb's books are awesome
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 11:58 PM
Jan 2013

I Know This Much is True - awesome book... She's Come Undone, also great. I wish he ould write books faster!

Those are great books for anyone, including teens. Thanks! CurtEastPoint Jan 2013 #1
Great list of books NoOneMan Jan 2013 #2
What would your suggestions be for the twenty-first century? HubertHeaver Jan 2013 #6
I'm not entirely sure yet NoOneMan Jan 2013 #8
I have some... Carni Jan 2013 #18
I'll add JustAnotherGen Jan 2013 #51
Yes! Black Like me--Excellent read! Carni Jan 2013 #60
Yes, it's tragic how humanity has changed in the last dozen years. WinkyDink Jan 2013 #62
ROFL alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #11
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” Faulkner. jtuck004 Jan 2013 #34
There always must be an idealogical excuse as to why the system of the day is failing NoOneMan Jan 2013 #37
Bah. Not an excuse. Bankers, pimps, and their politicians are hurting people, and their behavior is jtuck004 Jan 2013 #38
See, your story has villains and heroes NoOneMan Jan 2013 #41
I hope you find someone to hold hands with . The rest of us have work to do. n/t jtuck004 Jan 2013 #42
I must have missed the original thread, LeftofObama Jan 2013 #3
Thank you for the follow up. I think they are all good choices. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #4
I really think the art in this is in suggesting the right book at the right time hootinholler Jan 2013 #5
Yup also, gender might figure in. I would also add OffWithTheirHeads Jan 2013 #7
I cut my teeth on sci fi; the F&SF in our household is why I read LOTR in 1965 at 17 Hekate Jan 2013 #14
Snowcrash Lordquinton Jan 2013 #23
More modern SF Fumesucker Jan 2013 #33
18 out of 20 white dudes alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #9
We've been too busy creating a vast technological infrastructure... NoOneMan Jan 2013 #10
Did you contribute? Do you have some contributions now? Hekate Jan 2013 #16
I make my kids read these 'classics' (insert eye roll)they hate them,call them incredibly depressing No Compromise Jan 2013 #19
I actually meant to include Malcomb X in my updated book suggestion list Carni Jan 2013 #20
I think it more speaks to what people have been exposed to. and the broad sweep of history Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #27
Wow malaise Jan 2013 #12
What? No 'Rules For Radicals' or Upton Sinclair? JaneyVee Jan 2013 #13
will add it Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #26
I think UBCchuck Jan 2013 #15
Question - when does someone become a teen? rurallib Jan 2013 #17
I believe I'm looking for the whole gamut. I read Huck Finn as a 14 year old but read Animal Farm Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #22
I had tried to contribute to the other thread as well. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #21
you are correct. not one person has mentioned it before you. Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #25
I just weighed in on the original thread with 'Catch 22' for juniors and seniors, and coalition_unwilling Jan 2013 #24
As Newtown is on your mind mainstreetonce Jan 2013 #30
ALL of Wally Lamb's books are awesome 2theleft Jan 2013 #35
Yikes, I just asked my 16 yr old deep reader and thinker about this list and she's unimpressed riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #28
I'm adding Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #32
Thanks for the list! No Compromise Jan 2013 #46
I love Lord of The Rings but Tolkien Jennicut Jan 2013 #48
Excellent! Thanks for including what a real kid is reading! Hekate Jan 2013 #50
That's an excellent reading list. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #63
Great list! JDPriestly Jan 2013 #29
Thanks Pretzel_Warrior sheshe2 Jan 2013 #31
Bill Haywood's Book: The Autobiography of William D. Haywood jtuck004 Jan 2013 #36
I've read 14 of the 20! Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #39
I teach or have taught 6 of them. I'd change a few. knitter4democracy Jan 2013 #40
not comedy, but my kids like Hamlet No Compromise Jan 2013 #44
I hate that version. David Tennant one is much better. knitter4democracy Jan 2013 #58
isn't that a magnificent version? bedazzled Jan 2013 #65
BTW, one reason I suggested "Bill Haywood's Book" is that the teen will jtuck004 Jan 2013 #43
list from my teenagers... No Compromise Jan 2013 #45
Wow!! Your teens love SF and Fantasy! Do they like the Golden Compass series by Phillip Pullman? riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #59
Great list, but all but one are white males*. Here's a challenge: FSogol Jan 2013 #47
Pretty much anything by Maxine Hong Kingston, Alice Walker, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison Erose999 Jan 2013 #56
Not in our school district. They have a heavy emphasis on diversity. FSogol Jan 2013 #57
Definitely keeping track of all the new suggestions Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #49
I would like to add The Little women and Sense and Sensabilty southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #52
My 11 Year Old Is A Prolifilc Reader Her Pick After Winter Break: A Prayer for Owen Meany HangOnKids Jan 2013 #53
I have read or listened to all except... sakabatou Jan 2013 #54
the old man and the sea is a must. hemmingway writes so well that you feel you are there loli phabay Jan 2013 #64
how about 2 lists: fiction and nonfiction johnnypneumatic Jan 2013 #55
THIS? Was a class-act follow-up! WinkyDink Jan 2013 #61
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