29-03-2012, 11:42 PM
I'll second Master and Margarita. Anything by Bulgakov is great, especially Heart of a Dog. The World Set Free by H.G. Wells is unbelievably cool. If you want to challenge yourself, Umberto Eco always turns in a good show. So does Vikram Seth, especially An Equal Music. If dystopian Sci-Fi sounds good, re We by Yvgeny Zamyatin, as 1984 and Brave New World were based on it, but it sadly gets no love.
Other titles to recommend:
Cavalier and Clay
Any Sherlock Holmes stuff
The Golden Compass and the following two books
Serial Fantasy/Sci-Fi is touch and go, but Martin is good, S.M. Sterling is fun but cheesy, and avoid Jordan as after book 6-7 of Wheel of Time, they all read the same.
Non-Fiction rocks, too:
Varieties of Religious Experience is one of the coolest lecture series ever delivered
Any biography of Ben Franklin - totally interesting stuff
That's all I can think of at the moment. I love seeing everyone's picks, too.
Other titles to recommend:
Cavalier and Clay
Any Sherlock Holmes stuff
The Golden Compass and the following two books
Serial Fantasy/Sci-Fi is touch and go, but Martin is good, S.M. Sterling is fun but cheesy, and avoid Jordan as after book 6-7 of Wheel of Time, they all read the same.
Non-Fiction rocks, too:
Varieties of Religious Experience is one of the coolest lecture series ever delivered
Any biography of Ben Franklin - totally interesting stuff
That's all I can think of at the moment. I love seeing everyone's picks, too.
"Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five."
-Benjamin Franklin
-Benjamin Franklin