So I want to become enlightened..

• Benito

  ..gimme some books that will blow my mind. I'm pretty open-minded and like all kinds of different stuff. So what are the ones that everyone should read before they die.
• Trueblue23

  

  a coloring book would do u wonders
• Benito

  how's that?
• Trueblue23

  

  all of the big words
• Sonofanump

  Friedman- Capitalism and freedom
• ytownfootball

  

  A riveting tale of two pre-pubescent teens set in early 50's America, their forbidden love and supression. A prequel to the epic story of Jack and Jill meet Dick and Jane and the perplexing yet rivetting inclusion of Spot.
  
  
• Trueblue23

  

  I was just messin with ya man
• underdog32

  Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Her writing style can be a little long winded she can get repetitive with some themes, but the plot and her philosophy is what makes the book so great.
• sleeper

  

  I really think a coloring book would enlighten you bro..
• Tinkertrain

  Lords of Chaos by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind.
  A World Lit Only By Fire- William Manchester
  The Satanic Bible- Anton Lavey
  Night- Eli Weisel
• sportswizuhrd

  
• Benito

  Ya I figured you were kidding. Thanks for the suggestions, just the type of stuff i was looking for. Coloring was never my thing though.
• I Wear Pants

  1984- George Orwell
  Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
  Blood Meridian - Cormac Mccarthy
  The Road - Cormac Mccarthy
  Notes From Underground - Fyodor Dostoevsky
  Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
  Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlen
  Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
  
  That should get you started.
• Trueblue23

  

  "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson.
  
  If you liked the movie you will love the book, as it is even better.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Depends on if you have an open mind.
  
  Some of the best books I've ever read have some political base to them.
  
  Some of my favorites include:
  
  John Stossel: Give Me a Break
  Glenn Beck: An Inconvenient Book
  Glenn Beck: Arguing with Idiots
  Invisible Man
  Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
• Trueblue23

  

  Glen Beck is such a dbag haha
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Trueblue23 wrote: Glen Beck is such a dbag haha

  You're not the only one who thinks that :rolleyes:
  
  Two sides to every argument, I guess.
• Tigerfan00

  

  Lone Survivor - Marcus Lattrell
  Alive - Nando Parrado
  
  Glenn Beck is a blabbering idiot and finally caught up with him when he pulled the race card
• Trueblue23

  

  ernest_t_bass wrote:

  Trueblue23 wrote: Glen Beck is such a dbag haha

  You're not the only one who thinks that :rolleyes:
  
  Two sides to every argument, I guess.

  Yea I'm not criticizing you for liking him dude, to each his own.
• Benito

  Thanks for all the input. It's nice to see some different titles here. Most of the lists i've looked up on the internet have the same old stuff. I can't stand actually listening to Beck, yet i know a lot of people suggest his books. I'll probably have to give one of them a shot.
• gerb131

  

  The Secret Life of Dust by Hannah Holmes.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Trueblue23 wrote:Yea I'm not criticizing you for liking him dude, to each his own.

  Oh, I didn't take it that way, anyway. Yep, to each his own. If all Americans agreed on the same principles, we (as a nation) wouldn't be in the mess we are in right now.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Benito wrote: Thanks for all the input. It's nice to see some different titles here. Most of the lists i've looked up on the internet have the same old stuff. I can't stand actually listening to Beck, yet i know a lot of people suggest his books. I'll probably have to give one of them a shot.

  His books are better b/c you don't have to hear his voice and see his face, lol. Beware, however... he digresses (A.D.D. moments) in his books, more than on his shows!
• puffyisback

  "Islam and Terrorism"
• NNN

  

  Just vote Democrat. To listen to the people who do, they're the only enlightened ones on the planet.