Everybody enjoys different books. I tried getting into fantasy books, but I realized that I can't stand them. Some are okay, I guess, but I just can't get into them.
I personally enjoy some of the classic books, many of which you might read in high school.
The Great Gatsby is about a mysterious man who moves into a rich neighborhood and holds fancy parties. Everyone finds this man quite charming, but nobody knows why he holds these parties or who he even is. It's a bit of a drama story, laced with true romance and the ugly side of beautiful people.
Catcher in the Rye is one of my all time favorite books. The best way to describe it is to past part of the first paragraph.
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, an what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. In the first place, that stuff bores me, and in the second place, my parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them. They're quite touchy about anything like that, especially my father. They're nice and all--I'm not saying that--but they're also touchy as hell. Besides, I'm not going to tell you my whole goddam autobiography or anything.
I find people who love the book, and I find people who hate it. Rarely does anyone call it "okay".
I also enjoy books that delve into a mysterious new world. I heard Lovecraft's
Call of Cthulhu is really good.
Ayn Rand's
Anthem is pretty good. It's about a Society of people who are brainwashed to live a certain way. One person, however, figures out that there is more to life. It's written in first person, and it's weird to read. The people in the story don't know of the word "I" or "me". Everyone stays together and are raised to think as one. So when alone, the main character says "we" and "us" a few times when he's talking about himself. He later discovers the word "I" and "me" though.
A Brave New World is similar to Anthem. It was written around 1931 and it takes place in the year 2450, give or take 100 years. More people are free in this story, but they are raised to not question their higher ups. Instead of being uneducated, depending how they are created, they may have a lot of education. They may be created to perform simple tasks. These people don't believe in religion, and instead of going by the year of our Lord, they go by the year of our Ford. Ford created the assembly line, and was an idol to the people.
This society seems perfect, but at a great price. Everybody shares everything. They share more than communists, yet this system actually keeps them happy, unlike communism. ZING! Anyway, everyone is happy, but they don't get married, and they don't have children. They eat, screw, and abide by the system. However, outside this system are "Savages", or people who live following religion. Their lives aren't perfect, but they live like any tribal community.
A Brave New World is another one of my favorites.
I also enjoy Adventure books.
After becoming a mod, Strop called me Nemo. How insulting! I am not a fish! It was explained to me that Nemo is Latin. It means "to have no name". Strop referenced me to another fabulous book,
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
It's about a submarine that travels around the world. It uses science to explain the unexplainable (such as how the submarine generates it's own electricity through propulsion). I really don't want to explain that much more about the story. It ends quite mysteriously, and another book was written the sheds light on the ending called
The Mysterious Island.
Treasure Island is an amazing classic. It's about pirates. 'nuff said.
There you have it, a list of a few books I greatly enjoyed reading and what they are about.
