Name books I can read that will make me more intillectual

[fantolay]

I'm looking to spend the summer reading up on all the classics, historical books, and influential books that I should probably have read some time sooner.

So, if you know of any books, please list em. I'm thinking about stuff along the lines of Vonnegut, Orwell, Huxley, etc.

thanks

 

[theflyingpig]

lol. There's nothing you can do to make yourself seem more intelligent. You maxed out your genetic potential when you learned how to flush a toilet. Sorry.

 

[zinfamous]

after TFP's post...I got nothing.

 

[meltdown75]

intillectual

 

[KaOTiK]

Where the Wild Things Are

 

[meltdown75]

the bible

 

[fantolay]

lol. There's nothing you can do to make yourself seem more intelligent. You maxed out your genetic potential when you learned how to flush a toilet. Sorry.

I did not ask whether or not there was something I could do to make myself seem more intelligent.

 

[zinfamous]

 

[Cogman]

Frankenstein
Cantabury tales
Dante's inferno
Utopia
Animal farm
1984
Tale of two cities
Great expectations
The Screwtape letters
The sorrows of young Werther
Machiavelli's The Prince

That ought to keep you busy.

 

[KaOTiK]

Where's Waldo is a good one, he has a series of books as well.

 

[fantolay]

Where's Waldo is a good one, he has a series of books as well.

Feel free to recommend books that you've seen on the big boy shelves too.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Gosh, you're allocating an entire summer to becoming more "intillectual." Well, far be it from me to discourage anyone from reading. I might suggest easing into it by starting with Classic Comics.

 

[grrl]

http://www.onlinecourses.org/2009/07/30/the-100-essential-books-you-should-have-read-in-college/

This has some good choices, although there are several I personally have no interest in reading. However, by its very nature, such a list can't be anything but inadequate.

 

[schneiderguy]

Twilight

 

[sandorski]

The Decline of the West--Oswald Spengler

 

[fantolay]

Gosh, you're allocating an entire summer to becoming more "intillectual." Well, far be it from me to discourage anyone from reading. I might suggest easing into it by starting with Classic Comics.

Is that what you did?

 

[rudder]

Posting for Dummies.

 

[ElFenix]

the dictionary would be a good start.

 

[edro]

A Brief History of Time

 

[TehMac]

Black Rednecks and White Liberals. Never has a book been more relevant, and it will change the way you view race and racial relations.

 

[destrekor]

Feel free to recommend books that you've seen on the big boy shelves too.

Can you reach those yet?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Gosh, you're allocating an entire summer to becoming more "intillectual." Well, far be it from me to discourage anyone from reading. I might suggest easing into it by starting with Classic Comics.

Is that what you did?

Yup, when I was 5 or 6. But, maybe you're just a late bloomer.

I can recommend going to the library though. Enlarging your perspective on the world is an honorable pursuit. While you can read anywhere, changing your physical habits aids in changing your mental ones. As a primarily self educated man, making a habit of going to the library helped me make a habit of critical thinking and reading. Plus, it's dirt cheap entertainment.

 

[fantolay]

Can you reach those yet?

Yep. Why? Do you need me to get one down for you?

 

[Oil]

Yep. Why? Do you need me to get one down for you?

Can you get me one from the 'Intillectual' section?

 

[tboo]

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