Thread: What's your favorite book?

My favorite book is "My Side of the Mountain". It's kinda childish but what a great story.

Mario Livio
-The Golden Ratio

Brian Greene
-The Fabric of the Cosmos
-The Elegant Universe

Michio Kaku
-Beyond Einstein

Richard Wolfson
-Simply Einstein

Jim Al-Khalili
-Quantum

Brooks Kubik
-Dinosaur Training

Thomas Foster
-How to Read Literature Like a Professor

Tom Stafford & Matt Webb
-Mind Hacks

I like all of these. I have a hard time choosing favorites. So many are so good.

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kyosaki
Real Money by Jim Cramer
Options and Option Trading by Robert W. Ward
Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
Christine by Stephen King

There was a scifi series called America 2049 back in the eighties. I loved those books soooo much.

Christine was good too.

1. dune - frank herbert

i must not fear. fear is the mind-killer. fear is the little-death that
brings total obliteration. i will face my fear. i will permit it to pass over me
and through me. and when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its
path. where the fear has gone there will be nothing. only i will remain.

2. for whom the bell tolls - ernest hemingway

we do it coldly but they do not, nor ever have. it is their extra sacrament...they are the people of the auto de fe; the act of faith. killing is something one must do, but ours are different from theirs.

I tried reading Dune 6 bazillion times and still couldnt understand it. it's freaking nuts!

1984, valaci papers, bfg, the last season, Art of War

animal farm to an extent



1984 was amazing, favorite by far.

anything by aldous huxley

On the Road and in fact any Kerouac book and most other beat authors like Billy Burroughs and the latter beats who turned it to gonzo, what say you Mr. Thomspson? Tom Robbins (one because he was friends with this guy and 2 because he has some of the best methaphors)

Oh and JP Donleavy's A Singular Man and The Ginger Man, which by the way my dear children will be coming to theatres near and far with Johnny Depp as the star....

Steinbeck, Hemingway, Dos Passos, Huxley, Fitzgerald, Ayn Rand, Kurt Vonnegut, Henry Miller (I watched in fact 'Henry & June' the other night, what an author she should have been, Anais Nin...) All lined up neatly next to my copy of Catcher in the Rye, and Jack London man talk about a great book Call of the Wild and what a great man and his adventures, I have to be like them....I want to be like them...

You used punctuation? I could read that last post, manic!

Originally Posted by goandykid

You used punctuation? I could read that last post, manic!

Oh punctuation now you reminded me that I like Hubert Selby jr. Even though his writing style was raw man his stories made some good movies, Requiem for A Dream and Last Exit to Brooklyn

The Alphabet of Manliness.

Originally Posted by juggernaut

I'm talking about BOOKS, not rags like Flex and M&F.

My personal favorites are any John Grisham book, Mark Twain (Puddin'Head Wilson) Dean Koontz (especially Intensity) and Mario Puzo (the Godfather). True Crimes about the Mob are always favorable.

I recently read a a book called Born Blue by Han Nolan. I had to read it for my students and WOW, it took me.

On the health side, Arnie's book is always a good reference.

You'd love:

Underboss by Peter Maas (autobiography of Sammy "the bull" Gravano)

Mob Over Miami by Michele McPhee (autobiography of Chri Paciello, NY OC asscoiate and Miami night life Icon)

Both highly recommended

Originally Posted by Goodfella9783

You'd love:

Underboss by Peter Maas (autobiography of Sammy "the bull" Gravano)

Mob Over Miami by Michele McPhee (autobiography of Chri Paciello, NY OC asscoiate and Miami night life Icon)

Both highly recommended

Did you ever read Mafia Cop? The guy wrote a book about how he grew up in a Mafia family, but became a cop. It turns out he was lying and did a lot of jobs for the Mafia while working as a cop.

Originally Posted by Goodfella9783

You'd love:

Underboss by Peter Maas (autobiography of Sammy "the bull" Gravano)

Mob Over Miami by Michele McPhee (autobiography of Chri Paciello, NY OC asscoiate and Miami night life Icon)

Both highly recommended

My dad is reading Underboss (the man responsible for my voracious reading habits). He said he'd give to me when he was fiinished. Is it that good?

Mr Nice - Howard Marks

The Cotton Pickers - B. Traven

Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami

Originally Posted by DOMS

Did you ever read Mafia Cop? The guy wrote a book about how he grew up in a Mafia family, but became a cop. It turns out he was lying and did a lot of jobs for the Mafia while working as a cop.

The title rings a bell but I've never read it. Any good?

Originally Posted by juggernaut

My dad is reading Underboss (the man responsible for my voracious reading habits). He said he'd give to me when he was fiinished. Is it that good?

One of my favorites. Mob Over Miami is surprisingly good too. This kid Chris Paciello was involved with the mob in NY. Changed his name and moved to Florida to get away from a murder he was involved with. He then opened up one of the most popular night clubs on Miami Beach, dated super models, got into fights with all kinds of athletes, ect. ect. Very entertaining and a true story.

Originally Posted by Goodfella9783

The title rings a bell but I've never read it. Any good?

It was pretty good, considering that most (if not all) of it was a lie.

Here's the book.

Might have to check it out. I've also heard this book about the Irish mob in Boston, Whitey Bulger & the FBI is great:

Originally Posted by Goodfella9783

Might have to check it out. I've also heard this book about the Irish mob in Boston and Whitey Bulger is great:

I'm adding this to my reading list.

Don Miguel Ruiz's - The Four Agreements

"For many, The Four Agreements is a life-changing book, whose ideas come from the ancient Toltec wisdom of the native people of Southern Mexico. The Toltec were 'people of knowledge' - scientists and artists who created a society to explore and conserve the traditional spiritual knowledge and practices of their ancestors.

The Toltec viewed science and spirit as part of the same entity, believing that all energy - material or ethereal - is derived from and governed by the universe.

The simple ideas of The Four Agreements provide an inspirational code for life. Here is how Don Miguel Ruiz summarises 'The Four Agreements':

agreement 1
Be impeccable with your word - Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

agreement 2
Don’t take anything personally - Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

agreement 3
Don’t make assumptions - Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

agreement 4
Always do your best - Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick..."

Robinson Crusoe is a great book and so is Gulliver's Travels......