well read, are we? (nah :P)

[wayakin]

This is a List of the top 110 banned books.
Bold the ones you’ve read.
Italicize the ones you’ve read part of.
Underline the ones you specifically want to read (at least some of).
Read more. Convince others to read some.

#1 The Bible

#2 Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

#3 Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

#4 The Koran

#5 Arabian Nights

#6 Tom

Comments

[amakitty]

ack! LJ cut please!!!

[futcion]

Yeah dude, aiee. %) Where are these books banned from? Maybe I missed something.. =D Not feeling entirely coherant. ;)

[wayakin]

Here are books once banned in the US. Theres a funky yahoo group here that might yield a list of books banned in other countries.

[a_skunk]

Where are all the old chemistry books that used to tell you how to build explosives?

[strifelak]

Bah! Screw uck LJ cuts, it's your journal! Do whatever you want XO

As for the books you specifically want to read, I would reccomend Stranger in a Strange Land! It's a classic Sci Fi novel. I don't think it's particularly well written but it's really good for plot and content! A bit sexual, just as a caveat >.o If you end up reading it and liking it, I suggest Ray Bradbury's short stories (not his novel though)... one of the best plot writers of all times in my opinion =D

Af for the others... I read Mein Kampf and Das Kapital. Mein Kampf is interesting because of its perspective, but I found it kinda fierce o_o. Das Kapital was really thick to go through, and I don't think I understood it very much o_o

I personally did not like 1984 very much, although it is a classic post-apocalyptic novel for its time. I've jsut read so many books similar to it before it that it kinda felt redunant. On that note, I felt the same way about Brave New World, although I think. ��iked BNW slightly better =3

[wayakin]

Yes, Stranger in a Strange Land has been reccomended by lotsa folks :) and yes, Ray is great. I would expect Mein Kampf to be intense if it reflects anything of the author's personality - this is why I am so intrigued by it. Books are great things when fictional, but throw in the aspect of being able to experience firsthand the thoughts and impressions of another human, and you've got a real treasure...

[wayakin]

never online cause we're still sans teh intArw3b at home :P but yeah, add me if ya want :)