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    Posted: April 23 2012 at 22:27
I have read three of these books (Wilde, Orwell, Kafka) and, great as the Wilde is, I also count The Future of the United States 1984 among my top 5 books. 


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I'll vote without having read the middle book since 1984 ranks in my top 5. 
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I've only read 1984 and The Metamorphosis from your list, so I won't vote, but I do love both.
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Originally posted by The Truth The Truth wrote:

I could never decide between Kafka and Orwell. It's hurting my brain as I speak.

Me neither, but they are the only two I've read so I'd probably not vote anyway.
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I could never decide between Kafka and Orwell. It's hurting my brain as I speak.
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by fuyuakiworld fuyuakiworld wrote:

WHERE THE HELL IS CATCHER IN THE RYE????

"The Catcher in the Rye" may be a modern classic, but I did not like it at all. I hated Holden Caulfield, and liking a book the hero of which one hates is close to impossible. I loved "Crime and Punishment", but because I liked Raskolnikov. I could sympathize with him. I can't sympathize with Holden Caulfield at all.

One of those books I was supposed to have read and I think sampled a bit and moved on. 

1984 is an important read though as it seems to be somewhat of a playbook for those who rule over us.

Other worthy reads from the book list not on there:  To Kill A Mockingbird, The Jungle, Catch 22...


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Only read 1984 out of those... shame on me.
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Originally posted by fuyuakiworld fuyuakiworld wrote:

WHERE THE HELL IS CATCHER IN THE RYE????

"The Catcher in the Rye" may be a modern classic, but I did not like it at all. I hated Holden Caulfield, and liking a book the hero of which one hates is close to impossible. I loved "Crime and Punishment", but because I liked Raskolnikov. I could sympathize with him. I can't sympathize with Holden Caulfield at all.


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WHERE THE HELL IS CATCHER IN THE RYE????
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I don't care for fiction, but I seem to have been compared to Dorian Grey by some people.
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I recommend here Mijail Bulgákov "The Master and Margarita", and amazing classic. One of the best books I have ever read. 


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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

There are better Hemingway books than "A Farewell to Arms", in my opinion. I like "For Whom the Bell Tolls" a lot.By "Metamorphosis" you probably mean "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka


Let's not be snobbish. We're talking about "Die Verwandlung". Some English translations are entitled "Metamorphosis" and some "The Metamorphosis", so take your pick. Similarly, Basho's "Oku no Hosomichi" has been translated as "The Narrow Road to the Far North", "The Narrow Road to the Interior" and even "Narrow Roads to Far Towns". Each translation has its merits.
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I love 1984!
 
I like Brave New World a lot also, but that aside.
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I read 1984 2 years ago, The Picture of Dorian Gray last year and Metamorphosis this year. All of the three are perfect classics. Don't know 'bout the rest.
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I voted for Dorian Gray.  I have a soft spot for Wilde
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I can’t choose between Dorian, 1984 and Metamorphosis, but you’re going to read all of them anyway, so you don’t need my vote. And I second the Boris Vian suggestion. I was hooked when I read this line:

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1984 is super.
 
Those 2 Kafka and Hemingway books can be painful, watch out LOL
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As an aside, the Swiss band Memoriance wrote an album called L'écume des Jours d'Apres Boris Vian.  It's also a very good album.
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The Metamorphosis, for me.
For those who love it, I suggest Master and Margarita, by Mikhaïl Boulgakov and L'écume des jours by Boris Vian.
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I think I would have enjoyed Dorian Gray even more than I did if I hadn't had to read it for school
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