What are your "Must Read" books

[MNDude]

Everyone's opinion, what would be three books that every adult should read?

How about three books every kid should read?

(besides the Bible, since that's a given for most)

[fkabuckeyesrule]

I believe it was 6 or 7 years ago I received Flyboys as a Christmas present. It was a really good read if perhaps a bit graphic.

[Nepeta]

The True Believer—Eric Hoffer

[GSP.FAN]

“Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins.
Love that book up there with Joyce..

[buccaneer81]

The Stand.
One Second After.
War Day.
On The Beach.
Seven Days In May.
The Manchurian Candidate,

[NavyCanDo]

One Second After

The Real George Washington

[rdl6989]

Undaunted Courage and Nothing Like it in the World are very good.

I would add: Pegasus Bridge

D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II

Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944 - May 7, 1945

[tickmeister]

I’ll go with Walden, Lord of the Rings triology, and Will and Ariel Durants history series.

[PizzaDriver]

Atlas Shrugged by Rand
Lucifer’s Hammer by Niven & Pournelle
Stranger in a Strange Land by R.A. Heinlein

While Rand’s book is the most important; it must not be the FIRST of these to be offered to younger folk, or new neighbors.

[Dick Vomer]

Mere Christianity-CS Lewis

The Road to Serfdom-Frederick Hayek

Replay - Ken Grimwood

[samadams2000]

Vince Flynn Novels-All
Unintended Consequences-Ross
The Virginian-Wister (the best ever)

[upsdriver]

Gopher Tails For Papa

[Stonewall Jackson]

For Adults

Non-Fiction
The Federalist Papers - Hamilton, Madison, Jay
Band of Brothers - Stephen Ambrose
The Battle Cry of Freedom - James McPherson

Fiction
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexander Dumas
Alas, Babylon - Pat Franks
The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara

For Children

Non-Fiction
Crusade in Europe - Dwight Eisenhower
The Passing of the Armies - Joshua Chamberlain
Shinano – The Sinking of Japan’s Secret Supership - Joseph Enright

Fiction
The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
Treasure Island - Robert Lewis Stevenson
The Swiss Family Robinson - Johann Wyss

[PizzaDriver]

just “kid’s” Titles:

“The Pushcart War” by Jean Merrill

“Citizen of the Galaxy” by R.A.Heinlein

“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain

[Fiji Hill]

For adults:

• Witness by Whittaker Chambers (New York: Random House, 1952)

• The Struggle for the World by James Burnham (New York: John Day, 1947)

• And Madly Teach: A Layman Looks at Public School Education (Chicago: Regnery, 1949)

For kids:

• On Growing Up: Letters to Boys and Girls, Including The Uncommon Man, and Other Selections by Herbert Hoover (New York: Morrow, 1962)

• From Canal Boy to President, or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield by Horatio Alger, Jr. (New York: Anderson, 1881)

• Sabre Pilot by Stephen Meader (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1956)

[februus]

1) Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? P.K. Dick (1968)
2) Journey To the End of the Night L.F.Celine (1932)
3)

[wyokostur]

My favorite books as a kid were Old Yeller, Where the Red Fern Grows. My kids have loved all the Hank the Cow Dog series.

[FreeKeys]

for adults:
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
The Roosevelt Myth by John T. Flynn

for kids:
Tom Smith and his Incredible Bread Machine by R. W. Grant
The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible by Ken Schoolland
An Island Called Liberty by Joseph Specht

Also see the results of the Modern Library’s poll of 100 Best Novels here: http://tinyurl.com/2aotrcp
and 100 Best Non-Fiction books here: http://tinyurl.com/2c2rkfj

[beckysueb]

A Patriots History of America by Larry Schwiekart, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, Malevil by Robert Merle

[skintight buffoonery]

The Gulag Archipelago, by Solzhenitsyn.

[skintight buffoonery]

I second Celine. I haven’t read Journey, just Death on Credit. That’s a great ranting cantankerous book.