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Looking for a book that will challenge you think.
Posted: 15 Nov 2009, 03:05
by Dragon620026
Like the title says, I'm looking for a book to read that will challenge one to think. It can range anywhere from psychology, philosophy, history, politics or anything similar. Anything really that will get you to actually stop and reflect and debate with yourself if you agree or not or maybe even perhaps open you up to a new way of thinking.
Thank you
Posted: 15 Nov 2009, 09:09
by ryan2
any good book
Posted: 15 Nov 2009, 19:39
by The Mythwriter
ryan wrote:any good book
Hahaha amen. I find some of the best books to make one think are books that are about something you usually disagree with. So philosophy wise, you can look for anything that differs from you believe to be true. Don't bother with the Da Vinci Code, you'll only need to read ten chapters before you've essentially read the whole book.
Some of my favorite literary figures who make me think about what they write... Well, George Orwell, to start. Frank Peretti, Ted Dekker, David Guterson, Joseph Conrad and Robert Louis Stevenson are also some of my favorite authors.
Posted: 15 Nov 2009, 21:52
by Oneday
"The Greatest Show on Earth" by Richard Dawkins
Posted: 16 Nov 2009, 02:15
by rooserfeather
Try "Freakconomics", The World is Flat
Posted: 16 Nov 2009, 02:17
by ryan2
I like Leo Tolstoy and Jack London. They're the best.
Posted: 16 Nov 2009, 05:13
by Dragon620026
Thank you all for the book recommendations.
Posted: 17 Nov 2009, 05:05
by hania5
Any Alain du Botton books - Status Anxiety was one of my favourites.
Posted: 18 Nov 2009, 00:15
by cameron333
"Hitchikers guide to the universe" series by Douglas Adams.
"On intelligence" by Jeff Hawkins.
"Satanic Verses" by Salmon Rushdie.
Posted: 18 Nov 2009, 01:38
by Bowlie
Bad News by Tom Fenton
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Posted: 18 Nov 2009, 09:34
by LauraH
I actually reccommend "The DaVinci Code" but not his other books.
Also reccommend "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult
I know, I know, a little YA, but it was THAT good of a book and really challenged my automatic, ingrained, responses to these high school massacres.
Also John Irving's "The World According to Garp"
Posted: 08 Dec 2009, 21:27
by victorian.noire
LauraH wrote:
Also reccommend "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult
I know, I know, a little YA, but it was THAT good of a book and really challenged my automatic, ingrained, responses to these high school massacres.
I love Jodi Picoult. My sisters keeper made me ball my eyes out like crazy (HATED the movie), but she is a really decent author....i mean she isnt a douglas admas, but she makes you think about situations in ways you wouldnt have before...
Posted: 08 Dec 2009, 21:32
by Bowlie
Sophie's Choice by William Styron is another good one. That book still makes me think about it almost 15 years after I read it.
Posted: 08 Dec 2009, 23:40
by book_reader
A certain ambiguity by Gaurav Suri and Hartosh Singh Bal
-- Don't read this if you don't like maths
Golden Escher and Bach
-- I don't have to tell you anything on this!
The Code Book - Simon Singh
-- If you are into cryptography and such
If you like philosophy, you can try Milan Kundera's books.
Somerset Maugham always make me pause and think. I love his writing.