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Thank you everyone for the suggestions.
It's much appreciated.

Originally Posted by Hero View Post
Self-reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson. An essay explaining the topic of self-reliance and how you can follow your ideas and dreams rather than following the world.

Mastery by Robert Greene. Mastery explains how to become a leader in any field. It also gives historical references to leaders such as Mozart, Einstein and Darwin.

Friedrich Nietzsche's Also Sprach Zarathustra. (English Translation)

Fantasic works I have read so far. Mind you, the last one is kind of poetic, but if you understand the beautiful metaphors, it will open your eyes.

All of those seem like excellent books, especially "Also Sprach Zarathustra".
Thanks you for the suggestions. I've updated the list.

Originally Posted by Lazors View Post
Stephen Pinker- how the mind works

Though it seems like it'd be an interesting read, it's not quite the material that I'm looking for.
Thank you nonetheless though.

Originally Posted by SparChar View Post
50 Shades of Grey. Will expand your knowledge-base on sex.

This isn't the sort of material I'm looking for.
Thank you for the suggestion though.

Originally Posted by Vordred View Post
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee

Originally Posted by Vordred View Post
You can also try A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller which also focuses on human nature.

"To Kill A Mockingbird" doesn't really hold much interest as far as the theme and setting are concerned.
I'm much more interested in philosophical or critical works.

"A View from the Bridge" however seems like an interesting play.
I've added it to the list. Thank you for suggesting it.

Originally Posted by ImmortalPig View Post
David McRaney, pretty light but great.
If you have any interest in security, Kevin Mitnick has some good books that are very telling.


Also HP Lovecraft is awesome, not sure if you will understand the human psyche from it, but great works.

McRaney seems like an interesting read, and I've updated it to the list.
Thank you for suggestion it.
I've also updated HP Lovecraft, but I wouldn't know where to begin, and though Kevin Mitnick seems interesting enough, I have the same problem.
Care to make book suggestions?

Thank you.

Originally Posted by MintCat View Post
Short stories by Edgar Allan Poe might be what you're looking for. The Black Cat, A Descent into the Maelstrom, Landor's Cottage, Loss of Breath, King Pest, etc.
They're all pretty dark & depressing.

Those sound wonderful. I look forward to reading them.
I've updated those to the list. Thank you for the suggestions, MintCat.

Originally Posted by Redundant View Post
1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell are books that might make you feel weird about human nature.
American Pastoral, I Married a Communist, and The Human Stain by Philip Roth are very interesting books as that tell stories about socially uneasy situations.
I also recommend books from Arthur C. Clarke, particularly 2001.
Andymon. A Space Utopia by Angela and Karlheinz Steinmüller is an amazing book about a small community of people who have to work well together in order to get shit done.

The books by George Orwell seem quite intriguing, so I've updated them to the list.
The ones you recommended by Philip Roth aren't too much of interest.
I've updated "2001" to the list, and perhaps once I get finished with that, I'll move on to "Andymon" at some point.

Interesting reads though. Thank you for the suggestions.
It's much appreciated.

Originally Posted by Arglax View Post
albert camus - l'étranger

after i read that book, i felt a bit weird/off for days
mind you, i read it in french

i'm also a great fan of dostoyevski, tolstoy, ...
romantic era, you get it

I look forward to reading that book.
Thank you for the suggestion, Arglax.

Well, if you have book suggestions from those authors, I'd greatly appreciate it. ^^


Thank you everyone for the suggestions.
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