Book suggestions for my 2 months long vacation...

[Child_20]

I have 10 days left to purchase and pack the most delightful books. I was wondering if you all could kindly suggest your top 3 books that you would take along with you on a vacation.


Thanks.

[Saladin]

Ok, but this wont be "light" luggage. Hehe.

1. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
2. Hunger by Knut Hamsun
3. The Conference of the Birds by Farid ud-Din Attar

[Tallon]

The best book i've read on holiday was Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence. Plus it made me a friend, an English teacher who saw me reading it.

[Veva]

For me it's:
1. Alchemist by Coelho
2. Trainspotting by Welsh
3. Short Stories by Wilde

I really liked Sons and Lovers...

[Zee.]

It really depends on what you're interested in. Once we know that, we can guide you in the desired direction.

In Cold Blood
D.H Lawrence's three novellas, The Fox/Captain's Doll/The Ladybird
and if you want something a little different...
and i mean, really different, check out House of Leaves. Just be warned that if you do, nightmares are sure to follow :)

[mayneverhave]

1. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky


I second this. This is a great "winter" novel.

[papayahed]

for a vacation I'd take:

The Eight by Katherine Neville
The Magus by John Fowles
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Heil Gaiman and Terry Prachett

[bazarov]

Brothers Karamazov, War and Peace, Les Miserables, Don Quijote.

[Remarkable]

Midnight's Children-Salman Rushdie
The Institute of Time Regulation-Ahmet Hamdi Tanpynar
The Kite Runner-Khlaed Hosseini

Take a break from the West while you are on vacation.Indulge into the surrealities of the East,or the fast paced suffering so unlike the one we know...

[Parvez Ahmed]

War And Peace - Tolstoy
Fathers And Sons - Turgenev
The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde - Stevenson

They have stood the test of times. These books they can be read a thousand times and still the reader would not be bored. They are not like the 'hotsellers-for-money-making' books of our, this day. They were written with a vision - a dream - a love more greater than love itself.

[JBI]

Jane Austen - anything but Sense and Sensibility.

[Hank Stamper]

where are you going on your vacation? i always like to read stuff that has some connection with where i am

[Infinitefox]

Swan Song by Robert McCammon
Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky
The Stand by Stephen King

[Terror Firmer]

The Wine-Dark Sea by Robert Aickman
Painted Devils by Robert Aickman
The Elementals by Michael McDowell
Cold Moon Over Babylon by Michael McDowell
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
We Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley Jackson

[Child_20]

Thank you all for contributing. My list came down to The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground - Dostoevsky, Les Misérables - Hugo, On the Road
by Jack Kerouac, and American Psycho - Bret Ellis. I took one semester off from college to travel and self-reflect. I have become exhausted from the automaton western lifestyle. My growth has stagnated beyond measure, and thus I decided to travel to Africa and Asia. Fortunately, I have been saving for 3 summers of earnings. I want to experience the simpler lifestyle of the developing nations in those two continents. The humdrum of everyday life in America has paralyzed my spirit. I would be dishonest if I chose not to mention that thrill is what I also seek. Ultimately, I have been aggressively longing for liberation and a change in perspectives.

As St. Augustine put it, "The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page."

Thank you again.

Wish you all a great New Years !!!