Hey, suggest a book for me to read.

Ah, so I need a book to read for my English class, and I was going to read "Hells Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga" by Hunter S. Thompson but since I checked it out so early in the semester that its due yesterday, and I can't renew it since someone else has it on hold. I'm a fan of Hunter S. Thompson, and I sort of like Chuck Palahniuk, Bret Easton Ellis, and besides that I pretty much read comics.
But this isnt comicvine.
So, any suggestions? 
I'm thinking about reading Fight Club or American Psycho, but i'm not sure yet.   
Although I suppose in retrospect I sort of like stories about very boring everyman type of apathetic people who kind of end up losing their shit (I.E., Fight Club Narrator) but arent terribly sure where to look to find similar books.

books suck

The call of Cthulhu     
 
It's the American Hentai

Fight Club and American Psycho are both fantastic books, if you ever feel like reading.

1984 is my favourite book, George Orwell is a fantastic writer (a bit of hero of mine). Its short, and its clear, but there is an absolute ton of stuff to talk about. It may also alter your view on life/reality/knowledge. I would warn you though: most people are depressed for about a week after they read it.
 
But its rich for report writing, because there are so many different themes to explore.
 
And I can help you with it!
 
EDIT: Sorry that post was a little disjointed, I'm about to pass out from hunger.

Fight Club is a great read.

" 1984 is my favourite book, George Orwell is a fantastic writer (a bit of hero of mine). Its short, and its clear, but there is an absolute ton of stuff to talk about. It may also alter your view on life/reality/knowledge. I would warn you though: most people are depressed for about a week after they read it.  But its rich for report writing, because there are so many different themes to explore.  And I can help you with it! "

" Fight Club and American Psycho are both fantastic books, if you ever feel like reading. "

"Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerome.

Fight Club was a nice read. It's pretty short and has some differences from the movie. 
 
I personally would recommend Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! I read it about a month ago and it was great. If you know who Richard Feynman is then you'll probably really like it, if you don't know who he is you should look him up!

" Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome. "

" Fight Club is a great read. "

Atlas Shrugged. 

It sounds like you'll really love "The Catcher in the Rye". 

" Atlas Shrugged.  "

" It sounds like you'll really love "The Catcher in the Rye".  "

Escape from Freedom
by Erich Fromm

Cormac McCarthy's The Road, the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic and Fiasco by Lem.

If you're gonna read a Bret Easton Ellis book I'd start with Less Than Zero over American Psycho.  
  
Don't get me wrong I love American Psycho but I got a lot more out of Less Than Zero. 

Fight Club was great, AMerican Psycho was decent.    

If your looking for something sci-fi i'd suggest Enders Game or The Stars My Destination.   
 
Also Catcher in the Rye is great too, though it wouldn't surprise if you had to read that for school.  Perks of Being a Wallflower was pretty good, those two are kinda about an everyman loosing it.

The firm by john grisham

the Road by Cormac McCarthy is a great read

Fight Club and American Psycho are both fantastic books, if you ever feel like reading.  

Go with an audio book, then you can play something mindless while listening. I suggest anything by Tom clancy. They are so action packed the pages fly by. Rainbow 6 is fucking bonkers. It opens with some terrorists on a plane getting taken down in the coolest way EVER!

" Go with an audio book, then you can play something mindless while listening. I suggest anything by Tom clancy. They are so action packed the pages fly by. Rainbow 6 is fucking bonkers. It opens with some terrorists on a plane getting taken down in the coolest way EVER! "

Jurassic Park. there's more to it than dinosaurs eating people. It's the most intelligently written horror/philosophy/science fiction book I've ever read.

I'd suggest George Orwell's 1984. Main protagonist lost everything he had as a human being at the end of the book. 
 
EVERYTHING.

The Stars My Destination.

Masters of Doom, it's about the guys at id Software (you know, they made Doom).  surprisingly compelling book, and everyone i've recommended it to has enjoyed it

"Brave New World"  By Huxley 
"Catch-22" by Heller. Can't go wrong with Heller 
"Cloud Atlas" By David Mitchell (not the comedian) 
"Hello America" By J.G Ballard 
"Millennium People" By J.G Ballard 
"The Day of Creation" by J.G Ballard 
"Empire of the Sun" by J. G Ballard 
 
Hell just about anything by J.G Ballard.

" @Jack_Daniels said:

" Go with an audio book, then you can play something mindless while listening. I suggest anything by Tom clancy. They are so action packed the pages fly by. Rainbow 6 is fucking bonkers. It opens with some terrorists on a plane getting taken down in the coolest way EVER! "

No decent English teacher is going to let a student read Tom Clancy.  It's funny how much people are praising Fight Club. It's one of the few movies I thought was better than the book and I wouldn't even call it one of Palahniuk's top 5 books "

" "Brave New World"  By Huxley "Catch-22" by Heller. Can't go wrong with Heller "Cloud Atlas" By David Mitchell (not the comedian) "Hello America" By J.G Ballard "Millennium People" By J.G Ballard "The Day of Creation" by J.G Ballard "Empire of the Sun" by J. G Ballard  Hell just about anything by J.G Ballard. "

" I'd suggest George Orwell's 1984. Main protagonist lost everything he had as a human being at the end of the book.  EVERYTHING. "

" @regularassmilk: Fear and loathing in Las Vegas, it's also a Hunter S Thompson, it's a brisk 200 page job and it's fucking entertaining. "

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"Latro in the Mist" by Gene Wolfe is a story about a mercenary in ancient Greece that is cursed by the gods. He loses his memory every 12 hours or so, but he can also see and talk to gods and other spirits. The story is told from the journal that he keeps to remind himself of what he was doing in the previous days. There is nothing really like and it will blow your mind. 
 

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" Fight Club was great, AMerican Psycho was decent.    If your looking for something sci-fi i'd suggest Enders Game or The Stars My Destination.    Also Catcher in the Rye is great too, though it wouldn't surprise if you had to read that for school.  Perks of Being a Wallflower was pretty good, those two are kinda about an everyman loosing it. "

Crime and Punishment will change your life forever....if you get hte good translation from vintage

I'm currently reading On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King, which is pretty great so far. I'd recommend it to any fan of King's work. I never knew he had a drug phase.

The Diamond Age

The Dice Man.  It's superb.  Read Moby Dick aaaaages ago and I think it's overrated, or I need to have another go.  Avoid all British period drama fodder, they're shite.  Tek War > Dickens.

Lonesome Dove By Larry McMurtry  
 
You'd be hard pressed to find a better piece of modern fiction. 
 
The TV miniseries is also great.

I bought The Walking Dead: Book 1 the other day, best book I've bought in awhile. Because I'm a student I got overnight shipping for like 3 bucks, bought it during school and had it the next day.

The Graveyard Book. Yes it's a children's book, but it's creepy.

Some people have been recommending The Road by Cormac McCarthy. While it is indeed a good book, it isn't his best in my humble opinion. That would be Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West. A friend of mine advised me to read it to get in the mood for Red Dead Redemption earlier this year and it sure as hell did. The book is about a young boy who by accident joins a gang of scalp hunters. While the theme is quite gritty the story is written almost like a Greek epic. Thoroughly enjoying. The clip below is one of the best parts of the book.
 
  

Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

" Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? "