Comments on: My Summer Reading List, and Other Ways I’ve Ruined My Life

By: Michael Davis

Michael Davis — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 19:26:00 +0000

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By: Prasanna N

Prasanna N — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:44:00 +0000

No Hitchhiker’s Guide? No Terry Pratchett, Harry Potter, Wodehouse?

By: Anmol

Anmol — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:43:00 +0000

I’ve compiled all the books (sans a couple, which weren’t available) recommended by James on goodreads. It could be of help to everybody!

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/21960.James_Altucher_s_Summer_Reading_List

By: Dogbowwow

Dogbowwow — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:24:00 +0000

Try reading some Harlan Ellison. Start with his story collection Shatterday and then go on to read Strange Wine and Deathbird Stories.

By: Abhimail

Abhimail — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:22:00 +0000

Ever tried Ayn Rynd?

By: steve cornell

steve cornell — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:22:00 +0000

Try James Salter’s A Sport And A Pastime
Walter Mosely’s Fearless Jones Stories (1950s LA)
Tadeusz Borowski Stories This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (General Editor Philip Roth)

By: isomorphisms

isomorphisms — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:16:00 +0000

Kind of out-there suggestion but I think you may like Mark Leyner’s electric speed and ferocity. Don’t read too many in a row necessarily or they become less funny. But first Et Tu, Babe? and then My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist and least funny is The Tetherballs of Bougainville. See, the titles are in descending order of funny too.

I can’t say for certain you’ll like Mark Leyner but it seems like he might be up your alley.

This one may not be as much for you but it’s my favorite book ever: Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban. After I read that I lost all aspiration to write fiction. I realized that I would never write something as good as Riddley Walker and instead of trying to write something myself I should just tell people to read Riddley Walker.

By: TC

TC — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:35:00 +0000

I love Journey to the End of the Night but Celine’s second book Death on the Installment Plan is even better.

Breakfast of Champions is my favorite Vonnegut. Don’t miss Mother Night and, of course, Cat’s Cradle.

Everything Bukowski wrote is brilliant. I love Post Office. I don’t think I’ve read Ham on Rye though.

Great blog! Now I will plug mine: http://nohaybronca.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/how-to-illegally-enter-the-us/

By: Prof. Byron Brainard

Prof. Byron Brainard — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:11:00 +0000

“The Illuminatus Trilogy” Robert Shea / Robert Anton Wilson. I was amazed that I had never heard of this until recently. If you were ever a fan of comic books, this is a comic book for the Elders of society.

By: Adam Calica

Adam Calica — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:20:00 +0000

One of my all time favorites