Become well read

I’m reading The Great Gatsby.
On another note what does being well read mean? All the classics? Or a mix or what.. I don’t know. I’ll be happy enough if I just read regularly. Being unemployed in the summer with no school is a good time to do that!

Bartleby.com is an online library somewhat, and the books are all free to view. It has a few classics that were on my list, so i thought I would mention it.

I am currently working on Hemingway’s For Whom The Bell Tolls. I think in a bit I would like to pick up some philosophy. Suggestions welcome.

Finished it, but not either of my Greek aspirations. This is the second book I have read by Kurt Vonnegut. I don’t always agree with Vonnegut’s views, but I enjoy writing. I loved the idea of naming it Children’s Crusade. I am reading Weathering Heights or For Whom the Bell Tolls next.

I just finished Othello, so that is one more of Shakespeare’s works crossed of. Thank you English M01B. I don’t know if this is a goal that can actually be accomplished with out a Ph.D. in English literature.

I just bought this and it was required for school, so i am looking forward to encountering more Shakespeare. I am reading a beauty book, Beauty Confidential right now that does not at all qualify for this list, but I did finish some others. I still need to finish Fathers and Sons and start Weathering Heights.

I’m not being very organized about this, but there are so many books that it almost doesn’t matter.

So far, I’ve read Siddhartha, a whole bunch of Steinbeck, Brave New World, Their Eyes Were Watching God and some others that I can’t recall at the moment. I tried some Hemingway (Old Man in the Sea and Garden of Eden) without much luck. Any recommendations?

Currently, I’m reading the Communist Manifesto and Nelson Mandela’s autobiography. I’m looking forward to reading more Huxley, and I want to read the Uphanishads, as well as The Enchanted April

I read Ernest Hemingway’s Snows of Kilimanjaro for English Class. So Now I have sampled Hemingway. I started using the virtual bookshelf on Facebook.com to stay organized, which helps. I am still reading Art of seduction, but I have read Sperm Wars and started The Moral Animal during it. I also read half of Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev. I need to finish some of these!!! And get back on track with my classics. Midterms and my classes are taking up all my time.

Besides all the pleasure reads that shall go unmentioned, The Grapes of wrath I mentioned earlier, and Portait of Dorian Gray, which is desidedly my favorite book I have ever read. Next on my list is Weathering Heights. However, right now I am reading Robert Green’s Art of Seduction, so not really something I can put on this list, but excellent anyway and very eye-opening.

I am looking for a list of books that can help define, in a broad stroke, social and political philosophy. Any help would be appreciated.

I am a sixteen year old middle clas american and have only read three of shakespear’s works. I am currently working on Grapes of Wrath.

I will finish it by May 1st or I will stay in our condo in hawaii doing nothing but reading the first day.

I want to read SOON Dracula, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and Daunte’s Inferno.

I also want to read more philosophy!