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| Banned Books : Would you censor your own child's reading? | | 56 | EstelleChauvelin, juli 26 |  |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five Books first quarter of 2008 | | 119 | rachbxl, juli 1 |  |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : The 1001 "I've Read That" chain game | | 300 | BKieras, juni 16 |  |
| The Green Dragon : Books that make you buy more books | | 30 | SpicyCat, juni 12 |  |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 24 May 2008 | | 200 | Joycepa, juni 2 |  |
| Librarians who LibraryThing : Hot Topics--Controversial Book Group Ideas (Fiction) Help? | | 27 | fleurdiabolique, mai 30 |  |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 29 March 2008 | | 178 | mrspenny, mai 11 |  |
| Book talk : I read it so it must be true | | 41 | kaelirenee, april 30 |  |
| 50 Book Challenge : punkypower's 2008 list | | 30 | punkypower, april 25 |  |
| Book talk : Interesting Idea - "Books I'm Afraid to Re-Read" | | 38 | hockey101, april 25 |  |
| Most Disturbing Books : How do we define what constitutes a "disturbing" book? | | 10 | brlb21, april 18 |  |
| The Green Dragon : Darkest Books | | 42 | WillSteed, april 10 |  |
| 888 Challenge : RMXtreme's 888 | | 12 | RMXtreme, april 6 |  |
| Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night : The Horror, The Horror: Bad Horror | | 51 | jseger9000, april 4 |  |
| LT's list of great books you should read : Action thread | | 60 | medievalmama, mars 24 |  |
| Book talk : Scariest characters in fiction | | 63 | thekoolaidmom, mars 7 |  |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading for February 2008 | | 123 | Vonini, mars 5 |  |
| Sovende: 1001 Books to read before you die : Top 5 from the list read in 2007 | | 34 | Nickelini, februar 7 |  |
| Sovende: 1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading on the list for January 2008 | | 106 | notenoughbookshelves, februar 3 |  |
| Sovende: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 19 January 2008 | | 209 | Cariola, januar 26 |  |
| Sovende: 1001 Books to read before you die : What books are you most and least looking forward to reading on the list? | | 13 | media1001, januar 26 |  |
| Sovende: Cats, books, life is good. : are books where cats die at the end deppressing to you? | | 34 | twogerbils, januar 4 |  |
| Sovende: 1001 Books to read before you die : Tactics for tackling the list | | 52 | jasmeyer, januar 3 |  |
| Sovende: 50 Book Challenge : Differentbeat's (at least) 50 book challenge for 2007 | | 108 | differentbeat, desember 2007 |  |
| Sovende: What Are You Reading Now? : Top books read 3rd quarter 2007 July-September (really) | | 77 | 3M3m, desember 2007 |  |
| Sovende: What Are You Reading Now? : Book "Couplings" | | 33 | kaelirenee, desember 2007 |  |
| Sovende: 1001 Books to read before you die : August-October: Which one of the 1001 are you currently reading? | | 99 | trinah, november 2007 |  |
| Sovende: Lad-lit : American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis | | 6 | Kell_Smurthwaite, oktober 2007 |  |
| Sovende: Lad-lit : So, what IS ? | | 3 | Kell_Smurthwaite, oktober 2007 |  |
| Sovende: Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Now? September 2007 | | 155 | digifish_books, oktober 2007 |  |
| Sovende: Hogwarts Express : New (serious) topic - Possible Spoilers! Thoughts on HP books banned | | 41 | ellenmarine, september 2007 |  |
| Sovende: Book talk : Sociopaths love gardening. | | 13 | Bookmarque, september 2007 |  |
| Sovende: Reading Resolutions : The "Finished" Pile | | 29 | parelle, august 2007 |  |
| Sovende: Reading Globally : Recommend four novels from four different continents... | | 42 | rudyleon, august 2007 |  |
| Sovende: Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night : Horror Book Into Film | | 40 | TheBratPrince, juli 2007 |  |
| Sovende: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 23 June 2007 | | 123 | vivienbrenda, juni 2007 |  |
| Sovende: 50 Book Challenge : ClickForth's Top 50 (a postmodern/classic medley) | | 19 | clickforth, juni 2007 |  |
| Sovende: Book talk : Boycott Amazon | | 120 | mydomino1978, mai 2007 |  |
| Sovende: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 28 Apr 2007 | | 149 | ShannonMDE, mai 2007 |  |
| Sovende: Participants in Immensity : What's happening? | | 11 | benwaugh, desember 2006 |  |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : soylentgreen23 wants to read 1001 books | | 17 | plekter, I dag 6:19am |
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| 1001 Books to read before you die : How many have you read? | | 159 | TheTortoise, mandag 3:57pm |
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| Book talk : Ok, this is a good one. What is the most disturbing book you have read? | | 293 | TheCriticalTimes, søndag 7:05pm |
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| Awful Lit. : Awful Classics? | | 469 | Booksloth, lørdag 6:59am |
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| Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night : What scary book are you reading right now? What do you think of it so far? | | 326 | jseger9000, juli 14 |
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| 1001 Books to read before you die : Best 1001 Books Alphabetically | | 157 | odysseya, juli 14 |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - #2: June. 2008 | | 188 | FicusFan, juli 4 |
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| Your Pants : What are nerdfighters reading February 2008 + Hello All! | | 4 | strandedon8jo, juni 28 |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : What books are next on your reading list? | | 313 | usnmm2, juni 25 |
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| Awful Lit. : I can't believe I wasted my time on this... | | 441 | 0bazooka0, juni 16 |
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| LT's list of great books you should read : Top 25 | | 30 | JoleneConnelly, mai 19 |
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| Made into a Movie : When the movies are better than the books or vice versa | | 196 | Book_Junkie, april 27 |
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| Book talk : Another silly game---part 5 | | 473 | Talbin, april 1 |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five books read during 2007 | | 255 | RcCarol, mars 17 |
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| List Five Books Parlour Game : Books and Movies | | 47 | frogbelly, februar 22 |
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| The Green Dragon : Tell us what you are reading now, part III | | 394 | WillSteed, februar 14 |
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| Sovende: Book talk : Good books? | | 32 | SqueakyChu, desember 2007 |
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| Sovende: 50 Book Challenge : soylentgreen23 is reading 50 books! | | 43 | soylentgreen23, desember 2007 |
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| Sovende: 1001 Books to read before you die : Horror novels for Halloween | | 10 | tros, desember 2007 |
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| Sovende: Book talk : Stupid game to play | | 432 | siubhank, oktober 2007 |
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| Sovende: Book talk : Another Silly Game to Play -- Continued! | | 416 | Lman, oktober 2007 |
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| Sovende: List Five Books Parlour Game : What's the worst that could happen? | | 22 | footbinding, juli 2007 |
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... Orange was excellent, despite the violence. It did bother me some, but I felt the story itself redeemed the violence. In American Psycho it was just all about the violence (and indeed, I had a lot of trouble with the excruciating detail). ... is about a terrorist conspiracy involving vapid supermodels, so I guess that's to be expected. Neither compare to American Psycho. I'd start with Less than Zero; I know it's become fairly common in many college lit courses. I have read both Less Than Zero and American Psycho in that order.
Less Than Zero left me feeling very down, it was so hopeless and so uncaring. There was one very shocking scene involving underage sex/rape/abuse but the rest of it was not so violent as American Psycho. It just ... Vonini, IMO, nothing he's written is even close to American Psycho. There's the slightly disturbing, debauched edge to most of his work but I think you'd be quite safe with the others not being in the same ball-park as American Psycho. I have been wondering about Bret Easton Ellis. I read American Psycho a couple of years ago and I was pretty shocked by the raw violence and sadism. It's one of those books I wish I could 'unread'. I noticed there are more Ellis books on the list. Are they both like American Psycho or are Glamo ... ... a much more accessible book, and still a great read. I've read one Bret Easton Ellis and didn't enjoy it much. I've got American Psycho on my pile of books to read, and I am regarding it with much trepidation. ... with Bret Easton Ellis too. Nearly all the boys in my Year 12 English extension class seem to be obsessed with American Psycho (should I be worried?). My copy has a bookmark that will probably be forever marooned at p.139 (or thereabouts). I did force myself to finish The Informers ... ... rbeau
Maldoror-Conte De Lautreamont
Young Torless-Robert Musil
Frisk-Dennis Cooper
and Closer-Dennis Cooper
(No American Psycho without those Cooper books!)
Some SF books:
Dr Adder-KW Jeter
Altered Carbon-Richard Morgan
What I'm reading now The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner, ... ... Lightness of Being
91. The Handmaid’s Tale
92. Love in the Time of Cholera
93. The New York Trilogy
94. American Psycho
95. Hideous Kinky
96. Smilla’s Sense of Snow
97. The Secret History
98. Trainspotting
99. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
100. The Wind-Up Bi ... ... read Jumper before seeing the movie (it helps that the movie was so bad that I tried to forget it).
I plan on reading American Psycho and Children of Men, two movies I really loved. I'm worried that the books won't stick in my head because of the imprint these movies have left on my ... ... Miller. I'm not really one for confrontational, in your face literature. (For that reason I would never choose to read American Psycho). I love books that explore sorrow, and human suffering, and human addiction very much, but I'm not so fond of graphic descriptions of sexual crime and ... ... by Stephen King. It's in like-new condition, so I'm guessing it's a real page-turner!
From a Scotland BookMooch, American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. One more to tick off the 1001 list.
I also got my ARC of The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale. It looks very nice ... ... by Chuck Palahniuk
5. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
6. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
7. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
8. And I Don't Want to Live this Life by Deborah Spungen
9. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
... that moron Neil Cavuto on Fox News
(BTW: Cavuto is wrong. Psycho came out when Eisenhower, a Republican was in office. But what do you expect from Fox news?) ... had read Rebecca but ended up buying a lot of other books because of the essay's in this one. Two that spring to mind are American Psycho and Lolita.
I went the other way around with Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre in that order and enjoyed both.
And if I read a book or author I ... I actually finished American Psycho for the first time, and I'm not entirely sure what my impressions are. I thought that Ellis did a nice job exploring the concepts of materialism, conformity, and identity, but the graphic violence and pornographic sex were sometimes a bit much for me, and this ... ... rest of the series! One of the best books I've read in a LONG TIME, in terms of pure enjoyment! Right now, I'm starting American Psycho again, so hopefully I'll be able to make it all the way through this time. After American Psycho, I think I'll start in on Meg by Steve Alten (I've read ... I have read American Psycho. Very disturbing book. How about Less Than Zero, by the same author? I've read Cannery Row. American Psycho, anyone? ... flies over the head of a 10 year old. I definitely agree that parents should keep an eye on what their kids are reading-- American Psycho is an extreme example, but there are a lot of books that have very mature themes and images that kids aren't ready to handle. As a parent, you are the best ... 30. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis I agree with everyone who has mentioned American Psycho in this thread, although I am planning on trying to read it again, now that I can better appreciate and understand the satire in the movie. But I remember being so horrified by the violence and graphic pornographic sex that I had to return ... ...
It's up to individual parents to set limitations for their own children. I would strongly object to my son reading American Psycho, The Turner Diaries, or Trainspotting before he was 15 or so. But I would never dream of saying your kid can't read them. On American Psycho- I agree with Scratch that you obviously have to expect a fairly high level of violence going into a book about a crazy murderer. That said, I too was taken aback by the explicitness of some of the scenes. I read this while living in New York, and it got so bad that I didn't ... ... Flies and All Quiet on the Western Front when I finish them. And I am now on the lookout for both Must Love Dogs and American Psycho. Not having read the book, I don't know if you'll like Dogs. But, I did. I am a John Cusack fan and the movie had a quirky feel to it. Perhaps the book ... ...
Must Love Dogs was pretty funny. I thought the part about the navel piercing was hilarious. I haven't seen the film yet. American Psycho was one of those books you don't forget easily. It was much nastier than the film, but still kept you guessing as to whether or not he was fantasizing.
... ... I didn't expect to enjoy it quite so much.
Was Must Love Dogs any good? I enjoyed the movie. Same question for American Psycho. I really liked the movie because it set you up to question whether he was fantasizing or really comitting all of the crimes.
I loved Deliverance. Aft ... >283, Angel, I agree completely. For example, I thought American Psycho was a great book, but it was incredibly disturbing. But if it was a warm fuzzy story or if the violence and gore was toned down, I don't think it would have had such an impact on me or other readers. The movie scaled down ... #26: Scratch, have you read American Psycho? If you have and you know of a more violent novel, I would like to know what it is.
I have read a number of books featuring serial killers: The Collector, The Killer Inside Me, Felicia's Journey and Silence of the Lambs to name a few. Compar ... I got very grumbly about Patrick Bateman in American Psycho wearing two ties at the same time but then found out the author meant to do that, so I take the grumble back.
I didn't like the end of Messiah the book. It surprised me as I had already seen Messiah the TV programme (with the very ... Bibliobeck - you've agreed with me on one of my choices and I have to say that I agree with one of yours. American Psycho contains some vile images, it really does. I found it more disturbing for being very funny too. American Psycho because, behind the blood and gore, it is brilliantly satirical and deeply moral. And very funny. So many people misinterpret this book. Animal Farm, American Psycho and Amerika. Sorry, can't decide which I like best of those three... I have to agree with the American Psycho post. It was an okay novel overall, but horribly violent, cruel and disgusting in parts. Quite possibly the most violent novel I have ever read.
-- M1001 ... since I sneaked my sister's copy during my teenage years and don't think I would again as I found it just horrific.
Also American Psycho - especially his completely sociopathic thoughts that we are privy to during everyday social situations - just horrible! (Something awful about heads on ... ... are a few that I'm sure I can guess why they're on the list, but since i haven't read them, I won't suggest tags for.
American Psycho: gore, graphic violence, rape, murder, dismemberment, rodents, violence against women
Cobra Event: viruses, murder, violence against women, gore
The ... ... "disturbing" for each person. It wouldn't have occurred to me to think of anything besides gory horror titles like American Psycho to nominate, but then I would be overlooking disturbing social situations or disturbing historical events. Individual tastes can sometimes be entertaining, ... ... by Poppy Brite, which is already noted. Wow. Finding out that I'm really quite a prude! Much more disturbing to me than American Psycho or Zombie...the necrophilia aspects are troubling to me, however, I'm managing to get through it. If nothing else, it's a fast read. ... of the depths a human being would stoop to that I couldn't read about him. I say that as someone who finished, and loved, American Psycho. I love the dark aspects of some stories. The Sparrow as previously mentioned, of course, is hauntingly beautiful-sad.
American Psycho is just dark in that dirty, grimy, serial killer kind of way. I really enjoyed it, but maybe that's my fascination with finding books that manage to express ... ... Amsterdam -- Ian McEwan
17) American Pastoral -- Philip Roth
18) The Virgin Suicides -- Jeffrey Eugenides
19) American Psycho -- Bret Easton Ellis
20) Possession: A Romance -- A. S. Byatt
21) The Remains of the Day -- Kazuo Ishiguro
22) The New York Trilogy -- ... ... dragon, rather than a deep delve into a serial killer's psyche. Several other serial killer novels I've read, however, like American Psycho, make the SK seem more autistic than like a psychopath.
The Dexter novels are fun, however, and I like them. The TV series, while good, could not ... ... (theater of the abomination anyone?), but afterwards I sort of wished I had. There were scenes from Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho that were ALMOST as disturbing... to give you an idea. (I liked American Psycho BTW).
I could go on for hours about how weak Koontz is... but he seems ... ... That's also why I tend not to read horror novels.
As I've mentioned before, it was very hard for me to get through American Psycho because of the extreemly graphic violence against women, and I had to skip a couple of chapters. I've booktalked it to a couple of patrons, giving them a ... I'd have to say American Psycho. I think B. E. Ellis is very good, and I liked Lunar Park quite a lot, but AP was too much for me... Hands down, American Psycho was the most disturbing book I've ever read. When I read it, I was working on a degree in forensic science, so I could perfectly picture everything happening and imagine working up the crime scene later, plus I'm a woman so some of the scenes were just WAY WAY too ... ... Robert Cormier
The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Witch's Boy by Michael Gruber
American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
... Russia With Love
Small Gods
Murder in Mesopotamia
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
A Clockwork Orange
American Psycho
Mort
Eric
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
A Caribbean Mystery
The Hobbit
Noughts and Crosses
Angels and Demons
Cirque du Freak
Travels ... ... Petal and the White by Michel Faber
The Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan
On The Road by Jack Kerouac
Trout Fishing in Am ... ... are (roughly in order of number of times mentioned, with many 'ties'):
We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
American Psycho, by Bret Ellis
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Giver by Lois Lowry ... ... FINISHED
3. The black dahlia FINISHED
4. The virgin suicides
5. Kafka on the shore
6. Cloud Atlas
7. American psycho
8. Never let me go
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis 29. Siddhartha
Definitely lived up to its hype for me. Beautiful story.
30. American Psycho
Falls right behind Girl Next Door as far as disturbing books for me. Loved it, and the commentary he was making on society, but wow, that guy's got a sick mind! Another one to add for me:
American Psycho
I still have about 70 pages to go, but jeezalou!!! This might top Girl Next Door as the most disturbing book for me (isn't AP based on real events as well?)
uuuuhh...I seriously have the heebie jeebies.
The movie was so tame compared to ... #334: Yeah, American Psycho isn't my fave either. And you're right--you're either bored to tears half the time or nauseated. Probably one of the few examples of where the movie's better than the book (1- it takes up less of your time, and 2- Christian Bale's in it ;). ... to make myself read a page at a time, just to get through it.
Oh, that's right, I forgot: The Celestine Prophecy and American Psycho: baaaaaaaad! The first just made me bored out of my mind, the second one actually made me sick to my stomach. ... to a series I loved as a teen now tht the omnibus is out..The Vampire Diaries.
After that, trying to decide between American Psycho or Siddhartha--hehe, what a difference! :Þ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - McCullers
American Psycho - Ellis
Empire Falls - Russo
The Last Picture Show - McMurtry
The Commitments - Doyle
About a Boy - Hornby ... books in their lives. For me, its anything J.D. Salinger ever wrote, the Harry Potter books, The Satanic Verses, American Psycho...I always wonder if these books are going to hold up over time and I liked them all (except HP Book 7) so much the first time I read them. So I fear ... ... certainly provocative. You might want to give it a few months to see what the group are like before you throw that in.
American Psycho might be an idea. Didn't like it personally, but should provoke discussion.
Judy Blume's Forever might be worth chucking in there if the group ... 16. American Psycho--Bret Easton Ellis
One of the few times I enjoyed a film more than the book. It had amusing moments--such as the interactions between the main character and his girlfriend, but it almost wasn't worth reading through the boring music reviews to be amused.
As for the ... ...
It was as if Shirley Jackson's The Lottery had been made into a novella...
Now, I'm trying to decide what to read next:
American Psycho
The Secret History
Choke I agree about American Psycho the odd thing is that eventhough it honestly made me wince I read thebook in 2 nights. Go figure!!! American Psycho, I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels like this about this book. The other most disturbing book of my life was a collection of russian fairy tales which I read as a child of 8. I was afraid of Baba Jaga for months afterwards. Am up to page 267 of Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis
Will be reading American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis next, which means I will have read all of Bret's work on the list. ... sort of posting on this group before.
I'm currently reading Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis. Shall be reading American Psycho, also by Bret Easton Ellis.
Also bought Looking For Alaska by the wonderful John Green which was quite awesome to find somewhere in Australia ... #10 - American Psycho was great! Better than Alcohol!
Happy Birthday! 2007, I picked 150 books to read. However, the last Harry Potter book completely ruined things for me and I had to desire to pick up another book until recently. I got around 50, if I was lucky (see http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=6899).
So, I'm not going to bite off more than I ... Diary by Chuck Palahniuk
And hopefully soon American Psycho as I can borrow it from the library when I turned 18 (on the 22nd of Jan) YAY!
No really, that's what I'm waiting for. Alcohol! nah! I want American Psycho. ... Henk van Woerden, De overtreder van Marente de Moor, Heb lief en zie niet om van Willem G. van Maanen en American Psycho van Bret Easton Ellis. Op de terugreis begonnen aan De utopisten van Louise O. Fresco.
Joris en Gissie: Als aanvulling op Mak's "In Europa" is ... I haven't made the trip to the library yet but I plan on reading American Psycho at the very least. My top tier of 2007 (in no particular order):
American Psycho
The Lovely Bones
Remains of the Day
Einstein's Dreams
Runners-up:
Concrete Island
Unbearable Lightness of Being
Into the Wild
Pleasure of my Company
High Fidelity
God Bless you, Mr. Rosewater
All ... Most: Anything by Ian McEwan, mainly Atonement.
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides and most of all American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis.
Least: Tristram Shandy, although I am quite intrigued to give it a go. And most books that are above and beyond 700 pages long. I'm not a ... ... books that didn't make the top five are:
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Novecento by Alessandro Baricco
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
..... I read a lot ... ... to suggest lesser known books that are a bit "different"! I also like to hear what others suggest.
How are you liking American Psycho? I have it in my collection but have not yet read it.
Sadly, teelgee didn't like The Muse Asylum all that much, but mrstreme loved it!
For non-fict ... I'm currently working on American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, and I must say it is a very peculiar book. I have not read anything like this, yet the style reminds me a bit of Joyce James with its choppy nature. I am also reading Good Karma right now, an easy read with an interesting topic.
... ... Dickens
24. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
25. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
26. American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis
27. Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
28. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
29. Casino Royale by ... Most disturbing book?
A toss up between American Psycho and Money. I found so unpleasant I couldn't finish the latter. In no particular order:
American Psycho
Emma
Lolita
Rebecca
The Turn of the Screw ... by David Baddiel
Both written by well-known comedians who have chosen the serious subject of war on a grand scale.
Psycho by Robert Bloch and American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Both about psychopathic killers, but with different approaches.
Carter Beats the Devil by G ... ... the Worlds
The Turn of the Screw
The Killer Inside Me
The Collector
Interview With The Vampire
The Shining
American Psycho
-- M1001 I was most disturbed reading American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis so much so that I didn't finish it. It was lent to me and I couldn't get past the vivid description of violence to understand any point he was trying to make. When I was discussing this with the person who lent me the book, she ... ... novel with a great premise and turned it into an amazing show!
Also concurring with the poster who liked both the American Psycho movie and novel. The thing I loved about the movie was that it took the book, which seemed hyper-real, and made it seem unreal. The movie made it seem ... ... I've read all of his books, and enjoyed each one ... even Glamorama ... in fact, if you like the more extreme aspects of American Psycho, I definitely recommend Glamorama ... ... by B.E.E. (I stopped with Glamorama because I heard it was terrible, and although they deal with different subjects than American Psycho, they all have a similar flavor to them. Moral dissolution...nihilism...etc. ... men and their stories.
Side note: I love Bret Easton Ellis, but because I tend to be squeamish I won't go anywhere near American Psycho. I enthusiastically recommend the other titles. ... one he was born with. His nights he spends in ways we cannot begin to fathom - doing impermissible things to women. This American Psycho is living his own American Dream.
Review:
I'd seen the film already and had been intrigued as everyone said the film was incredibly graphic, but I didn't ... American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis ... du Maurier
Emma by Jane Austen
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Signal to Noise by Neil Gaiman
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis ... films. As many of you said before, humans can take care of themselves (mostly), but animals can't. I just finished reading American Psycho and while the parts where he tortures and kills humans are disturbing and disgusting, I had to skip over the parts where he does the same things to dogs and ... ... I already read and sorted the rest alphabetically. This after I totally lost track. I did this last week so I'm reading American Psycho now which I'm almost done with and then I'll move on to Amerika. I think it also gives you a nice mix of genres and since I have several unread books by ... "What?" Van Patten says.
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis |