What's YOUR Bible?

What peice of literature holds the most signifiance for you? Is it a monumental novel, an essay of sorts, a non-fiction masterpeice, a napkin you wrote on, hell, maybe even be a Bible. Talk about how it influences you and impacts the world.

For me, at this point it has to be "America (The Book)" by Jon Stewart and the Daily show staff. I love its cold, satirical look at modern democracy and its flaws.

The Bible is up there on my list seeing as it is THE Bible.

Although "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs" by Chuck Klosterman was a fantastic read and I recommend his books to any music fan.

Fargo Rock City
Killing Yourself To Live
Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs
A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas

Alexander Solzhenitsyn- A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch
Eric Schlosser- Fast Food Nation
F. Scott Fitzgerald- The Great Gatsby
George Orwell- Animal Farm
Henry David Thoreau- Civil Disobedience
Hunter S. Thompson- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hey an actual answer! Nice. I've read two of Geoge Orwells books, Animal Farm and 1984. Great books, I've heard of the book/essay Civil Disobience and Hunter Thompsons book aswell.

Fear and Loathing is an awesome book. I've never really liked anything by George Orwell and I really dislike The Great Gatsby.

But Fear and Loathing is amazing. Read that book.

I don't really have a book that I would call my "Bible" but I really enjoyed House of Leaves and Ender's Game.

Probably On the Road by Jack Kerouac.

George Orwell is a great author, I read Animal Farm in Middle School and we went in depth about the book and it's meaning toward corruption, dictatorships, etc.

I don't read many books :[

The Giver was an awesome book.

ViceR wrote:The Giver was an awesome book.

I hated everything about that book. Especially the ending, it reminded me a lot of Citizen Kane. Which only made me angrier of course.

ViceR wrote:The Giver was an awesome book.

it wasn't bad. me and my friends made a lot of petophelia puns as we read it in class tho.

EDIT: I liked "stupid White Men" by Michael Moore

say what you will, it was funny and an eye-opener. a few fcts are a little out of date though.

Propaganda wrote:

ViceR wrote:The Giver was an awesome book.

it wasn't bad. me and my friends made a lot of petophelia puns as we read it in class tho.

I didn't even know what a pedophile was when I read that book.
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ViceR wrote:

Propaganda wrote:

ViceR wrote:The Giver was an awesome book.

it wasn't bad. me and my friends made a lot of petophelia puns as we read it in class tho.

I didn't even know what a pedophile was when I read that book.
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Just goes to show what's happening to society

F.CK YOU SOCIETY. F.CK YOU

((do we have to censor here?)

The Zombie Survival guide is my Bible.

I PUNISHM3NT I wrote:The Zombie Survival guide is my Bible.

If you wanna survive the zombies, i'd suggest rvb "planning to fail"

Propaganda wrote:

ViceR wrote:

Propaganda wrote:

ViceR wrote:The Giver was an awesome book.

it wasn't bad. me and my friends made a lot of petophelia puns as we read it in class tho.

I didn't even know what a pedophile was when I read that book.
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Just goes to show what's happening to society

F.CK YOU SOCIETY. F.CK YOU

((do we have to censor here?)

You can say fuck all you want.

ViceR wrote:

Propaganda wrote:

ViceR wrote:

Propaganda wrote:

ViceR wrote:The Giver was an awesome book.

it wasn't bad. me and my friends made a lot of petophelia puns as we read it in class tho.

I didn't even know what a pedophile was when I read that book.
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Just goes to show what's happening to society

F.CK YOU SOCIETY. F.CK YOU

((do we have to censor here?)

You can say fuck all you want.

Ah, thank you helpful sir

I PUNISHM3NT I wrote:The Zombie Survival guide is my Bible.

I love that book so much.
I'm prepared to fight all the zombies.

Oh, yes, the Zombie Survival Guide is essential.

"On the Road" is a fabulous book, and I haven't read "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" yet, but it's on my list to read.

As for my bibles:
Catcher In The Rye
Nine Stories - Both by J.D. Salinger

American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis

The Year of Endless Sorrows - Adam Rapp

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey

I am Charlotte Simmons - Tom Wolfe

On the Road - Jack Kerouac

god.I just love books. I could go on forever.

Oh No Chastity wrote:Oh, yes, the Zombie Survival Guide is essential.

"On the Road" is a fabulous book, and I haven't read "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" yet, but it's on my list to read.

As for my bibles:
Catcher In The Rye
Nine Stories - Both by J.D. Salinger

American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis

The Year of Endless Sorrows - Adam Rapp

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey

I am Charlotte Simmons - Tom Wolfe

On the Road - Jack Kerouac

god.I just love books. I could go on forever.

Nice list. Have you read The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe?

Jackie Treehorn wrote:
Nice list. Have you read The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe?

I started too when I was about fourteen years old. The thing is, I had no idea what acid even was, so I didn't much understand the book and found it was boring. I also had a lot of other things going on. Potentially, I'd like to pick it up again.

I'm definitely a fan of the Beat Generation of writers.



and Charles Bukowski.

With a name like Bukowski, how can you not be a cynical drunken writer?

J.D. Salinger-Catcher in the Rye, Nine Stories, Franny and Zooey
F. Scott Fitzgerald-The Great Gatsby
Irvine Welsh-Trainspotting
Paul Auster-New York Trilogy
Nick Hornby-High Fidelity, A Long Way Down
Chuck Klosterman-Killing Yourself to Live
Bret Easton Ellis-Less than Zero, Rules of Attraction
Kurt Vonnegut-Slaughter House Five, Breakfast of Champions

These aren't really my bible but they are a few of my favorite books.

SOMEBODY STOP ME