airborne Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 (edited) Please list some books you've re-read and those you intend to re-read. How to make money in stocks by William J. O'neil ( 3 times) Reminisces of a stock operator by Edwin Lafevre (3 times) The Fountainhead ( 2 times... well almost, another 100 pages) I intend to read Atlas Shrugged again as well... Edited November 6, 2007 by airborne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEgoist Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Capitalism And Freedom by Milton Friedman thrice. Fight Club by Chuck Palahiuk twice How Capitalism Saved America by Tom D'Lirenzo twice Atlas Shrugged Thrice. Fountainhead Twice. Anthem countless times These are the first books taht come to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenure Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 (edited) Fight Club by Chuck Palahiuk Atlas Shrugged Fountainhead Definitely agree with these. I'd say also all my Asimov Robot stories (Including 'The Complete Robot' and 'I, Robot'. I really want to re-read American Gods. Looking back on it, I know understand what I like so much about it - it was the sense of life of Shadow, that he wanted to keep on living, on his own terms, for his goals, no matter how much hardship he would have to go through. I never realised it until now, and I think I'll appreciate the book all the more for realising it now. Although how rational his whole quest to be united with his dead wife was, or whether he really needed to hold Wednesday's vigil, is debatable. Although I'd say the latter was a matter of contract. It wasn't glorifying self-sacrifice, so much as how much Shadow's goals meant to him. Edited November 6, 2007 by Tenure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intellectualammo Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Please list some books you've re-read and those you intend to re-read. Besides Ayn Rand's fiction and non-fiction: Monna Vanna by Maurice Maeterlinck (currently rereading) The Sorrows of Young Werther by Geothe Emilia Galotti by Lessing I intend someday to reread the Harry Potter series, or at least specific books in that series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moebius Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, X2. One of the greatest science fiction I have ever read. Legend by David Gemmell, X2. My favorite fantasy novel. Sandman by Neil Gaiman and various artists, XN. Best graphic novel. Read it innumerable times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert J. Kolker Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Please list some books you've re-read and those you intend to re-read. How to make money in stocks by William J. O'neil ( 3 times) Reminisces of a stock operator by Edwin Lafevre (3 times) The Fountainhead ( 2 times... well almost, another 100 pages) I intend to read Atlas Shrugged again as well... I re-read it last week. I think Francisco's speech on money is the best one in the book. The rest of my re-read list: Leviathan -- Hobbes. Enquiry into Human Understanding -- Hume Darwin's Dangerous Idea -- Dennett The Origin of Species --- Darwin Foundations of Geometry --- Hilbert The Geometry of Physics -- Frankel Stoichon Euklides (Euclid's Elements in Greek). I am trying to teach myself Attic Greek. For class I am currently reading Ta Ethica aka The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotole Also for class: On the Soul -- Aristotle The Timaeus -- Plato I will not attempt to re-read anything by Kant. He is impossible to understand. I would have an easier time with Neitzche. Bob Kolker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammi Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 read the fountainhead about 4-5 times atlas 2x got the audio cds of atlas at the library-awesome-there are about 30 cds in all -broken into parts one and two the librarian said they are always being loaned out! s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrier of the Zero Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 I've re-read the Roark/Wynand sections of the Fountainhead, while skipping the Toohey/Keating sections, too many times to count. It was the first book I ever read where the hero was far more fascinating than the villain. I've read Douglas Coupland's Generation X several times. All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren, I've read twice. I plan to read Dune again sometime soon. And I'm actually re-reading Atlas Shrugged right now, for the first time since I was about 15 or 16. I started on it last week and I'm already almost finished, it's taking up all of my spare time.. It's such an amazing read!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus98876 Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 FH, Anthem, and various of her non-fiction. The Sword of Truth novel series, some of the earlier better Discworld books (doubt i would want to read them again these days though). Some Asimov stories. And some others that I do not wish to mention here, as they are definitely not things I would care to read these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McVey Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Anthem, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged a number of times each. Also other works like CUI, PWNI, VOS, and TNL, all a few times each. OPAR cover to cover about three, and refer to sections of it now and then. Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series two or three times. Menger's Principle of Economics I've reread twice, Bohm-Bawerk's Capital and Interest series I have reread and am in the middle of rereading now. Reisman's Capitalism about twice, and refer to that now and then too. I plan to reread The Blind Watchmaker when I get around to it. I will reread other works by Dawkins, and likely Hitchens' God Is Not Great, again at some point in the future. JJM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blinky Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 (edited) The Witcher by Andrzei Sapkowski. Besides Fountainhead and other Ayn Rand's novels the best fiction books I have ever read. One book of short stories is finally translated to English so you can enjoy it too. I hope to find time to read it for third time. Fountainhead We The Living OPAR Edited November 7, 2007 by Blinky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kufa Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 The only books I've re-read other than Ayn Rand are: Harry Potter, except the seventh and sixth books Gone With the Wind, I honestly don't know how many times. More than 3. What can I say, I love it! Between a Rock and a Hard Place. For anyone who hasn't heard of it, its the autobiography of Aron Ralston, the climber who cut off his own arm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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