Books with a capital letter

Homakov2011-06-11 14:23:32

Books

Homakov, 2011-06-11 14:23:32

There are such books that cling, break and twist. Here I also ask you to advise them.
It is not necessary to advise any kind of science fiction or a detective story - reading material is interesting, but it's not that. Need an idea. So that while reading I forget about everything in the world, so that my philosophy is questioned.
For example, if we were talking about films, I would ask for Inception / source code.
For me, such a book is Somerset Maugham's "The Burden of Human Passions".
It is advisable to add a couple of lines to underline what exactly is revealed in this book and changes you.
Thank you, dear readers!

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herfleisch, 2011-06-11
@herfleisch

Grady Booch: "Object Oriented Analysis and Design." This book got me hooked.

Rampage_Masta, 2011-06-11
@Rampage_Masta

“so that my philosophy is questioned” - read “Anastasia” in Megre. Changes the philosophy of the worldview.

SeTeM, 2011-06-11
@SeTeM

George Orwell - 1984.
Changes the way you look at everything.

Yuri Udovichenko, 2011-06-11
@Aquary

When they say “Something with a capital letter”, they mean the best and the best.
What is described in the question is "The book that rips the roof off". Want thrills? :)
For me, something similar happened with Ham's For Whom the Bell Tolls. No, it didn’t blow the roof off, but at the age of 16 it gave food for thought.
Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5 was also recommended to me for a long time. I read it at 31, it didn't get through, I've already become too pragmatic :) But in my youth - yes, I would probably hit it on the head.
There were a few more, but now they are perceived as one of many, so I don’t even remember. In general, it will go away with age.
If we talk about books, read the primary sources such as the Bible, the Koran and the Talmud, then compare with what you see around :)
In general, behind the effect called “philosophy was questioned” - this is only in the real world, books are not helpers here.

dotneter, 2011-06-11
@dotneter

Non- duality
Eckhart Tolle - "The New Earth" by
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj "I Am That"

Alexander Keith, 2011-06-12
@tenbits

Reality Transurfing, Vadim Zeland, have you read it yet? - I highly recommend, you will have to smoke more than one cigarette in order to think it over and compare it with your life;)

bootch, 2011-06-11
@bootch

K.Vonnegut "Slaughterhouse number five", "Cat's cradle". Makes you re-evaluate your feats.

Anatole, 2011-06-11
@Anatole

The most powerful book was written by an American Orthodox hieromonk Seraphim (Rose): The Soul After Death. This book has a twofold purpose: firstly, from the point of view of the Orthodox Christian doctrine of the afterlife, to provide an explanation of the modern "post-mortem" experiences that have aroused such interest in some religious and scientific circles; secondly, to cite the main sources and texts containing the Orthodox teaching about the afterlife.

Vitaly Zheltyakov, 2011-06-11
@VitaZheltyakov

The Strugatsky brothers - The Doomed City.
I read it on 3 attempts. The book showed me the "miniature" life of the whole world within the framework of one city. The most interesting thing is how the goals of the characters' lives change. Makes you rethink your goals.

Andrey Belov, 2011-06-11
@Andrey_Belov

"Eugene Onegin". Nothing better has been written in Russian yet.

xSkyFoXx, 2011-06-12
@xSkyFoXx

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. IMHO.
There is a very interesting resource that expresses public opinion on this issue - two-books.net

Yury Lysov, 2011-06-11
@berik_iushi

I.A. Efremov "The Razor's Edge" is a novel about the spiritual power of man, about the triumph of reason, about the search for beauty, love and justice. The title image contains the essence of Efremov's philosophy: everything great and beautiful in the world exists between two extremes - on a razor's edge.

denekurich, 2011-06-12
@denekurich

"Petrovich and Patapum in the land of ghosts"

ninacarrot, 2011-06-12
@ninacarrot

"Assembler. A textbook for universities ”Yurov - got stronger than Stroustrup.

Alexey Pomogaev, 2011-06-12
@Foror

Try Shantaram, Roberts

slaum, 2011-06-12
@slaum

Pelevin, “Omon Ra” is a typical Pelevin phantasmagoria, after which reality in general is questioned.
Ivanov, “The Geographer Drank His Globe Away” is an infinitely sad book about the life of a typical modern “loser”.
Davidson, Scar Culture is a very heavy book about psychiatry and domestic sexual abuse.
Heinlein, "Stepchildren of the Universe" - a book about religious obscurantism.
And if you want something completely mind blowing - Kafka, Banks

paimei, 2011-06-15
@paimei

A. Solzhenitsyn, The Cancer Ward is an amazing thing!
Georgy Vladimov, "Faithful Ruslan"
If you want to really shake philosophy (not like Bach or Coelho) - "Confession" bliss. Augustine

inout, 2011-06-26
@inout

More of course teenage-youthful, but it captures and inspires perfectly! V. Kaverin "Two captains"

CheeckyBride, 2011-06-11
@CheckyBride

"Bad Wisdom" (Bill Drummond, Mark Manning) - sick, vomited; the fruit of an incredibly sick imagination; the most beautiful, engaging, ambiguous book I've ever come across.

DanielWolf, 2011-06-11
@DanielWolf

Kjell A. Nordström, Jonas Ridderstrale Funky
business. Capital dances to the tune of talent / Funky Business: Talent Makes Capital Dance - 2002

IllariPosselt, 2011-06-11
@IllariPosselt

Daniel Keyes - The Multiple Minds of Billy Milligan

Puma Thailand, 2011-06-12
@opium

Janusz Wisniewski - Loneliness in the Net.
I could not finish reading, tore my hair and jumped on the book.

qrazydraqon, 2011-06-12
@qrazydraqon

"Silence" by Shusaku Endo. About Christian preachers in Japan. It got to be healthy, the attitude to the issues of faith and religion has changed significantly.
The Bridge by Ian Banks. Fuck explain about what, but very much.
"Infamy" and "Waiting for the Barbarians" by John Coetzee. Coetzee he is Coetzee.

Dmitry Demidov, 2011-06-12
@ptitca_zu

I even keep a list of such books for myself - docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ARiGh_Hs3mviZGY5OHhncGhfNDBkbnFid2dmNA&hl=ru
and collect interesting ratings - docs.google.com/?hl=ru&tab=wo&authuser=0#folders/folder.0.0BxiGh_Hs3mviYWIzYWIwOWItMzcllOWIwNOTMZc5ZllOWIwOTM

Mikhail Lyalin, 2011-06-14
@mr_jok

there are many good and interesting books from which there is something to learn and learn
Reader2 library

int02h, 2011-06-15
@int02h

Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy . The book was written in the XIV century and tells about the circles of hell and the heavens of paradise. Very interesting and also makes you think a little. True, the book is hard to read (after all, it is written in the language of the 14th century), but if there are footnotes with notes, then it becomes easier to read.

mDOGx, 2011-06-26
@mDOGx

Watts "False blindness"
at number 1 on books.23rd.ru

Artem Silchenko, 2014-09-07
@Artyom_Silchenko

Nassim Nicholas Taleb "Black Swan"
Vladimir Serkin "Shaman's Laughter"

uugh, 2016-05-09
@uugh

Lewis Thomas "Life of the Cell"
www.amazon.com/Lives-Cell-Notes-Biology-Watcher/dp...