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10-05-2015, 02:37 PM
I'm a fan of autobiographies, and, being a musician, tend towards those by musicians.
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's most notorious rock band (2001) is the story of the band Motley Crue. That book is one hell of a wild ride and makes me wish I was born 10 years earlier so I could have enjoyed the 80's.
Scar Tissue (2004) is the story of Anthony Keidis, the lead singer of the Chili Peppers. It's more of a tell all and goes into lots of morbid detail.
I've read each of those at least 4 times each.
I've read several other musicians autobiographies but those two stand out the most, as they are more honest with the audience about how fucked up their lives were. Scott Weiland and Slash's books were trying to paint themselves in a positive light and as such were not as interesting.
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10-05-2015, 06:29 PM
A few books I've already read twice because of how much I loved them include:
1. The Mystery method by Mystery
2. 48 laws of Power by Robert Greene
3. Psycho-cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz (my all time favorite book)
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10-05-2015, 06:31 PM
I used to reread books when I was younger. Don't feel like I have the time to repeat them now in my 40's. My reading list seems to grow longer every day.
Read the Bible through several times, different versions (KJV, ESV, NKJV, NIV).
When I was in the Navy, I collected Tom Clancy books, and read all of them several times.
Read The 4 Hour Work Week several times. Used to read Covey's 7 Habits at least once a year.
I've been through Think and Grow Rich and How to Win Friends and Influence People several times each.
My favorite book in recent memory is "The Fourth Turning", which I'd gladly read again, except that I lost it in a move almost 2 years ago. Should have gotten the Kindle version.
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10-05-2015, 06:55 PM
"Seven Ancient Wonders", "Six Sacred Stones", "Five Greatest Warriors" - all by Matthew Reilly.
Must have read each one of them near enough to six times now.
Have also read Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War" three times (once was for a sixth form exam though).
One of the things I find interesting about re-reads is that in some parts, you know what is coming up. Like where authors leave subtle hints at an event further on in the story that you happened to glaze over, forget about or disregard in the first read through. I think that re-reads can help you gain a deeper understanding of the story.
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10-05-2015, 11:36 PM
I used to read Frank Herbert's DUNE every year. So little time and so many books to read.
I have a few books I like to thumb through when I'm on can. Jimmy McDonugh's book on sleaze filmmaker Andy Milligan is a fave because I find something new in it each time I look. Milligan was a human train wreck, but he created some of the most batshit insane films ever to play a Drive-In.
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10-07-2015, 02:14 PM
1) "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John K. Toole- one of the most hilarious and original books I ever read. Not exactly 'red pill' but with many red pill elements and written by someone with a unique perspective on the world and how ridiculous it can be. Ignatius J. Reilly couldn't care less about women, which is why Myrna Minkoff, the book's version of an SJW, throws herself at him.
2) "Cats Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. As liberal as he was (well, a Kennedy liberal, so he wasn't as crazy as the progressives today), this book and some of his other works are fairly red pill as well. Vonnegut, the author of the greatest take-down of socialism ever put into words- "Harrison Bergeron"- also approaches the world in an entirely new way (even inventing a religion and a new method of how to freeze water) to highlight the absurdities that most of us overlook. I highly recommend this, though he has a large body of work to explore, unlike Toole who died young (I think by suicide if I'm not mistaken).