When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes. - Erasmus

the quote above was on a bookmark my mother gave me.
so
i love books!
i read so much that i had to start wearing glasses.
in high school, my sister and i would hang out at barnes and nobles friday and saturday nights.
during the week, we'd hang out at the library, reading.
nerds, right?
right.

every chance i got, i bought books.
i was a sponge for knowledge and school barely quenched my thirst.

i have a long list of books to read...
so i ask you
what books do you recommend?
here's some of the books i recommend:

Long Days Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill
Demian by Herman Hesse
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Our Oriental Heritage by Will Durant
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower by William Blum
The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
A Geography of Time by Robert Levine
Fatu-Hiva, Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
No Exit (Huis Clos) by Jean-Paul Sartre
The Stranger (L'etranger) by Albert Camus