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Ok, so long story short I managed to waste virtually every night and weekend working throughout highschool, college, and the first two years of postgrad, and any rare snippet of spare time during that meatgrinder was fully devoted to alcohol-fueled mischief. I don't have any regrets (money don't grow on trees, after all) but lately I've realized that the only females my age smart enough to be worth knowing for more than one night apparently had too much time on their hands for the last decade and managed to read a number of these "book" thingys. Don't get me wrong, I've absorbed tens of thousands of pages of textbooks like a sponge over the years and even enjoyed some, but I'm talking about the kinds of books that ordinary hu-mons apparently choose to read voluntarily. Now I of course snag me a vapid barfly here and there, as can any guy in decent shape with a modicum of confidence, but when it comes to these bookworms I don't have much to talk about that's not overly technical, which pretty much rules out any shot at a fulfilling long-term relationship, kids, etc. for all eternity.
So, in short, I figure I'll have to try to throw in at least a hundred pages of leisure reading a day just to get anywhere near caught up, but I don't even know where to start. As I said, I'm pretty much covered on the dry, mindnumbing, overly technical nonfiction side, but if you had to pick the top twenty-five (25) literaturey-type books that smart people are somehow supposed to be familiar with even though they're all phoneybaloney fictional crap, what would they be? I can think of maybe 2 or 3 that I've read in my life so far, so don't worry that your list might overlap with already-trodden ground. Speaking of fiction, an epilogue of the top five (5) filosofy-type books that smart people are somehow supposed to be familiar with would be helpful too.
Thanks for your help!
So, in short, I figure I'll have to try to throw in at least a hundred pages of leisure reading a day just to get anywhere near caught up, but I don't even know where to start. As I said, I'm pretty much covered on the dry, mindnumbing, overly technical nonfiction side, but if you had to pick the top twenty-five (25) literaturey-type books that smart people are somehow supposed to be familiar with even though they're all phoneybaloney fictional crap, what would they be? I can think of maybe 2 or 3 that I've read in my life so far, so don't worry that your list might overlap with already-trodden ground. Speaking of fiction, an epilogue of the top five (5) filosofy-type books that smart people are somehow supposed to be familiar with would be helpful too.
Thanks for your help!
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