Going to the library with my friends THEN to a book store with my sister right after brought me to make myself a reading list. It's still short since I've only started working on it today. I also made a teeny description after it so I'd remember why I wanted to read it. Here goes.

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

• I borrowed this from the library. Actually I was supposed to borrow The Fountainhead but the library didn't have it *sigh* so I decided to take a stab at this. I've read reviews about how this was better because the Objectivism philosophy of Ayn Rand is better explained here. Why not right?

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

•  Last year I read maybe 1/4 of this novel but sadly school got in the way and I had to return it to the library without finishing it. I admit, Howard Rourk intrigued me very much and it sucks that I couldn't borrow this now because I really want to finish it!

The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald

• I think this is obvious. I had this book back in the Philippines but I always delayed reading it because I was a naive teenager who only read chiclits. Well I did a little bit of growing up right now, oh and John Green is talking about this book chapter by chapter in his vlog, so as soon as I get a copy, I'm reading it.

The Republic by Plato

•  Heh. Whilst hanging out in the Philosophy section of a book store, my sister saw this book and asked me if I read it. I told her I already downloaded the eBook like two years ago (before reading what it's about), then I learned it's about Communism and immediately decided against reading it. Like I said I grew up a little and became more open minded in different political theories so here it is. Also my sister said I should read it because almost all of the people she knows who are in/going into Arts have read it. Well I wouldn't want to be left out, yeah?

Inferno by Dante

• One reason: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.

As Simple as Snow by Gregory Galloway

• Honestly, I don't know much about this book. I heard of it like 2 minutes ago. John Green says this was the book that loosely inspired him to write one of his books (Looking for Alaska or Paper Towns? I don't know. Will research on it later.) and it's "one of the best books you'll ever read." If John Green (or even Hank Green actually) says it, I believe him. 

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

• Been suggested by a friend (or two) who are both in love with this novel. And maybe Chris Carrabba had a lot to do with the fact that this is here, too.

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

• Please refer to this.

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