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What is the one, most important, book or publication that anyone should read?

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Let's leave out the Bible, because while that would be my answer, it doesn't result in a terribly interesting discussion.

I'm reading The Economist right now and I always feel more in touch with the world when I read it. Not sure it's my answer, but it's in the mix.
 
DeacDiggler said:
Let's leave out the Bible, because while that would be my answer, it doesn't result in a terribly interesting discussion.

I'm reading The Economist right now and I always feel more in touch with the world when I read it. Not sure it's my answer, but it's in the mix.
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Here's your bible gigantor:

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The Epic of Gilgamesh, best read in its original cuneiform.
 
DeacDiggler said:
Let's leave out the Bible, because while that would be my answer, it doesn't result in a terribly interesting discussion.

I'm reading The Economist right now and I always feel more in touch with the world when I read it. Not sure it's my answer, but it's in the mix.
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Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
 
Lots of possibilities. If I have to pick one: South of the Big Four.*

* Not the basketball tournament.
 
I think you need to clarify the question a bit. Are you asking about something people should read to educate themselves? Or just read for pleasure? And are you talking book or newspaper/magazine, because those are pretty different.

I read an article by a book critic one time that asked the question, "If you were stranded on a desert island and could have only three books, what would you choose?" His choices were the KJV Bible, a one-volume compendium of Shakespeare, and I can't remember the third, but I think it was a poetry anthology.
 
inspectah said:
I read an article by a book critic one time that asked the question, "If you were stranded on a desert island and could have only three books, what would you choose?" His choices were the KJV Bible, a one-volume compendium of Shakespeare, and I can't remember the third, but I think it was a poetry anthology.
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Under that scenario, my first choice would be: "How to Get the Fuck Off a Desert Island."
 
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