The Greatest Book Ever: An INTJ Perspective - Page 2

**e30sequel** · 05-05-2011, 07:28 PM

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	Dante's Divine Comedy is an unparalleled classic, both from a literary and spiritual point of view.

adding to this
The Art of War
DIVIDED KINGDOM (almost finished, love the idea)

**gerhardt** · 05-05-2011, 08:13 PM

I loved Hesse in my teens. SIDDHARTHA is stll my all-time favorite. All the other usual suspects like CATCH 22, ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTAINENCE,and ILLUSIONS by Richard Bach is philosophy on the fly. If you want to really meet a real INTJ read T.E. Lawrence's biography SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. The cerebral intelligence officer forever changes the arts of war and in the process the shape of the Middle East.

**Tomas1991** · 05-05-2011, 10:01 PM

My entirely subjective view, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.

**Fuego** · 05-05-2011, 11:33 PM

I don't know about the best book ever, but The Catcher in the Rye is up there.

**Brodirt** · 05-06-2011, 04:50 AM

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	Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

My vote as well.

Some others to consider:

Moby Dick
A Tale of Two Cities
Gravity's Rainbow
Ulysses (Joyce had to be INTJ to construct such a book..and Finnegan's (unreadable) Wake.
The Quincunx
A Brief History of Time
Origin of Species
Relativity: The Special and General Theory
The Wealth of Nations
The Theory of Moral Sentiments

I could go on and on here...so many choices...must stop

**bathar** · 05-06-2011, 07:08 AM

I know Ender's Game was said but Orson Scott Card's Ender's series is what kept me interested
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**Einarr** · 05-06-2011, 10:45 AM

The first book that comes to mind is "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein

**Rohsiph** · 05-06-2011, 04:15 PM

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	The first book that comes to mind is "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein

Im curious--the unabriged or the original? I read the unabriged last year and, though I found it entertaining enough as well as somewhat thought provoking, still can't see it standing in the same company as the Russian greats (Dostoevsky, Nabokov, Solzhenitsyn), Joyce, or even Asimov.

That said, I'm very curious to hear why someone would vote for it as more than deserving of such company.

**MrSoloDolo** · 05-06-2011, 04:43 PM

The road - cormac McCarthy

**TheSeer** · 05-07-2011, 03:54 AM

Nikolai Gogol - Dead Souls
Nikolai Gogol - Diary of a Madman
Dostoevsky - Demons
Nabakov - Invitation to a beheading
Hasek - The Good Soldier Svejk

**rs3** · 05-07-2011, 04:32 PM

This thread makes for an excellent recommended reading list.

I'm still partial to Neuromancer.

**MortalWombat** · 05-07-2011, 05:09 PM

Great Expectations was a slow start, but as a whole, it's a masterpiece.

**Antares** · 05-07-2011, 10:20 PM

What is it about Ayn Rand I always see? I'm very curious, because the only book I've read by Ayn Rand was The Anthem and I admit I'm quite turned off by that book, and by her person as well, as she was a cult-like figure. Given the size of Atlas Shrugged, I thought I would read that one after I've finished all of the 12094680293 books on my reading list that I don't have such a strong prejudice against.

**yonose** · 05-13-2011, 07:54 PM

hmmm anything ender, clockwork orange, 1984, go rin no sho, i don't know there are to many that i haven't read to say what is the greatest ever but when finish reading all the books i will let you know

**Daimonos** · 05-14-2011, 02:21 AM

My top-3:

1. George Orwell - 1984: style, story, message, characters - a must-read for any human being.
2. Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho: I liked both the gore and the underlying message (most people don't understand what the writer is trying to say, I think).
3. Stephen King - The Stand: the most fantastic story development I've come across as of yet.

Cooper · 05-14-2011, 02:42 AM

"How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive"

**sircockburn** · 05-14-2011, 10:02 AM

Has to be

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**Mephisto** · 05-14-2011, 11:42 AM

Goethe - Faust

**DewFuel** · 05-14-2011, 01:12 PM

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	Pretty much every INTJ seems to love Ender's Game ( Show Spoiler ) I personally very strongly dislike it, but I'm not an INTJ so that's ok

It's actually not okay to dislike the book.

**javert** · 05-14-2011, 01:52 PM

Les Misérables- Victor Hugo
It's the greatest book I've ever read, but the rambling can be a little distracting.

**Lupercal** · 05-14-2011, 03:02 PM

The Sea of Fertility by Yukio Mishima:

Book 1 - Spring Snow
Book 2 - Runaway Horses
Book 3 - The Temple of Dawn
Book 4 - The Decay of the Angel

**Shadizar** · 05-14-2011, 03:17 PM

Hustler by Larry Flynt

**yonose** · 05-14-2011, 03:55 PM

odd i don't see the da vinci code and everyone read that, it has to be the greatest book ever lol

**Lupercal** · 05-14-2011, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by Antares
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What is it about Ayn Rand I always see? I'm very curious, because the only book I've read by Ayn Rand was The Anthem and I admit I'm quite turned off by that book, and by her person as well, as she was a cult-like figure. Given the size of Atlas Shrugged, I thought I would read that one after I've finished all of the 12094680293 books on my reading list that I don't have such a strong prejudice against.

Well her politics aren't very pleasant and her characters are two-dimensional but she writes well. I think she used to be a Hollywood scriptwriter so she knows how to spin a yarn, so to speak

**mastelsa** · 05-18-2011, 10:58 PM

I'm curious if anybody has ever read what has been dubbed "The Queen's Thief" (it doesn't have an official name) series by Megan Whalen Turner. The first one is definitely juvenile fiction and the rest are considered YA lit, but the author didn't write them with an age group in mind, she wrote them with a particular type of person in mind (and books 2-4 are most definitely not children's books). All of the INTJs I know personally have loved the series, and I'm pretty sure there's a very prominent INTJ character as well. The books are extremely well written, and widely unknown. The first one is The Thief, followed by The Queen of Attolia. I can't say anything about them because it would spoil them, but I highly encourage people to read through at least the first two before coming to a conclusion, since you really do need two books to get a good picture of the main character.

05-05-2011, 08:13 PM	#27
gerhardt New Member [01%] MBTI: intj Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 21	I loved Hesse in my teens. SIDDHARTHA is stll my all-time favorite. All the other usual suspects like CATCH 22, ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTAINENCE,and ILLUSIONS by Richard Bach is philosophy on the fly. If you want to really meet a real INTJ read T.E. Lawrence's biography SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. The cerebral intelligence officer forever changes the arts of war and in the process the shape of the Middle East.
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Tomas1991 New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 23	My entirely subjective view, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
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05-06-2011, 10:45 AM	#32
Einarr Member [47%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,917	The first book that comes to mind is "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein
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rs3 New Member [01%] MBTI: INFJ Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 4	This thread makes for an excellent recommended reading list. I'm still partial to Neuromancer.
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Antares Core Member [170%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 6,808	What is it about Ayn Rand I always see? I'm very curious, because the only book I've read by Ayn Rand was The Anthem and I admit I'm quite turned off by that book, and by her person as well, as she was a cult-like figure. Given the size of Atlas Shrugged, I thought I would read that one after I've finished all of the 12094680293 books on my reading list that I don't have such a strong prejudice against.
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yonose New Member [01%] MBTI: intj Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 12	hmmm anything ender, clockwork orange, 1984, go rin no sho, i don't know there are to many that i haven't read to say what is the greatest ever but when finish reading all the books i will let you know
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Daimonos New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 39	My top-3: 1. George Orwell - 1984: style, story, message, characters - a must-read for any human being. 2. Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho: I liked both the gore and the underlying message (most people don't understand what the writer is trying to say, I think). 3. Stephen King - The Stand: the most fantastic story development I've come across as of yet.
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Lupercal Member [09%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 389	The Sea of Fertility by Yukio Mishima: Book 1 - Spring Snow Book 2 - Runaway Horses Book 3 - The Temple of Dawn Book 4 - The Decay of the Angel
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yonose New Member [01%] MBTI: intj Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 12	odd i don't see the da vinci code and everyone read that, it has to be the greatest book ever lol
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mastelsa New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 75	I'm curious if anybody has ever read what has been dubbed "The Queen's Thief" (it doesn't have an official name) series by Megan Whalen Turner. The first one is definitely juvenile fiction and the rest are considered YA lit, but the author didn't write them with an age group in mind, she wrote them with a particular type of person in mind (and books 2-4 are most definitely not children's books). All of the INTJs I know personally have loved the series, and I'm pretty sure there's a very prominent INTJ character as well. The books are extremely well written, and widely unknown. The first one is The Thief, followed by The Queen of Attolia. I can't say anything about them because it would spoil them, but I highly encourage people to read through at least the first two before coming to a conclusion, since you really do need two books to get a good picture of the main character.
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