Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

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1. The Best Action Adventure BooksReading list

   Lord of the Flies is an action adventure novel written by William Golding. The story follows a group of boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and must fend for themselves. The novel explores themes of human nature, survival, and morality.

2. Andrew CopsonInterview

   On Liberty by John Stuart Mill or – if it’s not a cheat of an answer – the complete works of John Stuart Mill. So many of the foundations of our modern liberal democratic societies are not only elucidated but also defended there – and in the clearest possible prose. Many people don’t think today about why the good…

3. Roger MartinInterview

   At 16, it would be Lord of the Flies by William Golding and at 25, it would be Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke. Both are about how people in groups work and the importance of having an independent sense of self. The former is an easier to read novel and appropriate for an earlier age and the…

4. Ania AhlbornInterview

   Maybe Lord of the Flies by William Golding. I mean, that would be weird, right? What would have happened if there was a girl on that island? You think they would have slaughtered me rather than Piggy, or would I have reigned supreme? (Let’s just assume the latter.)

5. Mark BowdenInterview

   At sixteen I would give myself books that exemplify good, simple storytelling. Anything by Elmore Leonard, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper. At 25 I would give Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, For Whom the Bell Tolls by…

6. Tom PriceInterview

   Lord of The Flies by William Golding. It’s an entry-level instruction manual on the human condition. And it’s short enough to force a bored teenager to read it.

7. Andrew HuangInterview
8. Andrew SalgadoInterview

   Lord of the Flies by William Golding. We’re so dumb and violent as human beings. Is that misanthropic? As I write this a man just killed 49 persons in Orlando. What a world…it is perhaps one of the most important things I’ve ever read in my life.

9. Annelise OsborneInterview

   I read so many books as a kid. The ones from school I remember are The Bridge to Teribithia, Lord of the Flies, The Great Gatsby, 1984, and Wuthering Heights. For fun, I would read the Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, Agatha Christie novels and of course Judy Blume books. I also read the Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes.

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