Books of the Gods

The first blow of of any warrior is struck first by his mind. – Njord the Wise

The Library of Noatun was started in attempt to train the minds of the warriors who’s mental, and physical, prowess we would soon have to depend on in the Ragnarök. It is the personal collection of books Njord has read, along with the works of many of his warriors. Those warriors being valued for their intellectual mind rather than their physical might. The wisdom of the gods are hidden in these pages. It is up to you to find them.

List of books recommended by the gods:

  • The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of PickUp Artists – Neil Strauss
  • 48 Laws of Power – Robert Greene
  • The Art of Seduction – Robert Greene
  • The Alphabet of Manliness – Maddox
  • Starship Troopers – Robert A. Heinlein
  • The Moon is a Harsh Mistress – Robert A. Heinlein
  • Time Enough for Love – Robert A. Heinlein
  • Stranger in a Strange Land – Robert A. Heinlein
  • Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk
  • I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell – Tucker Max
  • A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
  • Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand
  • FountainHead – Ayn Rand
  • We the Living – Ayn Rand
  • Anthem – Ayn Rand
  • The Prince – Nicolo Machiavelli
  • The Art of War – Sun Tzu
  • 1984 – George Orwell
  • Lord of the Flies – William Golding
  • We Are Soldiers Still – Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway
  • Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
  • The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Introducing NLP – Joseph O’Connor and John Seymour
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie
  • Sperm Wars – Robin Baker
  • Secrets of the Cube – Annie Gottlieb
  • The Road – Cormac McCarthy
  • The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
  • The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
  • Beowulf – Classic Lit (Old English)
  • Edda – Classic Lit (Norse)
  • Divine Comedy – Dante Alighieri
  • The War of the Worlds – H.G. Wells
  • The Name of the Rose – Umberto Eco
  • Foucault’s Pendulum – Umberto Eco
  • The English Patient – Michael Ondaatje
  • Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
  • The Giver – Lois Lowry
  • All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Maria Remarque
  • Tropic of Cancer – Henry Miller
  • Tropic of Capricorn – Henry Miller
  • As I Lay Dying – William Faulkner
  • The Sound and the Fury – William Faulkner
  • Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
  • The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
  • This Side of Paradise – F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway
  • I Am Legend – Richard Matheson
  • Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
  • Slaughterhouse-Five – Kurt Vonnegut
  • Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut
  • Battlefield Earth – L. Ron Hubbard
  • Mission Earth – L. Ron Hubbard
  • To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee
  • The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Alex Haley
  • Up From Slavery – Booker T. Washington
  • The Education of Henry Adams – Henry Adams
  • Sons and Lovers – D. H. Lawrence
  • Darkness at Noon – Arthur Koestler
  • Catch-22 – Joseph Heller
  • Dune – Frank Herbert
  • Animal Farm – George Orwell
  • The Color Purple – Alice Walker
  • Interview with a Vampire – Anne Rice
  • The Godfather – Mario Puzo
  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
  • Freakonomics – Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
  • Unequal Democracy – Larry M. Bartles
  • Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card
  • Breakfast of Champions – Kurt Vonnegut
  • Stranger in a Strange Land – Heinlein
  • Great Dialogues of Plato
  • The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest– Ken Kesey
  • Le Etranger – Albert Camus
  • The Book of Matches – Simon Armitage
  • And Then There Were None – Agitha Christie
  • Never Have Your Dog Stuffed – Alan Alda
  • Nostromo – Joseph Conrad
  • Just Like Heaven – Marc Levy
  • The Diary of a Young Girl [Anne Frank]- Anne Frank
  • War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
  • The Space Odyssey Series – Arthur C. Clarke
  • The Holy Bible – King James Version
  • Qur’an – Muhammad

Will be updated as I receive and think of new books.

Last Update: 21.9.08

2 Responses to “Library of Noatun”


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  2. Exodus Says:

    Good list
    Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison would be a good addition


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