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Reddit mentions of Flowers for Algernon

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We found 19 Reddit mentions of Flowers for Algernon. Here are the top ones.

Flowers for Algernon
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u/DefinitelyNotIrony · 30 pointsr/books
  1. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  2. 9+/10
  3. Slight sci-fi premise, psychology.
  4. Short (125pg) first person narrative from the pov of someone with mental retardation who undergoes brain surgery to allow him to become a "normal" member of society.
  5. Amazon
u/1nfiniterealities · 28 pointsr/socialwork

Texts and Reference Books

Days in the Lives of Social Workers

DSM-5

Child Development, Third Edition: A Practitioner's Guide

Racial and Ethnic Groups

Social Work Documentation: A Guide to Strengthening Your Case Recording

Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond

[Thoughts and Feelings: Taking Control of Your Moods and Your Life]
(https://www.amazon.com/Thoughts-Feelings-Harbinger-Self-Help-Workbook/dp/1608822087/ref=pd_sim_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=3ZW7PRW5TK2PB0MDR9R3)

Interpersonal Process in Therapy: An Integrative Model

[The Clinical Assessment Workbook: Balancing Strengths and Differential Diagnosis]
(https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0534578438/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_38?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ARCO1HGQTQFT8)

Helping Abused and Traumatized Children

Essential Research Methods for Social Work

Navigating Human Service Organizations

Privilege: A Reader

Play Therapy with Children in Crisis

The Color of Hope: People of Color Mental Health Narratives

The School Counseling and School Social Work Treatment Planner

Streets of Hope : The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood

Deviant Behavior

Social Work with Older Adults

The Aging Networks: A Guide to Programs and Services

[Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society: Bridging Research and Practice]
(https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415884810/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy

Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change

Ethnicity and Family Therapy

Human Behavior in the Social Environment: Perspectives on Development and the Life Course

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

Generalist Social Work Practice: An Empowering Approach

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook

DBT Skills Manual for Adolescents

DBT Skills Manual

DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets

Social Welfare: A History of the American Response to Need

Novels

[A People’s History of the United States]
(https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-United-States/dp/0062397346/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1511070674&sr=1-1&keywords=howard+zinn&dpID=51pps1C9%252BGL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch)


The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Life For Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Tuesdays with Morrie

The Death Class <- This one is based off of a course I took at my undergrad university

The Quiet Room

Girl, Interrupted

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Flowers for Algernon

Of Mice and Men

A Child Called It

Go Ask Alice

Under the Udala Trees

Prozac Nation

It's Kind of a Funny Story

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Yellow Wallpaper

The Bell Jar

The Outsiders

To Kill a Mockingbird

u/Captain_Midnight · 12 pointsr/scifi

It was originally a novella, but it was expanded to a 324-page novel in 1966. The novella won the Hugo and the novel won the Nebula.

u/miwi · 6 pointsr/books
  1. Flowers for Algernon
  2. 9/10
  3. Fiction, science fiction, psychology
  4. It's a first person account of a guy with a IQ of 68 who undergoes an operation to raise his intelligence. It deals with his difficulties, first as a retarded person, than as an average intelligence person, and than as a genius. He always as problems, and you always care about him, and you can see that things will break his heart. You know, before him, that his so called friends mock him for his lack of intelligence.
    He writes reports and you can see his intelligence increasing on the way he writes - from full of errors and simple phrases to nicely constructed phrases and better vocabulary.
    It's sad, but adorable, and if you are interested in the problems of the mind, this is probably an interesting read.
  5. http://www.amazon.com/Flowers-Algernon-Daniel-Keyes/dp/0156030306
u/desrever1138 · 3 pointsr/booksuggestions

Flowers for Algernon is one of my all-time favorite short story/novels.

u/Eko_Mister · 2 pointsr/books

The Forever War - Haldeman

Flowers for Algernon - Keyes

The Prestige - Priest

LoTR - Tolkien

Sphere - Crichton (One of the first "real" books I read as a kid, and was my favorite for years. It isn't the best in the world, but it is an extremely fun page turner and means alot to me)


There are also three books I've read in the last couple of years that I want very badly to say are in my top five (to replace some of those listed above). But it has not been long enough for me to make a decision, and I probably need to re-read them. Those three are:

The Passage - Cronin

Cloud Atlas - Mitchell

Wolf Hall - Mantel

u/JamesJimMoriarty · 2 pointsr/bookexchange

I'm very interested in your copies of Your Inner Fish, Anatomy of an Epidemic, and Evil Genes. I would love to be able to take all three off your hands. I have several books that I can offer you in exchange, all of which I've read and highly recommend! What I have that might match your interests are:

u/awesomequeen · 2 pointsr/TwoXChromosomes

I just finished Good Omens, coauthored by Pratchett and Gaiman; it was a lot of fun.

Do you read any graphic novels? The League of Extraordinary Gentleman is a great set.

I also highly recommend the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes.

u/IrenaeusGSaintonge · 1 pointr/bookexchange

Interested in Nicomachean Ethics. I can pay shipping for it, but I've also got a couple books you may or may not appreciate.

Reinventing the Sacred by Stuart Kauffman.
Flowers for Algernon by David Keyes.

u/wishywashywasfulness · 1 pointr/infj

These have recently changed my life/perspective.

Maps of Meaning (This is the only philosophy that has deeply resonated with my own perception of reality/the world)

Untethered Soul (Mind bending, gives you perception tools to help increase your focus and will power)

Flowers For Algernon (Emotionally powerful, invoked a sense of gratitude and feeling less alone)

The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up (A little more practical in nature but getting a handle of my "stuff" allowed me room and space to get a better handle of the rest of my life)

u/HirokiProtagonist · 1 pointr/bookclub

I've read The Book Thief! I really liked it. Here are some books that are similar to the Book Thief, and have changing/growing characters:

u/wayword · 1 pointr/AskReddit

Some of my favorites:

u/dyslexic_ephelant · 1 pointr/books

I always find it hard to judge how well known a book is, but here are some I loved that I hardly ever see get any mention on Reddit:

u/poorsoi · 1 pointr/AskReddit

You should give us a little insight as to what genre you like, since every reader is different. Here are a few of my favorites from some random genres.

Fantasy: A Song of Ice and Fire, Harry Potter, Neverwhere, American Gods.

Sci-Fi: The Illustrated Man, Gold.

Dystopian Fiction: The Stand, The Road.

Classic Fiction: Flowers For Algernon,

Philosophy: Thus Spake Zarathustra, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Whatever Else: Fight Club, Fast Food Nation

edit: formatting

u/darkfires · 1 pointr/sciencefiction

I loved Flowers for Algernon. A true classic.

u/TRP_TEX · 0 pointsr/TheRedPill

That's a good question.

So special needs is the blanket term. For specific mental retardation the proper name is now intellectual disability.

A really good book that is a short read I would recommend on this is Flowers for Algernon. This book really gives you perspective on what it is like to be special needs.

I have been a special needs counselor for a camp for six years.

It's not about feel-goodery. It's about showing respect to others.