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I'll lay out my criteria and then take suggestions. If you recommend something I have already read, then you'll find out that you're in the right ballpark. I am seeking books that are around a shortlist/top reads/prize-winning level, regardless of nationality, when they were written, etc.. I have read a bunch of the "classics", both the ancient sort and the more or less modern sort, as well as some recent books that would fit my request. I can't list everything I have read because I've read several hundred books, but for early 2016 I will be plunging into all of the following:

A Brief History Of Seven Killings: A Novel
The Goldfinch
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945


I prefer fiction for now, just because I have already filled myself with nerdy textbooks and non-fiction books. I realize that Postwar is another non-fiction book :P

Thanks to anyone who posts suggestions :)
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Jan 13 2016 08:05pm
do you have a goodreads list?

how about Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth?
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Quote (carteblanche @ 13 Jan 2016 22:05)
do you have a goodreads list?

how about Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth?


I don't have a specific list I watch, so I am relying on recommendations on d2jsp, facebook, and from friends, etc. ;)
I will check out that suggestion. Thanks :)
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Jan 16 2016 02:52am
Read the Western canon.

I've been reading and enjoying some entry level stuff like IB Singer, Hamsun, Orwell, Dostoyevsky, Steinbeck, FS Fitgerald etc

http://www.listology.com/marslike/list/harold-blooms-western-canon

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Quote (carteblanche @ 13 Jan 2016 22:05)
do you have a goodreads list?

how about Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth?


It looks decent, there's a chance I will pick this up and read it. Thanks :)

Quote (Svartermetalisk @ 16 Jan 2016 04:52)
Read the Western canon.

I've been reading and enjoying some entry level stuff like IB Singer, Hamsun, Orwell, Dostoyevsky, Steinbeck, FS Fitgerald etc

http://www.listology.com/marslike/list/harold-blooms-western-canon


That's a great resource (just went down the list)! I've read a bunch of the works listed (due to being a nerd) but I will definitely poke at a couple of the books I have not yet read. Anyone going into a university humanities education should probably get a head start by ripping through much of that list, just because I know from experience that they'll be inundated with its characters and lessons later ;)

Thanks for the suggestions :) I am interested in more suggestions, too.
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I just started Salinger Catcher in the rye and if you haven't read it I can definitly recommend it, it's on the canonlist but it's alot lighter than other stuff on there.
It's entertaining, funny and require only very basic vocuabulary, I'm reading it in English with absolutely no issues despite having very poor english skills (not a native speaker)

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Feb 1 2016 10:00am
To kill a mocking bird, good starter
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Sorry t reply a bit late.

Quote (Svartermetalisk @ 24 Jan 2016 07:13)
I just started Salinger Catcher in the rye and if you haven't read it I can definitly recommend it, it's on the canonlist but it's alot lighter than other stuff on there.
It's entertaining, funny and require only very basic vocuabulary, I'm reading it in English with absolutely no issues despite having very poor english skills (not a native speaker)


I read this book twice -- once as a child and once as an adult. I read it later on shortly after a brutal concussion because I wanted to test my memory of the book. Fortunately most of the details stuck :P

Quote (Odell @ 1 Feb 2016 12:00)
To kill a mocking bird, good starter


I read this in early high school. Great book. I may read it again someday but for now I'm looking for "fresh meat".
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Codex Alera series
Eragon series
Girl with dragon tattoo series
Allie Beckstrom series
Temeraire series


those are afew series I think are really good with very good character development/growth through the series. can send me a pm with what kinda books your into if you want I know to many to just list

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