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Apr 19 2009 08:55am

Quote (KristinaApril @ Mon, Apr 13 2009, 12:09am)

I was just wondering what everyone's five favorite books were. I'm attempting to try new genres of books ( I'm mostly into classics and teens, atm.)

Mine are

1. Pride and Prejudice
2. Emma
3. Wuthering Heights
4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Best one, I cried myself to sleep after I read it.)
5. Blue is for Nightmares

Have fun and thanks

If you're looking for something new and different, try Choke, Lullaby, or Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk

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Apr 19 2009 08:15pm

The count of monte cristo
Frankenstein
Enders game
The andromeda strain
The fall of Reach

I dont read much, but i try

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Apr 20 2009 03:28am

Boris Vian - L'ecume des jours

John Irving - The World According to Garp

Stanislaw Lem - Solaris

Paul Auster - The New York Trilogy

Milan Kundera - The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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Apr 20 2009 04:25am

Atlas Shrugged
The Fountainhead
Catch 22
Sherlock Holmes
The Hobbit

If you're a philosophy buff with time on your hands I recommend the first two.

Want something out there? Then Catch 22

Sherlock if you like to think.

I enjoyed The Hobbit much more than any of the Lord of the Rings series, just couldn't get into them.

I tend to read a lot of older books. Nothing new peaks my interest (except for some recent zombie novels i.e. World War Z, Dying 2 Live, and Monster Nation).

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Apr 21 2009 04:26am

Quote (Kilo247 @ Mon, Apr 20 2009, 10:25am)

I enjoyed The Hobbit much more than any of the Lord of the Rings series, just couldn't get into them.

Me too

But I'm not a big Tolkien fan anyways!

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Apr 21 2009 08:48am

Quote (Kilo247 @ Mon, Apr 20 2009, 05:25am)

The Hobbit was a way easier read, but it was still a good story.

Aaaarrrrgggghhhh

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Apr 23 2009 05:34am

Honestly can't do an individual book list as I read to many series, will have to make do with these

1. The Lord Of The Rings - Tolkien.
2. Dune (series) - Frank Herbert (add ons by Brian Herbert & Kevin J Anderson).
3. Incarnations Of Immortality - Piers Anthony.
4. Discworld - Terry Pratchett.
5. Shannara - Terry Brooks.

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Apr 23 2009 10:10am

Quote (The_Disputatious_Linguist @ Fri, 17 Apr 2009, 09:51)

1. Druids (Morgan Llywelyn)
2. Greener Shores (Morgan Llywelyn)
3. The Divine Comedy (Dante)
4. Anita Blake Novels (Laurrel K. Hamilton)
5. The Illiad & The Odyssey (Homer)

this

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May 4 2009 10:33pm

1. The Awakening - Kate Chopin
2. My Antonia - Willia Cather
3. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
4. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
5. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

Fuck the Harry Potter series. I love the books myself, but it shouldn't be on anyone's top 5...unless your into children books.

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May 4 2009 10:37pm

Quote (ForTheMathematics @ Mon, Apr 20 2009, 02:15am)

The count of monte cristo
Frankenstein
Enders game
The andromeda strain
The fall of Reach

I dont read much, but i try

It doesn't matter if you don't read alot...You could read those over and over again and never get bored.

Quote (ZaftigFetus @ Mon, Apr 20 2009, 09:28am)

Boris Vian - L'ecume des jours

John Irving - The World According to Garp

Stanislaw Lem - Solaris

Paul Auster - The New York Trilogy

Milan Kundera - The Unbearable Lightness of Being

VERY fun read, book > movie

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