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Originally posted by peanutbutterwol Mine has to be The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky.

yeauh.. i love dostoyevski.. amazing writer. Orwell also, 1984, animal farm..... huxley: brave new world, doors of perception... shit, the lis t goes on and on! i like reading. oh, grapes of wrath, farenheit 451, Aeneid, Odyssey, Iliad.

thats enough.

cheers,
marc

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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley....frealy ass book...will keep almost anyone entertained...

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Originally posted by Eu4ea_18 Aye! That's a winner. I reread it from time to time, such a well-written piece of travel fiction.

As soon as I finished reading it I quit my job and went to Thailand

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Irvine Welsh - Filth

I read that too, fucked me up big time for a few weeks afterwards If anybody else has read it they'll know what I'm talking about.

I have many...

Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
Scientific Romance - Ronald Wright (book about time travel)
1984 - Orwell
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
Enders Game (series) - Orson Scott Card
Dune - Frank Herbert
We - Yevgeny Zamyatin (orwell was inspired by this book to write 1984)


Books I hope to read soon, which I know are good:

Catch 22 - Joseph Heller (my friend says this is the funniest book ever)
Inferno - Dante
Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
Robert Jordans Wheel of Time series
Terry Goodkinds Sword of Truth series


Schoolbooks which I liked the most (textbooks - im such a nerd)

Basic Science of Oncology - Tannock and Hill
Immunobiology - Janeway and Travers
Understanding Nutrition - Whitney and Rolfes

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Originally posted by Sarcoman Enders Game (series) - Orson Scott Card

yeah! This one had a nice twist in the end I liked it

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Originally posted by DevanteS The World According to Garp - John Irving funny sexual odyssey of a weirdo named Garp! go read!

heh, i dont consider that my favorite book but no doubt its is one of the most disturbing book ive ever read hehehe very memoerable in that sense and no doubt its first class quality reading b/c its john irving!

the best book ive ever read would have to be, w/o any hesitation:

*A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving

its a long book butits quite worth it! very inspirational and thought provoking! of course since its john irving. the language is beautiful and profound yet very explicit

other favourites:
*Cider House Rules also by john Irving
*The Secret History by Donna Tartt
*To Kill A Mocking Bird
*The Catcher In The Rye
*Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas
*Cat's Cradle
*One Flew Over THe Cuckoo's Nest
*Animal Farm/1984
*Siddhartha
*all the Rex Stout books in the Nero Wolfe series

books that have been recommended to me and i started but didnt finish (lol):
*Snow Falling On Cedar
*The Green Mile
*The Electric Kool- Aid Acid Test

*remind herself patience and concentration*

currently im reading..... Sophie's World and,, The Perenial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley... not very far in either books yet lol

in gerneral im a modern classic ( ) literature/mystery bookworm

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Year after year,
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The same old fears."

Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Animal Farm - George Orwell
The Gunslinger Series by Stephen King
The Two Towers/Return of the King/The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
Jurassic Park - Michael Crighton
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevski
The Divine Comedy - Dante

Those are just the ones I can think of off hand, but I'm sure that's pretty complete. Books are the shit.

Oh yeah! The Stand by Stephen King.

harley

anything by David Gemmell... he writes a lot of alternate reality fantasy.... some insane theories.... Echos of the Great Song made me weep...

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the sword of truth series is good. Oddly written but its cool.

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Originally posted by Orbax the sword of truth series is good. Oddly written but its cool.

You mentioned you liked Fantasy. I started reading the Fionavar Tapesty, by Guy Gavriel Kay (a canadian author). One of my trainees from work suggested it, but I could get more than 40 pages in, cause I found the story to be weak. Have you read it? If so, what do you think of it?

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Albert Einstein

I hated Guy! I read the whole thing and it was never good.
Im obsessive about finishing books even though I hate them. I hate having unfinished stuff for some reason *shrugs* Totally agree wit hyou, half assed books.