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  • Healthydiner65
    Healthydiner65 Posts: 1,579 Member
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    The Celestine Prophesy
    Mutant Message Down Under
    Anything by Stuart Wood
    Anything by James Patterson or under his name(deceased)
    M.C Beaton is the best!!!!!
  • Toomanyhats
    Toomanyhats Posts: 10
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    Just joined the group and scrolled through the list of Top 5's. I can't name my top 5, but here are some of my most favorites:
    Jane Eyre
    Tale of Two Cities
    Gone With The Wind
    Atlas Shrugged
    Fahrenheit 451
    The English Patient
    Girl W/ Dragon Tattoo (all 3)
    My Antonia (Cather)
    Handmaids Tale
    *Stars My Destination (Bester)
    Children of Men
    The Great Gatsby
    Davinci Code.....I better quit here:)
  • queenie104ama
    queenie104ama Posts: 8
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    Mine by far

    1. Jane Eyre (Im such a romantic)
    2. Anything by Austen
    3.Journey of Faith by Nicole Nesbit New author check her book out on Amazon
    4. Series of Unfortunate Events
    5. The Yellow Wallpaper ( a very long short story) but a good one on the decent into phycosis
    Theres so many more but these are just a few
  • Zaphyre13
    Zaphyre13 Posts: 51 Member
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    5 is tough! I don't like to re-read books but these had an impact - Actually I might just re-read Jane Eyre

    Catcher in the Rye
    Atonement
    The Book Thief
    Jane Eyre
    A Thousand Splendid Suns
  • Booksandbeaches
    Booksandbeaches Posts: 1,791 Member
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    The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
    Night Huntress by Jeanine Frost
    Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien
    The Black Dagger Warrior series by J.R. Ward
    anything written by Jane Austen
  • 20tulipgirl20
    20tulipgirl20 Posts: 99
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    The Hobbit- J.R.R Tolkein
    Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's- John Elder Robinson
    The Haunting of Hill House- Shirley Jackson
    Flowers for Algernon- Daniel Keyes
    Rosemary's Baby- Ira Levin
  • extraordinary_machine
    extraordinary_machine Posts: 3,028 Member
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    In no particular order...
    Imajica by Clive Barker
    Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey (the whole trilogy, really)
    Dark Tower Series by Stephen King
    The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
    Dresden Series by Jim Butcher
  • rachmaree
    rachmaree Posts: 782 Member
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    Tough!! Probably...

    Harry Potter series
    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (have read that over and over)
    Millenium books
    Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice
    I can't choose the last one!
  • siriusgirl
    siriusgirl Posts: 44 Member
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    In no certain order (and sorry there will probably be more than 5) and leaving out Harry Potter, Hunger Games and Twilight only because they have been mentioned so many times, although they are high up...HP is probably #1 and I have done my job as a mother and passed my HP addiction on to the next generation!
    -Midnight Louie series by Carole Nelson Douglas
    -Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR Ward
    -Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare (and her prequel series Infernal Devices)
    -Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan (Actually all his series are great - to include 39 clues) Read all these to my kids as well.
    -Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz (My kids loved this one too)
    -Southern Vampire series by Charlaine Harris
    -Lord of the Rings series JRR Tolkien (and The Hobbit)
    -Game of Thrones series by George RR Martin
    ---all but 2 have been turned into tv series/movie
  • fatblaster2012
    fatblaster2012 Posts: 73
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    1. Anita Blake series by Laurell K Hamilton
    2. Any of Sherrilyn Kenyons books (Night Play is my fav)
    3. Katie Macalisters books (corset Diaries in my fav)
    4. The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
    5. The alchemist
  • hya89
    hya89 Posts: 19 Member
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    Because a top 5 OVERALL list would be too hard, here is top 5 re-read books

    In no real order

    Big Mouth and Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oats

    The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexadre Dumas

    The Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

    Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite

    The Complete tales of Uncle Remus by/as told by Julius Lester
  • eys81
    eys81 Posts: 61 Member
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    Top 5!! Ah, that's hard to do.

    The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan - I've already reread most of these 5 or 6 times and listen to them over and over on audible as well.

    All of Jane Austen's - I reread her books every summer

    Sword of Truth - Terry Goodkind

    Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling

    Anything written by Paulo Coelho

    Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery

    I just realized that most of these books I already read over and over. Other authors I read over and over: Laurell K. Hamilton, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Morgan Llywelyn and Amy Tan. These books are like old friends, I don't think I could ever give them up.

    ::Edited for grammar, or lack thereof::
  • eys81
    eys81 Posts: 61 Member
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    1. Anita Blake series by Laurell K Hamilton
    2. Any of Sherrilyn Kenyons books (Night Play is my fav)
    3. Katie Macalisters books (corset Diaries in my fav)
    4. The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
    5. The alchemist

    I love Anita Blake, The Inheritance Cycle, and Paulo Coelho!! I'm going to have to look up the other two on your list and add them to my queue. :)
  • Strangelyinsane
    Strangelyinsane Posts: 120 Member
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    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis
    The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
    Lamb: the Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
    Night by Elie Wiesel

    Just missed the list:
    Perdido Station by China Mieville
    Stranger in a Strange Land
    Maus by Art Spiegleman
    American Gods by Neil Gaiman
    Books by Tim Powers
    and many, many more...
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
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    Stone Junction by Jim Dodge
    A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
    Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
    Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flagg
    A Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

    ... and so many more. :heart:
  • Strangelyinsane
    Strangelyinsane Posts: 120 Member
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    Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flagg

    Oh ya! I haven't read that for a long time! That one deserves another reading! I read it when if first came out. My, I've changed since then! It will seem like a new book, I'm sure.
  • Nerdphiliac
    Nerdphiliac Posts: 136 Member
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    My Top 5 books (to date):

    1. How to Kill a Mockingbird
    2. The Inheritance Cycle
    3. The Secret Garden
    4. Evil Genius
    5. Anything by Bryce Courtney! <3
  • 13turtles
    13turtles Posts: 183 Member
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    The Harry Potter Series - Love them!
    And anything by the following authors:
    Cathy Lamb, but especially Such a Pretty Face
    Lori Wick
    Judith McNaught
    And finally - anything from the Noah Bishop series from Kay Hooper
  • dessyjo
    dessyjo Posts: 176 Member
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    1. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
    2. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
    3. Jailbird by Heather Huffman
    4. Throwaway by Heather Huffman
    5. True Colors by Kristin Hannah

    I support all books by Nicholas Sparks, Heather Huffman, & Sarah Dessen (her books are more for teens, but she's still a great writer).
  • cmcis
    cmcis Posts: 300 Member
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    I tend to follow certain authors. Top 5 in no particular order.

    Trudi Canavan - Traiter Spy Trilogy
    Brent Weeks - Shadows Edge
    Karen Miller - The Godspeaker Trilogy
    Anne McCaffrey - Dragon novels e.g The dragonriders of Pern
    Terry Goodkind - Wizards First rule and rest of series.

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