The one book everyone should read?!?

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  • Jelaine56
    Jelaine56 Posts: 88 Member
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    The Bible.

    It will change your life.

    You will never be the same..
  • RickBriggs
    RickBriggs Posts: 44
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    Anything by Robert Ludlum is great!
  • bhawk82
    bhawk82 Posts: 24 Member
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    The girl with a dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson is very gripping a thriller :-)

    I want to read this!! And call me weird if you will, but also The Hunger Games series :)
  • hskorija
    hskorija Posts: 13
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    Just finished Liars Poker. Great perspective on the financial industry.
  • Bakerchk
    Bakerchk Posts: 424 Member
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    I'm late to this but The Shack by William Paul Young.
    Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in this midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change his life forever.

    This book seriously changed my life.
  • Mr_Bad_Example
    Mr_Bad_Example Posts: 2,403 Member
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    The Bible.

    It will change your life.

    Meh... never could get into the Bible. Too preachy.
  • magj0y
    magj0y Posts: 1,911 Member
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    The Bachman collection of short stories. It was stephen king's pen name.
  • Bakerchk
    Bakerchk Posts: 424 Member
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    The girl with a dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson is very gripping a thriller :-)

    I want to read this!! And call me weird if you will, but also The Hunger Games series :)

    I've also heard this is an amazing book!
  • jessc4343
    jessc4343 Posts: 214 Member
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    'The Last Lecture' by Randy Pausch

    edited to add the "Divergent" series by Veronica Roth. This is a great series for those still "hungover" from Hunger Games. She's only written two of the three books so far though, so take your time - the final book won't be released until sometime next year (I think...).
  • mmychal
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    Since you're a guy and seem like you want a "guy's book" I'llrecommend Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy.

    No trilogy.
    No recurring characters.
    One and done - the entire story is encompassed in one book.

    Granted, it's a lengthy book, but it has a multitude of intriguing stories.

    It's especially thrilling if you're at all interested in the Cold War.

    This is not to say that trilogies or recurring characters are bad (I'd personally recommended both Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series).

    I just thought I'd post something different.
  • supermom5366
    supermom5366 Posts: 14 Member
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  • sh4690
    sh4690 Posts: 169 Member
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    GAME OF THRONES!

    Why - BECAUSE IT iS FRICKIN AWESOME!
  • sillygoose1977
    sillygoose1977 Posts: 2,151 Member
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    Life of Pi because it can change your entire thought process.
  • medaglia_06
    medaglia_06 Posts: 282 Member
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    The Stand by Stephen King... an oldie, but a goodie :)
  • JBugskinny
    JBugskinny Posts: 1
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    ATLAS SHRUGGED!
  • RavenhairedWoman
    RavenhairedWoman Posts: 661 Member
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    The Count of Monte Cristo! A seriously twisted tale of someone who gets royally screwed over and how he settles the score. I have read it in different stages of my life from childhood to adulthood and it is the only book that I can see myself reading several more times in my lifetime.
  • katrwal
    katrwal Posts: 336 Member
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    Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

    Absolutely.

    or, if you're a recovering Catholic, Good Omens (Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett). From my experience, do not read in a library, church, or funeral home - you'll get a lot of glares for laughing out loud.
  • Molly_Maguire
    Molly_Maguire Posts: 1,103 Member
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    I am a BIG reader, I could never choose just one! Some of my favorites are:

    "The Hiding Place" by Corrie Ten Boom

    "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak

    "The Jacket" by Jack London

    The Harry Potter series. No joke.

    Intensity" and "False Memory" by Dean Koontz
  • reggiepe
    reggiepe Posts: 146 Member
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    Band of Brothers - Stephen Ambrose or any of his other books. But that one was my favorite. Dan Brown's novels are all a good and easy read. If you like music you can get the biographies of your favorite stars....I loved Clapton's biography.
  • Kany
    Kany Posts: 336
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    Currently reading Atlas Cloud.

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