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  • GiddyupTim
    GiddyupTim Posts: 2,819 Member
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    The Count of Monte Cristo has been mentioned a few times.
    It made me think.....quite a tale......But, no!
    All the Kings Men, Robert Penn Warren
  • Erik8484
    Erik8484 Posts: 458 Member
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    Francl27 wrote: »
    LOVED the Stand.

    But honestly the Stormlight Archive series from Sanderson wins for now (although it's actually two books... for now... but I absolutely love them).

    I'll throw in the Lightbringer series from Brent Weeks as well (4 books out out of 5 and they are awesome).

    The Way of Kings was my hands down favourite book for a long time, I read it twice back to back as soon as it came out. But didn't you find that the tone of the books changed completely in Words of Radiance? The main characters started sounding like 90s teenagers (they probably are teenagers, but they didn't sound it in the first one at least).

    Right now I'm a huge fan of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson, Gardens of the Moon in particular.
  • Hamsibian
    Hamsibian Posts: 1,388 Member
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    The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told by Alex Haley.
  • kristikitter
    kristikitter Posts: 602 Member
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    We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
    A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara
    War and Peace - Tolstoy
    The Song of Achilles - Madeleine Miller
    Flowers in the Attic - V. C. Andrews
    We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson

  • kq1981
    kq1981 Posts: 1,098 Member
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    Gimsteinn1 wrote: »
    Oh there are so many but I think the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Harry Potter and the Throne of Glass series are my most favourite. I can read them again and again.
    Then the Rock Chick series are books I go and read every time I need a good laugh.

    Just about to read throne of glass series:-)
  • kq1981
    kq1981 Posts: 1,098 Member
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    thesunmoonandstars wrote: »
    I can't just pick one, way to many but these are books that had made an impression.

    The Reason I Jump - Naoki Higashida
    The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up - Marie Kondo
    Too Good To Leave, Too Bad To Stay ( Probably the most influential and life changing)

    I was given too good to leave to bad to stay. Haven't cracked it yet, self help books have never been my thing but I might give it a go now:-)
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    edited March 2017
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    I read a lot. So does my wife. It's one of the better habits we passed on down to our daughters. I've always got a book within reach. I go through 2 or 3 a week. Below are a couple of standouts from different genres:


    Classic -- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

    Contemporary -- Lightening by Dean Koontz

    Non-Fiction -- Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
  • browneyedgirl749
    browneyedgirl749 Posts: 4,984 Member
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    OMG I have so many!! Most of them are series. But one of my all time favorites is Before I Go To Sleep. I read this book WAY before the movie came out. Books are always so much better!!

    I'm loving this thread! Give me ideas of what to buy on Amazon.
  • JHamilton6
    JHamilton6 Posts: 34 Member
    edited March 2017
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    I just read Common Sense by Thomas Paine. Amazing how current a 241 year old pamplet can seem.

    Read it with current events in mind...
  • Rhody_Hoosier
    Rhody_Hoosier Posts: 688 Member
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    Motorsheen wrote: »
    fidycixer wrote: »
    All The Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy

    McCarthy is, IMO, one of the lesser known and highly underrated authors of the current era. Again, JMHO.

    if you like Cormac McCarthy,and I agree, he's amazing.... read anything of James Carlos Blake's.

    historical fiction so hard you'll chip a tooth reading it.

    @Motorsheen I just picked up three of his novels off of Amazon on your recommendation. TY.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,503 Member
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    fidycixer wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    fidycixer wrote: »
    All The Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy

    McCarthy is, IMO, one of the lesser known and highly underrated authors of the current era. Again, JMHO.

    if you like Cormac McCarthy,and I agree, he's amazing.... read anything of James Carlos Blake's.

    historical fiction so hard you'll chip a tooth reading it.

    @Motorsheen I just picked up three of his novels off of Amazon on your recommendation. TY.

    outstanding; enjoy!
  • Badger_Girl99
    Badger_Girl99 Posts: 2,220 Member
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    The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
    (The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a close second)
  • Allgaun
    Allgaun Posts: 222 Member
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    Pride and Prejudice (the crown jewel of Austin)
    The complete Sherlock Holmes
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Harry Potter, (the complete series)

    For humor, I am not a big fan of angst:

    The Rosie Project
    Anything by Erma Bombeck

  • yellingkimber
    yellingkimber Posts: 229 Member
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    Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling is easily one of my favorite books. It's the one I always recommend.
  • laurens47
    laurens47 Posts: 117 Member
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    Currently: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch.
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
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    laurens47 wrote: »
    Currently: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch.

    @laurens47 I just finished reading this. It was great! His Wayward Pines series was good as well.
  • strifechick
    strifechick Posts: 129 Member
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    My favorite was probably The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series! But I also love to read books about serial killers and missing people/unsolved murders. I'm weird haha
  • Lbrobt
    Lbrobt Posts: 13 Member
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    amymoreorless wrote: »
    laurens47 wrote: »
    Currently: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch.

    @laurens47 I just finished reading this. It was great! His Wayward Pines series was good as well.

    Me too...awesome book...looking for WWP now.
  • lokilover32
    lokilover32 Posts: 31 Member
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    I love many books but def. for me its Tears of a Dragon by Bryan Davis! Such an amazing book jam-packed with emotional moments!
  • FabulousFantasticFifty
    FabulousFantasticFifty Posts: 195,832 Member
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    Stephen Kings​ The Stand
    And
    John Saul's Creature

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