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Exemplary Literature: The Best Books You'd Recommend Others to Read

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  1. Man

    Man Member

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    Lookin to read some amazing (only the best) fiction novels plus nonfiction texts...

    Any suggestions/recommendations?

    The best books, your most favorite books, you've ever readddd or plan to read.

    Thanks
     
    #1 Man, Jul 23, 2009
  2. Blake

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    Catch-22 by Joesph Heller
    A Confederacy of Dunces by JK Toole
    Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
    Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
    The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
    Perfume by Patrick Suskind
    Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
    Still Life With Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
    Atonement by Ian McEwan

    tons more, but you can't go wrong with any of those books
     
    #2 Blake, Jul 23, 2009
  3. HeyDude

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    Gurnsney Literary and the Potato Peel Pie Society
    Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    Read these 2 recently. Great books.
     
    #3 HeyDude, Jul 23, 2009
  4. finalsbound

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    Some faves of mine:

    East of Eden - Steinbeck
    Things Fall Apart - Achebe
    Fountainhead - Rand
    Blood Meridian - McCarthy
    Slaughterhouse Five - Vonnegut
    Their Eyes Were Watching God - Hurston
    Invisible Man - Ellison
    A Clockwork Orange - Burgess
     
    #4 finalsbound, Jul 23, 2009
  5. Duncan McDonuts

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    Playboy has some nice articles.
     
    #5 Duncan McDonuts, Jul 23, 2009
  6. the_hustler

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    The fountainhead by Ayn Rand

    To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

    Day of the Jack by Fredrick Forsyth ( Kick ass thriller! )

    Catcher In the Rye

    The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

    The Class by Eric Segal ( although not a great book . i loved it for the simplicity of the characters )
     
    #6 the_hustler, Jul 23, 2009
  7. moestavern19

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    I think the Calvin and Hobbes Treasuries would be among my favorite pieces of literature.
     
    #7 moestavern19, Jul 23, 2009
  8. firecat

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    Lonesome Dove series by Larry McMurtry (Comanche Moon is my favorite)
    Harry Potter books
    Ender's Game series

    I also like the Dark Tower series by Stephen King

    Obviously I like series books.

    Favorite non-series books are

    Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
    Confederacy of Dunces as mentioned earlier
     
    #8 firecat, Jul 23, 2009
  9. the_hustler

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    +1

    excellent stuff.
     
    #9 the_hustler, Jul 23, 2009
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    Nine and a Half Weeks: A Memoir of a Love Affair by Elizabeth Mcneill
     
     
    #10 droxford, Jul 23, 2009
  11. the_hustler

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    fixed
     
    #11 the_hustler, Jul 23, 2009
  12. MoonDogg

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    You might try Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan.

    Also William Gibson has some interesting stuff out there....take a look at Neuromancer.

    Or give Charlie Huston a look if your into pulp fiction....Caught Stealing...never a dull moment.

    I just finished Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell. It's pretty cool too...makes you never want to end up in a hospital.
     
    #12 MoonDogg, Jul 23, 2009
  13. JuanValdez

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    The "best" is too hard. Here's a random sampling of some great books not already mentioned:

    Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Garcia-Marquez
    As I Lay Dying by Faulkner
    The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald
    I, Claudius by Robert Graves
    Midnight's Children by Rushdie
     
    #13 JuanValdez, Jul 23, 2009
  14. London'sBurning

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    My favorite book is probably Notes From Underground. It's a fairly short read but its so good. This is more of a short story but I like The Dream Of A Ridiculous Man by Dostoevsky too. I've never read two stories like them before, or anyone that can resemble Dostoevsky's writing style. It's so unique. His other works are kind of hit or miss for me. The Brothers Karamazov was too big of a read for me and too depressing. Crime & Punishment was similar for me but those are two other famous works from him.

    Another short story here but The Star by Arthur C. Clarke.

    Ana Karenina by Tolstoy

    Cosmos and Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan

    East of Eden and almost anything by Steinbeck

    Harry Potter series

    Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit. The Similarion if you're a big enough fan of the series.
     
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    My favorite books are probably
    Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
    Lords of Discipline (Pat Conroy)
    Never Let Me Go (Kazou Ishiguro)
    Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
    and of course Harry Potter

    YUCK
     
    #15 rhino17, Jul 23, 2009
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    Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
     
    #16 Stone Cold Hakeem, Jul 23, 2009
  17. Northside Storm

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    I've seen of the classics mentioned, but if you're looking for stuff that's a bit more recent...

    The Kite Runner-Khaled Hosseini
    Oryx and Crake-Margaret Atwood
    The Things They Carried-Tim O'Brien
     
    #17 Northside Storm, Jul 23, 2009
  18. vinsensual

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    I haven't met an intelligent person that has not avidly read Calvin and Hobbes as a child. The 85$ complete collection is a worthwhile investment.

    As far as non-classic recommendations, I will throw in
    Old School by Wolff
    Tipping Point by Gladwell
     
    #18 vinsensual, Jul 23, 2009
  19. peleincubus

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    damn i never read any of it. im screwed.

    ill add to this list tonight when i get home.
     
    #19 peleincubus, Jul 23, 2009
  20. Yonkers

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    The Godfather - Mario Puzo
    Dracula - Bram Stoker
     
    #20 Yonkers, Jul 23, 2009
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