BUCK'EYE' DOC Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin all other Jane Austin novels Anna Karenina by Tolstoy The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck. I have read this book at least three times. Abraham Lincoln by Benjamin Thomas. This book was very moving and made me cry at times. Truman by David McCullough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustle In My Hedgerow Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 I thought of a few more: "One Hundred Years of Solitude", Gabriel Garcia Marquez "Atonement", Ian McEwan "A People's History of the United States," Howard Zinn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucyinthesky Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 The Hobbit~J R R Tolkien Heh, this was my first favourite book of all times when I was 4...my dad had to read it forwards and backwards until i learned to read it myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanna be drummer Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Off the top of my head, some of the best I've read: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King ~ J. R. R. Tolkien 1776 ~ David McCullough Of Mice and Men ~ John Steinbeck Cat's Cradle ~ Kurt Vonnegut Mila 18 ~ Leon Uris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock N' Rollin' Man Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Great books that I have read that come to mind include: Doctor Zhivago - Boris Pasternak The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini The Jungle - Upton Sinclair Johnny Got His Gun - Dalton Trumbo and The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis early on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 I completely forgot "Le Petit Prince" by St. Exupery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUCK'EYE' DOC Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Glad that I am not the only one who forgot one of their favorite books: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Probably number two or three on my list of favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagefan55 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Probably "War and Peace." But many close seconds -- Les Miserables, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 "Theory of Money and Credit" 1912, if you really want to know what has caused the problems, and continues to causes the problems, read this, otherwise you don't really care: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagefan55 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 "Theory of Money and Credit" 1912, if you really want to know what has caused the problems, and continues to causes the problems, read this, otherwise you don't really care: Theory of Money and Credit.jpg I'm aware of this book, and I know it's highly respected. But for most people, the prospect of reading an economic treatise published more than a century ago doesn't hold much appeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I've aware of this book, and I know it's highly respected. But for most people, the prospect of reading an economic treatise published more than a century ago doesn't hold much appeal. It really is worth reading, it provides clarity, and it's impossible to dispute which I think is one reason that even though a century later it still sells; and all kinds of high school and university kids keep discovering it - passing on the word about it from one generation to the next. It is to books what Zeppelin is to music. My great grandfather read it and it sort of worked its way through my family that way. Besides used record stores, I have a passion for used book shops as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 The Scarlet Pimpernel Gone With The Wind Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagefan55 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 The Scarlet Pimpernel Gone With The Wind Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows These are great books/authors/films. I like Leslie Howard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave to zep Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Harpo Speaks! by Harpo Marx I read it years ago, when I was just a teenager and couldn't put it down. Very informative, but also very funny and sad. who said Billy Joel was the first western entertainer in Russia? Harpo beat him by decades! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemea Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I kept searching for this thread, but now when I finally found it I realized how difficult this is! Like most of you, I should name many, but I don't want to make lists, lists are boring. Books come, they go, they find you at the right time or you throw them against the wall in frustration. I could name a few that comes to mind instantly: Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse Wasp Factory by Iain Banks Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller More to come... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagefan55 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I'd probably say my favorites were War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Les Miserables, Tale of Two Cities, and the collected works of Edgar Allen Poe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypeO Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Dune. <3 Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow. They're companion novels. You need both of them.Ender's Shadow is better written, though. So very, very good. Tried very hard to get 2 of my kids to read it. Unsuccessful. i love all the "Bourne" series by robert ludlum The Bourne Identity was my first true can't-put-it-down page-turner. Huge Philip Roth fan too. I have never laughed harder at the printed word than when reading Portnoy's Complaint. For me - The Dune series (all 6 of the original Frank Herbert canon, only; his son's mountain of worthless prequels and sequels are an abomination). But if I had to pick one, I guess Heretics of Dune or God Emperor of Dune.The Godfather - Mario Puzo Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth The Saga of Pliocene Exile - Julian May (The Many-Colored Land; The Golden Torc; The Non-Born King; The Adversary) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reswati Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 The Dune series (all 6 of the original Frank Herbert canon, only; his son's mountain of worthless prequels and sequels are an abomination).But if I had to pick one, I guess Heretics of Dune or God Emperor of Dune.The first four Dune books are indeed great.Part 5 and 6 are only food for the hardcore Dunophiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypeO Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 hardcore Dunophiles. You rang? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil. Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 That is a hard question, but I will go with Dracula by Bram Stoker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemea Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde Poetry and diaries of Anais Nin Ulysses - James Joyce, with a fantastic translation to Finnish The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck (I have many other favorites from him too) Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov Orlando - Virginia Woolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reswati Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Since Type-O is the only person that I've ever met who also did read all the Dune novels:Is there anyone else here who read The Dark Tower by Stephen King?I absolutely loved them all, great story which combines western, horror, sci-fi, fantasy and many other genres in one completely freaky story.At one point some of the main characters even go back to June 23rd 1977 (but they end up in New York, which is too bad since Zeppelin played that historical concert in LA that day) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reswati Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Another of my favorite books is the Codex Seraphinianus, a kind of encyclopedia from an alternate reality. Although nobody could ever read the thing, it is still an amazing piece of art. Here are some pages to show you what I mean: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagefan55 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Another good author is Henry James. I liked "Portrait of a Lady." I once tried to read Proust's 4000 page long "Remembrance of Things Past" but I quit after the first 300 pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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