whats your favorite books?


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crime and punishment - fyodor dostoevsky

east of eden - john steinbeck

something wicked this way comes - ray bradbury

the martian chronicles - ray bradbury

farenheit 451 - ray bradbury

1984 - george orwell

animal farm - george orwell

hitchikers guide to the galaxy series - douglas adams

parting the waters: america in the king years, 1954-63 - taylor branch

pillar of fire: america in the king years, 1963-65 - taylor branch

zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance - robert pirsig

fear and loathing in las vegas - hunter s. thompson

slaughterhouse five - kurt vonnegut

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I agree on Tom Clancy, Michael Crichton's not bad, but I personally couldn't get through a whole JRR Tolkien book or Stephen King--just not my type I guess.

Dean Koontz, James Patterson (Kiss the Girls, Along Came a Spider...), Robin Cook

Darkness Bound - Larry Brooks

Speaker of the Dead - Orson Scott Card (haven't read Ender's Game yet)

Watership Down - Richard Adams

I can't think of books off the top of my head...

I'm currently half way through The Brethren (Grisham) and I'm kind of dissapointed. I knew how it would end by chapter 3.

I bought a copy of War & Peace determined I'd read it before I died. So far I haven't...it makes a nice paperweight.

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crime and punishment - fyodor dostoevsky

YES! The best book I've EVER read (actually, one of the few books I've ever wanted to read). It kept me interested so I decided to read some of his other books... I started with 'House Of The Dead' (or similar) and it was tripe... it had very little going for it, though it was an early book in his career. Now I intend to try and read 'The Brothers Karamzov', which was written AFTER 'Crime And Punishment'.

Also, Misery by Stephen King is a great book (as is the film). Also, a book in the Fighting Fantasy series (I think) is really good... one of the few books of theirs that didn't require rolling a dice and turning to a specific page... I can't remember its name, but it was a great book featuring Orcs, etc. Steve Jackson was the author I think.

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Has anyone read anything by Patricia Cornwell? I've read like all but one of her books in the Dr. Kay Scarpetta series, they are absolutely fantastic crime thriller novels, first ever books to actually get my heart racing like a film.

"Postmortem" is the first in the series, i'd highly recommend it.

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Originally posted by [saint dark]

Divine comedy by Dante Allighery

Actually he was called Alighieri. I'm Italian and live ten kilometers far from Florence, his home town, you know? :)

Originally posted by [saint dark]

The call to chutulhu by H.P. Lovecraft

Gonna agree with you, I have the whole bibliography from Lovecraft.

Oops, just noticed... I think you're gonna kick me off, anyway is written Cthulhu. :p

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I don't read book much but the favorite I've ever seen:

Rich Dad Poor Dad - Robert T. Kiyosaki

Who Moved My Cheese? - Spencer Johnson

...however I do read lots of tech stuff :D

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas : A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream - Hunter S. Thompson

BEST BOOK EVER! the movie sucks ass, but the book ownz!

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