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Old 11-23-07, 06:07 PM
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Snow White - Barthleme, Donald
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Old 11-28-07, 06:13 PM
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Wow - I've read a lot of these.

If I were to summarize the ones that fit MY taste (so it is more than one)

Ender's Game
Dune
To Kill A Mockingbird
Replay

but that's just 4 - a LOT of these are darn good books!
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Ham on Rye - Charles Bukowski
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Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland. I've read it countless times, and gone through 3 copies of it (some from wear and tear, others given to friends).
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Joseph Heller's Catch-22
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Without Remorse by Tom Clancy.
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Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov
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Old 11-30-07, 12:09 PM
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The Bible.
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Old 12-01-07, 12:48 AM
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Old 12-01-07, 06:30 AM
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When I was a kid I loved Superfuge. Once and Future King is now my all time favorite.
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Old 12-01-07, 06:59 AM
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Big Trouble by Dave Barry - the funniest book I have ever read
Oh this was fantastic! One of the few books to ever make me literally laugh out loud. I need to reread it.
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Old 12-01-07, 11:48 AM
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The Bible.
You need to read more books.
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Old 12-01-07, 02:56 PM
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The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston.

Scares the crap out of me every time I read it.
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Old 12-02-07, 04:03 AM
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You need to read more books.
Well I'm a big fan of Tolkien and CS Lewis too.
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Old 12-05-07, 03:18 AM
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i like Adrian Mole: From Minor to Major by Sue Townsend.
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Old 12-07-07, 10:18 PM
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The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester.

Old School sci-fi and a great description of synaesthesia!

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One of the greatest books ever in my opinion.
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Old 12-29-07, 05:42 PM
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Tie between The Sot Weed Factor by John Barth and Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.
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Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
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Old 12-29-07, 08:15 PM
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Replay by Ken Grimwood.

Its a fabulous "What if?" type of novel.

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Originally Posted by Seeker
Seconded....

Thirded
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Old 12-30-07, 08:51 PM
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A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY - John Irving
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Walking On Glass- Iain Banks

If you ask me to name only one, it would be the one I haven't stopped reading. (Actually this my second time on this one. This writer kicks ass!)
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1984 by Orwell. My most read and most loved book.
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Old 01-01-08, 06:54 PM
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Tie for top favorite book of all time:

Watership Down by Richard Adams
Neverness by David Zindell

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The Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett - terrifying and fascinating at the same time

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The Great Influenza by John M. Barry - same terror and fascination.
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The Contortionist Handbook - Craig Clevenger
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