dollface007
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Duh...i can't believe i haven't mentioned Nick Hornby's books yet. I've read "High Fidelity" and "How to be Good." Both excellent, funny, poignant..good stuff.
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lostandfounder
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In the interests of full disclosure,I'm biased toward mythology and philosophy
Kalevala- It's supposed to be very poetic in the original Finnish, but it's still an interesting story of a wizard in English.
The Trial by Franz Kafka- Unfinished but still a hell of a work. A tale of a man who is arrested and must try to defend himself without being told anything.
The first three Dune books by Frank Herbert-(Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune) Still the best religious based Sci Fi out there. The other Dune books are good, but lack the quality of the first three.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams- The best six books you'll ever find in a trilogy. Easy to read, but some remarkable insights into the human condition. Funny, witty, a pure pleasure to read.
Kalevala- It's supposed to be very poetic in the original Finnish, but it's still an interesting story of a wizard in English.
The Trial by Franz Kafka- Unfinished but still a hell of a work. A tale of a man who is arrested and must try to defend himself without being told anything.
The first three Dune books by Frank Herbert-(Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune) Still the best religious based Sci Fi out there. The other Dune books are good, but lack the quality of the first three.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams- The best six books you'll ever find in a trilogy. Easy to read, but some remarkable insights into the human condition. Funny, witty, a pure pleasure to read.
ABN_Ranger
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Ok... I love Tom Clancy books, especially his non-fiction. His earlier books are a hell of a lot better, anything before Ryan became President... except Rainbow Six... Clark is the shit.
My favorites;
Without Remorse- Tom Clancy
Blackhawk Down- Mark Bowden
Anything by Stephen Ambrose (Band of Brothers)
Task Force Dagger: The hunt for Bin Laden- Robin Moore
Medal of Honor- It's a collection of one page bios of living MoH recipiants... It's an awesome coffee table book (Mine's signed by two of the guys in the book.
J
My favorites;
Without Remorse- Tom Clancy
Blackhawk Down- Mark Bowden
Anything by Stephen Ambrose (Band of Brothers)
Task Force Dagger: The hunt for Bin Laden- Robin Moore
Medal of Honor- It's a collection of one page bios of living MoH recipiants... It's an awesome coffee table book (Mine's signed by two of the guys in the book.
J
jacuzzigal
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The Spirituality of Imperfection is a new favorite of mine. It uses stories from different religious and spiritual traditions - from Hasidic Judaism to AA - to talk about common spiritual themes. I highly recommend it.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...66939/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/104-5077539-5036709
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...66939/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/104-5077539-5036709
maleorfemale
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My all time fav is Watership Down by Richard Adams-I must have read this book 10 times since 1975.
Many good books I have read over and over almost anything
by Stephen King,The Dark Tower also gets high marks.
Anything by Jean M. Auel-I am reading The Shelters of Stone
now.
Used to read lots of si fi books The Dragon Riders of Pern.
Don't have as much time to read as I would like,almost nothing beats a good book!
Many good books I have read over and over almost anything
by Stephen King,The Dark Tower also gets high marks.
Anything by Jean M. Auel-I am reading The Shelters of Stone
now.
Used to read lots of si fi books The Dragon Riders of Pern.
Don't have as much time to read as I would like,almost nothing beats a good book!
Metamorph20
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I can't believe someone mentioned Franz Kafka. 
Franz is the man. Read anything by him and it's bound to be different somehow. Not that all authors are the same, but Kafka was out there. Or maybe more accurately less out there than the rest of us. He is really depressing though. His idea of a happy ending wasn't most peoples.
Franz is the man. Read anything by him and it's bound to be different somehow. Not that all authors are the same, but Kafka was out there. Or maybe more accurately less out there than the rest of us. He is really depressing though. His idea of a happy ending wasn't most peoples.I just came across this thread and I'm so glad it got bumped up. I'm always at a loss of late to find something interesting in the store, so I'm glad to have some recommendations and to leave a few as well.
There are several authors already mentioned that I will add my approval to: Dan Brown, Patricia Cornwell, JRR Tolkien, JK Rowling, CS Lewis, Anne McCaffrey and Jean Auel. I can't really recommend Maya Angelou or Harlan Ellison...I can't recommend anyone who is a bitch or bastard (at least in my personal experience).
As for some to leave...
From the Fantasy Genre, I adore Melanie Rawn. She creates a wonderful complex female dominated, magic sprinkled society in her Exiles series. The only draw back is that she hasn't completed it. Her Dragon Prince series is also wonderful-Who would have thought you can soar on light beams and talk to dragons? I also quite enjoy Katherine Kerr's Deverry series, though like so many authors of endless series, the plots tend to get rehashed. Her work is set in the mythical land of Deverry, quite like middle ages England with magicians and quests for crowns. There are often two story lines interwoven as her hero tries to right past wrongs.
For historical fiction, I enjoy Laura Joh Rowland. Her stuff has been described as "Shogun meets Sam Spade."
For cultural fiction, check out Chaim Potok. His 'The Chosen' was made into a movie with Robby Benson years ago. He writes about what it means to be a modern day Jew, and how the different sects vary. He has this indescribable way of eliciting sorrow without pity, how sometimes being true to ourselves can break the hearts of those we love most. Extremely moving.
For classics, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a masterpiece of foreshadowed symbolism and the careless disregard of the wealthy.
For modern writing, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a great read. It's hard to beleive that such characters exist. The movie focused only on one part of the book. In truth, the work is a character study of Savannah's high, if ecclectic, society.
For history, Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love. We all needed reminded of what it means to be a woman of power. Especially those of us at Lit, that society often looks askance at, since we are in touch with our sensuality and we find power in it. Seductress will remind us that we aren't alone and will reinforce how very special we are.
That's it for now, I'm sure I'll come up with more later.
There are several authors already mentioned that I will add my approval to: Dan Brown, Patricia Cornwell, JRR Tolkien, JK Rowling, CS Lewis, Anne McCaffrey and Jean Auel. I can't really recommend Maya Angelou or Harlan Ellison...I can't recommend anyone who is a bitch or bastard (at least in my personal experience).
As for some to leave...
From the Fantasy Genre, I adore Melanie Rawn. She creates a wonderful complex female dominated, magic sprinkled society in her Exiles series. The only draw back is that she hasn't completed it. Her Dragon Prince series is also wonderful-Who would have thought you can soar on light beams and talk to dragons? I also quite enjoy Katherine Kerr's Deverry series, though like so many authors of endless series, the plots tend to get rehashed. Her work is set in the mythical land of Deverry, quite like middle ages England with magicians and quests for crowns. There are often two story lines interwoven as her hero tries to right past wrongs.
For historical fiction, I enjoy Laura Joh Rowland. Her stuff has been described as "Shogun meets Sam Spade."
For cultural fiction, check out Chaim Potok. His 'The Chosen' was made into a movie with Robby Benson years ago. He writes about what it means to be a modern day Jew, and how the different sects vary. He has this indescribable way of eliciting sorrow without pity, how sometimes being true to ourselves can break the hearts of those we love most. Extremely moving.
For classics, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a masterpiece of foreshadowed symbolism and the careless disregard of the wealthy.
For modern writing, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a great read. It's hard to beleive that such characters exist. The movie focused only on one part of the book. In truth, the work is a character study of Savannah's high, if ecclectic, society.
For history, Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love. We all needed reminded of what it means to be a woman of power. Especially those of us at Lit, that society often looks askance at, since we are in touch with our sensuality and we find power in it. Seductress will remind us that we aren't alone and will reinforce how very special we are.
That's it for now, I'm sure I'll come up with more later.
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ABN_Ranger
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Yeah... those damned Harry Potter books... wife got me hooked on em... Now I'M eagerly waiting for book 6... good god... what's happened to me, hehe.
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jaded_lily
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has anyone read angels and demons, i think it's the prequel to The Da Vinci Code......i bought it last night and was wondering if it was as good or better than it's partner book.
curiousjen
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For an interesting erotic read, try "one hundred strokes of the brush before bed" by Melissa P. I was slightly disapointed with the depth that she went into (ie not a lot) but it was poetically writen and inspiring to a certain extent....
