I really liked Watership Down, Dune, and The Grapes of Wrath.
[OFFICIAL] Book Reccomendations?????
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Posted 23 July 2008 - 08:41 PM
Read the Eragon cycle, third one coming out this September 
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Posted 25 July 2008 - 02:02 AM
The Dark Half by Stephen KingThe book of Lost Tales[one and two] J.R.R. TolkienThe Shadow Children Series by Haddix Dark Magic by Christine Feehan Flowers in the Attic [or anything in the Attic Children Series] by V.C AndrewsHope I helped I don't really know what types of books your interested in, but I read a lot haha.
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Posted 26 July 2008 - 02:46 PM
Read The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole.
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Posted 26 July 2008 - 09:51 PM
Lately some good books i've read are The Slaughterhouse FiveWatchmen (great graphic novel, it's coming to film as well)Lord of the FliesLolita
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Posted 31 July 2008 - 01:28 AM
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess) and Lolita (Vladmir Nabokov) are my two favorite books. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey), L'Etranger (Albert Camus) and The Glass Castle (Jeanette Walls) are all very good too. Anything by Augusten Burroughs or David Sedaris is pretty much golden. Kurt Vonnegut is good. Truman Capote is my favorite writer, but I don't think very many people are into reading his stuff. I think that's it...
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Posted 03 August 2008 - 08:50 AM
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is definently in my top 4
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Posted 06 August 2008 - 05:55 AM
Black Boy by Richard Wright is a great book.i know some classic titles can be discouraging to read, but if one feels ready to read them, they can prove to be very good!like the odyssey by homer, which is a bit repetitive, but nonetheless a great epic.the catcher in the rye by JD SAlinger is a good book also, i especially enjoyed the ending.
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Posted 07 August 2008 - 10:20 AM
You must read The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk. It's his best book and an utter masterpiece. It's unbelievable that a book so good can be written these days.
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Posted 21 September 2008 - 04:29 AM
if U like mysteries U should buy Agatha Cristie booksi love his books
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Posted 21 September 2008 - 07:43 AM
Ah, wow where to start. The Regulators is a very good one, The Dark Half, and The Shadow Children series were really great ones.
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Posted 22 September 2008 - 07:44 PM
hmmm...i recommend 100 years of solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez...it was of course, originally written in spanish, but i've read the english translation and not to bad at all.
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Posted 22 September 2008 - 11:15 PM
"Will the Last Person to Leave the Planet Please Shut Off the Sun?"An amusing collection of short stories from one author. 
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Posted 23 September 2008 - 03:52 PM
i would recommend Animal Farm, or Brave New World, or Doors Of Perception.my personal favorites.
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Posted 23 September 2008 - 08:47 PM
I really liked Jonathan Strange + Mr. Norrell (def. a page turner for me) and I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND EVERYONE the phantom of the opera 
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Posted 24 October 2008 - 11:15 PM
Alan Moore's Watchmen is one of the best books I've ever read, by far. Everyone should read it; it's fantastic and deep and fun to read!
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Posted 26 October 2008 - 03:27 PM
i would suggest a book, 'The Way of the Warrior' of the Young Samurai series. It is the first book made by Chris Bradford, and his next book is going to be published next year. This book is very exciting and entertaining, and it was so exciting that i hardly put the book down. Buy the book; you will never regret it.
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Posted 07 November 2008 - 08:09 AM
I reccomend the little house on the prairie and Gernimo Stilton books.
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Posted 09 November 2008 - 03:24 PM
One of the latest books i've read is The Name of This Book is Secret . It's about two children who stumbles onto a magician's diary, and all that.
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Posted 09 November 2008 - 10:12 PM
Death on the Installment Plan by Louis Ferdinand Celine is one of my favorites. Great read, troubled man.
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Posted 22 November 2008 - 01:16 AM
If your into semi-realistic fantasy you might want to try out the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud, which has a very interesting outlook on what magic would be like in the near modern society. Or another good fantasy, more of a female orientated book series, there is the three novels by Libba Bray, the first being "The great and terrible beauty". Then there is the more well known series of the His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman, most people would just recognize the first novel "The golden compass". This book is excellent and in my opinion far better than the movie they made, either way I would suggest that anyone who hasn't read them yet do so, and if possible read the books before seeing the movie. They are all good series, that were in my opinion a pleasure to read.
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Posted 22 November 2008 - 02:43 AM
The Culture series by Iain M Banks, and especially the most recently released novel Matter.Definitely in the top ten novels I've ever read.
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Posted 29 November 2008 - 11:25 PM
I really liked "The End of Alice" by A.M. Holmes. It's about a pedophile in jail and his story and encounters, as well as a nineteen year old girl who writes him letters in admiration. It's rather twisted, but quite the page turner...
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Posted 29 November 2008 - 11:40 PM
I enjoyed Angels and Demons by Dan Brown, solid read, heard it'll be a movie soon too =/
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Posted 30 November 2008 - 01:56 AM
"The Lost Years of Merlin" by T. A. Barron series. From fist book to last is:The Lost Years of MerlinThe Seven Songs of MerlinThe Fires of MerlinThe Mirror of MerlinThe Wings of Merlinnext in the ENTIRE story of that world is:The Great Tree of Avalon: Child of the Dark ProphesyThe Great Tree of Avalon: Shadows on the StarsThe Great Tree of Avalon: The Eternal Flamenext:Merlin's DragonThat's all i can really suggest, except for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Vernes.
