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And books that enlighten the heart!
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Guys Don't Rat on Guys - Grey Baker
1984 - George Orwell
Catcher in the Rye - Sallinger
The House on Benefit Street - Donna Montalbano
Weekends - Lindy S. Hudis


Some of these are obvious and some are new releases. In my opinion they are all must reads.

Just my opinion of course
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The Age of Innocence:Edith Wharton
Anna Karenina: Tolstoy
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I recommend Fountainhead, if you like Ayn Rand.
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Sheila
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Les Miserables by Victor Hugo and for the kid in all of us The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
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The Quincunx -Charles Palliser
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Post by Amy »

:lol:
1984 is a great book and is quite easy to read. It is quite a scary book because some of the issues he brings up really do resonate with some of our current government's policies. I am jealous of you because I wish I was reading again for the first time!

Another idea for a great book is Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast. It is set in another world and the descriptions are so vivid and really involve you taking you away from your reality. Enjoy it.
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Any book that anyone can realate to.

Something that someone finds personally interesting. It doesn't really matter what someone reads, as long as they're reading it because they like it.

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knightss wrote:Anthem by Ayn Rand
IanBookMan wrote:Catcher in the Rye.
Sheila wrote:East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
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Post by janey »

CassieXO wrote:
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
The Things They Carried is a must real along with One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
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Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara is phenomenal. It's similar in style to F.Scott, but way better.
I'd make the Dune series required reading if I could.
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I'm a strong believer in the "foundational" books, i.e., works which started either genres, trends, or literary traditions. The Thousand and One Nights, Beowulf, and Le Morte d'Arthur come to mind, although, Tolkien could also be included for his pioneering contributions to the fantasy genre. It is my belief a person should have at least a general idea of the foundations of popularly used themes and genres in popular literature to know, for example, that Genies (Jin) are not blue, wish granting funny men, and the unlikely hero was not come up with by Mr. Jordan. (No insult intended, mind you, he is a very entertaining read and I greatly regret the loss to the literary community.)
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Post by Daphne »

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Let the Circle be Unbroken by Mildred Taylor

Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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KaeMartyndale wrote:
Star wrote: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
I loved that book! I didn't even know other people had even HEARD of it!
I bought the book but hadn't gotten around to reading it. If you loved the book, I think you'd love the movie (which isn't normally the case for me!). The movie is a classic (black and white 1945 movie). It's heart wrenching. I have to get around to reading the book now. My freshman year in college, we had to read an excerpt from the book, and I loved it.
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