Good Books
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- woodyBatts0
The Count of Monte Christo - perfect summer reading
- scarabin0
house of leaves by mark danielewski
- JazX0
The Kingdom Of This World - Alejo Carpentier:
- build0
Anything by Paul Auster.
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- olive0
"I would read Foucault's Pendulum - U.Eco before that DiVinci Code crap."
indeed, where DB got the mustard.
- olive0
Anything by Russel Banks, but especially Rule of the bone, Continental drift and Cloudspitter
- -_MU_-0
Oh snap! If you have not read it, definatley read 'The Godfather' by Mario Puzo. i enjoyed this book so much, I delibratley did not see the films as there is no way they could live up to this awesome work of fiction!
- Visia0
oiy, where to start:
Nineteen-Eighty-Four
The Sun Also Rises
Cradle-To-Cradle
The Cloud Chamber
A Perfect Spy
The Russia House
Dracula
The Want Makers
Space
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Sick Puppy
2001: A Space Odyssey
Public Space
Barney's Version
From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbour
The Man Who Stole The Mona Lisa
etc. etc. etc.
- ross0
any Kurt V jr. book,
cheese monkeys,
crime and punishment,
count of monte cristo.and penthouse letters.
- Witt0
buh-uu-uh-uh-uh:
http://www.horrormasters.com/The…
- Tara0
a scanner darkly- philip k dick
not fade away- jim dodge
life of pi- yann martel
- Rand0
pnin
- Mimio0
I would read Foucault's Pendulum - U.Eco before that DiVinci Code crap.
- Nac0
Vacationing for Dummies
- Witt0
If you're into more classical stuff, or into re-reading, there's always the Big ones like e.g.:
Henry James: The Turn of the Screw.
Conrad, Heart of Darkness ("Apolcalypse Now" is based on this book)
Poe "The Narrative of Arthur Gordom Pym of Nantucket"
or this little pearl from Argentina: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obido…
- SoulFly0
I don't read too much, but I really like "Left Behind"
- Gucci0
I read da vinci... i dunno... i liked it and all, but it just seemed to me that the novel was TOTALLY being groomed for a screen adaptation.
interesting nonetheless.
some of these are piling up on the list. thanks a bunch guys. great thread.
- Tara0
leviathan - paul auster
- Tara0
you cant' beat dan brown for a vacation book-
angels and demons da vinci code or deception pointi know these are obvious
- mg330
I'm stupid. I forgot my real favorite book that you better read:
Terry Southern - The Magic Christian
Guy Grand is the one person I would like to be most in life. I no longer want to be Michael Jordan like I did in junior high.