Favorite Book of All Time

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Favorite Book of All Time

Posted: 1/29/06 at 10:21pm

I know we have had this topic before, but I am bored and looking for reading material, so here we go again.

LIGHTNING By Dean Koontz
SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE By Kurt Vonnegut

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Updated On: 1/30/06 at 10:21 PM

#2

re: Favorite Book of All Time

Posted: 1/29/06 at 10:21pm

The Catcher in the Rye.

#3

re: Favorite Book of All Time

Posted: 1/29/06 at 10:24pm

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn

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#4

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Posted: 1/29/06 at 10:25pm

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

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#5

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Posted: 1/29/06 at 10:27pm

angels and demons by dan brown

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Posted: 1/29/06 at 10:32pm

Wideacre

#7

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Posted: 1/29/06 at 10:36pm

Jane Eyre

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#8

re: Favorite Book of All Time

Posted: 1/29/06 at 10:36pm

With absolutely no concern for the attitude that I know many have about it, my choice has always been, is and is likely to reamain:

JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL, by Richard Bach.

#9

re: Favorite Book of All Time

Posted: 1/29/06 at 10:37pm

This might be a bit cliche, but Jane Eyre.
Also, Shakespeare's Othello; I've never actually seen it performed, but love reading it. Iago is one of the most powerful characters I have come across...I consider him the archetypal evil.

#10

re: Favorite Book of All Time

Posted: 1/29/06 at 10:37pm

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

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#11

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Posted: 1/29/06 at 10:50pm

Beach Music by Pat Conroy

One the most beautiful and emotional books ever.

#12

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Posted: 1/29/06 at 10:51pm

The Dictionary

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Posted: 1/29/06 at 10:52pm

Corduroy

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re: Favorite Book of All Time

Posted: 1/29/06 at 10:52pm

If we're counting plays, Angels in America, hands down. If not, then Catcher in the Rye.

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#15

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Posted: 1/29/06 at 11:10pm

Lolita

#16

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Posted: 1/29/06 at 11:23pm

Falls the Shadow by Sharon Kay Penman

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#17

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Posted: 1/29/06 at 11:43pm

Somewhat cliche, but The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.

And honorable mention goes to any Roald Dahl books. I've been obsessed ever since I was able to read. (The Witches? The BFG? Brilliant!)

Pinguin-- I've been meaning to read The Fountainhead for years and never got around to it. I really should.

#18

re: Favorite Book of All Time

Posted: 1/29/06 at 11:47pm

AT SWIM, TWO BOYS by Jamie O'Neill.

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re: Favorite Book of All Time

Posted: 1/29/06 at 11:53pm

Phebus: You need to...it really changed my life and BLEW MY MIND.

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#20

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Posted: 1/29/06 at 11:54pm

THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

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"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

#21

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Posted: 1/29/06 at 11:59pm

Here's the gist: you owe to the world to be TOTALLY selfish.

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#22

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Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:00am

The Secret Life of Bees or The 5 People you Meet in Heaven. Changed my life!!!

#23

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Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:00am

The Bell Jar.

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Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:04am

Two words I never thought I would see from an intelligent person in a thread with a subject theme of "Favorite Book Of All Time"...DEAN KOONTZ!

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#25

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Posted: 1/30/06 at 12:07am

There are one or two other authors listed here that make me shake my head, but I'll just keep those opinions to myself.

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