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Great Books
« on: August 27, 2011, 04:21:39 pm »
I was just wondering what kinds of books you guys like, so I made this thread.
For my part, I really love the books Catch-22*, by Joseph Heller, and Flyboys*, by James Bradley.
Do you guys have any suggestions?

*Meant for mature audiences
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2011, 04:29:16 pm »
A Wrinkle in Time (and the rest of the series) by  Madeleine L'Engle is pretty good
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2011, 04:31:08 pm »
One of my favorite single books (not a series) is Battlefield Earth, by Ron Hubbard.  I've heard the movie kind of butchers it but the book is just great ;D

Also Watership Down (Richard Adams) is pretty good.
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2011, 04:34:07 pm »
Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan :) (careful, though, 'cause it's 12 books of 700+ pages :P)
Epic and Saga, by Conor Kostick
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2011, 04:39:14 pm »
The Edge Chronicles is a good series, by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell.
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2011, 04:42:40 pm »
Anything by Ernest Hemingway is good -- my favorite is Old Man and the Sea.
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2011, 04:44:48 pm »
Small list:

  • Dune [
    • Dune
    • Dune Messiah
    • Children of Dune
    • God Emperor of Dune
    • Heretics of Dune
    • Chapterhouse: Dune
    • ...The rest as continued by his son, Brian
  • Battlefield Earth
  • Narnia (all books)
  • Lord of the Rings (all books)
  • The Hobbit
  • The Book of Lost Tales
  • The Blade Itself
  • The House of the Scorpion
  • Thus Spake Zarathustra
  • The Critique of Practical Reason
  • The Dark Tower (all books)
  • Sea of Troll (all books)
  • Ender's Game
  • Lord of the Flies
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Re: Great Books
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2011, 04:49:26 pm »
Forgot to mention the other good books in the series, which admittedly aren't as "Great" :P
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2011, 04:53:51 pm »
I liked Dune, but I thought the sequels were boring.
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2011, 04:54:19 pm »
well

Pendragon - whole series is epic

The hunger games - awesome 2 books loved them

just 2 of my favs....i could have a almost endless list here so ill just pop some off every now and then to keep the topic alive ;)


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Re: Great Books
« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2011, 04:55:42 pm »
I agree with you on Pendragon, and The Hunger Games.
I also like the Airborn series by Kenneth Oppel.
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #12 on: August 27, 2011, 05:01:22 pm »
Hmm, dune, never heard of it I should check it out.

I liked the pendragon series a lot, but only read the first few books (the first book I though was dull, but the second, third and fourth were *awesome*)

Also, "The Ruby Way" was a great book
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #13 on: August 27, 2011, 05:12:53 pm »
the last apprentice is also really good again i forget the author though >.<

the first book in pendragon was a slow start it was a lot to wrap your head around and it was a pretty simple setup after that though it just goes crazier and crazier awesome it is indeed i do recommend finishing them
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #14 on: August 27, 2011, 05:14:19 pm »
Has anyone read House of the Scorpion?

EDIT: Just realized it was already on Qwerty's list :P
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