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by **Miz Manda** on Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:09 pm

Since we're discussing the worst ever- what are your favourites?

Mine change pretty regularly but at the moment are:

-The Secret History by Donna Tartt

-The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

-Persuasion by Jane Austen

-Charlotte Grey by Sebastien Faulks

-Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson

-The Hand Maiden's Tale/Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood.

Am also reading Little Women at the moment and absolutely loving it.

by **Anon.** on Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:35 pm

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray.

I still absolutely love the Narnia books by C.S. Lewis.

by **Clonion** on Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:40 pm

There are a few I absolutely adore, and when I go home for the summer, etc, they're the ones that come with me, as opposed to being posted. Those three are:
Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Complete Short Stories - Roald Dahl.

I love also
Blind Assassin/Alias Grace - Margaret Attwood - in fact all of hers bar Cat's Eye
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

More as well, but a notable one is Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco - I read it when I was on holiday, loved it, and haven't dared re-read it in case it doesn't hold up to a second reading...

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by **the reason for the word w** on Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:41 pm

The Lord of the Rings, plain and simple, and I don't care what anybody says!

Also anything by Astrid Lindgren and Michael Ende.

All of Henning Mankell.

And I'm still stuck on Frankenstein. I'm loving it, but I'm sooooo scared!

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by **flarewearer** on Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:45 pm

Jeez! More lists to compile!

George Orwell - 1984

Solzhenitsyn (sp?) - 1 Day in the Life of Ivan Denisivich

Nicholas Monsaratt - The Cruel Sea

Ray Bradbury - Fahrenhiet 451

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by **tintin** on Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:49 pm

"A Malayan Trilogy" - Anthony Burgess

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by **johness** on Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:52 pm

Despite being dreadfully sad, 'The Mill On The Floss' by George Elliot is the business.
'Sunday's Child' by Gurden Mebbs was my favourite as a kid.

by **littleblackraincloud** on Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:58 pm

Predictable as anything but I've got to go for pretty much anything by Tolkien. I also love Margaret Attwood's books although my favourites are The Blind Assassin and The Robber Bride.

by **Tyler Fincher** on Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:21 pm

I'm really into Clive Barker's Books of Blood. I've read 1-3, and now looking for 4-6. I just love how varied and imaginative they all are.

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by **Atangaladhion** on Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:29 pm

Anything by JRR Tolkien, especially LOTR.

Anything by Isaac Asimov, especially the Foundation Series.

Anything by Philip K. Dick.

Anything by Terry Pratchett.

Anything by Philip Pullman. (And I don't just mean His Dark Materials.)

The Curious incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

So basically it's favourite authors as opposed to favourite books.

by **The Truth** on Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:14 pm

Basically the Entire Sword of Truth series, especially the 5th and 6th ones (with Faith of the Fallen being tops).
Also up there are 1984 and Slaughterhouse 5. The older MADD books are classy act as well.

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by **bramble** on Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:15 pm

The Da Vinci Code, and anything else by Dan Brown
Anything by Harlan Coben, although he does use crap cliches sometimes
Jane Austen books, because im an old romantic at heart

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by **addiction** on Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:20 pm

i definitely agree with Donna Tartt,
The Secret History has stayed with me ever since i finished it maybe 6 months ago. really want to read it again, but resisting temptation to make a second reading even better!
Everything is Illuminated is a challenging and rewarding read, made me both laugh out loud and cry my eyes out. Highly recommended, as well as The Curious Incident of the dog in the Nighttime.

by **Duggeh** on Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:29 pm

Frank Herbert - Dune
Joeseph Heller - Catch-22
Elmore Leonard - Get Shorty
Raymond Chandler - The Big Sleep
Frederick Forsyth - The Day Of The Jackal
Terry Pratchett - Feet Of Clay

There are many others, I read too much.

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by **Rob Milsom** on Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:20 pm

Catch-22 - Joseph Heller.
Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Kate Atkinson.
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby.
1984 - George Orwell.
Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

by **ClaireyMoo** on Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:28 pm

'Nineteen Eighty-Four' - George Orwell
'Fahrenheit 451' - Ray Bradbury
'Brave New World' - Aldous Huxley
'His Dark Materials' (especially 'The Amber Spy Glass' - Philip Pullman (actually anything by him.

The Abhorsen trilogy by Garth Nix; they're kids books, but really good ones!

'All Quiet on the Western Front' - Erich Maria Remarque.

And finally, though it's not technically a book; 'Hamlet'. I love it

by **legohead** on Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:58 am

wow, 1984 seems to have struck a cord. pah, it's just a rip off of zamyatin's 'We' (though a lot better admittedly)

I love emotionally weird by Kate Atkinson as well, mainly cos it's set in Dundee, and I recognise the places. also love behind the scenes at the museum

and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 100 years of solitude and love in the time of cholera were both great.

fear and loathing in las vegas, by Hunter S Thompson,

A Hero of our time, by Lermintov

the private memoirs and confessions of a justified sinner, By James Hogg (long title, takes a while to get into but it's amazing, somehow reminds me of fight club too)

Beloved, Toni Morrison
Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
Homer's the Odyssey (stanley Lombardo's translation),
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
the master and margerita, by Mikhail Bulgakov

too many great books, so little time...

by **sejanus** on Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:51 pm

Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon
The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break - Steven Sherrill
Waverley - Walter Scott
Emma - Jane Austen
Lord of the Flies - Willian Golding
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy (the only decent novel he ever wrote)

And too many others to mention...

by **MadDog20/20** on Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:52 pm

Well it would be LOTR but thats down already. so.....

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

When the main character's name is Hiro Protagonist you know you are onto a good thing.

by **Campbell** on Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:20 pm

The Dharma Bums/on the road - jack kerouac
100 Years of Solitude - gabriel garcia marquez
Deadkidsongs - Toby Litt
Ask the Dust - John Fante

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