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Favourite Book of all time

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  • 16-04-2005 10:49am
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    Enii
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    My favourite book of all time is "Love Dad" by Evan Hunter. Has anyone read it? Its about a father and the relationship he has with his daughter through the 60's and 70's. Have read other Evan Hunter books (also writes as Ed McBain) but think none are as good as "Love Dad".


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    almostagassi
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    the best a man can get by John o'farrell

    its about a guy in early thirties., very, very very funny.

    check out this extract. http://books.guardian.co.uk/firstchapters/story/0,,385629,00.html


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    funky penguin
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    To many to choose from..... but "Thief of Time" by Terry Pratchett always stood high on my list. But "Form Whom the Bell Tolls" Is also a classic.....:confused:


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    RuggieBear
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    Every Dead Thing by John Connolly


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    ExOffender
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    Best single book... impossible impossible! And it depends on my mood, and eh, what I had for breakfast and... well, there's no one answer. Regular top-five entries are (in no particular order) Catcher in the Rye, Ulysses, The Dice Man, The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester), and Trainspotting. But like I say, ask me tomorrow and it oculd all be different.


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    funky penguin
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    Crap, I just remembered all of Roald Dahls stuff aswell.....

    It's because of him I read so much today.

    Oh! And the Oddessy By Homer


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    Dooid
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    My favorite book is 'The Black Dahlia' by James Ellroy; best book I've ever read has to be Ulysses or The Symposium.


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    dudara
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    I'm a big Margaret Atwood fan, especially her more science-fiction type books. The handsmaids tale springs to mind. I also love "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, as well as "Tender is the night"

    Thomas Hardy wrote some great books, especially "Jude the Obscure"

    Science fiction wise "The Stars My destination" by Bester is class, as is "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes and "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card.


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    Pherekydes
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    One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Read it in one day.

    Absolutely fantastic.


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    Dooid
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    I agree Dudara The Great Gatsby is a great book. The Double by Dostoyevsky is a good read too and The Plague by Camus.


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    ronano
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    The Atrocity exhibition - J.G Ballard (tho i never really liked much else of what he wrote :S)

    The Virgin Suicides - Jeffery Euginicide(sp?)

    The Quiet American - Graham Greene


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    Basq
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    Don't really read much but love all of Roald Dahl's stuff.

    Especially: Matilda, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and The Twits.


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    snakeater
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    American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis


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    eclectichoney
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    Moon Palace - Paul Auster

    supoib prose alongside a fast-paced original offbeat plot. funny, and sad. and lots of parts that sound like my life ;)


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    MariaRyan
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    Wuthering Heights - flippin fantastic!


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    youcancallmeal
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    Trinity by Leon Uris or else 1984 by George Orwell


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    growler
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    Great Apes by Will Self

    Good Omens By Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

    Magician by Feist


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    pennylane22
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    My fav book is A prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving, another would be Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. The sequel isnt bad either.


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    doonothing
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    my favourite i finished just over an hour ago..
    perks of being a wallflower by stephen chbosky, im still riding that post brilliance high...
    wow

    before that, 'twas the secret history, before that 'twas the dice man, before that 'twas catcher in the rye...


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    byte
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    Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh. I have read it many times. Very good, though it did take a while to get used to the Scots-speak!

    e. - Matt Beaumont. I found this very good, with a different style of writing (the book wholly consisting of emails).

    [Post 4,000!]:)


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    besty
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    snakeater wrote:
    American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

    reading it now.its so ****ed up


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    Zaph
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    Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

    Neuromancer by William Gibson

    The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams


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    who007
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    Man and Boy by Tony Parsons!
    Life's highs and lows in a nutshell! :cool:


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    who007
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    MariaRyan wrote:
    Wuthering Heights - flippin fantastic!

    I concur :cool:


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    who007
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    youcancallme>al wrote:
    Trinity by Leon Uris or else 1984 by George Orwell
    ahhh... 1984.... brings back memories...


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    Tony H
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    [font=verdana, helvetica, arial]The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
    an old one and still one i come back and read again .
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    jimi_t
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    Emmm....
    Night Watch - Terry Pratchet
    The Salmon of Doubt - Douglas Adams
    To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

    To name but a few... I just can't think @ the moment - You can't just pick one book! Should be like a top five :D. If I was stuck on a Desert Island it would probably be something like the Lord of the Rings - merely for sheer bulk and imagination :)


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    ApeXaviour
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    Tai-Pan -James Clavell


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    almostagassi
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    1984
    animal farm


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    Manach
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    Offhand, top 3:
    The Man who was Thursday- Chesterton
    Good Omens - Pratchett and Gaiman
    Inferno - Niven and Pournelle


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    theCzar
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    ApeXaviour wrote:
    Tai-Pan -James Clavell

    Great Book, i was thinking what was mine as i read the above, but then i remembered Clavell.

    my favourite of his is probably King Rat, or Shogun.

    Couple of great comedy ones, Catch 22, Hitchhikers Guide, I couldn't pick a Terry Pratchett, but probably one of hte Sam Vimes saga...


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