Brave New World
Unbearable Lightness of Being
Stranger in a Strange Land
....hopefully those are classics
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Brave New World
Unbearable Lightness of Being
Stranger in a Strange Land
....hopefully those are classics
"Have you ever been to American wedding? Where is the vodka, where's marinated herring?" - GB
"And do the cats give a shit? No, they do not. Why? Because they're cats."-from The Onion
Originally Posted by Mia M




^^^ohh, the unbearable lightness of being is quite good.
Ah,, now I have found my soul mate. p.g. Wodehouse can not be read without laughing out loud. Wooster and Jeeves is great, and the golf series is a gut buster. I also have the PBS series on DVD.
I found the entire series of Mark Twain (24 volumes) from the late 1800's and they are great.
What do you think of Rudyard Kipling?
But some I can't stand.. Hemingway, Faulkner. I guess I can't get into them.
For kicks I just bought the complete Hardy Boys series (I know not a classic in the real sense), but a in a way it is to me.















nobody has mentioned any science fiction classics yet ...
'The Man in the High Castle' by Philip Dick
'Dune' by Frank Herbert
Melonie and I agree on something. "Dune" was a masterpiece.
Wodehouse was a blast to read, definitely. Twain was brilliant, almost singlehandedly setting up a style of "American" writing, willing to go against the grain (read his castigation of American involvement in the Philippines), and terminally funny.
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance."
Ok I don't really read so it's gotta be a really really good book for me to sit and read the whole thing.
"FRANKENSTEIN"!!!!!!!
I also couldn't put down "Memoirs of a Geisha", if anyone hasn't read that book yet, it is sooo much better than the movie. I saw the movie after the book and was sooooo dissapointed. You have to read the book.




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i've only read rikki-tikki-tavi, but i liked it. i'll have to read some more of his work.
yeah, i read the sound and the fury, but, i'm not going to lie, i didn't enjoy it. but hemingway, his novels aren't my Favorite, but i really do love his short stories. he is a master when it comes to those tricky things.


Ender's Game.
Ender's Shadow is also pretty good, but useless without reading Ender's Game first.
The Dark Tower. When King tells you to stop reading, though....stop reading.
I didn't.



My all time favorte book was The Count of Monte Cristo written by Alexandre Dumas. One of the few books I literally cannot put down once I start reading it.
Isocrates: “Democracy destroys itself because it abuses its right to freedom and equality. Because it teaches its citizens to consider audacity as a right, lawlessness as a freedom, abrasive speech as equality, and anarchy as progress.”


People keep stealing mine!
I agree with Hydra. Death in Venice is the best book ever. And since it seems to be ok to be dark and moody, add Crime and Punishment to the list. Seriously.
Melonie, can't talk about sci fi without War of the Worlds.
And for modern? The Corrections and The Amazing Adventures of Kavelier and Clay.
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"Maybe you'll ask me to come back again and
Maybe I'll say.... Maybe"
For modern, I highly recommend The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig Clevenger. It's one of the most incredible novels I've ever read, and it was his first one. It takes you on the wildest emotional and suspenseful roller coaster I've ever seen! It's about an identity thief back before identity theft had a name or became an issue (early 90's, maybe? not sure). So good.
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