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    Brave New World
    Unbearable Lightness of Being
    Stranger in a Strange Land

    ....hopefully those are classics

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    ^^^ohh, the unbearable lightness of being is quite good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by georgiapeach View Post
    any jane austin (i like northanger abbey esp.)
    agnes grey, anne bronte
    tess of the durbervilles and the mayor of castorbridge , thomas hardy
    the importance of being earnest, oscar wilde (it's a play)
    any mark twain (the mysterious stranger is an interesting posthumous publication of his)
    tale of two cities, charles dickens
    the count of monte cristo, alexander dumas


    if your into more modern classics, hemingway's short stories are wonderful. ken kesey's got some great stuff (i like sometimes a great notion) any of carson mccullers' work. and the bell jar or any of sylvia plath's poetry (i think ariel is my favorite of her collections)

    and if you're into british humor p.g. wodehouse is brilliant. the jeeves series is great. leave it to psmith is also particulalry clever.
    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.

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    Oh dude, thanks for the reminder! Totally Candide. I LOVE that book!

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    Wodehouse can not be read without laughing out loud.


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    I found the entire series of Mark Twain (24 volumes) from the late 1800's and they are great.

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    What do you think of Rudyard Kipling?

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    nobody has mentioned any science fiction classics yet ...

    'The Man in the High Castle' by Philip Dick
    'Dune' by Frank Herbert

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Melonie View Post
    nobody has mentioned any science fiction classics yet ...

    'The Man in the High Castle' by Philip Dick
    'Dune' by Frank Herbert
    Mel - I read "The Man in the High Castle" when I was 16. Pretty much solidified me as a Philip K. Dick fan for life. Im actually reading "Dr. Bloodmoney" now.

    Can't forget Isaac Asimov's "I, Robot".

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    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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    Ah,, now I have found my soul mate.



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    What do you think of Rudyard Kipling?
    i've only read rikki-tikki-tavi, but i liked it. i'll have to read some more of his work.

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    But some I can't stand.. Hemingway, Faulkner. I guess I can't get into them.
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LuckiCharm View Post
    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.
    i know!! i ran out to see the film the day it came out because i had enjoyed the book so much. i was So stoked. i left incredibly disappointed

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    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 .

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LuckiCharm View Post
    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.
    I had to read a lot of books when I was going through university. Frankenstein was probably the book that I read the quickest. Not because it's particularly short or anything, but rather it was because I couldn't put the book down. It was amazing.

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    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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    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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