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Old June 28th, 2004, 01:41 PM   #1
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Top 5 Favorite Books of All-Time


I know there's a thread for your favorite authors and such, but anyway.

Just curious as to which books you could read over and over again.

Mine as of right now:

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
4. The Chosen - Chaim Potok
5. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
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Old June 28th, 2004, 01:49 PM   #2
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Just curious as to which books you could read over and over again.
Ugh...lately I seem to be stuck on these....
  1. Winnie the Pooh (any book)
  2. The Berenstein Bears say Goodnight
  3. The 3 little Pigs
  4. Freddie goes on an airplane
  5. Goodnight little grover
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Old June 28th, 2004, 01:50 PM   #3
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Hmm. I generally don't read books more than once and have lots of "favorites" for lots of different reasons. But, here's a stab at it*:

1. The Killer Inside Me, Jim Thompson
2. The Emporer of Scent, forget who wrote it
3. Focault's Pendelum, Umberto Eco
4. I, Lucifer, forget who wrote it
5. Most everything else by Jim Thomspon (that's not to say "most everything else" is the name of a book, just a general reference to most of the books he's written. It's a cop-out, I know...)


*this list is subject to change for any reason at any time, so sayeth I.
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Old June 28th, 2004, 01:50 PM   #4
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Ugh...lately I seem to be stuck on these....
  1. Winnie the Pooh (any book)
  2. The Berenstein Bears say Goodnight
  3. The 3 little Pigs
  4. Freddie goes on an airplane
  5. Goodnight little grover
No Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel?

I give you props for the Berenstein Bears, though!
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Old June 28th, 2004, 01:51 PM   #5
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Ugh...lately I seem to be stuck on these....
  1. Winnie the Pooh (any book)
  2. The Berenstein Bears say Goodnight
  3. The 3 little Pigs
  4. Freddie goes on an airplane
  5. Goodnight little grover
My favorite is There's a Monster at the End of This Book.

Spoiler: The monster is Grover, even though he's the one emploring you NOT to turn the pages because you get closer and closer to the monster. Genius! Pure. literary. genius!
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Old June 28th, 2004, 02:05 PM   #6
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No Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel?

I give you props for the Berenstein Bears, though!
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My favorite is There's a Monster at the End of This Book.

Spoiler: The monster is Grover, even though he's the one emploring you NOT to turn the pages because you get closer and closer to the monster. Genius! Pure. literary. genius!
Thanks for the tips! Give me another year 32....
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4. The Chosen - Chaim Potok
My gf has been totally consumed by this and the rest of the series. Sounds like some great stories, but unfortunately I only seem to read non-fiction.

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My gf has been totally consumed by this and the rest of the series. Sounds like some great stories, but unfortunately I only seem to read non-fiction.

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Yeah I read this book back in high school and immediately fell in love with it - then I went out and purchased the rest of Potok's books - lol.

The story was so interesting and I very much liked learning more about the Jewish faith, etc. I'm glad your GF likes the book, too!
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Strega - by Andrew Vachss
Love Medicine - by Louise Erdrich
Watership Down - by Richard Adams
Bag of Bones - by Stephen King
Wizard and Glass - by Stephen King
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wow - tough to narrow it down...but, in no particular order:

1. Catcher In The Rye - J. D. Salinger
2. Mere Christianity - C. S. Lewis
3. Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe
4. The Alienist - Caleb Carr
5. Dark Tower Series - Stephen King
6. I Am Legend - Richard Matheson

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p.s. - kate, thanks for trumping my other thread.
sorry...boredom makes people do crazy things
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sorry...boredom makes people do crazy things
don't you have a book to read?

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Since I'm not sure about which ones I like more (and this includes books not on this list), so this is in no particular order:

1. A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin
2. The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
3. The Drizzt Do'Urden books by R. A. Salvatore
4. The Shannara series by Terry Brooks
5. The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander
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My favorite is There's a Monster at the End of This Book.

Spoiler: The monster is Grover, even though he's the one emploring you NOT to turn the pages because you get closer and closer to the monster. Genius! Pure. literary. genius!
I just read this to my 2 year old last night. Genius. Pure genius
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3. The Drizzt Do'Urden books by R. A. Salvatore
have you read the War of the Spider Queen series?
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