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saturnin Special user Montreal, Canada 964 Posts |
HI everyone,
I am an avid reader, and I am always on the lookout for new books to read, would you mind sharing any good titles (fiction or not). What are your top 5 recommendations? I will start first, from the top of my head: -[u]The Power of One[/u] by Bryce Courtenay (AWESOME!!!) -[u]Tommo & Hawk[/u] by Bruce Courtnay (card cheating in there!) -The R.A. Salvatore "Dark Elf" serie -[u]The World According to Garp[/u] by John Irving -[u]The Ants[/u] by Bernard Weber -[u]The Hunt for Red October[/u] and [u]Rainbow Six[/u] by Tom Clancy -[u]To Kill a Mockingbird[/u] by Harper Lee -[u]The Last of The Blue Water Hunters[/u] by Carlos Eyles -[u]The Book of Five Rings[/u] by Miyamoto Musashi -[u]The Ninja[/u] by Eric Van Lustbader -[u]The Old Man and The Sea[/u] by Ernest Hemmingway -etc... That is more than 5, but who cares... your turn now! Ronnie Lemieux Montreal Canada
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Samuel Catoe Inner circle South Carolina 1268 Posts |
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King (seven books all together)
The Art of War by Sun Tzu Tao Te Ching I Ching Alexander (published by Mike Caveney)
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27300 Posts |
Might want to start the standard 'cannon' list and then spread out a bit. Have you read Neil Gaiman's Sandman? The Frank Herbert stories? The Borges stories? The Philip K. Dick stories? Lots of literature to explore once you get out of the magic shop.
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irossall Special user Snohomish, Washington 529 Posts |
George Orwell:
Animal Farm 1984 Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged The Fountainhead Anthem Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange Various Author's. Mostly manuscripts: A Treasury Of Science (preferably the 2nd edition) This book has unabridged writings from many important thinkers from Plato to Robert Oppenheimer. Should be required reading in Schools. This book contains several papers written by Benjamin Franklin and anyone really interested in the real story of the "kite experiment" should read what Franklin himself had to say about it. Iven
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denny_Corby Loyal user PA 240 Posts |
All the books written by Jim Swain. They are very good I think, 4 or 5 in all.
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Ziggy New user SW Washington State 51 Posts |
I like:
The Cat Who" series by Lilian J. Braun (mystery) Harry Potter books (different sort of magic) Fast Food Nation (have not been back to McD'd since reading this book) The Da Vinci Code
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Hekate New user 13 Posts |
Anything written by David Sedaris.
"It was magical. And excruciating....which made it all the more magical"
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Dr_Stephen_Midnight Inner circle SW Ohio, USA 1555 Posts |
Guillotine: Its Legend and Lore
by Daniel Gerould
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redstreak Inner circle A.K.A David Kong 1368 Posts |
I'm a crazy fan of the Wheel Of Time series by Robert Jordan. I also like everything Tolkien ever wrote.
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gareth123 Loyal user Rotherham UK 245 Posts |
The secret diary of Laura Plmer (Twin Peaks).
Gareth
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tony4938 New user Stafford, UK 94 Posts |
Anything by James Patterson, his book are awesome!
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p.at Regular user 104 Posts |
"Brave New World" is cool (Huxley).
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Jaxon Inner circle Kalamazoo, Mi. 2537 Posts |
I forgot this at my friend’s house I stayed at recently so I can't remember the entire title. But it's basically called "Classic Comedy". It's a book on old time comedy, Silent film stars and slapsticks. Things like that. Very informative and inspiring.
For instance. Did you know that Houdini was Buster Kenton’s god father and he's the one who gave him the stage name "buster"? It's a very inspiring book. Ron Jaxon |
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Doug Higley 1942 - 2022 7152 Posts |
The Tarzan and Mars Series by ERB.
The OZ books by Baum. (One of the Oz books was recently turned into a Magic prop thanks to freestyle Book test ). Any book by Daniel P. Mannix ie: "Memoirs Of A Sword Swallower" and "We Who Are About To Die." And the best book I EVER read, "Circus Of The Scars" by Jan T. Gregor.
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Dr_Stephen_Midnight Inner circle SW Ohio, USA 1555 Posts |
Xmosis,
We both share an affinity for ERB's Barsoom. I just finished re-reading 'Chessmen of Mars'. I also enjoy Howard's Conan & Solomon Kane, Lovecraft, Bloch, Derleth, and urban hero-pulp reprints (Doc Savage, The Avenger, The Shadow, and my favorite...The Spider). Steve
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briantwig New user 78 Posts |
Ann Coulter's books.
Hot Talk, Cold Science by Dr. S. Fred Singer Environmental Overkill & Trashing The Planet by Dixie Lee Ray Pick A Better Country by Ken Hamblin The Seven Fat Years by Robert Bartley |
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Sam Griffin Regular user Australia 170 Posts |
Stanislavskis' 3 Books on the art of acting.
The Lord Of The Rings.
"When we are on stage, we are in the here and now."
"The eye is the window of your soul." "The PERFORMER must BELIEVE in everything that takes place on the stage, only then will the AUDIENCE BELIEVE! |
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calexa Inner circle Germany 1635 Posts |
"Lord of the Rings" and a lot more (I read a lot).
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The Mirror Images Inner circle Michigan/USA 1980 Posts |
Stephen King books. You've got to love them. The closest one to a movie the book got was Green Mile.
Michael
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Law New user 94 Posts |
Some not mentioned yet...
Fiction Little, Big by John Crowley Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens The Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin The Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson The Secret History by Donna Tartt Masquerade by Kit Williams - I loved trying to solve the puzzle Nonfiction The Day After Roswell by Col. Philip Corso - can we believe such an authoritative source? How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphics by Collier and Manley |
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