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Anna Karenina and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy,The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri,all the comedies by Moliere,The Persian Boy by Mary Renault,Forever Amber by Kathleen Wilson,
all the books written by Jules Verne,the Iliad and Odyssey by Homer,anything by Garcia Lorca and Don Quixote and Sancho Panza by Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra to name just a few of the books
I re read often.
If possible in the language they were written.(Except Russian).
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Anwar D
9/11/09, 12:30pm
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mine is dostoevsky/ the possessed /images/_common/forums/emoticons/' }
madison61
9/11/09, 1:13pm
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Among my favorites is Brothers Karamazov, also by Dostoyevsky (his name is spelled several ways in English including the way Anwar D spelled it)in English translation of course, by Constance Garnett. 
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thewanderer
9/11/09, 9:44pm
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My favorite books are by Oscar Wilde, "The Picture of Dorian Grey", Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World", Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment", Plato's "Republic" and Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". I know you only said one, but I couldn't help myself. . . I am a bibliophile (lover of books). /images/_common/forums/emoticons/' }
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Anwar D
9/12/09, 2:19am
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awesome book "the picture of dorian gray"..my final paper was on it!!! oscar is one of my fav too/images/_common/forums/emoticons/' }
G-Mann
9/12/09, 3:18am
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Mysteries, suspense/horror books. Stephen King would be my favorite. Dan Brown is another. I actually took the time to read all of the Sherlock Holmes stories too.
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King was really good. Although for me it started a little slow. It is well worth the time to read through these books.
The Green Mile was originally written as a series of short books and was good from start to finish. Even though some of the books Stephen King and now Dan Brown too have written have been turned into decent movies, they are no substitute for reading the whole story in the book /images/_common/forums/emoticons/' }
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King was really good. Although for me it started a little slow. It is well worth the time to read through these books.
The Green Mile was originally written as a series of short books and was good from start to finish. Even though some of the books Stephen King and now Dan Brown too have written have been turned into decent movies, they are no substitute for reading the whole story in the book
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Ronnyz V
9/12/09, 4:31am
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louisphillippe
9/12/09, 7:36am
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Anna Karenina and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy,The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri,all the comedies by Moliere,The Persian Boy by Mary Renault,Forever Amber by Kathleen Wilson,
all the books written by Jules Verne,the Iliad and Odyssey by Homer,anything by Garcia Lorca and Don Quixote and Sancho Panza by Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra to name just a few of the books
I re read often.
If possible in the language they were written.(Except Russian).
My
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toppgun
9/12/09, 8:42am
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Being a bookstore owner i find this post very interesting and even more interesting is my favorite "series of books by Terry Goodking.... Sword of Truth. It is a fantasy series and i find it relaxing to "escape" into a fantasy read. 
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and even more interesting is my favorite "series of books by Terry Goodking.... Sword of Truth. It is a fantasy series and i find it relaxing to "escape" into a fantasy read. Nice subject Anwar/images/_common/forums/emoticons/' }
ballycallan
9/12/09, 9:26am
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Being a bookstore owner i find this post very interesting and even more interesting is my favorite "series of books by Terry Goodking.... Sword of Truth. It is a fantasy series and i find it relaxing to "escape" into a fantasy read. Nice subject Anwar
I really enjoy the books from Terry Goodkind also , Have read almost all the series , currently reading "soul of fire" .
btw ... have you seen that they have made his first books into a tv series "legend of the seeker"
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and even more interesting is my favorite "series of books by Terry Goodking.... Sword of Truth. It is a fantasy series and i find it relaxing to "escape" into a fantasy read. Nice subject AnwarI really enjoy the books from Terry Goodkind also , Have read almost all the series , currently reading "soul of fire" .
btw ... have you seen that they have made his first books into a tv series "legend of the seeker"
Bally x x x
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Jake Indigo
9/12/09, 11:09am
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Anwar D
9/12/09, 12:44pm
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Frankie F
9/12/09, 3:25pm
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera.
I guess one cannot live on physical fantasy alone and the romance and ephemeral exhiliration of an orgasm is effectively substituted with this novel and the lifestyle it purports!!! /images/_common/forums/emoticons/' }
I guess one cannot live on physical fantasy alone and the romance and ephemeral exhiliration of an orgasm is effectively substituted with this novel and the lifestyle it purports!!! /images/_common/forums/emoticons/' }
Loveheart
9/12/09, 3:41pm
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There are so many different genres of books I can't limit my favorites to just one book or Author. I agree with Terry Goodkind for the Sword of Truth series. Excellent Fantasy books! The Gourmet Foreplay cookbook/how to manual combines my two favorite things in the world, sex and food! LOL The Swan series by Celeste DeBlases. The Vampire Chronicles and the Witches books by Anne Rice before she was born again. Intensity by Dean Koontz keeps me reading late each time I read it. All of Janet Evanovich number series just because they are a fun quick read. The list goes on and on. /images/_common/forums/emoticons/' }
ballycallan
9/12/09, 5:08pm
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Dean koontz yeaahhhhh !!
If any of you guys do enjoy an good fantasy ( excuse the flirt pun ) . David Eddings Is totally amazing .... seriously a fantastic series of books , I would even rate them a bit above terry goodkind.
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If any of you guys do enjoy an good fantasy ( excuse the flirt pun ) . David Eddings Is totally amazing .... seriously a fantastic series of books , I would even rate them a bit above terry goodkind.
Huggsss
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Milledy
9/14/09, 1:22am
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Minara
9/14/09, 6:47am
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wheelsup
9/14/09, 3:53pm
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The mention of The Portrait of Dorian Gray brings to mind my two favorite plays of his: The Importance of Being Ernest and Lady Windemere's Fan. Both are comedies about identity and societal morals. Interesting topics given Wilde's history.
And I agree with Anwar D, it is good to see so many people reading and the classics no less. /images/_common/forums/emoticons/' }
And I agree with Anwar D, it is good to see so many people reading and the classics no less.
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kashman
9/14/09, 10:50pm
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3 for me
it-stephen king-good example of horror,kept me spellbound
shadow: the legacy of the nixon adminstration thru clinton-i am a political junky, good read
complete sherlock holmes-sir a.c. doyle
total geek, huh? lol
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it-stephen king-good example of horror,kept me spellbound
shadow: the legacy of the nixon adminstration thru clinton-i am a political junky, good read
complete sherlock holmes-sir a.c. doyle
total geek, huh? lol
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Pearla
9/15/09, 9:35am
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez „One Hundred Years of Solitude”, Mario Puzo „The Godfather”, Mikhail Bulgakov „Master and Margarita”, George Orwell „Nineteen Eighty-Four”, Anthony Burgess „Clockwork Ornage”, Heinrich Boll „And Where Were You, Adam?”, Franz Kafka „The Trail”, Erich Maria Remarque „The time to live and a time to die” , Karlheinz Deschner (All books - sorry) and of course Jane Austen „Pride and Prejudice” ;) /images/_common/forums/emoticons/' }
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Anwar D
9/15/09, 9:58am
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very nice books! 
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