Favorite books of all time?
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How can a forum on books not have this topic??!!
C'mon everyone, tell us your favourites of all time!
Mine is:
1. Angela's Ashes - bittersweet and absolutely charming. Sequel 'Tis is not bad too
2. A Clockwork Orange - the language is delightful!! Even better than the film!
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mine... hard to narrow down..
Dune Series by Frank Herbert (i cheat. i know
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley -
i read and re-read these.......
not relli fav but dunno why dun mind to read again and again....esp when im doing "big business"
The Chrysalids
by John Wyndham
The Rainmaker
by John Grisham
Wu Ya
by Jiu Dan
History of Chinese Literature
by assorted authors
(this is actually my old textbook....haha!) -
Wah...alot leh....try and narrow it down...
No 1 choice : The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
such a simple story and yet it really inspired me to follow my dreams....this was a life changing book.
others ...
The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R Tolkein
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
One Hundred years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
All I need to know I learned in Kindergarten - Robert Fulghum -
Let's see.....
1. Jin Yong's novels
2. Anne MacAffrey's Dragon series
3. Hickman and Weis' Chronicles and Legends (Dragonlance)
4. Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals
5. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings -
Stephen King's The Green Mile-very poignant.
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Harry Potter series by JK Rowling.
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Da Vinci Code
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Joy Luck Club
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verses that hurt
hear a grown man cry,now watch him die
love is a dog from hell
say you love satan
night stalker
bravo two zero
and of cos, all Lovecraft books -
Can't just pick one favorite so:
"The Unbearable Likeness of Being"
"Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenence"
"The Old man and the Sea"
"A Clockwork Orange"
"Securities Analysis"
"The Iliad"
"Kokoro"
"The Divine Comedy"
"Romeo & Juliet"
"To Kill a Mockingbird"
"Ivanhoe"
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1) Catcher in the Rye
2) Rule of the Bone
3) The Alchemist
4) Veronika Decides to Die
5) Eleven Minutes
6) The Unbearable Lightness of Being
7) The Tao of Pooh
The Sweet Hereafter
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- tuesdays with morrie, mitch albom
- the power of empathy, arthur p. ciaramicoli and katherine ketcham
i personally re-read them many times...thought that they are reflective and touching
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le petit prince!
ok... i read the english version... but i aim to read the french one soon... anyone going paris?
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no need to go all the way to paris to get ....can get from kinokuniya....I got mine from there.......Originally posted by neuros:le petit prince!
ok... i read the english version... but i aim to read the french one soon... anyone going paris? -
Originally posted by lao_chio:
Georgie Boy!!!
How can a forum on books not have this topic??!!
C'mon everyone, tell us your favourites of all time!
Mine is:
1. [b]Angela's Ashes - bittersweet and absolutely charming. Sequel 'Tis is not bad too
2. A Clockwork Orange - the language is delightful!! Even better than the film! [/b]
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care to talk more abt this book? wanted so much to buy, but scared i will have a tough time reading it...Originally posted by care bear:Wah...alot leh....try and narrow it down...
No 1 choice : The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
such a simple story and yet it really inspired me to follow my dreams....this was a life changing book.
others ...
The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R Tolkein
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
One Hundred years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
All I need to know I learned in Kindergarten - Robert Fulghum -
Originally posted by care bear:no need to go all the way to paris to get ....can get from kinokuniya....I got mine from there.......
c'est vrai? la version française?
last time i went dun have leh... okie... will go take a look again soon... -
oui...Originally posted by neuros: c'est vrai? la version française?
last time i went dun have leh... okie... will go take a look again soon...
if dun have, you can aske them to order for you, non? I believe they have such a service...