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by gone on August 23rd, 2007
Daisie Mae and The Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg. It's not classical literature but I needed a good laugh and she delivered in spades! (In case you don't know, she wrote Fried Green Tomatoes at The Whistle Stop Cafe.)
by POLICE...IN HOT PURSUIT on September 12th, 2008
"Blue Truth: Walking the Thin Blue Line-One Cop's Story of Life in the Streets"
By Cherokee Paul McDonald
(For ten years Officer C.P. McDonald worked the mean streets of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He received over 20 public, city, departmental, and state commendations, and left the force suffering from acute job burnout. Here is his true story--warts and all--comprised of uncolored vignettes which explore the police officer's psyche and his motivation against overwhelming odds)
by Crystal on August 5th, 2008
For Laci:A Mother Story of Love,Loss,and Justice.
by L Anon has a Blank spot in her heart on August 23rd, 2007
Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut
It was a reread and I remembered why I liked it so much the first time :)
by zee-ster on August 23rd, 2007
the hedonist handbook.
by Tom on August 13th, 2006
To Kill a Mockingbird is an excellent book. I also thoroughly enjoyed Catcher in the Rye.
by William McLaughlin on July 24th, 2006
To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee).
Great tale of morality in the face of oppression.
by AK First Blitz on May 15th, 2009
The Bible ofcourse.
by Lunchiebizzle on October 19th, 2008
Probably Call of the Wild. Its the first that i remember that i actually like all the way through and it kept my attention.
by Ice man on September 26th, 2008
The Hobbit, and Lord Of The Rings.
by sparkie2448 on August 23rd, 2007
The new Harry Potter, Excellent book!!! Awesome series!!
by Brian I on August 23rd, 2007
The Boleyn Inheritence by Phillipa Gregory, but only because it's the most recent.
by NotAPeoplePerson on August 23rd, 2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by DjJavy on June 25th, 2007
The Celestine Prophecy
Because it shows the world and human nature in a new perspective
by Constel on April 8th, 2007
The Diadem series, by Jonh (or John) Peel
by lady fuschia on November 30th, 2006
I swear I've answered this question in various forms so many times now! My favorite book of all time is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (closely followed by Valley of the Dolls by Jaqueline Susann), but just for variety's sake here are some other good ones:
Les Liasons Dangereuses - Piere Chorderlos De Laclos
The Plague- Albert Camus
The Passion of New Eve- Angela Carter
Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre
Jamaica Inn- Daphne Du Maurier
My Summer of Love- Helen Cross
The Passion - Jeanette Winterson
The Periodic Table- Primo Levi
Wild Swans- Jung Chang
Brave New World- Aldous Huxley
Wide Sargasso Sea- Jean Rhys
Tess of the D'urbervilles- Thomas Hardy
House of Spirits- Isabelle Allende
The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
Peter Pan - JM Barrie
Alice in Wonderland- Lewis Carrol
The Collector- John Fowles
On The Road- Jack Kerouac
by Anonymous on August 16th, 2006
"Where the Red Fern Grows"--Wilson Rawls
"Fat Men From Space"--Daniel Pinkwater
"The Hobbit" & "Lord of the Rings" trilogy--J.R. Tolkien
by ItsJustDon on August 15th, 2006
A trilogy - Black/Red/White by Ted Dekker is very good. (He has several other very good ones, too.)
Also really like Ender's Game (and Ender's Shadow) by Orsen Scott Card.
Finally, the Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien has been one of my favorites since I was very young.
by donovan reynolds. on August 14th, 2006
"The Catcher in The Rye" by J.D. Salinger
"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Animal Farm" by George Orwell
and I must agree with those who said "To Kill A Mockingbird"
by 1luckyducky on August 13th, 2006
any harry potter books:)
by 'Chengdu on June 20th, 2011
I like a good Atlas.
even with Google Earth around, nothing beats a good Atlas!
by Glenn on September 17th, 2009
"Catcher in the Rye."
by gondola on August 31st, 2009
Ishmael- Daniel Quinn
Welcome to the Monkey House- Kurt Vonnegut
The Dark Tower Series- Stephen King
by just_slightly on August 31st, 2009
catch 22, catcher in the rye
by POLICE...IN HOT PURSUIT on July 28th, 2009
"COPS"
by Mark Baker
by Blessed Dreamer is a girl on May 14th, 2009
The Shack!!!!
by tobi cuti way old version on December 16th, 2008
Inkheart-Cornelia funke
Inkspell-Cornelia funke
Inkdeath-Cornelia funke
by Kravenhead on September 26th, 2008
To Kill a Mockingbird, with out question. It addresses so many of our social failings, from of course, the racial bigotry thread throughout, but also our prejudices regarding education, economics, class, sexism, age, people with special needs and or emotional disabilities, conversely combined, with heartfelt nostalgia, generated by the narrator. Truely a Great American novel. If I could write something even half as good, I'd consider it a great success. Thanks Harper.
by Burt on September 26th, 2008
To kill a Mokingbird
by shady on August 5th, 2008
that's a good one alright I'm reading "Texas" and it's hard to put down
by hey-lo on March 26th, 2008
The Time Travelers Wife.
You gotta read it!!
Not what you'd expect.
(It's not a science-fiction story -- I don't read science fiction -- it's based/written as if it was a story someone was telling you that happened to them (recently) in their life. It's FANTASTIC!! I've purchased it for many people and they all loved it and bought it for others!!)
by The King of Awesome on June 17th, 2007
cats cradle or breakfast of champions by vonnegut, cuz he is a writing god, good question
by Abberz on June 1st, 2007
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume!
by SusieQ on April 15th, 2007
The Stand by Stephen King.
by jae3214 on April 8th, 2007
Watership Down
by Jay Was Here - AYPWIP on March 22nd, 2007
Anything written by Stephen King, but The Shining was probably my favorite.
by SusieQ on March 17th, 2007
Stephen Kings 'The Stand'. The plot and the way only Stephen King can write a story makes it #1 for me.
by Bluerose on March 17th, 2007
Oh so many but this one was the most helpful.
Free Ebook - The Master Key System
http://www.psitek.net/pages/PsiTekTMKSContents.html
by BrianReynolds on January 1st, 2007
The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
by smileitsemily on August 25th, 2006
I know this much is true--Wally Lamb
by pinkpiggies on August 23rd, 2006
Stephen King, From A Buick 8
by RFlagg on August 23rd, 2006
Anything by Stephen King, especialy the "Dark Tower" books. I also realy liked "The Count Of Monti Christo"
by nice jugs on June 20th, 2011
Swiss Family Robinson....
by WABOO on June 20th, 2011
The Old Man and the Sea
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on October 24th, 2009
John Steinbeck
Cannery Row
by Miss Madge on September 23rd, 2009
Pratchett's "The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents."
by HappySmile on September 23rd, 2009
Captain Underpants books by Dav Pilkey.
I like them when I was still 7 and I still like them.
by bye friends health problems on September 20th, 2009
Without a doubt in my heart and soul: The Bible!
by guardian of naught on September 18th, 2009
2001: A Space Odyssey
by emily6 on September 18th, 2009
"Anna Karina" by Tolstoy
How do i donate old textbooks to a nonprofit?
by Answerbag Staff on May 19th, 2010
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I'll have to pick that up. I just finished another Flagg, "I Can't Wait to Get to heaven", I think it's called.
by LynfromNM on August 23rd, 2007
Hi LfromNM!! I think this one is somewhat autobiographical. I know that Fannie won a beauty pageant as does her protagonist in this. But it's really just a great story of a tomboy growing up in absurd situations in the 1950s American South.
by gone on August 23rd, 2007
except for the beauty pageant part, I can identify! Most of my relations are southerners. Good to see you, SK
by LynfromNM on August 23rd, 2007
Fannie makes even the beauty pageant escapade hilarious. For me it would have been sheer hell .. and ALL of my relations were/are Southerners! TGIF ~ manana!
by gone on August 23rd, 2007
Sounds like this book is just too sophisticated for me. I try to stick with titles that end in "for dummies". Do you know if they're going to make a movie out of it? That helps. Or when there's pictures.
And what the HECK happened to your username? (Winner "Most Creative Respelling of the Day")
by Stableboy on August 23rd, 2007
Been spending time on the Rez my brother, literally, and it wrecked me. Sad. Sad. Sad. And now I'm back on AB .. for now! Thanks for the winner award, don't think I've ever had one! As for the book, in the movie market today it wouldn't stand a chance. A fun read though!
by gone on August 23rd, 2007
Please clarify: "spending time on the Rez", and "it wrecked me". Insufficient contextual data found to parse these statements, or invalid operation. Core dump at 0x229FC3.
by Stableboy on August 23rd, 2007
Southern Ute Tribe, Four Corners U.S.A. and offices in Cortez, CO. Last week alone, one 30-something Indian man was found floating in a city pond and another 40-something man beaten to death in a city park. A REAL core dump.
by gone on August 23rd, 2007
And now please clarify how these events would be on your radar as something other than sad news items?
by Stableboy on August 23rd, 2007
And here I thought "rezwreckdid" meant "resurrected".
Bad folks on the loose in the 4 Corners - saw that on the news. Stay safe, my friend, Do they have any leads?
by LynfromNM on August 23rd, 2007
You were right Lyn, it does mean resurrected but I came back to AB after spending some time trying to lend a hand to some issues in the area and felt a little wrecked by it! Didn't mean for it to be sad news .. it just sort of is, Stableboy.
by gone on August 24th, 2007