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XuChu · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 2429 **Location:** here

Any good books that you'd recommend? Maybe some classics etc.
Translated versions of foreign books are OK as well.

Please tell me about the book

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JacksColon · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 2018 **Location:**

XuChu wrote:

Any good books that you'd recommend? Maybe some classics etc.
Translated versions of foreign books are OK as well.

Please tell me about the book

Book name: The Stranger by Albert Camus
Summary: Albert Camus’s spare, laconic masterpiece about a Frenchman who murders an Arab in Algeria is famous for having diagnosed, with a clarity almost scientific, that condition of reckless alienation and spiritual exhaustion that characterized so much of twentieth-century life. Possessing both the force of a parable and the excitement of a perfectly executed thriller, The Stranger is the work of one of the most engaged and intellectually alert writers of the past century.
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I just thought it was fantastic. I read it a long time ago, but it still is a favorite of mine. A classic. Made me want to move to Algeria for a while hehe

For Non-Fiction, I enjoyed

The Shia Revival by Vali Nasr

Profiled on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, Iranian-born scholar Vali Nasr has become one of America's leading commentators on current events in the Middle East, admired and welcomed by both media and government for his "concise and coherent" analysis (Wall Street Journal). In this "smart, clear and timely" book (Washington Post), Nasr brilliantly dissects the political and theological antagonisms within Islam. He provides a unique and objective understanding of the 1,400-year bitter struggle between Shias and Sunnis, and sheds crucial light on its modern-day consequences—from the nuclear posturing of Iran's President Ahmadinejad to the recent U.S.-enabled shift toward Shia power in Iraq and Hezbollah's continued dominance in Lebanon. This paperback edition features a new foreword for 2007.

Master_Mind · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 1591 **Location:** Norway

Who actualy read books theese days??..:S Books can be heard on a cd, or you can read them online..

Locketart · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 2119 **Location:**

I like the interactive version of books...video games (RpG's)

Fat_Smurf · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:07 pm

Perfume

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfume_%28novel%29

one of the best book I've read yet.

Waisha · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 3216 **Location:** wat

Fat_Smurf wrote:

Perfume

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfume_%28novel%29

one of the best book I've read yet.

+1

Don't watch the movie though, it's gross.

ShizKnight · **Joined:** Mar 2006 **Posts:** 3104 **Location:** _______

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_ice_and_fire

Deadsolid · **Joined:** Dec 2007 **Posts:** 1789 **Location:**

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

A society burns books so everyone is equal.

Loved it. Its about 150 pages and only took me 2 days to read. Im doing a critical term paper on it right now. I highly suggest it to everyone.

Morgoth · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 854 **Location:**

1. Pendragon(series)

2. About a guy who travels through many parallel "territories"

3. It is one of the best, if not THE best, science fiction/fantasy book series i have ever read. The book starts out here on earth and many of its elements give it a sense of realistic fiction. If you like fiction it will definitely get you hooked. The books are very exciting, i promise. The series isn't over however, i think there are about 9 books in the series so far but they dont get boring. You should definitely check them out.

XemnasXD · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:00 pm

all you guys are listing classics, except for Perfume most of that stuff was required HS reading come on....throw out something new.

one of my personal favorites is

Wicked - by Gregory Maguire

Its basically the story of the "Wicked" Witch of the West. If you've seen or heard the musical forget it, it hardly anything like the book. Maguires version of Oz is like jumping back to the 1800's with a Gothic twist. The eastern farmlands are going through drought causing uprisings and pagan worship among the farmers. The Northern Industrial area is growing however slowly, its progress halted by political powers in the Emerald City. The Southern marshes are under raid as the land is spoiled by Imperial prospectors to reaches the riches below. The arrival of the Wizard brings first a Coup followed quickly by war, genocide, and a style of rule similar to Nazi Germany.
If you were expecting simply a retelling of "The Wizard of Oz" your looking in the wrong place as that part of the book is only towards the very end. This is really the story of a person, a woman, an outcast from birth and how she develops from an empathetic naturalist to a silent rebel and finally having lost so much into a isolationist hated and rejected from the world.
This is not a children's story and is extremely graphic at some parts often catching you off guard but its not so graphic is hard to read. Maguire has taken a fantasy world imaginable only in make-believe and turned into a story so real, so human, you'll be left unexpected satisfied by the end.

on a scale of 1-10 1 being the lowest 10 being the highest i'd give this book a solid 9/10 and believe me im quite a bookworm but im an extremely critical reader.

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

All of Dan Browns books are pretty good

SM-Count · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 2761 **Location:** /wave

Catch 22

Fun book about a world war I pilot who wants to get out of the air force. The plot is hard to follow, the setting changes constantly, none of the characters make any logical sense, everyone in the book is probably crazy, and the time line goes to random spots every chapter; which makes it very funny and a great book.

Jstar1 · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 4757 **Location:**

Lord of the Ring books and The Hobbit, read hobbit first. All 4 books are great works of high fantasy. And its not an exxageration to say that Tolkien spawned all the fantasy shit they have now..like eragon, ewww.

Jurassic Park and the Lost World, like the movie but just as good

john steinbeck books, of mice and men is a good one

Draquish · **Joined:** Mar 2006 **Posts:** 6423 **Location:** ____

The Twilight Series.

Squirt · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 8186 **Location:**

How the grinch stole christmast

In the time of the butterflies

Breed · **Posted:** Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:53 am

XuChu wrote:

Any good books that you'd recommend? Maybe some classics etc.
Translated versions of foreign books are OK as well.

Please tell me about the book

Book name:Fanboy and Goth Girl
Summary: Cute book that shows the brighter side of the gothic culture. Instead of the usual riff raff..
Your Opinions:
Loved it!!! Downed it in a night. Think it has a myspace chck it out!

Dystopia · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 2317 **Location:**

The kite runner
To lazy to sum it up
Was the only book i ever enjoyed reading...get the book.

[AoW]ForLife · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 519 **Location:** Fembria

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Just plain old awesome book.

This chronicles the adventures of Earthling Arthur Dent has he hitch-hikes across the galactic disc, lacking a home due to the sudden destruction of the Earth by Vogons. The book follows Dent's wacky adventures with time travel, teleportation, sports, poetry, and alcohol.

This book is one of the most entertaining books ever written. Read it today for a good laugh.

XuChu · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 2429 **Location:** here

Thanks I was in a mood for a read but I had no idea what to read.

Belgarath · **Joined:** Jun 2006 **Posts:** 1745 **Location:**

His Excellency by Joseph Ellis

Biography of George Washington: Explains George's life in great depth showing how his views did not always parallel those of the American public or other political figures.

I'm not done with it yet, but it is a great read.

HyorunmarouZ · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 1839 **Location:** Hell.

When i played The Witcher game, i was interested in Sapkowski's books (the Geralt of Rivia saga), and i can say that it's one of the best real fantasy (i use "real fantasy" when i think something very real is being said through a ficitional story) books i've read.

There's "The Historian" too, i can't remember the autor right now

"The World of Sophia" by Jostein Gaarder.

"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë.

And Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials Trilogy".

I really like them, because of the nature of human's behavior described in them more than anything else (the narrative quality is also really good).

Doron · **Posted:** Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:45 pm

I've read the Wicca Series, by Kate Tiernan.

Good books, and ev en though their a bit thin, it is a 7 books series, so it's all very exciting.

In case you didn't notice, it's about wicca.

heroo · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 6618 **Location:**

Crusade in Jeans from Thea Beckman.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy from Tolkien.

MrBow · **Posted:** Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:06 pm

Author: Campbell Armstrong
Title: JIG
Summary: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jig-Coronet-Boo ... 034042219X

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A shipment of money, raised in the USA and destined for the IRA, is hijacked by person or persons unknown. The IRA is obviously not going to be happy with this - their best man, Jig, is dispatched to find out what went wrong, retrieve the money, and mete out retribution. He has a contact in the States, but the Brits are sending a man after him, and it looks like another player has headed across the Atlantic as well.
"Jig" is a first-rate thriller, one of the best ever to use the conflict in Northern Ireland as its driving force, and far superior to the bulk of better publicised (and hyped-up) thrillers published since the 1980's. Although the situation in Ireland has undergone significant changes since the writing of "Jig", it remains a compulsive read. Campbell Armstrong writes a fast paced novel in which he builds a number of convincing characters and explores the dynamics of their interaction in sophisticated fashion. It's a timeless classic. This is an intelligent, seriously well-written page turner of a book from a highly skilled author. An exciting, highly enjoyable thriller.

Tasdik wrote:

All of Dan Browns books are pretty good

+1

Jstar1 wrote:

Lord of the Ring books and The Hobbit, read hobbit first. All 4 books are great works of high fantasy. And its not an exxageration to say that Tolkien spawned all the fantasy shit they have now..like eragon, ewww.

+1

agent420 · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 952 **Location:**

I've been reading Tim Dorsey lately. Anything in his series is good. Recurring caracters and actual florida history mixed with fiction make them a fun read. All of his books are funny and action packed. You will fall in love with his unlikely hero Serge A. Storms. The character has several coexisting mental illnesses that render him obsessive, psychopathic, and frequently homicidal, but Storms serves as the anti-hero in Dorsey's works due to his strong sense of moral absolutism and justice. Serge is quite intelligent, and frequently devises wildly inventive ways of condemning villains (or at least who he perceives as such) to death.

YangKang · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 838 **Location:**

Charlie and the chocolate Factory

- Best book I ever read so much action a girl nearly blows up, a nerdy nerd guy, a guy who can only buy 1 chocolate bar in a year and some fat parents what do you want more?

MrJoey · **Posted:** Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:36 pm

I've yet to be disappointed by any Raymond Feist books.

Casey613 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:48 pm

Steppenwolf, by Hermann Hesse.

mmellu · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 837 **Location:**

Im reading one finnish book name joulutarina. (Translatio) Cristmas story

Telling how santa claus born ^^

Megami · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 1019

Draquish wrote:

The Twilight Series.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
YES. My all time favorite book series besides harry potter of course. hehe. the twilight series is amazing and really interesting. i loved it and i cannot wait for book #4 and for the twilight movieee<3333

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