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The best book you ever read?

I should also say the source of my moniker, Semi-Tough by Dan Jenkins. Simply the funniest and most entertaining book I've ever read.
 
BullDeacLaw said:
I haven't read it in a long time but probably The Stranger.

I really liked Freedom but know a lot of booknerds hate Franzen
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i'll try to reply better tomorrow but i agree with stranger as well as native son. catch .22 is apparently something i need to read. surprised nobody has mentioned the bible or Lotr, but those are both kind of cliche and the first is more a collection of shot stories than a coherent book. eta: ok i see someone said the bible lol.

all in all a good collection of reading suggestions.

ETA2: would like to see the slaughterhouse 5 rant as well. I loved the book for the motifs about the nature of time, determinism v. free will, and the way humans deal with extreme emotional distress.
 
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WinkinDeac said:
Mine wold probably be Libra or the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. I guess that makes me post-modern.
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Libra is incredible. First 200 pages or so of Underworld is good, too, but I didn't love the book overall. Not a huge fan of White Noise, though.
 
The One and Only by my Wake homie Emily Giffin.

But seriously, 1984.
 
Native Son is a real good one.

Give me White Teeth and The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao for my favorite books of the millennium.
 
I love Pit book threads! It is very difficult to pick just one, so here's a few of my favorites:

Jane Eyre
David Copperfield
Of Human Bondage
Middlemarch
 
good choices

my favorite books since 2000:

Middlesex
Human Stain
Empire Falls
Everything is Illuminated
Tree of Smoke
Fortress of Solitude
 
In all my academic endeavors, I have never read the Count of Monte Cristo. It's THAT good, huh????
 
yeah, for a millennial or afterwards he's like a perfect videogame protagonist. they could probably do a CoMC assassin's creed
 
TownieDeac said:
good choices

my favorite books since 2000:

Middlesex
Human Stain
Empire Falls
Everything is Illuminated
Tree of Smoke
Fortress of Solitude
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Fortress of Solitude had the makings of an excellent book, IMO, but Lethem would be well served by a more assertive editor. That book was really bloated and didn't need to be.
 
Also, if my rep is any indicator, than folks hate My Antonia. Didn't know that. Word.
 
hmm i didn't think it dragged

chronic city was about the same length iirc and also felt pretty fast
 
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