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Book Reccomendations
Topic Started: Jun 10 2007, 11:38 AM (138 Views)
Rinoa	Jun 10 2007, 11:38 AM Post #1
Senior Member Posts: 2,055 Group: Members Member #66 Joined: February 23, 2006 Gender Female Innate Color Red Zodiac Sign Taurus	What are some books everyone would reccomend for different genres? Some I would reccomend I'm going to list... Fantasy: The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling Eragon (and Eldest) by Christopher Paolini The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan A Midsummer Night's Dream by Sir William Shakespeare Macbeth by Sir William Shakespeare Action/Adventure: I'm not sure if it'd fall here but Battle Royale by Koushun Takami. It could also fall under Sci-fi. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton could also fall under Sci-fi. Most likely belongs there. Classic (aka things people would make you read for school): Romeo and Juliet by Sir William Shakespeare Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee The Odyssey originally by Homer, but there are several re-writes of course Animal Farm by George Orwell I haven't read much outside of fantasy and classic that I'd reccomend, so yeah.
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Norman Bates	Jun 10 2007, 02:38 PM Post #2
Hotel Manager Posts: 108 Group: Members Member #160 Joined: May 16, 2007	You should read Evangeline. It'll change your life. You'll never be the same.
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Rinoa	Jun 10 2007, 03:27 PM Post #3
Senior Member Posts: 2,055 Group: Members Member #66 Joined: February 23, 2006 Gender Female Innate Color Red Zodiac Sign Taurus	I was talking about in general, not for me...I don't need any personally.
	...An enemy that is pure evil? Right and wrong are not what separate us and our enemies. It's our different standpoints, our perspectives that separate us. Both sides blame one another. There's no good or bad side. Just 2 sides holding different views. ~Squall Leonhart


Ice_Jedi5	Jun 10 2007, 03:46 PM Post #4
Instant Karma Posts: 263 Group: Members Member #144 Joined: March 20, 2007	Kurt Vonnegut, Kurt Vonnegut, Kurt Vonnegut. That's who I recommend. A style of writing that is so different you'll be in shock. He was a satirist, very Twain like. If you enjoy Twain then run to your book store or library and buy/take all Kurt Vonnegut's books. I recommend reading a bit of his book before buying, his style is very different. Books to try of his: Cat's Craddle Slaughter House V Breakfast of Champions (nothing to do with the cereal)



Norman Bates	Jun 10 2007, 07:11 PM Post #5
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Specialist290	Jun 18 2007, 01:32 PM Post #6
Admin-type Guy Posts: 8,750 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: October 1, 2005	My personal recommendation list: Fantasy The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, by JRR Tolkein (and that's about it... Don't read much fantasy) Science Fiction Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein Have Space Suit, Will Travel, by Robert Heinlein The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov The "Gaunt's Ghosts" series of Warhammer 40,000 novels, by Dan Abnett The "Ciaphas Cain" series of Warhammer 40,000 novels, by Sandy Mitchell The "Grand Admiral Thrawn" trilogy of Star Wars novels, by Timothy Zahn The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells Dune, by Frank Herbert (and maybe the first two or three sequels, too) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams World War Z, by Max Brooks Other Fiction Animal Farm, by George Orwell Hamlet, by William Shakespeare War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy The Portrait of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde Moby Dick, by Herman Melville All The King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren The Blue Max, by Jack Hunter The Odyssey, by Homer Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson Gulliver's Travels, by Johnathan Swift Shogun, by James Clavell Nonfiction / Biography Pretty much anything about World War II or the American Civil War A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates, by Capt. Charles Johnson The Beatles, by Bob Spitz Caesar's Commentaries (on the Gallic and Civil Wars) The Histories, by Herodotus The Twelve Caesars, by Suetonius Politics, Religion, and Philosophy The Gospel of John The Art of War, by Sun Tzu (translated by Samuel B. Griffith) The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli The Book of Five Rings, by Miyamoto Musashi (translated by Stephen F. Kaufman) Poetry "The Raven," by Edgar Allan Poe "Ozymandias," by Percy Bysshe Shelley All of these are books that I've read at least in part; I haven't included the dozens upon dozens of books that I've wanted to read but haven't gotten to yet.
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Rinoa	Jun 18 2007, 02:38 PM Post #7
Senior Member Posts: 2,055 Group: Members Member #66 Joined: February 23, 2006 Gender Female Innate Color Red Zodiac Sign Taurus	I read Dune five or six years ago, it was really good. Made me thirsty though.
	...An enemy that is pure evil? Right and wrong are not what separate us and our enemies. It's our different standpoints, our perspectives that separate us. Both sides blame one another. There's no good or bad side. Just 2 sides holding different views. ~Squall Leonhart


Specialist290	Jun 18 2007, 05:07 PM Post #8
Admin-type Guy Posts: 8,750 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: October 1, 2005	Rinoa Jun 18 2007, 02:38 PM I read Dune five or six years ago, it was really good. Made me thirsty though. I'm sorry, that statement just cracked me up
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Bob 121	Jun 18 2007, 05:31 PM Post #9
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Rinoa	Jun 10 2009, 10:09 AM Post #10
Senior Member Posts: 2,055 Group: Members Member #66 Joined: February 23, 2006 Gender Female Innate Color Red Zodiac Sign Taurus	A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin. I started reading it last fall. It's become one of my favorites, right up there with Wheel of Time.
	...An enemy that is pure evil? Right and wrong are not what separate us and our enemies. It's our different standpoints, our perspectives that separate us. Both sides blame one another. There's no good or bad side. Just 2 sides holding different views. ~Squall Leonhart


Chukchi Husky	Jun 22 2009, 04:07 PM Post #11
Lone Wolf Posts: 8,235 Group: Retired Mods Member #11 Joined: October 11, 2005 Zodiac Sign Pisces	One book series that I got recommended and began reading is The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. At the moment I almost finished the fourth volume.
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