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In reply to the discussion: I need everyone's help again with a book list. This one is Top 5 books you've read. [View all]OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)First off, Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities and in that same vein, Silas Marner, Great Expections, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Miserables.
Bram Stoker's Dracula is still the best Vampire book (although there are many more modern ones I also love - Yes, Anne Rice and also Poppy Z. Brite)
2 different Frankensteins - Mary Shelley's of course but also Dean Koontz did a series of Frankenstein novels in the present day (although the main monster and doctor are the ones from Mary's day. His best work if you don't count the Odd Thomas series.)
The original Frank Herbert Dune series. I haven't read any of the ones his son and others wrote after he died.
Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian stories - they are mostly short stories but conveniently arranged in novel form across several books.
Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land (and most of his other books too but this is my favorite).
Neuromancer by William Gibson. His other books are pretty great too but this is the one that turned me into a full-fledged geek.
Everything by Philip K. Dick.
Brian Lumley's Necroscope universe is huge and wonderful. It's hard to keep track of all the series/sequels/prequels/side stories with some of the same characters and whatnot but it's worth getting lost in the world.
Robert McCammon's Swan Song and Boy's Life are two great horror novels.
IT by Stephen King. (The Dark Tower series and the Green Mile series as well)
And A Game Of Thrones. I started reading it long before there was a TV show.