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Mon Feb-25-08 04:48 PM
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| 61. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry |
| -What's the best book you've read that was written in the last 25 years |
steelemagnolia |
Feb-17-08 10:37 AM |
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I assume you mean fiction..... |
Jade Fox |
Feb-17-08 10:39 AM |
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Huh. I loved Don DeLillo's "Underworld." It changed the way I see the world. |
Heidi |
Feb-17-08 10:44 AM |
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Anything: Fiction, Non-Fiction eom |
steelemagnolia |
Feb-17-08 10:47 AM |
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Thanks, I really liked "She's Come Undone" eom |
steelemagnolia |
Feb-17-08 10:50 AM |
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I might be interested in DeLillo's work. |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Feb-17-08 06:21 PM |
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Please read "Underworld," SA. |
Heidi |
Feb-17-08 11:59 PM |
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It's on my list. |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Feb-18-08 12:01 AM |
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She's Come Undone was really really good |
LibraLiz1973 |
Feb-17-08 08:58 PM |
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DeLillo blows my mind every time. |
Perry Logan |
Feb-25-08 06:40 AM |
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For Fiction |
YankeyMCC |
Feb-17-08 10:46 AM |
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Thanks, I'm going to Barnes and Noble later |
steelemagnolia |
Feb-17-08 10:48 AM |
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Fiction, Oh, so many... |
RetroLounge |
Feb-17-08 11:03 AM |
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Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian"... |
mitchum |
Feb-17-08 11:11 AM |
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That's my pick too. |
MilesColtrane |
Feb-17-08 08:26 PM |
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Since mitchum has already correctly named Blood Meridian |
Orrex |
Feb-18-08 11:01 AM |
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"Anyone who reads, anyone who still lusts for adventure or... |
asteroid2003QQ47 |
Feb-17-08 02:48 PM |
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awesome book. also 'The Journeyer' is a great yarn about Marco Polo. |
KG |
Feb-25-08 10:43 AM |
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The Secret History by Donna Tartt. |
distantearlywarning |
Feb-17-08 04:00 PM |
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Snowcrash |
DS1 |
Feb-17-08 04:03 PM |
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The Diamond Age ended well |
app_farmer_rb |
Feb-17-08 09:02 PM |
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Gilead comes to mind. |
Orsino |
Feb-17-08 04:28 PM |
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I thought "Atonement" was really good |
MassLiberal |
Feb-17-08 04:55 PM |
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Fiction? A Prayer for Owen Meany |
MissMillie |
Feb-17-08 05:14 PM |
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"Oryx and Crake" - Margaret Atwood |
terrya |
Feb-17-08 05:49 PM |
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Nikki Sixx, The Heroin Diaries |
Blarch |
Feb-17-08 06:04 PM |
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Boys Life by Robert R McCammon |
asdjrocky |
Feb-17-08 06:10 PM |
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Fiction: American Gods, Neil Gaiman |
bicentennial_baby |
Feb-17-08 06:19 PM |
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If I may ask, what did you like about it? |
LeftCoast |
Feb-25-08 04:55 AM |
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"American Tabloid" by James Ellroy. |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Feb-17-08 06:24 PM |
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one non-fiction and one fiction |
mokawanis |
Feb-17-08 06:27 PM |
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Speaking of John Irving, |
Perragrande |
Feb-25-08 02:36 PM |
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I just finished "The Kite Runner" |
gemdem |
Feb-17-08 06:29 PM |
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touche |
gristd2 |
Feb-25-08 03:46 PM |
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"Fools Crow" by James Welch |
Wetzelbill |
Feb-17-08 08:56 PM |
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Harry Potter |
The empressof all |
Feb-17-08 09:03 PM |
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Everything is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safran Foer |
SallyMander |
Feb-17-08 09:05 PM |
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That's a tough question to answer. |
azmouse |
Feb-18-08 09:07 AM |
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Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. |
redqueen |
Feb-18-08 09:08 AM |
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The Corrections by Jonathon Franzen, Nobody's Fool and Straight Man by Richard Russo, |
janesez |
Feb-18-08 09:09 AM |
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anything by vonnegut |
lionesspriyanka |
Feb-18-08 09:11 AM |
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Hear, hear! |
av8rdave |
Feb-18-08 10:53 AM |
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Cosbyology |
IzaSparrow |
Feb-18-08 11:05 AM |
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Several... |
bif |
Feb-18-08 11:28 AM |
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THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini is fascinating. |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Feb-18-08 11:31 AM |
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Thanks everyone |
steelemagnolia |
Feb-23-08 07:30 PM |
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If you mean fiction I'm going to nominate the "His Dark Materials" trilogy.. |
Pacifist Patriot |
Feb-23-08 07:38 PM |
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"The Alienist" by Caleb Carr |
ALiberalSailor |
Feb-25-08 02:59 AM |
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Hannibal - The book sequel to Silence of the lambs |
Maraya1969 |
Feb-25-08 05:35 AM |
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Non-fiction: "1776" by David McCullough. Fiction: "The Curious Incident .... |
Richardo |
Feb-25-08 05:46 AM |
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ha |
gristd2 |
Feb-25-08 03:50 PM |
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Great story - I should read to my dogs too. |
Richardo |
Feb-25-08 03:54 PM |
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"The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston |
Tyler Durden |
Feb-25-08 06:04 AM |
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Read that one in one night...couldn't put it down. eom |
steelemagnolia |
Feb-25-08 02:29 PM |
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A tie: "Humboldt's Gift," by Saul Bellow; "Gravity's Rainbow," by Thomas Pynchon. |
Perry Logan |
Feb-25-08 06:40 AM |
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Those are both older than 25 years. n/t |
Shakespeare |
Feb-25-08 04:48 PM |
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Tie between Blood Meridian and Love in the Time of Cholera. |
Shakespeare |
Feb-25-08 04:49 PM |
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The Cider House Rules by John Irving... |
joeybee12 |
Feb-25-08 02:45 PM |
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The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson. |
Forkboy |
Feb-25-08 04:16 PM |
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Random Acts of Senseless Violence by Jack Womack |
MrCoffee |
Feb-25-08 04:17 PM |
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A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind |
irkthesmirk |
Feb-25-08 04:24 PM |
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Into the Forest by Jean Hegland |
mtnester |
Feb-25-08 04:37 PM |
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"Hyperion" by Dan Simmons |
CrownPrinceBandar |
Feb-25-08 04:47 PM |
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A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry |
applegrove |
Feb-25-08 04:48 PM |
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I think I'll nominate... |
otherlander |
Feb-25-08 04:59 PM |
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