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What's Your Favorite Book?

Postby Glen » Wed Dec 07, 2016 6:44 pm

Hey guys,
I was reading my favorite book today, (which by the way is Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns) and I thought to post this.
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Postby Meryuma » Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:29 pm

fiction: probably House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski
nonfiction: either The Soul of Man Under Socialism by Oscar Wilde or 1491: New Visions of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
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Postby Glen » Thu Dec 08, 2016 2:15 pm

Oooh, nice!
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Postby Jovian Socialist Republic » Thu Dec 08, 2016 2:17 pm

"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee and "Monument 14" by Emmy Laybourne. (both fiction)

I also liked the book "How to Bake Pi" by Eugenia Cheng. (nonfiction)
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Postby Schiltzberg » Thu Dec 08, 2016 3:33 pm

Mine is Life of Pi by Yann Martel
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Postby Deutschen Demokratischen Republic » Thu Dec 08, 2016 3:36 pm

Metro 2033 is my personal favourite book, first picked it up after playing the game (Which was not as good as the book. Which is sad.)
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Postby Anollasia » Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:01 pm

I don't like just one specifically. I like The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Giver by Lois Lowry, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. I also like The Last Invisible Boy by Evan Kuhlman.
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Postby The Romulan Republic » Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:48 pm

Not sure. For a long time, my favourites were The Lord of the Rings, and 1984.
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Postby Carmonia » Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:50 pm

Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth
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Postby Kitzerland » Fri Dec 09, 2016 10:45 am

I'm seeing all these famous pieces of literature, and feeling bad. My favorite is the Dark Tower series, especially the middle ones.
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ooh, nice

Postby Glen » Fri Dec 09, 2016 3:02 pm

These are all great books!
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Postby Soadino » Fri Dec 09, 2016 3:05 pm

My favorite book is Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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Postby Glen » Fri Dec 09, 2016 3:07 pm

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Postby Kitaba » Fri Dec 09, 2016 3:09 pm

War.
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Postby Conoga » Sat Dec 10, 2016 1:20 am

Dubliners, maybe
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Postby Akoz » Sat Dec 17, 2016 4:23 pm

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Postby Augusticinia » Sun Dec 18, 2016 3:25 pm

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Lord of the Rings, or All is Quiet on the Western Front
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Postby Narintia » Sun Dec 18, 2016 3:26 pm

A tale of two cities Charles Dickens
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Postby Grand Proletaria » Mon Dec 19, 2016 11:55 am

I don't really read as much as I should, but The Alchemist was quite good.
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Postby Soviet Haaregrad » Mon Dec 19, 2016 3:16 pm

War and Peace as far as fiction books.
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Postby Asarabanda Lavanda » Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:24 pm

The Vicomte de Brangelonne, and The Art of Howl´s Moving Castle (I am obsessed with Hayao Miyasaki).
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Postby Collatis » Tue Dec 20, 2016 11:39 am

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is my favorite, and the rest of the HP books are up there. Some more conventional favorites of mine are 1984, The Great Gatsby, and To Kill a Mockingbird. I'm sure there are some others I'm forgetting.
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Postby UKCS » Tue Dec 20, 2016 11:42 am

1984, closely followed by the War of The Worlds.
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Postby PaNTuXIa » Tue Dec 20, 2016 3:06 pm

At the moment, probably 1984. But that could change as I'm reading Brave New World soon.
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