What is your favorite novel?

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Greetings,

I've enjoyed so many novels over the years, it's hard to pick just one. Some I've read over and over. Here's a few in my top 50:

- The Three Musketeers series by Alexandre Dumas
- The Stand by Stephen King
- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
- The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- The Clan of the Cave Bear series by Jean M. Auel

I'd recommend any of these, along with Dune, Arabian Nights, and several others already mentioned.

Sincerely,

--Dan Edge
 
DanEdge said:
Greetings,

I've enjoyed so many novels over the years, it's hard to pick just one. Some I've read over and over. Here's a few in my top 50:

- The Three Musketeers series by Alexandre Dumas
- The Stand by Stephen King
- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
- The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- The Clan of the Cave Bear series by Jean M. Auel

I'd recommend any of these, along with Dune, Arabian Nights, and several others already mentioned.

Sincerely,

--Dan Edge
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I liked The Three Musketeers but I found The Count of Monte Cristo to be superior.
The Stand was pretty good. I found the guy that set the gas stations on fire to be funny, in some way.
I never tried to read Les Miserables because I read The Hunchback of Notre Dame and I found it really boring.
I've read everything by Dostoyevsky except The Demons. I loved them all except The Gambler. He is one of my favorite authors.
The cover of The Clan of the Cave Bear is vaguely familiar but I've never read it. I'll look it up.

Ohh and welcome to the board.
 
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Snow said:
I love Watership Down.

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It is about bunnies but it is really sad.
They made a movie about it, which was pretty good but it was far from the brilliance of the novel.
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This HAS to be the cutest post ever on this forum :)

Scimi

EDIT: Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist was an endearing read. Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird was exemplary. Asimov's vision in his Robots books was - theorietical science, in story form. Genius. I don't know... I guess I can go on like this but for me, I think it would be fair to say that when deciding which book is the best, it is best to narrow that down into genre's.

Scimi
 
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I too like The Clan of the Cave Bear but of my mind the story starts to repeat itself after the first few parts. Maybe it has too many sequels. But that´s of course just my opinion.
 
I thought it was very emotionally charged, and appreciated the simple use of language. Goes down as an instant classic in my book. Bleak theme for a non DUBSTEP generation - that's an accolade I think :)

Scimi
 
sister herb said:
I too like The Clan of the Cave Bear but of my mind the story starts to repeat itself after the first few parts. Maybe it has too many sequels. But that´s of course just my opinion.
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Sister Herb,

I agree that these novels are somewhat repetitive, especially the romantic elements. The author makes Jondolar sound like a weak man who is always generating emotional problems in his relationship with Ayla. But I still really enjoy these novels because it's clear that the author did a lot of research into the pre-history of humankind. The final book in the series, "The Land of Painted Caves," was written after the discovery of the Chauvet Caves in France, which contains the oldest cave paintings discovered to date. Jean M. Auel was allowed access to the caves and she incorporated these experiences into her writing. Her incredible research is part of the reason I love her books.

Sincerely,

--Dan Edge
 
DanEdge said:
Sister Herb,

I agree that these novels are somewhat repetitive, especially the romantic elements. The author makes Jondolar sound like a weak man who is always generating emotional problems in his relationship with Ayla. But I still really enjoy these novels because it's clear that the author did a lot of research into the pre-history of humankind. The final book in the series, "The Land of Painted Caves," was written after the discovery of the Chauvet Caves in France, which contains the oldest cave paintings discovered to date. Jean M. Auel was allowed access to the caves and she incorporated these experiences into her writing. Her incredible research is part of the reason I love her books.

Sincerely,

--Dan Edge
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I agree. I too am interesting about these books because of their historic elements. Well, I always have been interesting about history.
 
V.C Andrews...Flowers in the Attic, Petals in the Wind, If there be thorns...

I quite like her books...

James Patterson Alex Cross series

He is also good...

There are many authors...sadly i can only think of them...'my brain is in zombi mode' lol
 
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This is a rather imaginative work of fiction.

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Awesome book.
So many quotable things he wrote. One of my favorite is:
'He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.'
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Another one that is rarely quoted but no less awesome:
'Our problem is not machines acting like humans -- it’s humans acting like machines.
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I haven't read many classical novels admittedly, since fiction isn't usually my first choice in reading these days. George Orwells Animal Farm blew me away, definitely a must read. I recently read The Great Gatsby and Wuthering Heights, and while I usually turn my nose up to fiction, the richness of language and the effortless command these classical authors have over language is truly astonishing.

Classical novels are in whole other league, I like the way they don't always follow a typical story line but weave in and out of topics and themes.
 
ajr said:
Flowers in the Attic
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I vaguely remember reading that book as a teen.
Seemed a bit creepy. If I remember correctly, there was some ghost writer that kept on writing the stories. I could be wrong.
 
Ok so now you confusing me hahha...

Flowers in the attic is about orphans... mother is wealthy, marries a 'working class' regular guy and he dies eventually... daughter moves back to her mothers with her kids...grandmother puts her kids in the attic. Its actually a good read. There has been movies made.

The reason why im so cryptic, well its because its a good read, id hate to be the spoiler of a good read.
 
ajr said:
Ok so now you confusing me hahha...

Flowers in the attic is about orphans... mother is wealthy, marries a 'working class' regular guy and he dies eventually... daughter moves back to her mothers with her kids...grandmother puts her kids in the attic. Its actually a good read. There has been movies made.

The reason why im so cryptic, well its because its a good read, id hate to be the spoiler of a good read.
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I'll have to read it again.
 
Assalamu Alaykum,

I like the romantic British classics - I can never have enough of Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre or Pride and Prejudice, they're in a league of their own. :wub:

I enjoyed To Kill a Mockingbird, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies... I haven't read a good book for so long now, with exams and all. If anyone wants to give any suggestions I like the romantic classics, science fiction, thrillers and historical novels. :D


BTW, I vaguely remember hearing of Flowers in the Attic - doesn't it have an uncomfortable theme? It was banned in several states in America I think.
 
I also want to read of Mice and Men and the Alchemist. I am such a book nerd - if anyone wants to go in my good books they just have to give me a nice novel. :)
 
Angels and Demons, and Inferno by Dan Brown :shade:

Jane Eyre was a nightmare for me. Maybe I just read it for the sake of it.

Treasure island, probably the best read when I was 9.

A tale of two cities; the ending was heartbreaking

More names later
 
Sasuke Shinden is something I'd be interested. Though not a big fan of reading though.
 

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