Subject: Best novel you've ever read.
Posted by: ElusiveDream
Date: Jul 01 12
I would have to say that the best novel I've ever read was written by American dinosaur expert, Dr. Robert Bakker. It's called 'Raptor Red' and follows a year in the life of a female Utahraptor. Which novel do you think is the best one you've ever read?
Posted by: ElusiveDream
Date: Jul 01 12
I would have to say that the best novel I've ever read was written by American dinosaur expert, Dr. Robert Bakker. It's called 'Raptor Red' and follows a year in the life of a female Utahraptor. Which novel do you think is the best one you've ever read?
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Reynariki 
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The one that comes to mind immediately is Martin Eden by Jack London. It made such a strong impression on me I couldn't read anything else for a couple of weeks. Reply #21. Dec 22 13, 6:16 PM |
jolana
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Anything by Milan Kundera. He can play with the reader! Reply #22. Dec 22 13, 7:47 PM |
skydude13579
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Either Les Miserables, Gravity's Rainbow, or Moby Dick Reply #23. Dec 27 13, 12:03 AM |
queenofquizzes
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Mine would the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. Reply #24. Feb 15 14, 11:06 AM |
imphic
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Killer Angels by Michael Shaara Reply #25. Feb 15 14, 1:40 PM |
Dagny1
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If I can pick only one, I'll go with The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. It's got everything in it! Reply #26. Feb 15 14, 2:24 PM |
Nammage
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I have no idea. I mean, if you're asking what our favorite novel is, I could tell you straight off but do I consider that to be the best I have ever read? I have no clue. Don't remember half the things I've read. And I've read a lot. -Nam Reply #27. Mar 13 14, 12:18 AM |
rockinsteve
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I'll go with Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes. The ending is terribly sad but it is SO wonderfully written!! Reply #28. Mar 13 14, 12:42 AM |
| saturnchick23
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Reply #29. Sep 07 14, 5:14 PM |
alpinesquill
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The books that marked my life: 1.Alice in Wonderland 2.The Neverending Story 3.The Decameron (tales) 4.The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa) 5.Les Misérables 6.Tale of Two Cities 7.Great Expectations 8.Don Quixote 9.Arabian Nights (stories) 10. The Picture of Dorian Gray (I wouldn't recommend this one to a young person, because it is too haunting, it had a powerful impact upon me) Reply #30. Oct 23 14, 8:15 PM |
rockinsteve
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Two more of my favorites are Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. These were both better than the movie versions, but the movies were excellent as well. Reply #31. Jan 03 15, 1:05 AM |
Mixamatosis
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There are so many good books, I can't choose a single one as best. This is a list of best books selected because my enjoyment and opinion of them has lasted over time.It's only those that came into my head. There are others I've probably overlooked. The Iliad of Homer retold by Barbara Leonie Picard illustrated by Kiddell-Monroe The Odyssey of Homer - ditto Catch 22 To Kill a Mockingbird One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Oxford Myths and Legends series ( a book for each country's myths and legends) varius authors, all illustrated by Kiddell-Monroe The Barracks - John McGahern Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy 1984- George Orwell The Quiet American - Graham Greene A Place of Greater Safety - Hilary Mantel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch - Alexander Solzhenitsyn First Circle - Alexander Solzhenitzyn Cancer Ward - Alexander Solzhenitsyn Augustus - Allan Massie Lustrum, Imperium and Dictator - Robert Harris An Officer and a Spy - Robert Harris Masters of Rome (a series of books) - Colleen McCullough Non-Stop and Hot House - Brian Aldiss Mary Renault's trilogy on Alexander the Great. Earth - Emile Zola The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexander Dumas Great Expectations - Charles Dickens Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte The Water of the Hills - Marcel Pagnol The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien Reply #32. Aug 20 16, 12:21 PM |
elmo7
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I have decided to consider only contemporary novels, and by that separation, I choose "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver. I have read it several times and it never fails to give satisfaction, probably as it's not overly dependent on plot. Reply #33. Aug 23 16, 8:21 PM |
paulmallon
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One of only a couple that I've read more than once (30 years apart): "The Caine Mutiny", by Herman Wouk. Reply #34. Sep 12 16, 11:01 PM |
wmd
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A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole Reply #35. Feb 28 17, 3:58 PM |
misstified
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I like many novels by a number of nineteenth century authors, for instance: Pride and Prejudice and others by Jane Austen David Copperfield and others by Charles Dickens Silas Marner and other by George Eliot Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Reply #36. Nov 09 17, 3:09 PM |
bluesman57
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Rosemary's Baby and The Boys From Brazil, both by Ira Levin. Reply #37. Dec 17 18, 5:48 PM |
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