Reply With QuoteWhite Teeth - Zadie Smith
Pinballs - Betsy Byers from when I was a kid
This is one of mine. Lost count of the number of time I have read it over the years.
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Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
White Teeth - Zadie Smith
Pinballs - Betsy Byers from when I was a kid
Nothing too deep for me, books Ive read a fair few times , are
The World According To Garp.......by Jon Irving.
Hearts In Atlantis.......................by Stephen King..
The Power Of One......................by Bryce Courtney
I tend to do most of my reading, on my hols, over the last few years, the above 3 are well read by myself!
Little Prince.
John Kennedy Toole : A Confederacy of dunces . A very funny read .
Franz Kafka :The trial .A classic novel and very relevant for these times
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Don't know where to begin, but this is the one that jumped to mind. I Don't agree with Rands world view, but loved this. I've given out a fair few copies over the years.
J
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I'd have thought your choice would be -Originally Posted by Jardine32
Very good. In later life Larwood would show visitors to his home a silver ashtray, engraved with, "To Harold, for the ashes. From a grateful skipper."
J
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The Snow Goose.
The Great Gatsby.
a perfect novel.
Any Elmore Leonard offering
This
Or pretty much anything by Eric Newby.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
This was the other one that sprung to mind. Herodotus, Histories. A firm favourite from school days and it sparked off a life long love of history.
J
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Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - the trilogy in 5 parts.
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If I find an author I like I try to read everything they've written. Doesn't always work out. Some libraries don't keep a full catalogue.
I'm currently into Margaret Attwood.
The Adventures Of Goodnight And Loving - Leslie Thomas
Probably falls a little below the political correctness threshold these days but it's my favourite book and is still utterly charming and laugh-out-loud funny in places!
Essential reading for any man who has ever thought, however fleetingly, of running away.
The Profanisaurus.
Possibly the finest work in Western literature.
I can't read it. I end up being sick with laughter.
I agree.
I agree with this too, plus in the same vein pretty much anything by Patrick Leigh Fermor.
Like films it's hard to pick a favourite but Stephen King's - The Stand was the first book I read that I couldn't wait to get back to.
Something of Value (Robert Ruark)
Portnoy’s Complaint, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy & Money are three of the funniest books I’ve ever read.
I really like Evelyn Waugh, read a lot of his stuff, Decline and Fall is probably my favourite. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller is up there. Other favourites would be Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe, The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks, The Godfather by Mario Puzo, 1984 by Orwell.
In recent years I tend to find myself reading more and more non fiction stuff for some reason.
Some of my all-time favorites, in no particular order:
Without Remorse - Tom Clancy
And for those that like Stephen King's epic doorstop novel The Stand, try Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon. I like both a lot but McCammon just edges it for me in the post-apocalyptic stakes.
Almost forgot, Death In The Long Grass by Peter Hathaway Capstick, entertaining accounts of big game hunting in Africa.
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Catch 22
Heller
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is my favourite book ever. Grim, but definitely worth it.
Hobbit,
Lord of the Rings,
The Player of Games.
Nothing too taxing
Favourite book - Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
Books I've read most times ( although I haven't re-read a book for many years) - It and The Stand by King
Favourite series - Necroscope by Brian Lumley
Also listen to a lot of audiobooks so a few favourites
The Martian by Andy Weir
Dragon Tattoo series by Stieg Larsson
Department Q books by Jussi Adler Olsen
Ready Player One, Ernest Cline
The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
Oh, yes! Plus Gillian Flynn...
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