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Malenko:
my fave book as a kid was "Where the red fern grows"
and now as an adult, my Favorite is "How to talk to a widower" by Johnathan Trotter.

massive88:
It took till Shmokes to hit some of my favorites.  Ill go ahead and relist for emphasis.

1. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
2. Song of Fire and Ice - George RR Martin
3. Gateway - Frederick Pohl
4. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
5. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
6. All the Kings Men - Robert Penn Warren
7. The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner
8. Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
9. The Eye of the World - Robert Jordan (Ok the first wasnt my favorite, but cant recommend a book in the middle can I?)
10. Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury

I went over my Sci-Fi quota I am sure, oh well.

Malenko - ditto on the Red Fern Grows as a kid.

shardian:
I'll second a few of these mentioned:

Ender's Game - Great book. I have read all in the series, including Ender's Shadow and the books following Bean thru adulthood. Ender's Shadow is a really neat read, but you most definitely have to read Ender's Game first.

Frankenstein - I read this finally about a year ago. Fantastic book! Definitely not what you would expect.


And for a guilty pleasure Sci-Fi, I recommend Ringworld. That book serves as the basis for Halo of course. Why is it a guilty pleasure? because the author is a huge perv, and you will never see so much interspecies sex in any other book series. Ever.

Another great book I liked that I assume is mostly Non-fiction is
All Creatures Great and Small - by James Herriot

The book is laugh out loud funny, and if it doesn't leave you in a feel good mood after a chapter or two, then you aren't human.

wp34:
There are some good ones already mentioned.   Here is my list.  I tried not to list any books already mentioned.

1. The Bounty Trilogy - Nordoff & Hall
2. Armor - John Steakley
3. Dies the Fire - S.M. Stirling
4. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
5. 1984 - Orwell
6. The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller
7. Without Remorse - Tom Clancy
8. John Adams - McCullough
9. Sword of Shannara - Brooks
10. The Time Traveler's Wife - Niffenegger

ark_ader:

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Yep I like Stephen Hawking even though he sounds like a speak and spell.


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classy, full of christian compassion aren't we :tool:

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I'll make a compromise for you Polaris.

I dig out the New Testament Ebook and have Uncle Vista read it out to me.

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