Give me a list of your 10 favorite books

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  1. #1 The Nickatina, Dec 4, 2013
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    I am currently living on a boat.  After the holidays I will be traveling to the bahamas for about 6 months and plan on doing some reading.  I don't care what subject the books are on.  Just your favorite 10 books.

     
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  2. #2 Eyedeas3, Dec 6, 2013
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    The voice of knowledge
    Your freedom to be
    The making of a counter culture
    She's come undone
    Metaphysic of morals
    Joyously through the days
    Four agreements
    I am an emotional creature
    Stillness speaks
    Insecure at last

    There you are :)
    edit:have a beautiful time in the Bahamas!
     
  3. First half's fiction, second half non-fiction
     
    Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis
    The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell
    Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
    The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft
     
    Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf (I've got four copies of this collection of funny jokes and anecdotes)
    Popular Crime by Bill James (a baseball statistician researches America's most notorious crimes)
    The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence S, Ritter (turn-of-the-century baseball players recall their playing days)
    Never Trust A Naked Bus Driver by Jack Douglas (jokes and anecdotes, so good I've got two copies)
    My Brother Was An Only Child by Jack Douglas (jokes and anecdotes)
     
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  4. #4 White Indian, Dec 6, 2013
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    The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger
    Ham on Rye - Charles Bukowski
    The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler
    Hellfire (Jerry Lee Lewis biography) - Nick Tosches
    Absalom, Absalom - William Faulkner
    Lie Down in Darkness - William Styron
    Ask the Dust - John Fante
    Lolita - Vladimir Nobakov
    Brighton Rock - Graham Green
    The Glass Key - Dashiell Hammett
     
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  5. #5 loopster, Dec 9, 2013
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    Arguing with idiots by Glenn beckL'étrangers by Albert Camus Lsd my problem child by Albert Hoffman The mist by Stephen king Atlas shrugged by ayn rand (the two part movie is not as dry but less informative)Could read anthem it's suppose to be a shorter version of atlas
     
  6. Thanks guys, I'll look into them :)
     
  7. Siddhartha
    Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
    The Giver
    Rant (by Chuck Palahniuk) 
    Perks of Being a Wallflower
    Fahrenheit 451
    Harry Potter!
    Dharma Bums
    Ham On Rye
    Naked Lunch (<-- Good luck with that one! Fun while stoned though)
     
     
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  8. 1.The Dark Tower series
    2.1984
    3.Fight Club
    4.The Mayfair Witches series
    5.Odd Thomas series
    6.The Stand
    7.Anything by H.P. Lovecraft
    8.Lord of the Flies
    9.Fahrenheit 451
    10.Animal Farm
     
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  9. Models-Attract women through honestyMark MansonBEST READ ALL YEAR.
     
  10. Catcher in the Rye
    The Great Gatsby
    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
    1984
    Animal Farm
    Brave New World
    Anthem
    The Sun Also Rises
    Fight Club
    Of Mice and Men
     
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  11. ^^^^basically my freshman English class.

    My top 10:

    1.) It - Stephen King
    2.) The Gunslinger - Stephen King
    3.) Fallen Angels - Walter Dean Myers
    4.) Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
    5.) Stormbreaker - Anthony Horrorwitz
    6.) Perks of Being a Wallflower - John Green
    7.) Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling
    8.) Gregor The Overlander - Suzanne Collins
    9.) The House Of The Scorpion - Nancy Farmer
    10.) Lexicon - Max Barry
     
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  12. #12 Jamma, May 11, 2014
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    My top ten:

    1. Eragon - Christopher paolini
    2. Eldest - Christopher paolini
    3. Brisingr - Christopher paolini
    4. Inheritance - Christopher paolini
    5. Cain and Abel - Jeffery Archer
    6. The end of Mr Y - Scarlett Thomas
    7. The Talisman - Stephen King
    8. Odessey - Homer
    9. Hard Times - Charles Dickens
    10. Kate Mosse - Labyrinth

    I love to read when lightly baked. But it is a fine line between that and being too baked to read.

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  13. Animal Farm
    George Orwell

    Salem's Lot
    Stephen King

    Where the Red Fern Grows
    Forgot Author

    Budding Prospects
    T.C. Boyle (all about weed)

    The Art of War
    Sun Tzu

    Liar's Poker
    Michael Lewis

    Cannery Row
    John Steinbeck

    Harry Potter of course, read em all at least 3 times over

    The Hobbit
    J.R.R Tolkien

    More Money than God (all about how hedge funds changed Wall Street forever and how the future of money management lies in Hedge Funds).
    Sebastian Mallaby



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  14. I guess your trip is already over but here's my 10 books in no particular order:
     
    House of Leaves
    Roadside Picnic
    Wonderland Avenue
    In Watermelon Sugar
    Junky
    Der Steppenwolf
    1984
    Kingdom of Fear
    Budding Prospects
    Doppler
     
  15. 1. the bible
    2. animal farm by george orwell
    3. yellow pages
    4. Alcoholics anonymous
     
    and for shits and giggles: Letters from God by Norman Vincent Peale.
     
    And that's all I can think of for now sorry.
     
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  16. Goosebumps complete collection - RL Stine

    That's all I can recommend because that's all I've ever read


    Omega369
     
  17. Desperation
    The Regulators
    Pet Semetary
    Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
    The Little Red Hen
    We Were Soldiers
    The Monster At The End Of This Book
    The Angels Crime
    Everythings Eventual
     
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  18. Go, Dog. Go!
     
    Where the Wild Things Are
     
    Playboy
     
    The Gilded Ages
     
    The Kite Runner
     
    The Odyssey by Winslow Homer
     
  19. Varney the vampire, the feast of blood.

    The alchemist.

    Harry potter series.

    Life of Pi.

    Sweeney todd, demon barber of fleet street.

    The mysteries of London by gw reynolds.

    Thats all I can remember atm
     
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    • Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
    • IT by Stephen King
    • The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
    • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 
    • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 
    • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 
    • John Dies at the End by David Wong
    • Misery by Stephen King
    • The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
    • Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Jones
     
    I love complex characters and development. Dynamic story is fine and dandy, but as an INJF i love to analyse complex personalities. 
     
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