Anonymous
Post 05/30/2021 20:37     Subject: Favorite books of all time?
Hyperion Cantos - Dan Simmons

The Doomsday Book - Connie Willis

Catch 22 - Joseph Heller

Going Postal - Terry Pratchett

The Stupidest Angel - Christopher Moore

Captive Prince trilogy- CS Pacat



Anonymous
Post 05/30/2021 20:27     Subject: Favorite books of all time?
Anonymous wrote:A Prayer for Owen Meany— John Irving
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint— Brady Udall
Possession—A.S. Byatt
The Crossing— Cormac McCarthy


I liked all the books by John Irving.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2021 20:24     Subject: Re:Favorite books of all time?
Anonymous wrote:The Diary of Anne Frank
To kill a Mockingbird
Sophie’s choice
The Stand
The world According to Garp


To kill a Mockingbird is a great book.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2021 20:21     Subject: Favorite books of all time?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell


+1! This book is so brilliant.


It is a big book and my husband read the whole thing to our son LOL
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2021 20:19     Subject: Re:Favorite books of all time?
Anonymous wrote:Moby Dick
Wuthering Heights
The Hobbit
The Stand


I love The hobbit. It was so much fun reading it to my kids.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2021 20:18     Subject: Re:Favorite books of all time?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Giovanni's Room--Baldwin
Disgrace--Coetzee
Saturday--McEwen
In the Skin of a Lion--Ondaatje
The Beautiful and Damned--Fitzgerald
Appointment in Samara--O'Hara
Sister Carrie--Dreiser
The God of Small Things--Roy
The Enchantress of Florence--Rushdie
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz--Richler
Herzog--Bellow


Great list!
I'd add An American Tragedy by Dreiser.


+1 oh, yes to An American Tragedy
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2021 20:16     Subject: Favorite books of all time?
Anonymous wrote:Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell


I liked that book a lot, even read all the fake footnotes
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2021 20:10     Subject: Favorite books of all time?
Anonymous wrote:The Power of One - Bryce Courtney
The Brothers K - David James Duncan
Angle of Repose - Wallace Stegner


I love Angle of Repose. Have you ever read any Wendell Berry? He’s a wonderful writer with a similar spare prose.

Some of my favorites are My Antonia by Willa Cather, Atonement by Ian McEwan, 1000 Acres by Jane Smiley and Fidelity by Wendell Berry.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2021 17:51     Subject: Re:Favorite books of all time?
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2021 17:47     Subject: Re:Favorite books of all time?
Anonymous wrote:Giovanni's Room--Baldwin
Disgrace--Coetzee
Saturday--McEwen
In the Skin of a Lion--Ondaatje
The Beautiful and Damned--Fitzgerald
Appointment in Samara--O'Hara
Sister Carrie--Dreiser
The God of Small Things--Roy
The Enchantress of Florence--Rushdie
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz--Richler
Herzog--Bellow


Great list!
I'd add An American Tragedy by Dreiser.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2021 17:32     Subject: Favorite books of all time?
Here are some greats just off the top of my head that I love:

Jane Eyre / Charlotte Bronte
Mrs Bridge and Mr Bridge (they are pendant novels) / Owen Connell
Ordinary People / Judith Viorst
In Cold Blood / Truman Capote
Persuasion / Jane Austen
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2021 16:33     Subject: Favorite books of all time?
My Traitor's Heart by Rian Milan
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2021 12:01     Subject: Re:Favorite books of all time?
To Kill a Mockingbird
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2021 11:21     Subject: Favorite books of all time?
Anonymous wrote:Need some ideas of good books! Here is my list:

1) House of Spirits - Isabella Allende
2) And the Mountains Echoed - Khaled Housseini
3) A Thousand Splendid Suns - also by Housseini
4) In the Time of the Butterflies - Julia Alvarez
5) Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver


The Poisonwood Bible was amazing. I had no interest in the book or the subect matter initiallt but haven't forgetten this book after have read it a decade ago.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2021 02:07     Subject: Re:Favorite books of all time?
Giovanni's Room--Baldwin
Disgrace--Coetzee
Saturday--McEwen
In the Skin of a Lion--Ondaatje
The Beautiful and Damned--Fitzgerald
Appointment in Samara--O'Hara
Sister Carrie--Dreiser
The God of Small Things--Roy
The Enchantress of Florence--Rushdie
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz--Richler
Herzog--Bellow