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07-06-2007, 09:51 PM
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In no particular order...
-The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
-The Giver by Lois Lowry
-Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
I can't think of two more, haha...
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07-07-2007, 05:01 AM
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Spy High Mission Three: The Sprpent Scenario by AJ Butcher
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling
The Power of Five: Nightrise by Anthony Horowitz
PS the books are in no particular order ^_^
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Chronicles of a Legend+...魔境云说+CROSS...
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07-07-2007, 04:11 PM
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Prolific Writer
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Location: MA, USA
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in no order...
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (and the other ones too..)
My Sister's Keeper (and about six others from Jodi Picoult..)
1984
The Subtle Knife
technically I'm already over five? Hmph.
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07-07-2007, 04:52 PM
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Location: Ireland
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Watership down
1984
Small Gods
Lord of the Rings
Clockwork Orange
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07-07-2007, 10:37 PM
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5. Wardstone chronicles by Joseph Delaney
4.Da vinci code By Dan Brown
3.Harry Potter by JK Rowling
2. Lady Grace Mysteries by Grace Cavendish
1.A series of unfortunate events by Lemony Snicket
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07-17-2007, 10:05 PM
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Location: Beautiful BC
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I'm not sure I have a top 5, but for nostalgia, the Little House on the Prairie series and Judy Blume's books.
My fav now is Ruth Rendell (also writes as Barbara Vine). Great mysteries.
One of my all time favourites is Nancy Richler's, Your Mouth is Lovely. Exquisitely written and an interesting story. I highly recommend this book.
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07-18-2007, 02:52 AM
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1. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
2. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb
4. The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood
5. Tully, Paullina Simons
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07-18-2007, 03:01 AM
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This is a tough one.
5. The Shadow Rising - Robert Jordan
4. Squire - Tamora Pierce
3. The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck
2. HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Rowling
1. Dangerous Angels - Francesca Lia Block
1. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
1. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - Roadl Dahl
1. Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coelho
1. Knife of Dreams - Robert Jordan
1. The Will of the Empress - Tamora Pierce
I could go on, but I won't. 
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07-20-2007, 05:10 AM
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1. His Dark Materials trilogy ~ Philip Paulman...nothing beats it
2. Battle Royale ~ Koushun Takami...I cannot possibly describe the effect this book had on me
3. Tuesdays with Morrie ~ Mitch Albom...changed my way of thinking in many aspects
4. Mao's Last Dancer ~ Li Cunxin...before I read this I had little knowledge of what modern china was like. Shocking.
5. ...I can't think of a last one...there are lots that I loved though
What I don't understand is why everyone loves To Kill A Mockingbird, yeah, it had a great theme that was unheard of in it's day...but's its incredibly boring.
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07-20-2007, 09:32 AM
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In no particular order other than the one which came out of my head:
1. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
2. The Rosy Crucifixion (3 books) - Henry Miller
3. Journey to the End of the Night - Celine
4. The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
5. Keep the Aspidistra Flying - George Orwell
6. Women - Charles Bukowski
7. Visions of Cody - Jack Kerouac
8. The Book of Disquietude - Fernando Pessoa
9. Underworld - Don De Lillo
10. The Wind Up Bird Chronicles - Haruki Murakami
11. New York Trilogy - Paul Auster
Is that more than five? Sorry, but asking for a top five is a silly question.
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07-24-2007, 05:24 PM
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1- Hamlet
2- Harry Potter
3-The Hobbit
4- Sphere
5- The Lord of the Rings
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Of public honour and proud titles boast,
Whilst I, whom fortune of such triumph bars,
Unlook'd for joy in that I honour most.
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07-27-2007, 07:43 PM
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At the moment, ever transient:
Invitation to a beheading - Vladimir Nabokov
House of leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
Walden - Henry David Thoreau
In search of lost time - Marcel Proust
The little prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The wind in the willows - Kenneth Grahame
Sorry for the 6. That was cutting it very, very short. Forget favorites.
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07-27-2007, 11:59 PM
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Top 5 Books for me are:
5: White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
4: Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
3: Saturday (Ian McEwan)
2: Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
1: To Kill A Mocking Bird (Harper Lee)
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07-28-2007, 09:58 AM
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1. Eldest
2. Eragon
3. The Key
4. Harry Potter
5. Garth Nix's Books.
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07-28-2007, 10:19 AM
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Location: Missouri
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1. A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
2. The Great Gatsby
3. Sounder
4. The Outsiders
anything by Dean Koontz
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