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Old 06-18-2008, 11:31 AM   #121
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James Clavell - Shogun
Neil Stephenson - Cryptonomicon
Peter Calvocoressi, Guy Wint, John Pritchard - The Penguin History of the Second World War
Dante Alighieri - Inferno
Peter Straub - Koko
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Old 06-23-2008, 07:32 AM   #122
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Chinua Achebe- Things Fall Apart
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Thomas Harris- Red Dragon
Haruki Murakami- Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
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Old 06-23-2008, 09:23 AM   #123
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Just 5? Can't be done. The list is too long and changes too often.
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Old 06-28-2008, 12:48 PM   #124
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1. Frankenstein (Shelley)
2. Great Expectations (Dickens)
3. Jane Eyre (Bronte)
4. Sophie's World (Gaarder)
5. Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)

hm, I guess I'm most interested in 19th century novels... especially Dickens. I like contemporary books as well though.
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Old 06-28-2008, 02:40 PM   #125
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1. In the Mountains of Madness (Lovecraft)
2. Clear and Present Danger (Clancy)
3. V. (Pynchon)
4. Frankenstein (Shelley)
5. The Stand (King)
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Old 07-12-2008, 04:17 PM   #126
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In no particular order:

Lord of the Rings (including The Hobbit)-J.R.R. Tolkien
The Circle of Magic series-Tamora Pierce
The Twilight series-Stephenie Meyer
The Symphony of Ages series-Elizabeth Haydon
The Vampire Chronicles-Anne Rice
The Swan Lake trilogy-Mark Helprin
Winter's Tale-Mark Helprin
The Mists of Avalon-Marion Zimmer Bradley
Memoirs of a Geisha-Arthur Golden
The Chronicles of Prydain-Lloyd Alexander
Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights-Emily Bronte
The Count of Monte Cristo-Alexander Dumas

I know that's way more than five, but I couldn't help myself.
Adding to mine:
Someplace To Be Flying-Charles de Lint
Dreams Underfoot-Charles de Lint
The Onion Girl-Charles de Lint
Forests of the Heart-Charles de Lint

basically anything by him by the way it's turning out, but those are all of his that I've read so far
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