So start a non fiction thread.Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
My recs will all be biographical, most likely.
So start a non fiction thread.
My recs will all be biographical, most likely.
oh good show on The Green Kingdom. It fits this definition well since it is obscure but gets strong reviews on Good Reads. Honestly, i have never heard of it, and that is unusual for books with legs from that era.
That put me in mind of Green Mansions, once well known but now obscure. A forest fantasy of sorts.
I remember liking Pearl Buck's work, and James Michener's sprawling tales.
I actually re-read it every 3-5 years. I really enjoy it.
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I really liked The Dollmaker and We Were the Mulvaneys, although they both made me cry. I couldn't finish Angela's Ashes; too brutal for me.
I just read The Last Mrs. Parrish and was pretty disturbed by it so I decided to take a break from reading. I'm too easily triggered. And now that I'm able to be out in the garden, that's where I need to be.
Cool--sounds like we like the same books. The Dollmaker is such an awesome story!! And so is We Were the Mulvaneys--and you're right. I was on a plane and had to ask the flight attendant for a napkin because I found myself sobbing in my seat.. a little embarrassing... Frankly, the Mulvaney family reminds me of my own, so maybe that's why it hit me so hard.
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I would think mine would more be in categories, then over all. I say that, because there was one book, I read, simply because it was there, and I was bored out of my mind on a security guard job, where I had to open a gate, twice a night. The problem is the book was great, but I don't know its title or who wrote it. (just remember the story)
In my SciFi Fantasy genre:
The Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy (made me laugh through some rough times). Douglas Adams
The Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson
The Chronicles of Amber, Roger Zelany
Drama:
The Millennium Series Stieg Larsson and David Lacrantz?
Brandywines War Robert Vaughn (just found out this is back in print. Found it years ago, when cleaning out a relatives estate, with Coffee Tea or Me)
Had another, but now thinking of the above.
Hitchhiker’s Guide is hilarious. I haven’t read that for probably 40 years.
I'm glad you mentioned that one because I'd forgotten about it while putting together my list. I mentioned it here several years ago after reading it, along with his series The Baroque Cycle. They both even featured fictional family members in common, the Shaftoes. If you haven't read the latter one (It's a series of three novels Quicksilver , The Confusion and The System Of The World) I'd highly recommend it.
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I am having a hard time with this thread. I would be hard pressed to come up with a list of my 10 favorite horror novels, let alone whittling it down to 3 novels from all genres. I could tell you my top 3 by Stephen King or by Shakespeare maybe, or my top 3 from childhood that are still on my bookshelves. But that wasn't the question.
Rosemary's Baby would go on my favorite horror list, and Hitchhiker's Guide would definitely top my Sci-Fi/Fantasy list. I think Of Mice and Men would have to be on my top 3 list. I loved Gone with the Wind, but I don't think that would make the cut.
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