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    Post by SirArchmage Fri May 17, 2013 1:55 am

    I noticed a severe lack of literary content in these Off-Topic threads and decided that we must have more books up in this shiz! So list your favorite books and feel free to discuss.


    Mine are:
    Fat kid rules the world
    Night Angel Trilogy
    Interview with a vampire
    The vampire Lestat
    Someday this pain will be useful to you
    The Fayz Series
    Blue Girl
    Cirque du freak
    The shadow club
    And the Mortal Instruments series


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    Post by AnCapaillMor Fri May 17, 2013 4:16 am

    Night Angel cool thought it was good at the time but i've read much better since, have you tried weeks's new series?, it's better.

    First Few Alex Cross books.
    Red Dragon and silence of the Lambs
    John Connellys Charlie Parker stuff
    Wheel of Time
    Erikssons Malazan Books.
    King Killer Chronicles
    Hamilton's Void Series
    The Forever war
    Gemmill's Troy Trilogy and The Damned books
    and many many more....
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    Post by SirArchmage Fri May 17, 2013 4:24 am

    Have yet to read more of him. Been reading a few other books, as I don't like reading too much of the same author at one time. Gets a tad bit repetitive.
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    Post by Noob-of-Artorias Fri May 17, 2013 4:30 am

    I'm a big lover of the classics.

    In no particular order...

    The Count of Monte Cristo
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    Oliver Twist
    Tom Sawyer
    The Great Gatsby
    The Grapes of Wrath
    Of Mice and Men
    For Whom the Bell Tolls
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Animal Farm

    Out of more contemporary literature

    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
    A Confederacy of Dunces
    Song of Solomon
    Bastard out of Carolina
    This Boys Life

    However, I read far more plays than I do novels...


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    Post by AnCapaillMor Fri May 17, 2013 4:32 am

    SirArchmage wrote:Have yet to read more of him. Been reading a few other books, as I don't like reading too much of the same author at one time. Gets a tad bit repetitive.
    I'm opposite i'll get pretty much everything by that person in 1 go, if i like the first book. Better off holding on the Weeks books as only 2 out of the 4 in the series are out at the moment.
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    Post by SirArchmage Fri May 17, 2013 4:44 am

    Noob-of-Artorias wrote:I'm a big lover of the classics.

    In no particular order...

    The Count of Monte Cristo
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    Oliver Twist
    Tom Sawyer
    The Great Gatsby
    The Grapes of Wrath
    Of Mice and Men
    For Whom the Bell Tolls
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Animal Farm

    Out of more contemporary literature

    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
    A Confederacy of Dunces
    Song of Solomon
    Bastard out of Carolina
    This Boys Life

    However, I read far more plays than I do novels...


    Ever read Wicked? Great play. Though I still don't think anything will please me as much as Sweeney Todd. Now that, is one great play, even though it is not really written.
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    Post by Gambs_the_Grey Fri May 17, 2013 8:47 am

    Dice man - Luke Rhinehart
    Naked Lunch - William s burroughs
    Fear and loathing - Hunter s Thompson
    3 books that influenced me
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    Post by Halicarnassis Fri May 17, 2013 9:03 am

    Can I not just go for authors?

    Matthew Reilly - all his books, Scarecrow in particular and 5 greatest warriors

    Richard Morgan - Altered Carbon - what a read! trilogy is awesome.

    Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind, still waiting for this fat baestaerd to finish the trilogy

    Peter V Brett - The Painted Man - awesome trilogy too

    David Dalgliesh - A Clash of Faiths (The Paladin Chronicles), A Dance of Cloaks - most of my faith based characters are from this book

    Kristin Cashore - Fire

    George RR MArtin - Song of Ice and Fire
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    Post by Gambs_the_Grey Fri May 17, 2013 9:37 am

    Anyone remember those Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone - Choose your own adventure books ?
    God I used to Love them!
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    Post by AnCapaillMor Fri May 17, 2013 9:52 am

    Halicarnassis wrote:
    Richard Morgan - Altered Carbon - what a read! trilogy is awesome.

    Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind, still waiting for this fat baestaerd to finish the trilogy

    Peter V Brett - The Painted Man - awesome trilogy too

    David Dalgliesh - A Clash of Faiths (The Paladin Chronicles), A Dance of Cloaks - most of my faith based characters are from this book

    I'm not homphobic but The steel remains freaked me out. Some scenes got pretty graphic.
    Heh at Rothfuss, you know he wrote the trilogy 13+ years ago and has basically been revising them since then, original had no Ambrose(WTF!!), Deevy or Auri.
    Brett was alright.
    Dalglish any good? His books keep appearing on my kindle and once i finished with the gentleman bastards and the prince of nothing i'll be looking for new stuff.
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    Post by Halicarnassis Fri May 17, 2013 10:13 am

    @Gambs - dude I used to go to the book shop, buy one of those books, spend the night playing and finishing it and hten went back the next day to say I had already bought it can I please change it?! Lol!

    @AnC - Yeah Rothfuss needs to shake a leg and sort it out... living off royalties I say!

    David Dalgliesh is actually pretty good. The Paladin Trilogy is brilliant and the Orcs Trilogy is good too.

    Steel Remains? Oh, mate, what a story! I'd been reading the Takeshi trilogy so many times I heard he had a new book coming out and it was just before my mates birthday so what do I do? Order 2 copies and give him one for his birthday. I actually said: "this guy is just amazing! You will so love this book!" SO I went off to read the book and 3 chapters in I think I dropped the book practically in tears and was like "(insert major profanity here)!!!! I so hope he hasnt started reading this!" Not only was he confused and unimpressed but told his mom and brother and they were all like: "dude are you sure you aren't trying to tell us something?" Queue major apologies! That totally freaked me out!
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    Post by RANT Fri May 17, 2013 11:19 am

    too many but I will list whatever I can remember now.
    less then zero
    the informers
    the rules of attraction
    rant
    pygmy
    choke
    the amazing adventures of cavalier and clay
    everything is illuminated
    fear and loathing in las vegas
    ringworld
    the strain trilogy
    a song of ice and fire books

    im gonna stop there cause I can go on forever.
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    Post by Maneater_Mildred Fri May 17, 2013 11:34 am

    Gambs_the_Grey wrote:Anyone remember those Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone - Choose your own adventure books ?
    God I used to Love them!

    Fighting fantasy books(they had a nice FF logo on them)
    I still have about 20 of them, my son has just started reading some of them. Warlock of firetop mountain, deathtrap dungeon etc...

    Anyone read any of Richard Morgan? Market Forces is the latest of his that I have just finished reading... Great author, great book.
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    Post by Halicarnassis Fri May 17, 2013 11:36 am

    @mildred: Richard Morgan is really good although... read my post above about my faux par
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    Post by Maneater_Mildred Fri May 17, 2013 11:39 am

    Halicarnassis wrote:@mildred: Richard Morgan is really good although... read my post above about my faux par

    Lmao, but it is still a great book, even with the homo erotic material.
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    Post by Animaaal Fri May 17, 2013 11:42 am

    Gambs_the_Grey wrote:Anyone remember those Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone - Choose your own adventure books ?
    God I used to Love them!

    OMG WIN! cheers

    I read a half dozen or so Xanth Novels by Piers Anthony.
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    Post by Gambs_the_Grey Fri May 17, 2013 11:46 am

    Maneater_Mildred wrote:Fighting fantasy books(they had a nice FF logo on them)
    I still have about 20 of them, my son has just started reading some of them. Warlock of firetop mountain, deathtrap dungeon etc...
    Deathtrap dungeon was one of my favourites, I had them all at one point, havent got any now.. Haven't even seen any second hand books in charity/thrift shops ?
    I would buy them all again as I think they are probably quite collectable
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    Post by Argetlam350 Fri May 17, 2013 12:22 pm

    Oh that's hard to narrow down, I read as much as I play video games. XD
    But I'll do my best:
    The Inheritance Cycle
    Harry Potter series
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Ender's Game
    Farenheit 451
    Of Mice and Men
    Mercy Thompson series
    The Island
    Earthsea Trilogy

    Those are just a few.
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    Post by Hatsune Miku Sat May 18, 2013 12:24 am

    Books:
    Harry Potter series. Not much else to say, other than it made my childhood awesome.

    Manga:
    Though I haven't read all of the manga, I still say Sundome. It's a very perverted manga, that makes for a lot of laughter. Every time I reread what volumes I have, I always laugh.
    I highly recommend it for those who love perverted humor.
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    Post by Soris Ice Goldwing Sat May 18, 2013 12:30 am

    There was an older thread about this. But I still love these books

    The Odyssey by Homer
    The Spirit Of Laws by Baron de la Montesquieu
    Anne Of Green Gables
    The complete Britannica of Sigmund Freud's work
    Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
    The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
    The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
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    Post by Hatsune Miku Sat May 18, 2013 12:40 am

    Soris Ice Goldwing wrote:The Odyssey by Homer
    ERMERGERD! I love that book too! At first I wasn't that into it. But the more I was forced to read it, the more I got into it.
    I've read the book and seen the movie. Both are good.
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    Post by Dibsville Sat May 18, 2013 5:12 am

    Night.
    Hunger Games.
    Alex Rider.
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    Post by ManatuBear Sat May 18, 2013 7:53 am

    The Old Kingdom trilogy (aka The Abhorsen trilogy)
    ( http://fantasy-faction.com/2010/old-kingdom-trilogy-by-garth-nix )
    Dragonlance
    The Black Magician trilogy
    ( http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews12070.html )
    The Book of Words trilogy
    ( http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.pt/2005/01/book-of-words-trilogy.html )
    The Wheel of Time
    His Dark Materials trilogy
    Foundation
    Forgotten Realms
    The Earthsea Quartet

    These are the main series i remember from my teen years. Some can be a bit overwhelming because of the amount of books, but they are totally worth it!
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    Post by SirArchmage Sat May 18, 2013 3:08 pm

    Glad to see how many people on here read books. Going to try to read most of the books you guys suggested.
    And Soris.......Dear lord the books you read most people at my school couldn't get past the first page. Machiavelli, Cervantes, Freud(even though I don't like him much). Ever read Anne Rice? Might like her.

    And Gambs, I'll look into those adventure books. Heard about them but could never find one at my library.
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    Post by ManatuBear Sat May 18, 2013 3:17 pm

    Don Quixote by Cervantes are 2 surprising good easy books to read, its one of my favorites (the 1st book is better than the 2nd, but as a whole its very good).
    When you read it, it doesnt feel like you are reading books published in 1605 and 1615, they actually feel "nearly" current.

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