re: What’s the best novel/book you’ve ever read?

Posted by The Spleen

Member since Dec 2010

38865 posts

Posted on 3/30/20 at 8:58 am to TDcline

Probably The Grapes Of Wrath.

For a more modern selection, I'd probably say The Orphan Master's Son.

Posted by Centinel

Idaho

Member since Sep 2016

44297 posts

Posted on 3/30/20 at 9:03 am to Porter Osborne Jr

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Run With the Horsemen by Ferrol Sams.

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Porter Osborne Jr

Checks out.

Seriously though, really great book (and Trilogy)

For me though, Memories of Ice from Malazan Book of the Fallen. My favorite book from my favorite series of all time.

Close behind though would be in no particular order:

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress --Heinlein
Dune --Herbert
Once an Eagle --Myrer
The Road to Serfdom --Hayek
Man, Economy, and State --Rothbard (not so much fun to read, but a pillar of my socioeconomic views)

This post was edited on 3/30/20 at 9:04 am

Posted by boxcarbarney

Above all things, be a man

Member since Jul 2007

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Posted on 3/30/20 at 10:01 am to TDcline

A Confederacy of Dunces

Posted by Sneaky__Sally

Member since Jul 2015

12364 posts

Posted on 3/30/20 at 11:32 am to Centinel

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For me though, Memories of Ice from Malazan Book of the Fallen. My favorite book from my favorite series of all time.

I would put Deadhouse Gates as my #1 in terms of excitement and enjoyment. Maybe my favorite book in the genre with Memories of Ice is right up there though. The 3 book stretch of Robert Jordan from Shadow Rising, Fires of Heaven and Lord of Chaos should be mentioned. Shadow Rising being the standalone book that is probably my favorite.

Posted by FatMan

Louisiana

Member since Oct 2016

2053 posts

Posted on 3/31/20 at 9:49 am to TDcline

The Bible.

Posted by Azazello

Member since Sep 2011

3228 posts

Posted on 3/31/20 at 10:06 am to TDcline

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For me it’s probably East of Eden

I have been meaning to read this for years. May have to get started soon.

Posted by Porter Osborne Jr

Member since Sep 2012

43120 posts

Posted on 3/31/20 at 11:32 am to Centinel

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Checks out.

Seriously though, really great book (and Trilogy)

Hey, I'm just impressed that someone else on here has read the series.

Posted by tigercross

Member since Feb 2008

5060 posts

Posted on 3/31/20 at 6:18 pm to Porter Osborne Jr

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Hey, I'm just impressed that someone else on here has read the series.

The passages with him pranking the blind roommate are amazing.

Posted by The Seaward

Baton Rouge

Member since Jan 2006

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Posted on 3/31/20 at 10:17 pm to tigercross

Another book I’d throw out there is Kazou Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go.

Posted by Centinel

Idaho

Member since Sep 2016

44297 posts

Posted on 4/1/20 at 12:23 pm to Porter Osborne Jr

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Hey, I'm just impressed that someone else on here has read the series.

It was one of my summer reading choices for AP English back in high school. Turned out I liked the book so I bought the other two and read them on my own.

Posted by uscpuke

Member since Jan 2004

6210 posts

Posted on 4/1/20 at 4:01 pm to TDcline

The Firm

First book I ever read that was not part of a school assignment.

Posted by Porter Osborne Jr

Member since Sep 2012

43120 posts

Posted on 4/1/20 at 5:31 pm to tigercross

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The passages with him pranking the blind roommate are amazing.

Those are awesome. My favorites are when he lights a match behind the donkey as a child and when he's serving in the military.

Posted by CelticDog

Member since Apr 2015

42867 posts

Posted on 4/3/20 at 3:10 pm to Porter Osborne Jr

zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance

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This post was edited on 4/3/20 at 3:11 pm

Posted by REG861

Ocelot, Iowa

Member since Oct 2011

37820 posts

Posted on 4/3/20 at 5:48 pm to CelticDog

100 years of solitude
Lolita
The moors last sigh
Grapes of wrath

This post was edited on 4/3/20 at 5:51 pm

Posted by Marciano1

Marksville, LA

Member since Jun 2009

19792 posts

Posted on 4/4/20 at 9:44 am to HailHailtoMichigan!

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The Brothers Karamazov

I'm reading this now but it hasn't grabbed me yet (I'm on Book III Chapter 8). Not really a fan of these loooooooong quotes and sometimes it's hard to tell who's speaking. I'm reading the P-V translation.