What are some of the best books you've read?
By NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (120054)
United States
July 23, 2020 4:01pm CST
You know the ones I mean--the ones you recommend to a friend when they say they need something good to read. Maybe we can all help each other out with ideas for new books to go through.
Mine would be: The Glass Castle, Water for Elephants, Winter Garden, Gone With The Wind, and The Nightengale. If I wanted to throw in a mindless "chick lit" book I'd add Bridget Jones' Diary.
Which books would be on your list?
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
24 Jul 20
Mistress of Mellyn or The Road to Paradise Island by Victoria Holt. To Kill a Mocking Bird, a wonderful story. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
24 Jul 20
@responsiveme The three books I listed gave me lasting memories, I can never forget.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
25 Jul 20
@kobesbuddy have to reread the mistress of mellyn....But afterwards her books became sort of the same.
I keep rereading To kill a mockingbird from time to time
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
23 Jul 20
One of my favorite writers in English is John Sreinbeck. Some of his minor books (Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday) would be wonderful for lockdown.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
23 Jul 20
@NJChicaa He is one of the mayor American writers. Nobel prize too. Steinbeck (I did not spell his name well). Maybe you have heard of his book East of Eden.
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@NJChicaa (120054)
• United States
23 Jul 20
@marguicha I think he did Grapes of Wrath too
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@moffittjc (121656)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Jul 20
Well, my favorite author is Stephen King, I have every one of his books, and have read them all multiple times, so those would be the books I would recommend to people. But his genre is not necessarily to everyone's liking, so I have to keep that in mind when I make recommendations.
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@moffittjc (121656)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Jul 20
@NJChicaa Which one did you read?
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
24 Jul 20
My latest suggestion would be Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella.
If you read children's books as I do,I would also recommend Edward Eager.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
24 Jul 20
@NJChicaa my next read will be a detective book by Elizabeth George.
I read one of hers from Archive.com and liked it so bought a couple.
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@LindaOHio (181177)
• United States
23 Jul 20
I've read so many good books over the years -- anything by Michael Crichton or Robin Cook, Ann Rule. I've read the Jungle by Upton Sinclair more than once (not for the feint at heart) and one about the Donner Party -- again, not a pleasant book.
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@RebeccasFarm (90295)
• Arvada, Colorado
24 Jul 20
I rarely read at all now only online articles.
One of the longest book I read was The Lord of the Rings.
One book that is always stuck in my memory from childhood is Little Women.
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@lovebuglena (44713)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Jul 20
Ellen Hopkins, Cassandra Clare, and Luanne Rice are three of my fave authors. Read all of their books. Own all the books by the first two authors.
@Deepizzaguy (103969)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
24 Jul 20
The books that I enjoyed reading was "Rocky II" and "Rocky III".
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@stapllotik (1933)
• India
24 Jul 20
Iam a slow reader.
Currently Iam reading , laughable loves by Milan Kundera.
The good, the bad and the ridicules by Khushwant Singh.
Wise and otherwise by Sudha Murthy.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
27 Jul 20
Until the End of the World is a zombie romance book by Sarah Fleming. It's really interesting.
@sridevis719 (160)
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24 Jul 20
I don't read books that much but I read two states
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