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- The Kite Runner (2400)
- By Khaled Hosseini
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- Dune (824)
- (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)
- By Frank Herbert
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- On Writing (468)
- By Stephen King
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I just finished reading this book for the second time, and I have to say that it still ranks as one of the best books on writing I've ever read. The first half consists of King's memoirs, a portrait of a writer being formed, from his childhood all the way to young adulthood. The second half describe ... (continue)
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- The Qur'an (10)
- Text, Translation & Commentary
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- 1984 (4938)
- By George Orwell
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a classic that I read for the first time in HS, and have read periodically since. A sober reminder of the dangers of totalianarism
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- A Swiftly Tilting Planet (71)
- By Madeleine L'Engle
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final book in the Wrinkle in Time series. A little stranger than the others and kind of new-agey, but still solid characterization and writing, IMO
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- A Wind in the Door (79)
- By Madeleine L'Engle
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Second in the Wrinkle in Time series. An original plot with most of the same characters as the previous book in the trilogy.
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- Brave New World (1586)
- By Aldous Huxley
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another take on a dystopia that I found far more disturbing than "1984."
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- Cat's Cradle (394)
- By Kurt Vonnegut
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a weird one. Maybe worth reading once, but can't recommend it.
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- Dracula (2729)
- (Signet Classics)
- By Bram Stoker
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One of my favorite classics. I've read it many times and never get tired of it. This transcends all of the mocking, mediochre films on Dracula that have come out of Hollywood.
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- Ender's Game (642)
- By Orson Scott Card
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I can see why this is one of the ones everyone always asks if you've read when you say you read sci-fi. An extremely well-written tale that defines the genre. Interesting to the end, though I admit I already knew something of how it would end already, which kind of spoiled it for me. I think maybe t ... (continue)
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- The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set (846)
- By C.S. Lewis
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The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set
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Wonderful series of books that are worth reading again and again. I love how Lewis' thoughts can work on the level of a child's understanding as well as that of an adult. Every time I read them I glean something new and wonderful out of them.
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- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2892)
- By Mark Haddon
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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more than any other, this fictional "detective story" helped me understand how an autistic person experiences the world. Amazing.
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- The Giver (598)
- By Lois Lowry
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a highly interesting premise, though not executed as fully as I would have liked. still quite memorable and worth reading.
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- A Wrinkle in Time (267)
- By Madeleine L'Engle
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One of my all-time favorites. An original sci-fi/fantasy story with wonderful characters and settings and a deep moral theme.
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The Kite Runner
read this one about three times-mainly because it was in the bathroom and it was all that was there to read. Good book. Makes me glad I don't live in Afghanistan.
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