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siddhartha
No matter what's going on in my life, Siddhartha can transport me to a place of peace and tranquillity....
Peyton Place
I love to read about how different people do different things, this town could be ours!...
Fear and loathing in las vegas
There's nothing I can say we all read it and loved it. Sorry cop out but I am not a literary agent who am to say?!...
A Prayer For Owen Meany
I have never read a book that made me laugh out loud and sob til this one!...
Last Night in Twisted River
Bit of a John Irving fan and that was the last of his I read. It made me laugh especially the character Ketchum, some of his sayings were great!...
100 years of solitude
Very unique and uncomparable with anything else. Liked it unconditionally, regretfully not in original language, but still - great!...
Harry Potter
The whole series of books is very good. The best way to read them is from the first all the way to the seventh. Great development of characters and...
Whitethorn
From Bryce Courtenay comes a new novel about Africa. The time is 1939. White South Africa is a deeply divided nation with many of the Afrikaner people...
A Certain Slant of Light
The characters are completely believeable and romantic. It makes you want to save someone, too....
The Winter Rose
I didnt think it would be better than the tea rose but it is am eagerly awaiting The Wild rose...
The Power of One
I have to admit that this is one of the best books I've ever read. I happened to pick it up one day at a bargin store. It was in the middle of a bin f...
The Book Theif
Everyone should read this book. It is so cleverly written and unique in its style.My daughter gave me this book and she has read her whole life. If it...
Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson, Book 5)
This book is the newest in the series. The series is a must read. Romance, horror action all rolled into one. Action from start to finish with the pr...
All men are mortal
this is the captivating story of a beautiful young actress who revives a downcast stranger at a French resort. He becomes thoroughly attached to her a...
The Cather in the Rye
The Catcher In The Rye, This book just grabbed me when I was in Year 11 at High School till this day it is so very powerful. The writer was able t...
Of mice and men
Loved this book. I read it in highschool. Its a beautiful depiction of friendship....
ANGELS & DEMONS
I must say that I have not had the opportunity to read the book but I did see the movie. After reviewing your comments I believe that I will read the...
3 Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
I really liked the film but didnt realise there was a book as well. Will have to find a copy....
The Idiot
have you read The House of the Dead? ( I guess that´s the title in English - in Spanish it´s El Sepulcro de los vivos o la casa de los muertos)...
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: A Trilogy In Five Parts
I had heard this book mentioned many times, but had no idea about the type of story it was and wasn´t aware of the author. I read Adams´s "The long d...
The Joke
A beautiful drama ensconsed in communism. Kundera has a way with words not found in most modern dribble. And for a translated work he has found a way...
Atlas Shrugged
This is a novel that they use in business school to show pros and cons of capitalism and industrialism. It teaches an innumerable amount of things oth...
The Silent People
19th century Ireland comes alive in these pages. I can just say that I felt I was there, witnessing the joys and sufferings of the Irish farmers. A no...
Embers
Two very old men Konrad and Henrik, "the General" once the closest of friends, meet in 1940 in the fading splendor of the General's Hungarian castle,...
The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns
Both books embody for me the awful social constriction of Secrecy. What came across was the simplistic writing (a Gift that is not evident in all...
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
If you've seen the movie, read the book. I hadn't seen the movie when I was reading the book. An older friend of mine told me how he had snuck into...
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Paulo Coelho is one of my favourite writers. A great story teller who always conveys some very important messages in his stories. In this book, he mak...
The Swarm
A well-written novel about the environmental issue. The author is very good at using easy-understanding words to explain very complicated scientific f...
Claissical Mythology
This describes 100 characters from Greco-Roman Mythology. Introduces the family tree of Uranus to Zeus, Hades and brief stories behind their names. It...
The Masks of God
There is a whole series on this topic its simply something that I find interesting....