Must-Read Books You'd Like to Recommend?

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<p>1) The 5 People You Meet in Heaven -- Mitch Albom
(a gloriously delightful read. is it just me or do others feel a sense of "completion" after reading it?)
2) The Blind Assassin -- Margaret Atwood
3) The Athenian Murders -- Jose Carlos Somoza</p>

<p><em>looks at list</em> LOL Why do all my books look like they have smth to do with death? Oh well, they're all very different actually.</p>

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<p>Metamorphosis
Leaves of Grass
War and Peace
Macbeth
Walden</p>

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<p>For some lighter reading: The Roald Dahl Omnibus-- full of Dahl's wit and humor. Wonderful short stories perfect for, as the subtitle claims, sleepless nights. It is the only book that I can honestly say I keep rereading.</p>

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<p>I'll have to agree,Dahl is amazing! I love 'Going Solo'.</p>

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<p>Gerald Durrell- My FAmily and other animals...sidesplittingly funny :)</p>

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<p>Yeah..Gerard Durrell is great..there were a couple of other good books by him..can't remember names that well, though.</p>

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<p>Read Kiterunner its a really good book</p>

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<p>Forgot The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. I don't know how; it's my favorite book of all time.</p>

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<p><em>nt</em>, when is the movie for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy coming out? (or did it comeout a long time ago??) u mentioned it on the first page..... man i loved tt series while i used to listen to the bbc... had my sides aching with laughter.. :D</p>

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<p>It's coming out on April 29th in the US.</p>

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<p>I've never listened to the radio series...I've heard they're very different from the books! Would love to hear them though...</p>

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<p>the radio series is BRILLIANT :) I love Marvin :D</p>

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<p>Does Radiohead's "Paranoid Android" bear any relation at all to Marvin?</p>

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<p>thnx <em>nt</em> :)</p>

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<p>Black, Red, and White by Ted Dekker. (Christian science-fiction, but I am atheist.. its an interesting perspective on the world and religion.)</p>

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<p>The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri</p>

<p>The Secret History by Donna Tartt</p>

<p>A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe (god, what a genius)</p>

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<p>The Eleventh Commandment by Jeffery Archer
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry</p>

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<p>Gulliver's Travels is one of my favorite... 20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea..... OH, and The Art of War, by Sun Tze </p>

<p>Mao ZeDong, Man Not God, is a potentially good book depending on your preferences. Dunno if its available in American though... isbn 7-119-01445-5</p>

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<p>History of the Peloponesian War by Thucydides!</p>

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<p>kiterunner is the best book i have read in a while</p>

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<p>could u guys give like a wee summary or at least what genre the books are in</p>