<p>*intriguing</p>
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<p>Whoa - deja vu :O</p>
<p>Harry Potter
Ender’s series
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
War and Peace
many more though too :</p>
<p>ringojackson, the reason why you hate Holden is why I love the book it creates such a mood and begs the reader for a reaction. BTW, I agree Holden was phony but, I still like the character.</p>
<p>all of stephen kings stuff</p>
<p>I actually went ahead and read The Lord of the Rings. And…well. Good story. But Tolkein, the way he writes it. Half the time, I felt nothing. I will say one thing. It is a true epic, while not written in a way that I enjoy, it is still one of the most influential fantasy books ever written. But I love those movies, they take out the annoying parts(Bombadil, there was no point to that! I understand greatly, and very much love the fact that Tolkein literally crafted a whole world and history and language, which is something that I am attempting to do with no ease at all, but it just annoys me at times in a literary sense. If I was studying his books on an educational level, I’d like them more) and bring to life what makes it into a fantasy. It doesn’t feel as much like it’s own world and feels more like a just…fantasy thing in the movies, but I still love those.</p>
<p>The Count of Monte Cristo is a truly great read, my favorite classic. White Fang is always a pleasure, as well as Watership Down. Magician by Feist is quite good. Thomas Covenant is so utterly desolating, but good in that aspect. </p>
<p>And yet again, I will say DUNE. Currently, I utterly adore that book. I would recommend it to everyone that I know a million times over and still have not gotten tired of reading it, despite doing so at least three times per year. I love it.</p>
<p>And even though I am not usually a fan of young adult fiction or books that were written after 2000, I do like Lirael and the Uglies series. I like Lirael and Abhorsen more than Sabriel for the huge undertaking and showing more of the world that they live in. The Uglies series is a surprisingly enjoyable sci-fi drama that, while a bit heavy with sadness and teenage things and whatnot, still has a fascinating premise and world that I enjoy looking at, especially after Specials ended. Those would be my favorite young adult books.</p>
<p>On the Road and East of Eden</p>
<p>Grimpow by Rafael Abalos</p>
<p>I do like Salinger</p>
<p>Catcher in the Rye is so so amazing. LOVE.</p>
<p>The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton… my favorite book. If you like James read it; the writing is slightly less good, the themes are v. similar, but the characters and plot are, IMO, much superior.</p>
<p>A Passage to India… E. M. Forster. My number two.</p>
<p>For those who’ve liked The Sound and the Fury–read Absalom, Absalom! It’s narrated basically by Quentin. And we all know that Quentin’s chapter was the best one in The Sound and the Fury. LOVE Faulkner.</p>
<p>Has anyone read any Joan Didion? I guess The White Album and Slouching Toward Bethlehem count more as collections of essays than books, per se, but they’re amazing. She’s such an evocative, brilliant non-fiction writer…</p>
<p>I also really liked Invisible Man–that yam passage!!! Amongst other things.</p>
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<p>um, we need to talk haha
Faulkner is my fave, although as I recall, a lot of Absalom, Absalom! was narrated by Jason Compson II</p>
<p>That said, of every character in literature, I think Quentin Compson and the narrator from In Search of Lost Time are most like myself. Quentin is so cool, which makes his fate really sad.</p>
<p>^Haven’t read Proust. I guess I should get on that???</p>
<p>Yeah I guess a lot was narrated by JC but Quentin’s parts stand out to me so I guess they take on greater significance or something? idk.</p>
<p>I want to name my kid Quentin. OK maybe not so good to name your kid after someone who, you know, kills himself, but he’s SO COOL. As is the name.</p>
<p>As amazing as Benjy’s section was, Quentin’s was just so beautifully touching. I think it very much resembles the work of Joyce and Proust, although it has a much less aristocratic flavor than Proust’s work has.</p>
<p>The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy is my all-time favorite. I’m a huge Conroy fan and his most recent, South of Broad, is a close second.
i really like Catcher in the Rye as my favorite “high school english” book
and I HATE Dickens.</p>
<p>Oh, so many.</p>
<p>Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
His Dark Materials Trilogy
The Lovely Bones
The Time-Traveler’s Wife</p>
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<p>Completely agree. Benjy’s was great, but the emotions were a bit too raw/exposed. With Quentin, I could obviously relate more + and I loved how you totally got what he was feeling just from how he interacted with his world. If that makes sense?</p>
<p>And oh my god I love the watch thing because I sometimes get like that too, only not as bad… I just felt like I really understood him, not that I would ever say I slept with my sister but yet despite that I still got it…</p>
<p>I feel like I’m being very incoherent/inarticulate right now. : (</p>
<p>…I am not worthy!</p>
<p>The Bean Trees</p>
<p>The Count of Monte Cristo</p>
<p>gone with the wind by margaret mitchell…i first read it in fifth grade at my mother’s suggestion. i’ve seen the movie like fifty times, haha. i highly recommend the book, its really long but somehow it flies by. you really become immersed in the plot!
btw, though, right now we’re reading east of eden by steinbeck in my ap lit class and i think its one of the best books i’ve read in a long time…</p>
<p>Free to Choose by Milton Friedman</p>