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What one book that you have read, do you think every reader should read?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I would be remiss were I not to recommend a writer who has a number of titles available at Amazon and your local bookstore it you ask for them. Tim Campbell has a collection called the Fire-Frost International series which include All's Fair and What Goes Around soon to be followed by about 6 other. International intrigue and suspense. He also has a paranormal sort of romance title, Mourning Melody which is a great read. Another friend, Ian Forsythe has a new release out titled Rose by Another Name which is a historical romance set during and shortly after WWI.
TimothyIII
Level 5
Aug 19, 2018
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History of the world in 10 1/2 chapters by Julian Barnes. It was the first book I read that really opened my mind to alternative thinking.
MichaelBaker1
Level 3
Aug 19, 2018
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Difficult to pick one - Hemingway's the Old Man and the Sea for the sheer grit and human courage. Marquez's A Hundred Years of Solitude for the infinity that magical realism can help you to scale
WeedGardener
Level 2
July 7, 2018
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Mediations- Marcus Aurelius
I own at least 8 copies. I always have one close. Still waiting on an autographed first print..
HookEmChef
Level 4
Apr 9, 2018
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Sorry, can't limit it to one book and won't be so presumptuous to think others should read it too
Spinliesel
Level 9
Apr 9, 2018
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So you're saying that you would never recommend a book to a friend?
@TimothyIII My English comprehension and expression must not be as clear as I think it is. I don't know anybody here well enough to recommend books to them, especially if I have to limit it to one single one. But let's say I know people here; I like any Kate Wilhelm book; also Blue Highways by William Least Heatmoon; A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryce; Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere and Coraline and everything by Douglas Adams.And for the fiber artist among us: Ther Spinner's Book of Fleece and Raising SHeep . Have fun reading them.
I remember the first adult book I ever read when I was eleven y.o. was called 'Did She Fall' by Thorne Smith its really old and i havent re read it since i was about 15 but I do remember feeling really adult - My mum never read much, just those condensed slim womens fiction, but she had a copy of Lady Chatterlys Lover under her bed that I found and read not sure that I got any of the sexual allusions at all but knew it was banned - but again it felt like I was really growing up.
I can't pick a favourite because I'd be here all night wondering which really was the best. My Aunt used to belongto a book club and if she found a book she thought i would like she would save it for me - So maybe its a book called Mostly Murder by Sir Sidney Smith the first pathologist
jacpod
Level 8
Apr 9, 2018
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Dang, that’s a tough one. One of my all time favorites that I think anyone can enjoy is The Outsiders. And while that does deal with class differences, I feel like something that addresses ethnicity would be a better selection. Unfortunately I can’t think of one off the top of my head. Perhaps Roots but that might be a bit ambitious for people who don’t enjoy reading. I should really revisit that book....
Marcie1974
Level 8
Apr 9, 2018
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There are the obivioul ones, but Caleb Carr's The Alienist is a great read and one that anyone might enjoy.
TimothyIII
Level 5
Apr 9, 2018
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