panhunger

Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky

Hunger - Knut Hamsun

In Dubious Battle - John Steinbeck

Keep The Aspidistras Flying - George Orwell

Post Office - Charles Bukowski

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blackjack

Yeah that's the one mate, ta. Great book.

Have you read The Crossing yet? It's the second in that "trilogy". Sad, beautiful, and absolutely compelling, a genuinely brilliant novel.

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Unwell

i read a couple of mccarthy's, let me remember.......

ah, that's right - 'outer dark' and 'suttree'; pretty incredible stuff. a great writer.

would love to read more. what's that you say blackie? 'crossing' is good? will remember, ta.

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buddahas

I have been watching this guy on CNN lately and he seems like a very smart guy. Has anyone here read The Cash Nexus? I am not an avid reader (hate the fiction), but I heard this is a good one.

Billy Yakuza

The Man With The Golden Arm - Nelson Algren
A Scanner Darkly - Philip K. Dick
Crash - J.G. Ballard
Virtual Light - William Gibson
A Man in Full - Tom Wolfe

traveler2

A few other's that are very good reads:

1. Three Cups of Tea : A #1 New York Times best seller

2. The Life of Pi

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kandarian

Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Journey to the End of the Night - Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Growth of the Soil - Knut Hamsun
Impossible Vacation - Spalding Gray
Ham on Rye - Bukowski
Lady Chatterley's Lover - DH Lawrence
(Honorable Mention) Dirty Havana Trilogy - Pedro Juan Gutierrez

migrant

Sooo many

Right now Raymond Chandler
Before Steinbeck in dubious battle

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Mr. Hales

godlike genius.

one of the most under-rated modern authors i think.

every gangster movie ever made was already written by chandler in the nineteen thirties.

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Shaggersback

Hmm EZ ,
Best Series ..
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson .

Best Stand Alone .... Homers the Odyssey.

Great Childrens Book..The Iron man by Ted Hughes , Ive been reading this one to my EP2 class and they love it.
Just read one Paragraph and explain away using board illustrations , its a very visual read and the kids can draw their own version of event snapshots afterwards.
I read this book myself when i was about 10 years old and never forgot it !

Nick

The most impressive book I've read in the last year was 'Atomised' by Michel Houellebecq.

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8ball

Deep Throat

by Linda Lovelace

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migrant

The braille version was interesting

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Hamster

Impossible Question.

The best book I've read recently was 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

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