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Old 07-08-2005, 04:33 PM   #91
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Well, due to the many lit classes I've taken the list is pretty long, but here's the top 5:
1. The Phantom of the Opera- by Gaston Leroux
2. Cat's Cradle - by Kurt Vonegut
3.The Count of Monte Cristo - by Alexandre Dumas
4. Catch 22 - by Joseph Heller
5. Crime and Punishment - by Dostoevsky

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Old 07-11-2005, 01:31 PM   #92
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Eragon by ? The 2nd book in the series, Eldest, comes out Aug. 23. YAY!
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Old 07-11-2005, 06:59 PM   #93
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1. The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo
2. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
3. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
4. Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo
5. Beowulf
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Old 07-22-2005, 12:15 AM   #94
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Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott.
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard.
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard.
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder (great book, even though a lot of people have never heard of it)
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance by Donald Miller
I've read a lot more since I posted this a little over two years ago, so let's just say these, plus:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Knowing God by J.I. Packer
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Mudhouse Sabbath by Lauren Winner
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (don't laugh, I really enjoyed this one a lot).
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Old 07-22-2005, 12:51 PM   #95
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oh wow..this could take a long time

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (any Dickens book for that matter)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Patterson
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Lord fo the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

There's more. This is just the fictional books.
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Old 08-26-2005, 12:21 AM   #96
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Holy the Firm by Annie Dillard
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1984 by George Orwell
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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Old 09-17-2005, 06:53 AM   #97
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Brave New World Aldous Huxley
Bright Lights, Big City Jay McInneray
The Gay Science Nietzsche
The Catcher in the Rye JD Sallinger
Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky
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Old 09-17-2005, 11:07 PM   #98
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I only have three

1. bible (obviously)
2. The scarlet thread- Francine Rivers
3. The Kensington Chronicle Series by Lori Wick (there are 4 books but they all tie)
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Old 09-22-2005, 05:16 PM   #99
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my altime favorite books are: Hangman's Curse and Nightmare Academy both by: Frank Peretti. if u like suspencs/ horror/ mystery books that r also christian books!
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Old 09-27-2005, 02:09 PM   #100
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(All by Nicholas Sparks):

"The Notebook"
"Message in A Bottle"
"A Walk to Remember"
"The Rescue"
"A Bend in the Road"
"Nights in Rodanthe"
"The Guardian"
"The Wedding"
"True Believer"
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Old 10-20-2005, 11:38 AM   #101
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Anything and everything by C.S. Lewis or J.R.R. Tolkien

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Old 10-20-2005, 12:15 PM   #102
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I like John Grisham books, "The Firm", "The Client", "The Brethren", ect. and I also like "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis.
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Jacob Have I loved"
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Old 11-21-2005, 01:44 PM   #104
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I only have three

1. bible (obviously)
2. The scarlet thread- Francine Rivers
3. The Kensington Chronicle Series by Lori Wick (there are 4 books but they all tie)
You like the kensington chronicles? Which is your favorite mine are the wings of morning and the knight and the dove

I also enjoy most of ted dekkers books such as
Black
Red
White
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Old 11-22-2005, 11:13 AM   #105
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Eragon by ? The 2nd book in the series, Eldest, comes out Aug. 23. YAY!
By far the Best books Ive ever read, flat out, period. The In heritance trilogy is simply amazing! Five thumbs up
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