Greatest Novels of All Time

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  1. CoExIsTeNcE LeonTrotsky in Disguse

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    For school I have to read Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell To Arms and so far I am enjoying it. I just finished reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and The Sun Also Rises, also by Hemingway. If you've read the books comment and even if you haven't post what other books you thing are truly great.
    CoExIsTeNcE, Mar 13, 2011
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  2. pedro3131 Running the Show While the Big Guy's Gone

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    My top few are:
    The great Gatsby, the Stranger, Madame Bovary, The Plague, Sidhartha, and 1984
    pedro3131, Mar 16, 2011
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    Bilbo by JR. Tolkien and ofcourse The Shadow Over Innsmouth by HP. Lovecraft.

    I haven't read too much in my years but I certainly enjoy reading and these are two amazing novels.
    GiggleBlizzard, Mar 16, 2011
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  4. LeonTrotsky Well-Known Member

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    Sidhartha? Ohhh... painful memories of freshman year.
    Mine... Catch-22, Great Gatsby, Catcher in The Rye, The Red Badge of Courage... lots more :lol:
    LeonTrotsky, Mar 16, 2011
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  5. 0bserver92 Grand King of Moderation

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    I haven't read or heard of any of these books till now.
    0bserver92, Mar 16, 2011
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  6. CoExIsTeNcE LeonTrotsky in Disguse

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    Really!! You must become more well read my friend.
    CoExIsTeNcE, Mar 16, 2011
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    LOL read it outside of school man, it's a great book. And if you really want to experience pain try reading Hesse's Steppenwolfe. I consider myself an intelligent individual but that book just made my brain hurt
    pedro3131, Mar 16, 2011
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  8. LeonTrotsky Well-Known Member

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    lol, try having my teacher dissect it, made it more like a romantic comedy. Didn't like it anyway, just my opinion.
    LeonTrotsky, Mar 16, 2011
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  9. 0bserver92 Grand King of Moderation

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    I'm 14 and go to a small school I don't really get exposed to many things.
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  10. CoExIsTeNcE LeonTrotsky in Disguse

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    That is ok. You will probably be required to read these books in high school.
    CoExIsTeNcE, Mar 16, 2011
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    I've only just recently read 1984. (Orwell peaked my interest after Animal Farm.)
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  12. 0bserver92 Grand King of Moderation

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    I've seen the books we read throughout high school none of them are ones that have been listed.
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  13. CoExIsTeNcE LeonTrotsky in Disguse

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    Really. Can you post the list. I could be because most of them are American. BUt not all.
    CoExIsTeNcE, Mar 17, 2011
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  14. 0bserver92 Grand King of Moderation

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    The books are Romeo and Juliet and the rest are assorted Stephen King novels.
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    Stephen King? Seriously? I could see maybe reading one of them as a modern author but not several of them. Terribly sorry but your district has some issues. I highly recommend using what's been posted on this thread to give you some direction on things to go and check out for yourself. And I'd like to add a couple more. The Martian Chronicles and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea are some must-read science fiction. And, for fun, go get yourself an unabridged collection of Grimm's Fairy Tales. And note how Disney took all the teeth out of them.
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  16. pedro3131 Running the Show While the Big Guy's Gone

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    Yea reading stephen king is lame.... Do you guys have a library? Most of my reading in highschool I did on my own, but there is kind of a basic canon of literature that most highschools follow that I think is semi important for your cultural and intellectual development
    pedro3131, Mar 21, 2011
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    Yes we do have a library in fact im typing this on a computer in the library. I usually just buy my own books since nobody here like political books.
    0bserver92, Mar 21, 2011
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    The red dwarf books and Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchet.
    But also the Percy Jackson books, not a high level reading but i like them
    battalion, Mar 21, 2011
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    I read the first Percy Jackson I didn't like it. Don't get me started on the movie adaptation.
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    i didnt see it, but my sister did. She said it was really shite
    battalion, Mar 21, 2011
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