Top 5 Greatest Books You Have Read & Why?

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  1. JayJayGT Well-Known Member

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    What are your top 5 favorite books/novels of all-time?

    I will start with:
    - The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian
    - Caesar by Adrian Goldsworthy
    - Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox
    - Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare
    - Swords Around a Throne, Napoleons Grand Armee by John R. Elting

    Well these are my favorites, so far in life, but lady & gents - which 5 are yours?
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    if i were a mod id be like "There's already a similar topic merged. viewtopic.php?f=41&t=1700. :( sadly im not awsome enough to do so
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    This thread is different enough from that one. Top 5 as opposed to just the best.
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    The Hunger Games
    Catching Fire
    Mockingjay

    I love tht series just becuz it is just soooo well played out, where everything is unexpected. (except the ending to mockingjay, tht was expected) :D

    Under A War-Torn Sky
    A Troubled Peace

    Under a war torn sky really gave u a great idea of what it was like to be a shot down pilot trying to escape Nazi occupied Europe. A Troubled Peace is the sequel, and is this same pilot now trying to find his place in the world after the war :mrgreen:
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    Quantum Physics Cannot Harm You
    Catch-22
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    lol fine print

    mine are

    1.) Gettysburg
    2.) Grant Comes East
    3.) Never Call Retreat
    4.) Pearl Harbor
    5.) Days of Infamy

    this is going off of the books ive read the most
    and an honourable number 6
    6.) Red Storm Rising
    General Mosh, May 6, 2011
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    Caesar and Alexander, huh? You mean the mass murderers and republic destroyers?
    Napoleon on the other hand, is pretty cool. Pretty nice civil code.
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    Why don't you ass Mein Kampf?
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    - The People's History of the United States: It presents America's history from the point of Native Americans and the working class and such, rather than Presidents and wars.

    - 1984: It's pretty insightful, and just plain scary.

    - Sphere: Anything by Michael Crichton is intense.

    - You Are Being Lied To: It satisfies the conspiracy theorist in me.

    - Hiroshima: I like the way it lets you draw your own conclusions.
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    Stop fucking resurrecting threads
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    Necroposted, locking.
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