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"10 novels you NEED to READ"

Subject to Change and in no order :

1) "Only Forward" - Michael Marshall Smith
2) "IT" - Stephen King
3) "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch" - Philip K. Dick
4) "The Descent" - Jeff Long
5) "Starmaker" - Olaf Stapledon
6) "I am Legend" - Richard Matheson
7) "A Scanner Darkly" - Philip K. Dick
8) "The Face" - Dean Koontz
9) "Gateway" - Frederik Pohl
10) "Spares" - Michael Marshall Smith

These are science fiction, fantasy and horror - all I seem to read.

What are yours?

10 books, fiction and nonfiction both...

1984 - George Orwell
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
The Laws of the Playground - Jonathan "Log" Blyth
Tacitus: The Histories - Tacitus
LOTR trilogy - Tolkien
The Crow Road - Iain Banks
The Road to Wigan Pier - George Orwell
Brighton Rock - Graham Greene
The Trial - Franz Kafka
Night Watch - Terry Pratchett

And one extra...

The Dark Tower Series - Stephen King.

Well...and another extra...

The Elric Series - Michael Moorcock

10 Books I have known and loved:

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Deep Secret - Diana Wynne Jones
The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins
Emma - Jane Austin
The Princess Bride - William Goldman
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married - Marian Keyes
The Great and Secret Show - Clive Barker
Dracula - Bram Stoker

Scope wrote:
> I can't list any of these books in a 'top ten' but you've got to read
> High Fidelity, Fever Pitch and About a Boy by Nick Hornby.

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Then let's all watch Hugh Grant films and read OK!

Cyclone wrote:
> Pandaemonium wrote:
> Quite Ugly One Morning - Christopher Brookmyre. far better
> than the emasculated excuse of a version shon recently on ITV.
>
>
> I read it. Now I feel even more sorry for fat-hitman-whose-name-I've
> forgotten! The train, the train!
>
> Twas hilarious, especially the 'Lime's second worst day...' and then
> his worst day' bit. ;)

The opening chapter had tears streaming down my face. I almost felt sorry for the hitman during the book. The handcuffing at the end had me doubled over laughing. Stephen Lime makes a reappearance in "Boiling a frog", where he attempts to "touch base" with Paralblane. Why is Parlablane in prison? That would be telling. :)

Pandaemonium wrote:
> Quite Ugly One Morning - Christopher Brookmyre. far better
> than the emasculated excuse of a version shon recently on ITV.
>

I read it. Now I feel even more sorry for fat-hitman-whose-name-I've forgotten! The train, the train!

Twas hilarious, especially the 'Lime's second worst day...' and then his worst day' bit. ;)

1984 - Orwell
Catch 22 - Heller
Heart of Darkness - Conrad
Minnipins - some random woman. I loved it when I was.........7
LOTR - Tolkien
Pigeon Post - Ransome

all nice an easy and known...I can't remember any others. My memory really is bad.

Pandaemonium wrote:

> 1984 - George Orwell

Great choice.

Where are the classics?

Emily Bronte's: Wuthering Heights
James Fenimoore Cooper's: Last of the moheicans


Honestly.

I can't list any of these books in a 'top ten' but you've got to read High Fidelity, Fever Pitch and About a Boy by Nick Hornby.

ßora† §agdiyeV wrote:
> 2) "IT" - Stephen King

Excellent film!!

;p

I'm just starting 'One of Us' by MMS at the moment.

Have heard of most of those you mentioned, they're on my amazon wishlist. I dare say when I've finished this I'll be ordering some more.

I've got : -

"Only Forward", "IT", "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch", "I am Legend", "A Scanner Darkly", "Spares"

My suggestions.

Vurt - Jeff Noon - "to harsh for hippies, to beautful for bikers."
1984 - George Orwell
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut (sp)
Quite Ugly One Morning - Christopher Brookmyre. far better than the emasculated excuse of a version shon recently on ITV.

Many, many others, but these I can read repeatedly, and get as much enjoyment out of them each and every time.