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03 Oct 2016, 12:15 pm

dendrite wrote:

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

I can still remember that from my high school days.

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03 Oct 2016, 2:31 pm

mee too. there was a movie made from that also.

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05 Oct 2016, 6:58 am

The legendary - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

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05 Oct 2016, 6:31 pm

^^^welcome to WP I last read that book in 1977. :bigsmurf:

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05 Oct 2016, 6:59 pm

Jesting Pilate, also Huxley.

his travel diary through India and Burma. Obnoxiously snooty racism to the point it's funny. (If you can laugh about that in a hundred year old book)

The chapter about Kashmir and its scholars (pandit....-> pundit) begins with the line
"The Kashmiri pandit has a more than Spanish abjection to manual labour"

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06 Oct 2016, 10:40 pm

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08 Oct 2016, 12:24 am

Jonathan Kellerman - Bad Love

I've only just started it and it's been good so far.

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10 Oct 2016, 2:18 pm

I first tried to read this book in high school after borrowing it from someone, but unfortunately my dog at the time ate the book before I had a chance to finish it. It's pretty impossible to find in a store, so I eventually managed to find a used copy on Amazon, and it's been nice to read the book again (and it will be even nicer to finally read the end lol). It's very imaginative, and it's illustrated by Alan Aldridge, which is also pretty cool imo.

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12 Oct 2016, 3:47 pm

One of the best revenge stories "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexander Dumas

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16 Oct 2016, 12:09 pm

Storm Front by Jim Butcher, the first book in the Dresden Files series.

It's about a wizard named Harry Dresden who works as a P.I., and specializes in paranormal crimes. "Harry Potter for adults" is kind of how I'd describe it. Definitely not for kids.

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16 Oct 2016, 2:03 pm

Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie.

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16 Oct 2016, 2:22 pm

For those reading Huxley, I'd also recommend the book Island. It's kind of the opposite of Brave New World in some way, as it was more his idea of Utopia. It's one of my personal favs!

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16 Oct 2016, 2:40 pm

"Jack and Jill" by James Patterson.

Sadly, Cross's close relationship with his partner, Sampson, makes me pine for the friendships I once had.

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17 Oct 2016, 4:17 pm

The Dog Who Knew Too Much {A Chet & Bernie Mystery}

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19 Oct 2016, 4:10 pm

On a strong reccomendation I am reading "The Sympathizer" by Viet Thanh Nguyen.

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19 Oct 2016, 4:12 pm

"Seveneves" by Neal Stephenson

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