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Listopia > Rick's votes on the list Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once (95 Books)
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Blindness
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"Read years ago and the meaning of the story has stayed with me."
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rated it 5 stars
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A Brief History of Time
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"In laymans terms Stephen Hawkings ideas and theories on physics. Dry but very interesting. "
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The Raven
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"One of my favorite Poe stories."
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rated it 4 stars
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The Jungle
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"Read in High School and my first real venture into understanding mans inhumanity to man and understanding the need for a social conscience"
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rated it 4 stars
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The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)
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"In many way an unparalleled epic of science fiction history story. "
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rated it 5 stars
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1984
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Animal Farm
by See Review |
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The Great Gatsby
by See Review |
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The Catcher in the Rye
by See Review |
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
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Fahrenheit 451
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The Help
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"Just an excellent story with very real characters."
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rated it 5 stars
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The Color Purple
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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"Mitch Alboms best most human work. "
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rated it 5 stars
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
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The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings
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Brave New World
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Alice in Wonderland
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The Lovely Bones
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Dune (Dune #1)
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In Cold Blood
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"Terrifying and chilling. Lived in Kansas when this took place and the book captured the horror and heartlessness of that acts. "
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rated it 4 stars
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Gulliver’s Travels
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"Read this first in an early edition published in the UK from my grandfathers book collection. He spent time discussing the real meanings underlying the story even though I was not a teenager. Will never forget those times. "
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rated it 5 stars
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
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The Time Machine
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The Kite Runner
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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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A Clockwork Orange
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"Cant help it I love this book. So well written and such insight into lost youth. "
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rated it 5 stars
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The Three Musketeers
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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"Read this after seeing the Disney movie which I really enjoyed. After reading the book, which I thought was great, felt sad that the movie couldn't stand up to the book."
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rated it 4 stars
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Gone Girl
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The War of the Worlds
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A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)
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On the Beach
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"Had to read this for a book report in HS. It sucked me in and lost me in the story. Why oh why do we do these things to our selves."
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rated it 5 stars
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
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"Lived in Chicago when this came out and bought it on a whim. So very glad I did. Excellent book. "
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rated it 5 stars
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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"Everyone should read this."
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rated it 5 stars
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Cold Mountain
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The Left Hand of Darkness
by See Review |
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I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
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The Girl on the Train
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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"His first and probably his best. Excellent job of capturing the people, character and the history of Savannah."
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rated it 5 stars
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Song of Solomon
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I Am Legend and Other Stories
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The Man in the High Castle
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"Can remember reading this like was yesterday even though that was when I was in HS. Today over 50 years later I still appreciate this alternative history."
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rated it 5 stars
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Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
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Contact
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
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Shutter Island
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
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The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
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"In my opinion Caleb Carr's finest book. Great story and it was brutally honest about society at that time."
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rated it 5 stars
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And the Mountains Echoed
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Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
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Childhood’s End
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
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Seabiscuit: An American Legend
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The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3)
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Meditations
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"To me one of the ultimate classics of all time. Always when confronted with overwhelming issues would look to Marcus Aurelius for the understanding of how to confront them and accept any consequences. He taught me that by accepting what one cannot change makes for a better life. "
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The Robe
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The Gargoyle
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The Lathe of Heaven
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The Sirens of Titan
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Sam's Letters to Jennifer
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Twelve Years a Slave
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The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1)
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"Probably Michael Crichton best work and, to me, one of the best action thrillers I have ever read."
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rated it 5 stars
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Mystic River
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"Simply an absolute great book. Fantastic story with some of the greatest writing Lehane has ever put on paper. Thank you Dennis for sharing this with your readers."
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rated it 5 stars
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From a Buick 8
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Floating Dragon
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The Blue Knight
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The Choirboys
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Dracula
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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
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The Trial
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"A very tough read but one of my all time favorites. There is no subtly in this story it goes directly to the heart of horror living in a heartless mindless uncaring totalitarian society. So predictive of the future that was to come to Europe. "
Rick
rated it 5 stars
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The Prince
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Cat’s Cradle
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The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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The House of the Spirits
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
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The Martian Chronicles
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Beowulf
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Room
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
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"I don't know why but this is one of my all time favorites. Simply enjoyed it beyond words."
Rick
rated it 5 stars
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Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
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The Thirteenth Tale
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The Bluest Eye
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Ivanhoe
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
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Doctor Zhivago
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The Historian
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Starship Troopers
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Carrie
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’Salem’s Lot
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"Well written and truly a terrifying tale."
Rick
rated it 4 stars
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Misery
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